From 899a3693deee33c1b7df002d9f46eac38bf85246 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Doherty <dohejw01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:08:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?test(TST-25):=20TEMP=20deliberate-red=20probe?=
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 .../DeliberateRedTests.cs                     | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Worker.Tests/DeliberateRedTests.cs

diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Worker.Tests/DeliberateRedTests.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Worker.Tests/DeliberateRedTests.cs
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index 0000000..e5878e2
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+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Worker.Tests/DeliberateRedTests.cs
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+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.MxGateway.Worker.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     TST-25 acceptance check (deliberate-red): a temporary always-failing test used to prove
+///     that a Worker.Tests failure propagates through windev-worker-ci.ps1 -> ssh ->
+///     run-windev-ci.sh -> a nonzero exit (i.e. a red CI job). This file is thrown away after the
+///     check; it must never merge to a long-lived branch.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class DeliberateRedTests
+{
+    /// <summary>Always fails, on purpose, to exercise exit-code propagation.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void DeliberateRed_AlwaysFails()
+    {
+        Assert.True(false, "TST-25 deliberate-red acceptance probe (expected failure).");
+    }
+}