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+package com.raquo.laminar.tests
+
+import com.raquo.laminar.api.L._
+import com.raquo.laminar.inserters.CollectionCommand
+import com.raquo.laminar.inserters.CollectionCommand.{Append, Remove, RemoveAll, Replace}
+import com.raquo.laminar.inserters.Inserter
+import com.raquo.laminar.utils.UnitSpec
+
+/** Once another inserter takes a node out of a `children.command <--` span (last write wins),
+  * the command's later `Remove` / `Replace` of that node must leave the thief undisturbed,
+  * no matter whether the thief lives under the same parent element or a different one.
+  */
+class ChildrenCommandStolenNodeSpec extends UnitSpec {
+
+  it("REFERENCE: Remove / Replace of a node stolen by a list under ANOTHER parent leave the thief undisturbed") {
+    val tracker = createEventTracker()
+    val a = tracker.createSpan("a")
+    val b = tracker.createSpan("b")
+    tracker.clear()
+    val commandBus = new EventBus[CollectionCommand[HtmlElement]]
+    val thiefItems = Var[List[HtmlElement]](Nil)
+    val root = div(
+      div("CMD", children.command <-- commandBus.events),
+      div("THIEF", children <-- thiefItems.signal)
+    )
+
+    mount(root)
+
+    withClue("the command appends `a`, then the thief list takes it:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Append(a))
+      tracker.assertEvents(_.mounted("a")).clear()
+      thiefItems.set(List(a))
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear() // moved between two mounted parents
+      expectNode(
+        div.of(
+          div.of("CMD", sentinel, sentinel),
+          div.of("THIEF", sentinel, span of "a", sentinel)
+        )
+      )
+    }
+
+    withClue("Remove(a) is a no-op:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Remove(a))
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear()
+      expectNode(
+        div.of(
+          div.of("CMD", sentinel, sentinel),
+          div.of("THIEF", sentinel, span of "a", sentinel)
+        )
+      )
+    }
+
+    withClue("Replace(a, b) is a no-op, `b` is never inserted:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Replace(a, b))
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear()
+      expectNode(
+        div.of(
+          div.of("CMD", sentinel, sentinel),
+          div.of("THIEF", sentinel, span of "a", sentinel)
+        )
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  it("Remove of a node stolen by the command's OWN enclosing list leaves it in that list") {
+    val tracker = createEventTracker()
+    val a = tracker.createSpan("a")
+    tracker.clear()
+    val commandBus = new EventBus[CollectionCommand[HtmlElement]]
+    val command: Inserter = children.command <-- commandBus.events
+    val items = Var[List[Inserter]](List(command))
+    val root = div(children <-- items.signal)
+
+    mount(root)
+
+    withClue("the command appends `a`, then its own list takes it:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Append(a))
+      tracker.assertEvents(_.mounted("a")).clear()
+      items.set(List(command, a))
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear() // moved within one mounted parent
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, span of "a", sentinel))
+    }
+
+    withClue("Remove(a) is a no-op, `a` stays in the list:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Remove(a))
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear()
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, span of "a", sentinel))
+    }
+  }
+
+  it("Replace of a node stolen by the command's OWN enclosing list neither disturbs it nor orphans the new node") {
+    val tracker = createEventTracker()
+    val a = tracker.createSpan("a")
+    val b = tracker.createSpan("b")
+    tracker.clear()
+    val commandBus = new EventBus[CollectionCommand[HtmlElement]]
+    val command: Inserter = children.command <-- commandBus.events
+    val items = Var[List[Inserter]](List(command))
+    val root = div(children <-- items.signal)
+
+    mount(root)
+
+    withClue("the command appends `a`, then its own list takes it:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Append(a))
+      tracker.assertEvents(_.mounted("a")).clear()
+      items.set(List(command, a))
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear()
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, span of "a", sentinel))
+    }
+
+    withClue("Replace(a, b) is a no-op, `b` is never inserted:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Replace(a, b))
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear()
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, span of "a", sentinel))
+    }
+
+    withClue("the list drops `a`; nothing is left behind that no inserter manages:") {
+      commandBus.emit(RemoveAll)
+      items.set(List(command))
+      tracker.assertEvents(_.unmounted("a")).clear()
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, sentinel))
+    }
+  }
+
+  it("Remove of a node stolen by a sibling `child <--` item in the same list leaves it with that item") {
+    val tracker = createEventTracker()
+    val a = tracker.createSpan("a")
+    tracker.clear()
+    val commandBus = new EventBus[CollectionCommand[HtmlElement]]
+    val thiefBus = new EventBus[HtmlElement]
+    val root = div(
+      children <-- Val(List[Inserter](
+        children.command <-- commandBus.events,
+        child <-- thiefBus.events
+      ))
+    )
+
+    mount(root)
+
+    withClue("the command appends `a`, then the sibling `child <--` takes it:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Append(a))
+      tracker.assertEvents(_.mounted("a")).clear()
+      thiefBus.emit(a)
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear() // moved within one mounted parent
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, span of "a", sentinel, sentinel))
+    }
+
+    withClue("Remove(a) is a no-op, `a` stays with the sibling:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Remove(a))
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear()
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, span of "a", sentinel, sentinel))
+    }
+  }
+
+  it("Replace of a node stolen by a sibling `child <--` item in the same list neither disturbs it nor orphans the new node") {
+    val tracker = createEventTracker()
+    val a = tracker.createSpan("a")
+    val b = tracker.createSpan("b")
+    val c = tracker.createSpan("c")
+    tracker.clear()
+    val commandBus = new EventBus[CollectionCommand[HtmlElement]]
+    val thiefBus = new EventBus[HtmlElement]
+    val root = div(
+      children <-- Val(List[Inserter](
+        children.command <-- commandBus.events,
+        child <-- thiefBus.events
+      ))
+    )
+
+    mount(root)
+
+    withClue("the command appends `a`, then the sibling `child <--` takes it:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Append(a))
+      tracker.assertEvents(_.mounted("a")).clear()
+      thiefBus.emit(a)
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear()
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, span of "a", sentinel, sentinel))
+    }
+
+    withClue("Replace(a, b) is a no-op, `b` is never inserted:") {
+      commandBus.emit(Replace(a, b))
+      tracker.assertNoEvents.clear()
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, span of "a", sentinel, sentinel))
+    }
+
+    withClue("both inserters move on; nothing is left behind that no inserter manages:") {
+      commandBus.emit(RemoveAll)
+      thiefBus.emit(c)
+      tracker.assertEvents(
+        _.unmounted("a"),
+        _.mounted("c")
+      ).clear()
+      expectNode(div.of(sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, sentinel, span of "c", sentinel, sentinel))
+    }
+  }
+}