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+import 'reflect-metadata';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { Global, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { FastifyAdapter, type NestFastifyApplication } from '@nestjs/platform-fastify';
+import { HermesRuntimeProvider } from '@mosaicstack/agent';
+import { AgentModule } from './agent.module.js';
+import { AUTH } from '../auth/auth.tokens.js';
+import { AuthGuard } from '../auth/auth.guard.js';
+import { BRAIN } from '../brain/brain.tokens.js';
+import { DB } from '../database/database.module.js';
+import { CoordModule } from '../coord/coord.module.js';
+import { McpClientModule } from '../mcp-client/mcp-client.module.js';
+import { SkillsModule } from '../skills/skills.module.js';
+import { GCModule } from '../gc/gc.module.js';
+import { LogModule } from '../log/log.module.js';
+import { CommandsModule } from '../commands/commands.module.js';
+import {
+  AGENT_RUNTIME_PROVIDER_REGISTRY,
+  RUNTIME_APPROVAL_VERIFIER,
+  RUNTIME_PROVIDER_AUDIT_SINK,
+  RuntimeProviderAuditService,
+} from './runtime-provider-registry.service.js';
+import { TessDurableSessionService } from './tess-durable-session.service.js';
+import { TessDurableSessionRepository } from './tess-durable-session.repository.js';
+import { AgentService } from './agent.service.js';
+import { ProviderService } from './provider.service.js';
+import { ProviderCredentialsService } from './provider-credentials.service.js';
+import { RoutingService } from './routing.service.js';
+import { RoutingEngineService } from './routing/routing-engine.service.js';
+import { SkillLoaderService } from './skill-loader.service.js';
+
+const authenticatedUser = { id: 'operator-1', tenantId: 'tenant-1' };
+
+@Module({})
+class EmptyAgentDependencyModule {}
+
+@Global()
+@Module({
+  providers: [
+    {
+      provide: AUTH,
+      useValue: {
+        api: {
+          getSession: vi.fn(async ({ headers }: { headers: Headers }) =>
+            headers.get('cookie') === 'session=trusted'
+              ? { user: authenticatedUser, session: { id: 'session-1' } }
+              : null,
+          ),
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    AuthGuard,
+    { provide: BRAIN, useValue: {} },
+    { provide: DB, useValue: {} },
+  ],
+  exports: [AUTH, AuthGuard, BRAIN, DB],
+})
+class AuthenticatedRequestModule {}
+
+/**
+ * This is deliberately an HTTP test rather than a controller unit test: it
+ * exercises AgentModule's actual provider factory, Nest DI, and AuthGuard.
+ */
+describe('Hermes runtime provider reachability', (): void => {
+  let app: NestFastifyApplication | undefined;
+
+  beforeAll(async (): Promise<void> => {
+    process.env['MOSAIC_AGENT_NAME'] = 'Nova';
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      imports: [AuthenticatedRequestModule, AgentModule],
+    })
+      .overrideModule(CoordModule)
+      .useModule(EmptyAgentDependencyModule)
+      .overrideModule(McpClientModule)
+      .useModule(EmptyAgentDependencyModule)
+      .overrideModule(SkillsModule)
+      .useModule(EmptyAgentDependencyModule)
+      .overrideModule(GCModule)
+      .useModule(EmptyAgentDependencyModule)
+      .overrideModule(LogModule)
+      .useModule(EmptyAgentDependencyModule)
+      .overrideModule(CommandsModule)
+      .useModule(EmptyAgentDependencyModule)
+      .overrideProvider(RuntimeProviderAuditService)
+      .useValue({ record: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined) })
+      .overrideProvider(RUNTIME_PROVIDER_AUDIT_SINK)
+      .useValue({ record: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined) })
+      .overrideProvider(RUNTIME_APPROVAL_VERIFIER)
+      .useValue({ consume: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(false) })
+      .overrideProvider(TessDurableSessionService)
+      .useValue({})
+      .overrideProvider(TessDurableSessionRepository)
+      .useValue({})
+      .overrideProvider(AgentService)
+      .useValue({})
+      .overrideProvider(ProviderService)
+      .useValue({})
+      .overrideProvider(ProviderCredentialsService)
+      .useValue({})
+      .overrideProvider(RoutingService)
+      .useValue({})
+      .overrideProvider(RoutingEngineService)
+      .useValue({})
+      .overrideProvider(SkillLoaderService)
+      .useValue({})
+      .compile();
+
+    app = moduleRef.createNestApplication<NestFastifyApplication>(new FastifyAdapter());
+    await app.init();
+    await app.getHttpAdapter().getInstance().ready();
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async (): Promise<void> => {
+    await app?.close();
+  });
+
+  it('requires authentication and reaches the Hermes provider registered by AgentModule', async (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (!app) throw new Error('Nest application did not initialize');
+    const registry = app.get(AGENT_RUNTIME_PROVIDER_REGISTRY);
+    expect(registry.get('runtime.hermes')).toBeInstanceOf(HermesRuntimeProvider);
+
+    const denied = await app.inject({
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: '/api/interaction/Nova/transitional-capabilities?provider=runtime.hermes',
+      headers: { 'x-correlation-id': 'correlation-1' },
+    });
+    expect(denied.statusCode).toBe(401);
+
+    const response = await app.inject({
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: '/api/interaction/Nova/transitional-capabilities?provider=runtime.hermes',
+      headers: { cookie: 'session=trusted', 'x-correlation-id': 'correlation-1' },
+    });
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(response.json()).toEqual([
+      { capability: 'kanban', status: 'unsupported' },
+      { capability: 'skills', status: 'unsupported' },
+      { capability: 'memory', status: 'unsupported' },
+      { capability: 'tools', status: 'unsupported' },
+      { capability: 'cron', status: 'unsupported' },
+    ]);
+  });
+});