diff --git a/tests/unit/history-log.test.ts b/tests/unit/history-log.test.ts
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+// The labelled undo/redo mirror (utils/historyLog.svelte.ts) against a live editor:
+// labels per edit kind, entries moving between the stacks on undo/redo, and the
+// redo branch being discarded by a fresh edit.
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { Editor } from '@tiptap/core';
+import { closeHistory } from '@tiptap/pm/history';
+import { extensions } from '../../src/lib/editor/extensions';
+import { historyLog, recordTransaction, resetHistoryLog } from '../../src/lib/utils/historyLog.svelte';
+
+function makeEditor() {
+  const el = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(el);
+  return new Editor({
+    element: el,
+    extensions,
+    content: { type: 'doc', content: [{ type: 'paragraph' }] },
+    onTransaction: ({ editor, transaction }) => recordTransaction(editor.state, transaction),
+  });
+}
+
+// Consecutive edits in one test tick share a timestamp and would merge into one
+// undo group; an explicit group boundary keeps one log entry per edit.
+const endGroup = (editor: Editor) =>
+  editor.view.dispatch(closeHistory(editor.state.tr));
+
+const undoLabels = () => historyLog.undo.map((e) => e.label);
+const redoLabels = () => historyLog.redo.map((e) => e.label);
+
+describe('history log', () => {
+  beforeEach(resetHistoryLog);
+
+  it('labels typing, marks, structure and delete', () => {
+    const editor = makeEditor();
+    editor.commands.insertContent('Hello world');
+    endGroup(editor);
+    editor.chain().setTextSelection({ from: 1, to: 6 }).toggleBold().run();
+    endGroup(editor);
+    editor.commands.insertContentAt(editor.state.doc.content.size,
+      { type: 'heading', attrs: { level: 2 }, content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Title' }] });
+    endGroup(editor);
+    editor.chain().setTextSelection({ from: 7, to: 12 }).deleteSelection().run();
+
+    expect(undoLabels()).toEqual(['Typing: “Hello world”', 'Bold', 'Heading 2', 'Delete']);
+    expect(redoLabels()).toEqual([]);
+    editor.destroy();
+  });
+
+  it('moves entries across on undo/redo and keeps counts at the plugin depths', () => {
+    const editor = makeEditor();
+    editor.commands.insertContent('one');
+    endGroup(editor);
+    editor.chain().selectAll().toggleBold().run();
+
+    editor.commands.undo();
+    expect(undoLabels()).toEqual(['Typing: “one”']);
+    expect(redoLabels()).toEqual(['Bold']);
+
+    editor.commands.redo();
+    expect(undoLabels()).toEqual(['Typing: “one”', 'Bold']);
+    expect(redoLabels()).toEqual([]);
+    editor.destroy();
+  });
+
+  it('a fresh edit after undo discards the redo branch', () => {
+    const editor = makeEditor();
+    editor.commands.insertContent('one');
+    endGroup(editor);
+    editor.commands.insertContent(' two');
+    editor.commands.undo();
+    expect(redoLabels()).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    editor.commands.insertContent(' three');
+    expect(redoLabels()).toEqual([]);
+    expect(undoLabels()).toEqual(['Typing: “one”', 'Typing: “three”']);
+    editor.destroy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/recent-files.test.ts b/tests/unit/recent-files.test.ts
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+// The recent-files list (storage/recentFiles.ts): dedupe by name, newest first,
+// capped at eight, and tolerant of corrupt localStorage. jsdom has no IndexedDB,
+// so the handle side no-ops — exactly the browser-without-picker path.
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { loadRecentFiles, rememberRecentFile, forgetRecentFiles } from '../../src/lib/storage/recentFiles';
+
+const KEY = 'edentext-recent-files';
+
+describe('recent files', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => localStorage.clear());
+
+  it('starts empty and survives corrupt or foreign values under its key', () => {
+    expect(loadRecentFiles()).toEqual([]);
+    localStorage.setItem(KEY, 'not json{');
+    expect(loadRecentFiles()).toEqual([]);
+    localStorage.setItem(KEY, '{"a":1}');
+    expect(loadRecentFiles()).toEqual([]);
+    localStorage.setItem(KEY, '[{"id":"x","name":"ok.odt","at":1},{"id":"y","at":2},null]');
+    expect(loadRecentFiles().map((f) => f.name)).toEqual(['ok.odt']);
+  });
+
+  it('remembers newest first and dedupes a handleless file by name, keeping its id', async () => {
+    await rememberRecentFile('a.odt', null);
+    await rememberRecentFile('b.odt', null);
+    expect(loadRecentFiles().map((f) => f.name)).toEqual(['b.odt', 'a.odt']);
+
+    const idA = loadRecentFiles()[1].id;
+    await rememberRecentFile('a.odt', null);
+    const list = loadRecentFiles();
+    expect(list.map((f) => f.name)).toEqual(['a.odt', 'b.odt']);
+    expect(list[0].id).toBe(idA);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps at most eight entries, dropping the oldest', async () => {
+    for (let i = 1; i <= 10; i++) await rememberRecentFile(`f${i}.odt`, null);
+    const names = loadRecentFiles().map((f) => f.name);
+    expect(names).toHaveLength(8);
+    expect(names[0]).toBe('f10.odt');
+    expect(names).not.toContain('f1.odt');
+    expect(names).not.toContain('f2.odt');
+  });
+
+  it('forgetRecentFiles clears the list and removes the key', async () => {
+    await rememberRecentFile('a.odt', null);
+    forgetRecentFiles();
+    expect(loadRecentFiles()).toEqual([]);
+    expect(localStorage.getItem(KEY)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});