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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Vitor Pamplona
+ *
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+ */
+package com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.store.sqlite
+
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.Event
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.relay.filters.Filter
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.EventFactory
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+
+class AdversarialSearchRankTest {
+    private var idSeq = 0
+
+    private fun hexId(n: Int): String {
+        val s = n.toString(16)
+        return "0".repeat(64 - s.length) + s
+    }
+
+    private fun ev(
+        content: String,
+        createdAt: Long,
+        tags: Array<Array<String>>,
+        kind: Int = 1,
+    ): Event =
+        EventFactory.create(
+            hexId(++idSeq),
+            "00".repeat(32),
+            createdAt,
+            kind,
+            tags,
+            content,
+            "0".repeat(128),
+        )
+
+    // A filter with TWO tag keys + search → self-join on event_tags + rank projection.
+    @Test
+    fun twoTagKeysPlusSearchRanksAndDoesNotDuplicate() =
+        runBlocking {
+            val store = EventStore(dbName = null)
+            try {
+                // has both t=nostr and e=<x>, strong match
+                val strong = ev("nostr nostr nostr", 1, arrayOf(arrayOf("t", "nostr"), arrayOf("e", "aa".repeat(32))))
+                // has both tags, weak match (newer)
+                val weak = ev("nostr among many other filler words here padding", 2, arrayOf(arrayOf("t", "nostr"), arrayOf("e", "aa".repeat(32))))
+                // matches term + t but MISSING e tag → excluded by tagsAll-like AND of two keys
+                val missingE = ev("nostr nostr nostr nostr", 3, arrayOf(arrayOf("t", "nostr")))
+                store.batchInsert(listOf(strong, weak, missingE))
+
+                val filter =
+                    Filter(
+                        search = "nostr",
+                        tags = mapOf("t" to listOf("nostr"), "e" to listOf("aa".repeat(32))),
+                        limit = 10,
+                    )
+                val ids = store.query<Event>(filter).map { it.id }
+                // relevance order, both tags required, no duplicate rows
+                assertEquals(listOf(strong.id, weak.id), ids, "two-tag + search must rank and require both tags with no dupes")
+
+                // count parity with query for the same filter
+                assertEquals(ids.size, store.count(filter), "count must equal query size for two-tag search")
+            } finally {
+                store.close()
+            }
+        }
+
+    // count(filter) vs query(filter).size for a search+tag filter WITH a limit
+    // smaller than the match set — NIP-45 parity.
+    @Test
+    fun countEqualsQuerySizeForSearchTagWithLimit() =
+        runBlocking {
+            val store = EventStore(dbName = null)
+            try {
+                val a = ev("apple apple apple", 1, arrayOf(arrayOf("t", "fruit")))
+                val b = ev("apple apple filler", 2, arrayOf(arrayOf("t", "fruit")))
+                val c = ev("apple filler filler words here", 3, arrayOf(arrayOf("t", "fruit")))
+                store.batchInsert(listOf(a, b, c))
+
+                val filter = Filter(search = "apple", tags = mapOf("t" to listOf("fruit")), limit = 2)
+                val qSize = store.query<Event>(filter).size
+                val cnt = store.count(filter)
+                assertEquals(2, qSize, "query must honor limit")
+                assertEquals(qSize, cnt, "count must match query size under a limit (NIP-45)")
+            } finally {
+                store.close()
+            }
+        }
+
+    // Deleting a NON-searchable event (never had an FTS row) fires the
+    // contentless delete trigger against a non-existent rowid.
+    @Test
+    fun deletingNonSearchableEventDoesNotCrash() =
+        runBlocking {
+            val store = EventStore(dbName = null)
+            try {
+                // kind 7 reaction is not a SearchableEvent → no FTS row inserted.
+                val reaction = ev("+", 1, arrayOf(arrayOf("e", "bb".repeat(32))), kind = 7)
+                val note = ev("hello searchable world", 2, arrayOf())
+                store.batchInsert(listOf(reaction, note))
+
+                // Trigger fires DELETE FROM event_fts WHERE rowid = <reaction row_id>
+                // which never existed. Must be a harmless no-op.
+                store.store.delete(reaction.id)
+
+                // Searchable note still findable; store intact.
+                assertEquals(note.id, store.query<Event>(Filter(search = "searchable")).single().id)
+                assertTrue(store.query<Event>(Filter(ids = listOf(reaction.id))).isEmpty())
+            } finally {
+                store.close()
+            }
+        }
+}