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+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+
+vi.mock("@/components/charts/health-chart", () => ({
+  HealthChart: ({
+    types,
+    title,
+    mini,
+    windowOverride,
+  }: {
+    types: string[];
+    title: string;
+    mini?: boolean;
+    windowOverride?: string;
+  }) => (
+    <div
+      data-testid="health-chart-mock"
+      data-types={types.join(",")}
+      data-mini={mini ? "true" : "false"}
+      data-window={windowOverride ?? ""}
+    >
+      chart:{title}
+    </div>
+  ),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/components/charts/mood-chart", () => ({
+  MoodChart: ({ mini }: { mini?: boolean }) => (
+    <div data-testid="mood-chart-mock" data-mini={mini ? "true" : "false"} />
+  ),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@tanstack/react-query", () => ({
+  useQuery: () => ({ data: null, isLoading: false }),
+  useQueryClient: () => ({ invalidateQueries: vi.fn() }),
+}));
+
+import { I18nProvider } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import { InsightAdvisorCard } from "../insight-advisor-card";
+import type { InsightResult } from "@/lib/ai/types";
+import { generateInsight } from "@/lib/ai/generate-insight";
+import { MockAIProvider } from "@/lib/ai/mock-client";
+import { MEDICAL_REFERENCES } from "@/lib/ai/medical-references";
+
+/**
+ * v1.4.16 phase B5c — full-flow integration.
+ *
+ * Mocks an AIProvider that returns a structured payload with
+ * rationale on every rec, runs `generateInsight()` to validate +
+ * parse, then feeds the parsed payload through InsightAdvisorCard.
+ * Asserts the advisor card surfaces the rec text + rationale rows
+ * via the RecommendationCard subcomponent.
+ *
+ * The advisor card consumes the legacy `InsightResult` shape, not
+ * the strict `AIInsightResponse` — but the new field schema is
+ * optional on the UI type, so a recommendation flowing in as a
+ * structured object with rationale renders the expand-card.
+ */
+
+const knownRefId = MEDICAL_REFERENCES[0].id;
+
+const strictPayload = {
+  summary: "Your blood pressure is elevated against your own baseline.",
+  recommendations: [
+    {
+      id: "rec-1",
+      text: "Discuss home BP log with your physician.",
+      severity: "important",
+      metricSource: {
+        type: "bloodPressure",
+        timeRange: "last7days",
+        summary: "avg 138/86 across 9 readings",
+        n: 9,
+      },
+      rationale: {
+        dataWindow: "last7days",
+        comparedTo: "your 90-day median (122/78)",
+        deviation: "+16/+8 mmHg above baseline over 9 of 9 readings",
+      },
+      referenceId: knownRefId,
+    },
+  ],
+  citations: [
+    {
+      type: "bloodPressure",
+      timeRange: "last7days",
+      summary: "avg 138/86 across 9 readings",
+    },
+  ],
+  warnings: [],
+};
+
+describe("end-to-end — generateInsight() + RecommendationCard render", () => {
+  it("strict payload from MockAIProvider passes parse + flows through to RecommendationCard rationale rows", async () => {
+    const provider = new MockAIProvider({
+      responses: JSON.stringify(strictPayload),
+    });
+
+    const outcome = await generateInsight(provider, {
+      systemPrompt: "system",
+      userPrompt: "user",
+    });
+
+    expect(outcome.parsed.recommendations).toHaveLength(1);
+    const rec = outcome.parsed.recommendations[0];
+    expect(rec.rationale).toEqual({
+      dataWindow: "last7days",
+      comparedTo: "your 90-day median (122/78)",
+      deviation: "+16/+8 mmHg above baseline over 9 of 9 readings",
+    });
+
+    // Wrap as an InsightResult (legacy UI-shape) — only the
+    // recommendations need to carry the new fields for the rec card
+    // to render the expand panel.
+    const insight: InsightResult = {
+      insightType: "general",
+      summary: outcome.parsed.summary,
+      classification: "grenzwertig",
+      classificationLabel: "Borderline",
+      findings: [],
+      correlations: [],
+      recommendations: outcome.parsed.recommendations.map((r) => ({
+        text: r.text,
+        referenceId: r.referenceId,
+        rationale: r.rationale,
+        metricSource: r.metricSource,
+        severity: r.severity,
+        id: r.id,
+      })),
+      dataQuality: { coverage: "good", gaps: [], confidence: "hoch" },
+      disclaimer: "Not a substitute for medical advice.",
+    };
+
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <I18nProvider initialLocale="en">
+        <InsightAdvisorCard
+          title="Test"
+          insight={insight}
+          legacyPayload={false}
+        />
+      </I18nProvider>,
+    );
+
+    // The rec card is collapsed by default — assert chevron present.
+    expect(html).toContain("Discuss home BP log");
+    expect(html).toMatch(/aria-expanded="false"/);
+    // Severity badge
+    expect(html).toContain("important");
+  });
+
+  it("legacyPayload flag surfaces the regenerate CTA", () => {
+    const insight: InsightResult = {
+      insightType: "general",
+      summary: "x",
+      classification: "gut",
+      classificationLabel: "Good",
+      findings: [],
+      correlations: [],
+      recommendations: ["Plain string rec"],
+      dataQuality: { coverage: "good", gaps: [], confidence: "hoch" },
+      disclaimer: "Disclaimer",
+    };
+
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <I18nProvider initialLocale="en">
+        <InsightAdvisorCard
+          title="Test"
+          insight={insight}
+          legacyPayload
+          onRegenerate={() => {}}
+        />
+      </I18nProvider>,
+    );
+
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="insight-legacy-payload-cta"');
+    expect(html).toContain("Insights updated");
+  });
+});