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+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using ScadaLink.AuditLog.Central;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Interfaces;
+using ScadaLink.ConfigurationDatabase;
+using ScadaLink.ConfigurationDatabase.Maintenance;
+using ScadaLink.ConfigurationDatabase.Tests.Migrations;
+
+namespace ScadaLink.AuditLog.Tests.Integration;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Bundle F (#23 M6-T12) end-to-end tests for the
+/// <see cref="AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService"/> hosted service running
+/// the real EF/MSSQL <see cref="AuditLogPartitionMaintenance"/> against the
+/// per-class <see cref="MsSqlMigrationFixture"/>. The migration seeds
+/// boundaries for every month Jan 2026 – Dec 2027, so the eager startup tick
+/// can be exercised both for the "future covered" no-op case and for the
+/// "lookahead larger than covered" SPLIT case.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Tests within this class share one fixture DB — boundaries added by one
+/// test persist across the next. Each test reads the max boundary at the
+/// start and computes its lookahead relative to it, mirroring the pattern
+/// used by the per-component <c>AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceTests</c> in
+/// <c>ScadaLink.ConfigurationDatabase.Tests</c>.
+/// </remarks>
+public class PartitionMaintenanceTests : IClassFixture<MsSqlMigrationFixture>
+{
+    private readonly MsSqlMigrationFixture _fixture;
+
+    public PartitionMaintenanceTests(MsSqlMigrationFixture fixture)
+    {
+        _fixture = fixture;
+    }
+
+    private ScadaLinkDbContext CreateContext() =>
+        new(new DbContextOptionsBuilder<ScadaLinkDbContext>()
+            .UseSqlServer(_fixture.ConnectionString).Options);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Builds the central-side DI graph for the hosted service: scoped EF
+    /// context + scoped <see cref="IPartitionMaintenance"/> matching how
+    /// <c>AddConfigurationDatabase</c> wires the production composition root.
+    /// </summary>
+    private ServiceProvider BuildProvider()
+    {
+        var services = new ServiceCollection();
+        services.AddDbContext<ScadaLinkDbContext>(
+            opts => opts.UseSqlServer(_fixture.ConnectionString),
+            ServiceLifetime.Scoped);
+        services.AddScoped<IPartitionMaintenance, AuditLogPartitionMaintenance>();
+        return services.BuildServiceProvider();
+    }
+
+    private static async Task<DateTime?> ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(IServiceProvider sp)
+    {
+        await using var scope = sp.CreateAsyncScope();
+        var maintenance = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<IPartitionMaintenance>();
+        return await maintenance.GetMaxBoundaryAsync();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Mirrors the helper in
+    /// <c>AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceTests.LookaheadForExtraBoundaries</c>:
+    /// the smallest lookahead value that lands the SPLIT horizon exactly
+    /// <paramref name="extraBoundaries"/> months past the current max.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static int LookaheadForExtraBoundaries(DateTime max, int extraBoundaries)
+    {
+        var nowFirstOfNextMonth = FirstOfNextMonth(DateTime.UtcNow);
+        var monthsToMax = ((max.Year - nowFirstOfNextMonth.Year) * 12)
+            + max.Month - nowFirstOfNextMonth.Month;
+        return monthsToMax + extraBoundaries;
+    }
+
+    private static int LookaheadInsideExistingRange(DateTime max)
+    {
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        var months = ((max.Year - now.Year) * 12) + max.Month - now.Month - 1;
+        return Math.Max(1, months);
+    }
+
+    private static DateTime FirstOfNextMonth(DateTime instant)
+    {
+        var firstOfThisMonth = new DateTime(instant.Year, instant.Month, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        return firstOfThisMonth.AddMonths(1);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Awaits one full tick of the hosted service. The service runs an
+    /// eager startup tick inside <see cref="AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService.StartAsync"/>'s
+    /// continuation, but the continuation is dispatched on a background
+    /// Task.Run — so we poll the side effect (the boundary count or
+    /// max-boundary value) until it changes.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task StartAndAwaitStartupTickAsync(
+        AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService svc,
+        Func<Task<bool>> awaitCondition,
+        TimeSpan timeout)
+    {
+        await svc.StartAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow + timeout;
+        while (DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+        {
+            if (await awaitCondition())
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            await Task.Delay(50);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // 1. EndToEnd_DefaultLookahead_NoSplit_WhenFutureCovered
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    public async Task EndToEnd_DefaultLookahead_NoSplit_WhenFutureCovered()
+    {
+        Skip.IfNot(_fixture.Available, _fixture.SkipReason);
+
+        await using var sp = BuildProvider();
+
+        // The migration seeds boundaries through Dec 2027. With default
+        // lookahead = 1 and today = ~2026-05-20, horizon =
+        // NormalizeToFirstOfMonth(now) + 1 = 2026-07-01, well within the
+        // seeded range, so the startup tick should issue zero SPLITs.
+        var maxBefore = await ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(sp);
+        Assert.NotNull(maxBefore);
+
+        // Skip if the fixture DB already has boundaries past Dec 2027 from
+        // a prior test in this class — the lookahead-already-covered path
+        // is what we want to exercise, regardless of how far past Dec 2027
+        // the boundary may be.
+        var opts = Options.Create(new AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceOptions
+        {
+            IntervalSeconds = 60, // long enough that only the startup tick fires inside the test window
+            LookaheadMonths = 1,
+        });
+
+        var svc = new AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>(),
+            opts,
+            NullLogger<AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService>.Instance);
+
+        // Drive the startup tick. There is no public completion handle;
+        // poll until either (a) the max boundary changes (which would be a
+        // failure for this test) or (b) the polling window expires (success).
+        await svc.StartAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+        await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+        await svc.StopAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+        svc.Dispose();
+
+        // Assert the max boundary is unchanged: no SPLIT was issued.
+        var maxAfter = await ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(sp);
+        Assert.Equal(maxBefore, maxAfter);
+    }
+
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // 2. EndToEnd_LookaheadLargerThanCovered_Splits_NewBoundaries
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    public async Task EndToEnd_LookaheadLargerThanCovered_Splits_NewBoundaries()
+    {
+        Skip.IfNot(_fixture.Available, _fixture.SkipReason);
+
+        await using var sp = BuildProvider();
+
+        var maxBefore = await ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(sp);
+        Assert.NotNull(maxBefore);
+
+        // Pick a lookahead that adds exactly two new boundaries past the
+        // current max. The expected new boundaries are max+1mo and max+2mo.
+        var lookahead = LookaheadForExtraBoundaries(maxBefore.Value, extraBoundaries: 2);
+        var expectedFirstNew = maxBefore.Value.AddMonths(1);
+        var expectedSecondNew = maxBefore.Value.AddMonths(2);
+
+        var opts = Options.Create(new AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceOptions
+        {
+            IntervalSeconds = 60,
+            LookaheadMonths = lookahead,
+        });
+
+        var svc = new AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>(),
+            opts,
+            NullLogger<AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService>.Instance);
+
+        // Drive the startup tick. Wait until max boundary moves forward by
+        // the expected amount; SPLIT against MSSQL can take a second or two
+        // on a busy dev container.
+        await StartAndAwaitStartupTickAsync(
+            svc,
+            async () =>
+            {
+                var current = await ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(sp);
+                return current == expectedSecondNew;
+            },
+            timeout: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15));
+
+        await svc.StopAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+        svc.Dispose();
+
+        var maxAfter = await ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(sp);
+        // Two new boundaries should be present after the startup tick. The
+        // hosted service does not surface the added-list directly (it logs
+        // only at Information), so we assert via the max-boundary delta.
+        Assert.Equal(expectedSecondNew, maxAfter);
+        // Sanity: the intermediate boundary was also added (the loop
+        // SPLITs every month from max+1 up to horizon, in order).
+        Assert.True(expectedFirstNew < expectedSecondNew);
+    }
+
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // 3. EndToEnd_PartitionMaintenance_Idempotent_OverTwoRuns
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    [SkippableFact]
+    public async Task EndToEnd_PartitionMaintenance_Idempotent_OverTwoRuns()
+    {
+        Skip.IfNot(_fixture.Available, _fixture.SkipReason);
+
+        await using var sp = BuildProvider();
+
+        var maxBefore = await ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(sp);
+        Assert.NotNull(maxBefore);
+
+        // Add exactly one new boundary on the first run.
+        var lookahead = LookaheadForExtraBoundaries(maxBefore.Value, extraBoundaries: 1);
+        var expectedAdded = maxBefore.Value.AddMonths(1);
+
+        var opts = Options.Create(new AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceOptions
+        {
+            IntervalSeconds = 60,
+            LookaheadMonths = lookahead,
+        });
+
+        // First run.
+        var svc1 = new AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>(),
+            opts,
+            NullLogger<AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService>.Instance);
+        await StartAndAwaitStartupTickAsync(
+            svc1,
+            async () =>
+            {
+                var current = await ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(sp);
+                return current == expectedAdded;
+            },
+            timeout: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15));
+        await svc1.StopAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+        svc1.Dispose();
+
+        var maxAfterFirst = await ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(sp);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedAdded, maxAfterFirst);
+
+        // Second run with the SAME lookahead value. Because the boundary
+        // is already covered, the EnsureLookaheadAsync call must be a
+        // no-op — max boundary is unchanged AND no exception is thrown.
+        var svc2 = new AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>(),
+            opts,
+            NullLogger<AuditLogPartitionMaintenanceService>.Instance);
+        await svc2.StartAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+        // Wait long enough that the startup tick would have fired and
+        // logged any boundary addition; the boundary state must remain
+        // unchanged after the wait.
+        await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+        await svc2.StopAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+        svc2.Dispose();
+
+        var maxAfterSecond = await ReadMaxBoundaryAsync(sp);
+        Assert.Equal(maxAfterFirst, maxAfterSecond);
+    }
+}