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+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { loadPackages } from "../src/parsers/index.js";
+import { buildSuggestedFixCommandPlan } from "../src/remediation/fix-commands.js";
+import type { Finding, PackageRef, ScanInput } from "../src/types.js";
+
+const examplesDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "examples");
+
+function loadFixture(name: string): ScanInput {
+  return loadPackages(path.join(examplesDir, name), false, 4);
+}
+
+function itWithFixture(name: string, testName: string, testFn: () => void): void {
+  const fixtureTest = fs.existsSync(path.join(examplesDir, name)) ? it : it.skip;
+  fixtureTest(testName, testFn);
+}
+
+function requirePackage(scanInput: ScanInput, name: string): PackageRef {
+  const pkg = scanInput.packages.find(item => item.name === name);
+  if (!pkg) {
+    throw new Error(`Expected fixture to include ${name}`);
+  }
+  return pkg;
+}
+
+function findingFor(
+  scanInput: ScanInput,
+  packageName: string,
+  overrides: Partial<Finding>,
+): Finding {
+  const pkg = requirePackage(scanInput, packageName);
+  return {
+    pkg,
+    vulnerabilities: [{ id: `OSV-${packageName}` }],
+    severity: "high",
+    cveAliases: [],
+    dependencyPaths: pkg.paths ?? [["project", packageName]],
+    relationship: "direct",
+    firstFixedVersion: null,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("fixture remediation scans", () => {
+  it("suggests a package-lock refresh for wrong-parent instead of upgrading the parent", () => {
+    const scanInput = loadFixture("wrong-parent");
+    const finding = findingFor(scanInput, "js-cookie", {
+      relationship: "transitive",
+      firstFixedVersion: "3.0.7",
+      recommendedNpmTransitiveRemediation: {
+        kind: "update-parent-within-range",
+        package: "js-cookie",
+        currentVersion: "3.0.6",
+        targetChildVersion: "3.0.7",
+        viaPath: ["project", "@aws-amplify/core", "js-cookie"],
+        reason: "js-cookie can be refreshed within @aws-amplify/core's declared range.",
+      },
+    });
+
+    const plan = buildSuggestedFixCommandPlan([finding], scanInput);
+
+    expect(plan?.packageManager).toBe("npm");
+    expect(plan?.command).toBe("npm update js-cookie");
+    expect(plan?.targets).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        package: "js-cookie",
+        kind: "parent-update",
+        displayTargetVersion: "lockfile refresh",
+      }),
+    ]);
+    expect(plan?.targets).not.toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({ package: "@aws-amplify/core", kind: "parent-upgrade" }),
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+
+  itWithFixture(
+    "yarn-within-range",
+    "suggests a yarn lockfile refresh for yarn-within-range instead of upgrading the parent",
+    () => {
+      const scanInput = loadFixture("yarn-within-range");
+      const finding = findingFor(scanInput, "js-cookie", {
+        relationship: "transitive",
+        firstFixedVersion: "3.0.7",
+        dependencyPaths: [["project", "@aws-amplify/core", "js-cookie"]],
+        recommendedNpmTransitiveRemediation: {
+          kind: "update-parent-within-range",
+          package: "@aws-amplify/core",
+          currentVersion: "6.16.1",
+          targetChildVersion: "3.0.7",
+          viaPath: ["project", "@aws-amplify/core", "js-cookie"],
+          reason: "js-cookie can be refreshed within @aws-amplify/core's declared range.",
+        },
+      });
+
+      const plan = buildSuggestedFixCommandPlan([finding], scanInput);
+
+      expect(plan?.packageManager).toBe("yarn");
+      expect(plan?.command).toBe("yarn upgrade js-cookie");
+      expect(plan?.targets).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          package: "js-cookie",
+          kind: "parent-update",
+          displayTargetVersion: "lockfile refresh",
+        }),
+      ]);
+      expect(plan?.targets).not.toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining([
+          expect.objectContaining({ package: "@aws-amplify/core", kind: "parent-upgrade" }),
+        ]),
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("builds a direct dependency target for direct-fixable", () => {
+    const scanInput = loadFixture("direct-fixable");
+    const finding = findingFor(scanInput, "axios", {
+      relationship: "direct",
+      firstFixedVersion: "0.21.2",
+      validatedFirstFixedVersion: "0.21.2",
+    });
+
+    const plan = buildSuggestedFixCommandPlan([finding], scanInput);
+
+    expect(plan?.command).toBe("npm install axios@0.21.2");
+    expect(plan?.sections).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        kind: "urgent",
+        command: "npm install axios@0.21.2",
+      }),
+    ]);
+    expect(plan?.targets).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ package: "axios", kind: "direct" }),
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps transitive-only findings out of direct fix targets", () => {
+    const scanInput = loadFixture("transitive-only");
+    const finding = findingFor(scanInput, "string-width", {
+      relationship: "transitive",
+      firstFixedVersion: "7.2.1",
+      dependencyPaths: [["project", "lint-staged", "string-width"]],
+      recommendedParentUpgrade: {
+        package: "lint-staged",
+        currentVersion: "15.2.0",
+        targetVersion: "15.2.1",
+        viaPath: ["project", "lint-staged", "string-width"],
+        vulnerablePackage: "string-width",
+        confidence: "exact-direct-child",
+        reason: "Upgrade lint-staged to pick up a safe string-width release.",
+      },
+    });
+
+    const plan = buildSuggestedFixCommandPlan([finding], scanInput);
+
+    expect(plan?.targets).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        package: "lint-staged",
+        kind: "parent-upgrade",
+      }),
+    ]);
+    expect(plan?.targets).not.toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({ package: "string-width", kind: "direct" }),
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("loads no-findings with no mocked findings and produces no fix command", () => {
+    const scanInput = loadFixture("no-findings");
+
+    expect(scanInput.packages.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(buildSuggestedFixCommandPlan([], scanInput)).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        command: null,
+        sections: [],
+        targets: [],
+        skipped: [],
+        totalFindingCount: 0,
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+});