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+/**
+ * Integration test for v1.4.16 phase B5b — multi-provider redundancy.
+ *
+ * Scenario: a user has an OpenAI key configured AND the operator has
+ * an admin-OpenAI key configured. The OpenAI primary is deliberately
+ * broken (its base URL points to an absent localhost port → fetch
+ * throws ECONNREFUSED). The chain runner must cascade past the broken
+ * primary to the working secondary (admin-OpenAI, mocked to return a
+ * valid insight payload) and the route must surface a successful
+ * response with `chainProviderType: "admin-openai"` recorded in the
+ * audit log.
+ *
+ * Counter-scenario: when both providers are broken, the response is a
+ * 503 with the expected error envelope.
+ */
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+process.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY ??=
+  "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef";
+
+import { cookieJar, headerJar } from "./mock-next-headers";
+import { getPrismaClient, truncateAllTables } from "./setup";
+
+vi.mock("next/headers", async () => {
+  const { cookieJar, headerJar } = await import("./mock-next-headers");
+  return {
+    headers: vi.fn(async () => ({
+      get: (name: string) => headerJar.get(name.toLowerCase()) ?? null,
+    })),
+    cookies: vi.fn(async () => ({
+      get: (name: string) => {
+        const value = cookieJar.get(name);
+        return value ? { name, value } : undefined;
+      },
+      set: (name: string, value: string) => {
+        cookieJar.set(name, value);
+      },
+      delete: (name: string) => {
+        cookieJar.delete(name);
+      },
+    })),
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/db-compat", () => ({
+  ensureDbCompatibility: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+
+// Stub feature extraction + prompt-building so the test stays focused
+// on the chain semantics rather than the prompt's real content. Both
+// modules are re-exported from inside the route via @/lib/insights so
+// the standard module mock works.
+vi.mock("@/lib/insights/features", () => ({
+  extractFeatures: vi.fn(async () => ({ stub: true })),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/insights/prompt", () => ({
+  getInsightsSystemPrompt: vi.fn(() => "system"),
+  buildUserPrompt: vi.fn(() => "user"),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/i18n/server-locale", () => ({
+  resolveServerLocale: vi.fn(async () => "en"),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/rate-limit", () => ({
+  checkRateLimit: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    allowed: true,
+    remaining: 9,
+    resetAt: Date.now() + 3600_000,
+  })),
+}));
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  await truncateAllTables(getPrismaClient());
+  cookieJar.clear();
+  headerJar.clear();
+  // Wipe the in-process last-working cache so test order doesn't
+  // leak the fallback decision from one case into the next.
+  const { clearLastWorkingProviderCache } = await import(
+    "@/lib/ai/provider-runner"
+  );
+  clearLastWorkingProviderCache();
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+const VALID_LEGACY_INSIGHT = JSON.stringify({
+  insightType: "general",
+  summary: "ok",
+  classification: "gut",
+  findings: [],
+  correlations: [],
+  recommendations: [],
+  dataQuality: { coverage: "fair", gaps: [], confidence: "mittel" },
+  disclaimer: "consult your doctor",
+});
+
+async function seedUserWithKey(): Promise<{ userId: string }> {
+  const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+  const { encrypt } = await import("@/lib/crypto");
+  const user = await prisma.user.create({
+    data: {
+      username: "chain-user",
+      email: "chain@example.test",
+      role: "USER",
+      // Two user-level keys so the chain has two real candidates
+      // (`openai` then `anthropic`) WITHOUT touching `app_settings`.
+      // The testcontainer's migration history pre-dates several
+      // `app_settings` columns added through schema-only edits
+      // (default_locale, umami, ntfy_global, etc.), so triggering the
+      // admin-openai resolution path (which reads every column) blows
+      // up. Constrain the chain to user-level providers and we don't
+      // need to seed app_settings at all.
+      aiOpenaiKeyEncrypted: encrypt("sk-user-key"),
+      aiAnthropicKeyEncrypted: encrypt("sk-ant-secondary"),
+      aiProviderChain: [
+        { providerType: "openai", priority: 1, enabled: true },
+        { providerType: "anthropic", priority: 2, enabled: true },
+      ] as never,
+    },
+  });
+  const session = await prisma.session.create({
+    data: {
+      userId: user.id,
+      expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 60_000),
+    },
+  });
+  cookieJar.set("healthlog_session", session.id);
+
+  return { userId: user.id };
+}
+
+function jsonRequest(): Request {
+  return new Request("http://localhost/api/insights/generate", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ force: true }),
+  });
+}
+
+interface SuccessEnvelope {
+  data: { insights: unknown; cached: boolean };
+}
+interface ErrorEnvelope {
+  data: null;
+  error: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helpers for the route-off-fetch-by-URL pattern. The OpenAIClient
+ * posts to `<base>/chat/completions`; the AnthropicClient posts to
+ * `<base>/messages`. Both target distinct hosts in production, so the
+ * URL prefix is enough to disambiguate which provider made the call
+ * regardless of header shape.
+ */
+function isOpenAICall(input: RequestInfo | URL): boolean {
+  const url =
+    input instanceof URL
+      ? input.href
+      : typeof input === "string"
+        ? input
+        : input.url;
+  return url.includes("/chat/completions");
+}
+
+function isAnthropicCall(input: RequestInfo | URL): boolean {
+  const url =
+    input instanceof URL
+      ? input.href
+      : typeof input === "string"
+        ? input
+        : input.url;
+  return url.includes("/messages");
+}
+
+function anthropicSuccess(): Response {
+  return new Response(
+    JSON.stringify({
+      content: [{ type: "text", text: VALID_LEGACY_INSIGHT }],
+      usage: { input_tokens: 10, output_tokens: 32 },
+    }),
+    { status: 200, headers: { "content-type": "application/json" } },
+  );
+}
+
+describe("POST /api/insights/generate — chain fallback", () => {
+  it("falls back from broken OpenAI primary to Anthropic secondary when the primary fails", async () => {
+    await seedUserWithKey();
+
+    const fetchSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockImplementation(
+      async (input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+        if (isOpenAICall(input)) {
+          return new Response(
+            JSON.stringify({ error: { code: "invalid_api_key" } }),
+            { status: 401, headers: { "content-type": "application/json" } },
+          );
+        }
+        if (isAnthropicCall(input)) {
+          return anthropicSuccess();
+        }
+        throw new Error(`unexpected URL: ${String(input)}`);
+      },
+    );
+
+    const { POST } = await import("@/app/api/insights/generate/route");
+    const res = await POST(jsonRequest() as never);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as SuccessEnvelope;
+    expect(body.data.cached).toBe(false);
+
+    // Both calls fired (primary 401, secondary success).
+    expect(fetchSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+    // Audit log carries the working provider type + hop count.
+    const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+    const audit = await prisma.auditLog.findFirst({
+      where: { action: "insights.generate" },
+      orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
+    });
+    expect(audit).not.toBeNull();
+    const details = JSON.parse(audit!.details!);
+    expect(details.chainProviderType).toBe("anthropic");
+    expect(details.fallbackHopCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("returns 503 when every chain entry fails hard", async () => {
+    await seedUserWithKey();
+
+    // Every fetch fails with 503 (upstream brown-out).
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValue(
+      new Response("upstream down", { status: 503 }),
+    );
+
+    const { POST } = await import("@/app/api/insights/generate/route");
+    const res = await POST(jsonRequest() as never);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(503);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as ErrorEnvelope;
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/temporarily unavailable/i);
+  });
+
+  it("caches the working provider so the next call skips the broken primary", async () => {
+    await seedUserWithKey();
+
+    const fetchSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockImplementation(
+      async (input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+        if (isOpenAICall(input)) {
+          return new Response("nope", { status: 401 });
+        }
+        if (isAnthropicCall(input)) {
+          return anthropicSuccess();
+        }
+        throw new Error(`unexpected URL: ${String(input)}`);
+      },
+    );
+
+    const { POST } = await import("@/app/api/insights/generate/route");
+
+    // First call: OpenAI fails 401, Anthropic succeeds (2 fetches).
+    const res1 = await POST(jsonRequest() as never);
+    expect(res1.status).toBe(200);
+    const callsAfterFirst = fetchSpy.mock.calls.length;
+    expect(callsAfterFirst).toBe(2);
+
+    // Force a fresh generation (bypass the 24h DB cache).
+    const prisma = getPrismaClient();
+    await prisma.user.update({
+      where: { username: "chain-user" },
+      data: { insightsCachedAt: null, insightsCachedText: null },
+    });
+
+    // Second call: cache should reorder so Anthropic is the first
+    // attempt — only ONE more fetch call (no wasted OpenAI 401).
+    const res2 = await POST(jsonRequest() as never);
+    expect(res2.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(fetchSpy.mock.calls.length).toBe(callsAfterFirst + 1);
+
+    // Audit log carries fallback_hop_count: 0 on the second call.
+    const audits = await prisma.auditLog.findMany({
+      where: { action: "insights.generate" },
+      orderBy: { createdAt: "asc" },
+    });
+    expect(audits).toHaveLength(2);
+    const second = JSON.parse(audits[1].details!);
+    expect(second.fallbackHopCount).toBe(0);
+    expect(second.chainProviderType).toBe("anthropic");
+  });
+});