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* Electron's `WebFrameMain.send` writes every "Render frame was disposed"
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  Electron's own catch block fires, and installed a targeted filter in
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  noise never reaches the terminal. Any other payload still surfaces.

* `dispatchAgentMessage` accepted the human-reader sentinel as a wake
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  then called `db.getAgent("__board__")`, threw, and the dispatcher
  kept repeating on every send. Strip `HUMAN_SENDER_ID` at
  `resolveMessageWakeTargets`, and keep a defense-in-depth guard in the
  heartbeat so a stray caller (future automation fan-out) cannot
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* Pi's skills loader rejects any SKILL.md whose frontmatter `name`
  diverges from its parent directory. The four bundled `my-writing-style`
  copies declared `name: writing-style-skill`, so every install emitted
  a warning and dropped the skill. They also lived as orphan gitlinks
  (mode 160000 without .gitmodules), and the global `*.md` gitignore
  hid every other SKILL.md from version control. Fixed the frontmatter
  to match the dir, converted the dangling submodules to plain trees,
  and allowlisted `builtin-skills/**/*.md` so a fresh clone carries the
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---
title: One Concept Per Test
impact: MEDIUM
impactDescription: enables precise failure diagnosis
tags: test, assert, concept, focus
---
## One Concept Per Test
Each test should verify a single concept or behavior. Multiple assertions are fine when they all verify different aspects of that one concept. What you want to avoid is testing unrelated concerns in a single test.
**Incorrect (multiple unrelated concepts in one test):**
```java
@Test
public void testUserRegistration() {
User user = userService.register("bob@example.com", "password123");
// Concept 1: user creation
assertNotNull(user);
assertNotNull(user.getId());
// Concept 2: email notification (unrelated to creation details)
verify(emailService).sendWelcome("bob@example.com");
// Concept 3: repository state (separate concern)
assertEquals(1, userRepository.count());
}
// If this fails, which concept is broken? Creation? Email? Persistence?
```
**Correct (one concept per test, multiple assertions are fine):**
```java
@Test
public void registerShouldCreateActiveUserWithGeneratedId() {
User user = userService.register("bob@example.com", "password123");
assertNotNull(user.getId());
assertEquals("bob@example.com", user.getEmail());
assertTrue(user.isActive());
}
@Test
public void registerShouldSendWelcomeEmail() {
userService.register("bob@example.com", "password123");
verify(emailService).sendWelcome("bob@example.com");
}
@Test
public void registerShouldPersistUser() {
userService.register("bob@example.com", "password123");
assertEquals(1, userRepository.count());
}
```
The first test has three assertions — that's fine because they all verify a single concept: "the returned user object is correctly constructed." Each test can be understood from its name alone.
**When NOT to split tests:**
- When multiple assertions verify the same behavior from different angles (like checking all fields of a returned object), keep them together — splitting creates duplicate setup and slower test suites.
- When the operation under test has side effects (API calls, DB writes), avoid calling it multiple times just to isolate assertions.
Reference: [Clean Code, Chapter 9: Unit Tests](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/clean-code-a/9780136083238/)