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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.ParityTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     PR 5.2 — Browse + read parity. Discovers the address space through both
+///     backends and asserts the surface they expose matches: same folder set,
+///     same variable set, same DataType / SecurityClass / IsHistorized flags.
+///     Then reads a sample of resolved variables and diffs the snapshot triplets.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "ParityE2E")]
+[Collection(nameof(ParityCollection))]
+public sealed class BrowseAndReadParityTests
+{
+    private readonly ParityHarness _h;
+    public BrowseAndReadParityTests(ParityHarness h) => _h = h;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Discover_emits_same_variable_set_for_both_backends()
+    {
+        _h.RequireBoth();
+
+        var snapshots = await _h.RunOnAvailableAsync(async (driver, ct) =>
+        {
+            var b = new RecordingAddressSpaceBuilder();
+            await ((ITagDiscovery)driver).DiscoverAsync(b, ct);
+            return b;
+        }, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var legacy = snapshots[ParityHarness.Backend.LegacyHost];
+        var mxgw = snapshots[ParityHarness.Backend.MxGateway];
+
+        var legacyRefs = legacy.Variables.Select(v => v.AttributeInfo.FullName)
+            .ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        var mxgwRefs = mxgw.Variables.Select(v => v.AttributeInfo.FullName)
+            .ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        // Symmetric difference must be empty — the in-process driver and the legacy
+        // proxy walk the same Galaxy ZB hierarchy, so their full-reference sets
+        // must agree exactly.
+        legacyRefs.Except(mxgwRefs, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ShouldBeEmpty();
+        mxgwRefs.Except(legacyRefs, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Discover_emits_same_DataType_and_SecurityClass_per_attribute()
+    {
+        _h.RequireBoth();
+
+        var snapshots = await _h.RunOnAvailableAsync(async (driver, ct) =>
+        {
+            var b = new RecordingAddressSpaceBuilder();
+            await ((ITagDiscovery)driver).DiscoverAsync(b, ct);
+            return b.Variables.ToDictionary(
+                v => v.AttributeInfo.FullName,
+                v => (v.AttributeInfo.DriverDataType, v.AttributeInfo.SecurityClass, v.AttributeInfo.IsHistorized),
+                StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var legacy = snapshots[ParityHarness.Backend.LegacyHost];
+        var mxgw = snapshots[ParityHarness.Backend.MxGateway];
+
+        foreach (var kvp in legacy)
+        {
+            var fullRef = kvp.Key;
+            mxgw.ShouldContainKey(fullRef);
+            mxgw[fullRef].ShouldBe(kvp.Value,
+                $"DataType/SecurityClass/IsHistorized must match for '{fullRef}'");
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Read_returns_same_value_and_status_for_a_sampled_attribute()
+    {
+        _h.RequireBoth();
+
+        // Discover via the legacy backend, pick a sample, then read the same address
+        // through both backends. We sample a small handful so the test stays fast and
+        // doesn't hammer ZB / the gateway.
+        var b = new RecordingAddressSpaceBuilder();
+        await ((ITagDiscovery)_h.LegacyDriver!).DiscoverAsync(b, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var sample = b.Variables.Take(5).Select(v => v.AttributeInfo.FullName).ToArray();
+        if (sample.Length == 0) Assert.Skip("dev Galaxy has no discoverable variables");
+
+        var reads = await _h.RunOnAvailableAsync(
+            (driver, ct) => ((IReadable)driver).ReadAsync(sample, ct),
+            CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var legacyReads = reads[ParityHarness.Backend.LegacyHost];
+        var mxgwReads = reads[ParityHarness.Backend.MxGateway];
+
+        legacyReads.Count.ShouldBe(sample.Length);
+        mxgwReads.Count.ShouldBe(sample.Length);
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < sample.Length; i++)
+        {
+            // Status codes must agree on a per-tag basis. Values may legitimately differ
+            // when the dev Galaxy is live (a setpoint can change between the two reads),
+            // so we accept structural equality on type rather than value equality.
+            (mxgwReads[i].StatusCode == legacyReads[i].StatusCode).ShouldBeTrue(
+                $"StatusCode parity for '{sample[i]}': legacy=0x{legacyReads[i].StatusCode:X8}, mxgw=0x{mxgwReads[i].StatusCode:X8}");
+            (mxgwReads[i].Value?.GetType() ?? typeof(object))
+                .ShouldBe(legacyReads[i].Value?.GetType() ?? typeof(object),
+                    $"value CLR type parity for '{sample[i]}'");
+        }
+    }
+}