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+using System.Net.Http.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using NATS.Client.Core;
+
+namespace NATS.E2E.Cluster.Tests.Infrastructure;
+
+public sealed class ThreeNodeClusterFixture : IAsyncLifetime
+{
+    private readonly NatsServerProcess?[] _servers = new NatsServerProcess?[3];
+    private readonly int[] _clientPorts = new int[3];
+    private readonly int[] _clusterPorts = new int[3];
+    private readonly int[] _monitorPorts = new int[3];
+    private readonly string[] _configs = new string[3];
+
+    public async Task InitializeAsync()
+    {
+        // Pre-allocate all ports upfront so they can be reused across kill/restart
+        for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+        {
+            _clientPorts[i] = NatsServerProcess.AllocateFreePort();
+            _clusterPorts[i] = NatsServerProcess.AllocateFreePort();
+            _monitorPorts[i] = NatsServerProcess.AllocateFreePort();
+        }
+
+        var routes = $"""
+            nats-route://127.0.0.1:{_clusterPorts[0]}
+            nats-route://127.0.0.1:{_clusterPorts[1]}
+            nats-route://127.0.0.1:{_clusterPorts[2]}
+            """;
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+        {
+            _configs[i] = $$"""
+                server_name: node{{i + 1}}
+                cluster {
+                    name: e2e-cluster
+                    listen: 127.0.0.1:{{_clusterPorts[i]}}
+                    pool_size: 1
+                    routes: [
+                        {{routes}}
+                    ]
+                }
+                """;
+
+            _servers[i] = new NatsServerProcess(
+                _clientPorts[i],
+                extraArgs: ["-DV"],
+                configContent: _configs[i],
+                enableMonitoring: true,
+                monitorPort: _monitorPorts[i]);
+        }
+
+        await Task.WhenAll(_servers.Select(s => s!.StartAsync()));
+
+        await WaitForFullMeshAsync();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Kills the server at the given index (0–2) by disposing it.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task KillNode(int index)
+    {
+        if (_servers[index] is { } server)
+        {
+            await server.DisposeAsync();
+            _servers[index] = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Restarts the server at the given index on its originally allocated ports.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task RestartNode(int index)
+    {
+        // Dispose any existing process first (idempotent)
+        if (_servers[index] is not null)
+            await KillNode(index);
+
+        _servers[index] = new NatsServerProcess(
+            _clientPorts[index],
+            extraArgs: ["-DV"],
+            configContent: _configs[index],
+            enableMonitoring: true,
+            monitorPort: _monitorPorts[index]);
+
+        await _servers[index]!.StartAsync();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Polls /routez on all alive nodes until each reports NumRoutes >= expectedRoutes.
+    /// Times out after 30 seconds.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task WaitForFullMeshAsync(int expectedRoutes = 2)
+    {
+        using var http = new HttpClient();
+        using var timeout = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+        using var timer = new PeriodicTimer(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200));
+
+        while (await timer.WaitForNextTickAsync(timeout.Token).ConfigureAwait(false))
+        {
+            var allConnected = true;
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+            {
+                // Skip killed nodes
+                if (_servers[i] is null)
+                    continue;
+
+                try
+                {
+                    var routez = await http.GetFromJsonAsync<Routez>(
+                        $"http://127.0.0.1:{_monitorPorts[i]}/routez",
+                        timeout.Token);
+
+                    if (routez?.NumRoutes < expectedRoutes)
+                    {
+                        allConnected = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    allConnected = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (allConnected)
+                return;
+        }
+
+        throw new TimeoutException($"Cluster did not reach {expectedRoutes} routes per node within 30s.");
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a NatsConnection pointed at the given node index (0–2).
+    /// </summary>
+    public NatsConnection CreateClient(int index = 0)
+        => new(new NatsOpts { Url = $"nats://127.0.0.1:{_clientPorts[index]}" });
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the captured stdout/stderr output from the server at the given index.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string GetServerOutput(int index)
+        => _servers[index]?.Output ?? string.Empty;
+
+    public async Task DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        var disposeTasks = _servers
+            .Where(s => s is not null)
+            .Select(s => s!.DisposeAsync().AsTask());
+
+        await Task.WhenAll(disposeTasks);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class Routez
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("num_routes")]
+        public int NumRoutes { get; init; }
+    }
+}
+
+[CollectionDefinition("E2E-ThreeNodeCluster")]
+public class ThreeNodeClusterCollection : ICollectionFixture<ThreeNodeClusterFixture>;