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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/*
+ * homescreen.test.mjs — HS1..HS9, the ONBD-03 home-screen gates (D-12).
+ * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * The Telegram-native addToHomeScreen / checkHomeScreenStatus wiring behind a
+ * Bot API 8.0 capability guard, driven with INJECTED FAKES (the
+ * location-chain.test.mjs style: build the fake, call, assert — globals
+ * stubbed per case and restored in a finally block, never leaked).
+ *
+ * The Node runner has no DOM, so each case installs a minimal document stub
+ * exposing exactly the surface homescreen.ts touches: querySelector(".strip")
+ * (the affordance host) and createElement(). The stub element records
+ * children/listeners — that record IS the assertion target.
+ *
+ * Platform laws under test:
+ *   - the capability guard is BOTH halves (method presence AND version)
+ *   - "added" hides the affordance (do not nag)
+ *   - "unknown" (always iOS) is indeterminate — the affordance SHOWS, no error
+ *   - "unsupported" shows nothing
+ *   - NO browser install APIs anywhere (beforeinstallprompt does not exist
+ *     inside the Telegram webview — a second icon Telegram doesn't know about
+ *     is worse than none, T-04-38)
+ */
+import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { test } from "./harness.mjs";
+
+const { wireHomeScreen } = await import("../src/telegram/homescreen.ts");
+const { strings } = await import("../src/i18n/strings.ts");
+
+/* ————— minimal DOM stubs (install + restore per case) ————— */
+
+function makeElement(tag) {
+  const listeners = {};
+  const el = {
+    tag,
+    children: [],
+    parent: null,
+    textContent: "",
+    className: "",
+    type: "",
+    dataset: {},
+    listeners,
+    appendChild(child) {
+      child.parent = el;
+      el.children.push(child);
+      return child;
+    },
+    remove() {
+      if (el.parent) {
+        const i = el.parent.children.indexOf(el);
+        if (i >= 0) el.parent.children.splice(i, 1);
+        el.parent = null;
+      }
+    },
+    addEventListener(type, fn) {
+      (listeners[type] ??= []).push(fn);
+    },
+    dispatch(type) {
+      for (const fn of listeners[type] ?? []) fn({});
+    },
+  };
+  return el;
+}
+
+function installDocumentStub() {
+  const strip = makeElement("div");
+  strip.className = "strip";
+  globalThis.document = {
+    querySelector(selector) {
+      return selector === ".strip" ? strip : null;
+    },
+    createElement(tag) {
+      return makeElement(tag);
+    },
+  };
+  return strip;
+}
+
+function restoreDocument() {
+  delete globalThis.document;
+}
+
+/** Fake TelegramWebAppLike with the 8.0+ home-screen members. */
+function fakeWebApp(opts = {}) {
+  const calls = { addToHomeScreen: 0, checkedStatus: false };
+  const events = new Map();
+  const wa = {
+    initData: "",
+    version: opts.version ?? "10.0",
+    isVersionAtLeast(v) {
+      const a = wa.version.split(".").map(Number);
+      const b = v.split(".").map(Number);
+      for (let i = 0; i < Math.max(a.length, b.length); i++) {
+        const av = a[i] ?? 0;
+        const bv = b[i] ?? 0;
+        if (av > bv) return true;
+        if (av < bv) return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    },
+    close() {},
+    onEvent(event, cb) {
+      const list = events.get(event) ?? [];
+      list.push(cb);
+      events.set(event, list);
+    },
+    emitEvent(event) {
+      for (const cb of events.get(event) ?? []) cb();
+    },
+  };
+  if (!opts.noAddToHomeScreen) {
+    wa.addToHomeScreen = () => {
+      calls.addToHomeScreen += 1;
+    };
+  }
+  if (!opts.noCheckHomeScreenStatus) {
+    wa.checkHomeScreenStatus = (cb) => {
+      calls.checkedStatus = true;
+      cb(opts.homeScreenStatus ?? "unknown");
+    };
+  }
+  wa.__calls = calls;
+  return wa;
+}
+
+function affordanceIn(host) {
+  return host.children.find((c) => c.dataset?.role === "home-screen") ?? null;
+}
+
+/* ————— HS1..HS2 — the capability guard (BOTH halves) ————— */
+
+test("HS1 a client without addToHomeScreen is a no-op — nothing thrown, no affordance", () => {
+  const strip = installDocumentStub();
+  try {
+    const wa = fakeWebApp({ noAddToHomeScreen: true });
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => wireHomeScreen(wa, "en"));
+    assert.equal(affordanceIn(strip), null, "no affordance on a client missing the method");
+  } finally {
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("HS2 an old client (isVersionAtLeast 8.0 false) is a no-op", () => {
+  const strip = installDocumentStub();
+  try {
+    const wa = fakeWebApp({ version: "7.9" });
+    wireHomeScreen(wa, "en");
+    assert.equal(affordanceIn(strip), null, "no affordance below Bot API 8.0");
+    assert.equal(wa.__calls.checkedStatus, false, "the status was never even queried");
+  } finally {
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+/* ————— HS3..HS6 — the four status branches ————— */
+
+test("HS3 status 'unsupported' hides the affordance", () => {
+  const strip = installDocumentStub();
+  try {
+    wireHomeScreen(fakeWebApp({ homeScreenStatus: "unsupported" }), "en");
+    assert.equal(affordanceIn(strip), null);
+  } finally {
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("HS4 status 'added' hides the affordance — the icon is there, do not nag", () => {
+  const strip = installDocumentStub();
+  try {
+    wireHomeScreen(fakeWebApp({ homeScreenStatus: "added" }), "en");
+    assert.equal(affordanceIn(strip), null, "'added' is the ONLY status that renders nothing but 'unsupported'");
+  } finally {
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("HS5 status 'unknown' is indeterminate — the affordance SHOWS with the neutral prompt, no error path", () => {
+  const strip = installDocumentStub();
+  try {
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => wireHomeScreen(fakeWebApp({ homeScreenStatus: "unknown" }), "en"));
+    const btn = affordanceIn(strip);
+    assert.ok(btn !== null, "iOS's always-'unknown' must still offer the affordance");
+    assert.equal(btn.textContent, strings.en.addToHomeScreen, "the neutral prompt — never an error, never 'not added'");
+  } finally {
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("HS6 status 'missed' shows the affordance", () => {
+  const strip = installDocumentStub();
+  try {
+    wireHomeScreen(fakeWebApp({ homeScreenStatus: "missed" }), "en");
+    assert.ok(affordanceIn(strip) !== null);
+  } finally {
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+/* ————— HS7..HS8 — the tap + the added-event ————— */
+
+test("HS7 tapping the affordance calls addToHomeScreen exactly once (best-effort)", () => {
+  const strip = installDocumentStub();
+  try {
+    const wa = fakeWebApp({ homeScreenStatus: "missed" });
+    wireHomeScreen(wa, "en");
+    const btn = affordanceIn(strip);
+    assert.ok(btn !== null);
+    btn.dispatch("click");
+    btn.dispatch("click");
+    assert.equal(wa.__calls.addToHomeScreen, 2, "each tap forwards to the platform call");
+    // a THROWING platform call is caught and ignored — the affordance stays (T-04-36)
+    wa.addToHomeScreen = () => {
+      throw new Error("platform refused");
+    };
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => btn.dispatch("click"), "a rejected addToHomeScreen must not break the boot");
+    assert.ok(affordanceIn(strip) !== null, "the affordance stays available for a retry");
+  } finally {
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+test("HS8 the homeScreenAdded event hides the affordance", () => {
+  const strip = installDocumentStub();
+  try {
+    const wa = fakeWebApp({ homeScreenStatus: "unknown" });
+    wireHomeScreen(wa, "en");
+    assert.ok(affordanceIn(strip) !== null);
+    wa.emitEvent("homeScreenAdded");
+    assert.equal(affordanceIn(strip), null, "Telegram fires homeScreenAdded after the icon lands — the affordance hides");
+  } finally {
+    restoreDocument();
+  }
+});
+
+/* ————— HS9 — the browser-install-API ban (T-04-38) ————— */
+
+test("HS9 NO browser install APIs — no install prompt, no manifest, no service worker", () => {
+  const file = path.join(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(new URL(import.meta.url))), "..", "src", "telegram", "homescreen.ts");
+  const code = readFileSync(file, "utf8")
+    .replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, " ")
+    .replace(/(^|[^:\\])\/\/[^\n]*/g, "$1");
+  for (const banned of ["beforeinstallprompt", "serviceWorker", "navigator.install", "webmanifest"]) {
+    assert.ok(!code.includes(banned), `homescreen.ts code references ${banned} — D-12 forbids browser install APIs (T-04-38)`);
+  }
+});