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+// Feature-level test: exercises the full slice
+//   tRPC procedure -> controller -> use-case -> mock repo
+// without going through a network or the actual Payload Local API.
+// Verifies that the layers are correctly wired through the per-feature DI container.
+
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { blogContainer } from "../src/di/container";
+import { BLOG_SYMBOLS } from "../src/di/symbols";
+import { MockArticlesRepository } from "../src/infrastructure/repositories/mock-articles.repository";
+import type { IArticlesRepository } from "../src/application/repositories/articles-repository.interface";
+import { blogRouter } from "../src/integrations/api/router";
+
+describe("blog feature: article-by-slug end-to-end", () => {
+  let repo: MockArticlesRepository;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    if (blogContainer.isBound(BLOG_SYMBOLS.IArticlesRepository)) {
+      blogContainer.unbind(BLOG_SYMBOLS.IArticlesRepository);
+    }
+    repo = new MockArticlesRepository();
+    blogContainer
+      .bind<IArticlesRepository>(BLOG_SYMBOLS.IArticlesRepository)
+      .toConstantValue(repo);
+  });
+
+  it("creates an article via tRPC, then fetches it back by slug", async () => {
+    const caller = blogRouter.createCaller({});
+
+    const created = await caller.createArticle({
+      title: "The Vertical Refactor",
+      content: { type: "doc", children: [] },
+      authorId: "u1",
+      slug: "vertical-refactor",
+    });
+    expect(created.id).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(created.slug).toBe("vertical-refactor");
+
+    const fetched = await caller.articleBySlug({ slug: "vertical-refactor" });
+    expect(fetched?.id).toBe(created.id);
+    expect(fetched?.title).toBe("The Vertical Refactor");
+  });
+
+  it("listArticles filters by status", async () => {
+    const caller = blogRouter.createCaller({});
+    await caller.createArticle({
+      title: "Draft One",
+      content: null,
+      authorId: "u1",
+    });
+    const draftOnly = await caller.listArticles({ status: "draft" });
+    expect(draftOnly).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    const publishedOnly = await caller.listArticles({ status: "published" });
+    expect(publishedOnly).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});