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+/* eslint-disable typescript-eslint/no-deprecated -- react-test-renderer is the DOM-free renderer used to mount React/RN trees under vitest (same pattern as pr-diff-file-list.test.tsx) */
+// Spot check e1-expand-readme.png: the vision report says the Finish review
+// bar overlaps the last visible diff lines and clips the deleted-line text.
+// That is the OLD overlay layout (`absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0` over the
+// FlashList). The two earlier repairs edited the bar's own file and pinned
+// the bar's own classes; this file pins the composed render path — the
+// screen state the e1 scenario actually shows (a GitLab MR, README.md
+// expanded, one line selected so the Comment affordance is up). It mounts
+// the real `PrReviewFileList` with the real `PrDiffFloatingActions` and
+// asserts the bar can never cover a diff row: it is an in-flow sibling
+// AFTER the list in the same flex column, no node in the whole tree
+// carries the overlay signature, both bar layers are opaque, and the list
+// ends at the bar's top edge with the reserved gap.
+import TestRenderer, { act } from 'react-test-renderer';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import '@/i18n';
+import type * as ReactI18next from 'react-i18next';
+import { type ProviderPrRef, ProviderPrScopeProvider } from '@/lib/pr-review/provider-pr-ref';
+import { PrReviewFileList } from './pr-diff-file-list';
+import { type SelectionState } from '@/lib/pr-review/diff-selection';
+
+vi.mock('react-i18next', async importOriginal => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof ReactI18next>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    useTranslation: () => {
+      const i18n = actual.getI18n();
+      return { t: i18n.t.bind(i18n), i18n };
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+const insetsState = vi.hoisted(() => ({ top: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0, right: 0 }));
+
+const listQueryState = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  query: {
+    isLoading: false,
+    isFetching: false,
+    isFetchingNextPage: false,
+    hasNextPage: false,
+    isError: false,
+    fetchNextPage: vi.fn(),
+    refetch: vi.fn(),
+  },
+  files: [] as unknown[],
+  firstPageErrorState: null as { kind: string } | null,
+}));
+
+// The e1 moment: the tapped README line is selected, so the bar shows the
+// selection row (Comment + Clear) above the Finish review button.
+const selectionState = vi.hoisted((): { selection: SelectionState | null } => ({
+  selection: {
+    path: 'README.md',
+    side: 'RIGHT',
+    hunkKey: 'README.md:0',
+    startLine: 5,
+    line: 5,
+    selectedText: '- old readme line',
+  },
+}));
+
+const pendingState = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  items: [] as { id: string; path: string; side: 'LEFT' | 'RIGHT'; line: number }[],
+}));
+
+vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
+  View: 'View',
+  RefreshControl: 'RefreshControl',
+}));
+vi.mock('react-native-safe-area-context', () => ({
+  useSafeAreaInsets: () => insetsState,
+}));
+vi.mock('@shopify/flash-list', () => ({
+  FlashList: 'FlashList',
+}));
+vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn() }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/components/centered-state', () => ({ CenteredState: 'CenteredState' }));
+vi.mock('@/components/query-error', () => ({ QueryError: 'QueryError' }));
+vi.mock('@/components/pr-review/pr-review-reconnect-notice', () => ({
+  PrReviewReconnectNotice: 'PrReviewReconnectNotice',
+}));
+vi.mock('@/components/ui/icons', () => ({
+  MessageCirclePlus: () => null,
+}));
+vi.mock('@/components/ui/button', () => ({ Button: 'Button' }));
+vi.mock('@/components/ui/text', () => ({ Text: 'Text' }));
+vi.mock('@/lib/hooks/use-theme-colors', () => ({
+  useThemeColors: () => ({
+    primaryForeground: '#FFFFFF',
+    foreground: '#000000',
+    mutedForeground: '#6F6A61',
+  }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/pr-review/pending-review-provider', () => ({
+  usePendingReview: () => ({
+    items: pendingState.items,
+    addComment: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+    updateComment: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+    removeComment: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+    clear: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+  }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/components/pr-review/diff/diff-font-metrics', () => ({
+  DiffFontMetricsContext: { Provider: 'DiffFontMetricsContext.Provider' },
+  useBoundedDiffFontMetrics: () => ({
+    scale: 1,
+    codeFontSize: 12,
+    labelFontSize: 11,
+    lineHeight: 18,
+    rowMinHeight: 22,
+  }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/components/pr-review/diff/pr-diff-file-list-header', () => ({
+  PrDiffFileListHeader: 'PrDiffFileListHeader',
+  useDiffViewMode: () => ({ viewMode: 'unified', setViewMode: vi.fn() }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/components/pr-review/diff/pr-diff-file-list-loading', () => ({
+  PrDiffFileListLoading: 'PrDiffFileListLoading',
+}));
+// NOTE: PrDiffFloatingActions is deliberately NOT mocked — the defect is the
+// bar's placement relative to the list, so the real bar must mount inside the
+// real container.
+vi.mock('@/components/pr-review/diff/pr-diff-file-list-render', () => ({
+  useDiffRenderItem: () => vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/components/pr-review/diff/use-diff-selection', () => ({
+  useDiffSelection: () => ({
+    selection: selectionState.selection,
+    selectionView: selectionState.selection
+      ? {
+          filePath: selectionState.selection.path,
+          side: selectionState.selection.side,
+          startLine: selectionState.selection.startLine,
+          line: selectionState.selection.line,
+        }
+      : null,
+    handleLineTap: vi.fn(),
+    clearSelection: vi.fn(),
+  }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/components/pr-review/diff/pr-diff-rows', () => ({
+  EmptyFilesView: 'EmptyFilesView',
+  TabStateMessage: 'TabStateMessage',
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/pr-review/diff/pr-diff-list-builder', () => ({
+  buildFileItems: () => [],
+  buildPaginationItem: () => ({ key: 'pagination' }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/pr-review/diff/sticky-file-headers', () => ({
+  stickyFileHeaderIndices: () => [],
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/pr-review/diff/use-pr-diff-context-loader', () => ({
+  usePrDiffContextLoader: () => ({
+    expandedContext: {},
+    setExpandedContext: vi.fn(),
+    handleLoadContext: vi.fn(),
+  }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/pr-review/diff/pr-review-file-list-state', () => ({
+  usePrReviewFileListQuery: () => listQueryState,
+  usePrReviewViewedFiles: () => ({ isViewed: () => false, toggle: vi.fn(), isLoading: false }),
+  useFetchToCompletion: () => ({
+    run: vi.fn(),
+    isRunning: false,
+    loadedFiles: 0,
+    totalFiles: null,
+    error: null,
+  }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/pr-review/diff/use-pr-diff-list-scroll', () => ({
+  usePrDiffListScroll: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/pr-review/diff-selection-bridge', () => ({
+  clearDiffSelection: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/hooks/use-is-tablet', () => ({
+  useIsTablet: () => false,
+}));
+
+const GITLAB_REF: ProviderPrRef = {
+  platform: 'gitlab',
+  projectPath: 'group/sub/repo',
+  mrIid: 12,
+};
+
+function classesOf(node: TestRenderer.ReactTestInstance): string[] {
+  return typeof node.props.className === 'string' ? node.props.className.split(' ') : [];
+}
+
+function styleOf(node: TestRenderer.ReactTestInstance): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const style = node.props.style;
+  return style != null && typeof style === 'object' && !Array.isArray(style)
+    ? (style as Record<string, unknown>)
+    : {};
+}
+
+/** The instance children of a node, dropping raw text nodes. */
+function instanceChildren(node: TestRenderer.ReactTestInstance): TestRenderer.ReactTestInstance[] {
+  return node.children.filter(
+    (child): child is TestRenderer.ReactTestInstance => typeof child !== 'string'
+  );
+}
+
+/** Resolve a child to its rendered host node: the bar mounts as a real
+ * component, so the container's child is the composite, not the View. */
+function hostRoot(node: TestRenderer.ReactTestInstance): TestRenderer.ReactTestInstance {
+  let current = node;
+  while (typeof current.type !== 'string') {
+    const [first] = instanceChildren(current);
+    if (!first) {
+      throw new Error('composite rendered nothing');
+    }
+    current = first;
+  }
+  return current;
+}
+
+/** Mount the Files tab the way the e1 scenario shows it: a GitLab MR whose
+ * README.md is expanded and whose line is selected. */
+function mountE1FilesTab(): TestRenderer.ReactTestRenderer {
+  // A loaded file list so the FlashList branch (not the empty or first-page
+  // loading state) renders — the state the e1 screenshot shows.
+  listQueryState.files = [{ path: 'README.md' }];
+  const ref: { current: TestRenderer.ReactTestRenderer | undefined } = { current: undefined };
+  act(() => {
+    ref.current = TestRenderer.create(
+      <ProviderPrScopeProvider value={{ ref: GITLAB_REF, organizationId: null }}>
+        <PrReviewFileList
+          owner="group-sub-repo"
+          repo="group/sub/repo"
+          number={12}
+          headSha="sha"
+          changedFiles={1}
+        />
+      </ProviderPrScopeProvider>
+    );
+  });
+  const renderer = ref.current;
+  if (!renderer) {
+    throw new Error('renderer was not created');
+  }
+  return renderer;
+}
+
+function filesListContainer(
+  renderer: TestRenderer.ReactTestRenderer
+): TestRenderer.ReactTestInstance {
+  return renderer.root.find(
+    node => String(node.type) === 'View' && node.props.accessibilityLabel === 'Files list'
+  );
+}
+
+describe('Files tab footer composition (spot check e1-expand-readme)', () => {
+  it('lays the Finish review bar out after the list, as a sibling in the same column', () => {
+    const renderer = mountE1FilesTab();
+    const container = filesListContainer(renderer);
+    const kids = instanceChildren(container);
+    // Header, then the list, then the bar — the bar is the container's LAST
+    // child, a sibling of the FlashList, never a child of it and never
+    // positioned over it.
+    expect(kids).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(String(kids[0]?.type)).toBe('PrDiffFileListHeader');
+    expect(String(kids[1]?.type)).toBe('FlashList');
+    const third = kids[2];
+    if (!third) {
+      throw new Error('footer bar not mounted');
+    }
+    const barRoot = hostRoot(third);
+    expect(String(barRoot.type)).toBe('View');
+    // The old overlay signature: `absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0` over the list.
+    expect(classesOf(barRoot)).not.toContain('absolute');
+    expect(styleOf(barRoot).position).not.toBe('absolute');
+  });
+
+  it('shows the Comment and Finish review affordances for the selected README line', () => {
+    const renderer = mountE1FilesTab();
+    const labels = renderer.root
+      .findAll(
+        node => String(node.type) === 'Button' && typeof node.props.accessibilityLabel === 'string'
+      )
+      .map(node => node.props.accessibilityLabel as string);
+    expect(labels).toContain('Comment on selected lines');
+    expect(labels).toContain('Finish review');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the bar opaque on both layers so no diff row shows through it', () => {
+    // Spot check e2: the card was opaque but the bar's padding ring was not.
+    const renderer = mountE1FilesTab();
+    const third = instanceChildren(filesListContainer(renderer))[2];
+    if (!third) {
+      throw new Error('footer bar not mounted');
+    }
+    const barRoot = hostRoot(third);
+    expect(classesOf(barRoot)).toContain('bg-background');
+    const card = instanceChildren(barRoot)[0];
+    if (!card) {
+      throw new Error('footer action card not mounted');
+    }
+    expect(classesOf(card)).toContain('bg-background');
+  });
+
+  it('ends the list at the bar top edge with the reserved 12-point gap', () => {
+    const renderer = mountE1FilesTab();
+    const list = renderer.root.find(node => String(node.type) === 'FlashList');
+    expect((list.props.contentContainerStyle as { paddingBottom: number }).paddingBottom).toBe(12);
+  });
+
+  it('renders no bottom-overlay node anywhere in the tree, with or without a pending queue', () => {
+    for (const pending of [0, 1]) {
+      pendingState.items =
+        pending === 0 ? [] : [{ id: 'id-1', path: 'README.md', side: 'RIGHT' as const, line: 5 }];
+      const renderer = mountE1FilesTab();
+      // Nothing may sit absolutely at the container's bottom edge — that is
+      // what let the bar clip the last diff row. The count badge is allowed
+      // to be absolute (it rides the button corner); a bottom overlay is not.
+      const overlays = renderer.root.findAll(node => {
+        const classes = classesOf(node);
+        if (
+          classes.includes('absolute') &&
+          (classes.includes('bottom-0') || classes.includes('inset-x-0'))
+        ) {
+          return true;
+        }
+        const style = styleOf(node);
+        return style.position === 'absolute' && style.bottom === 0;
+      });
+      expect(overlays).toHaveLength(0);
+      // And the bar still follows the list in flow.
+      const kids = instanceChildren(filesListContainer(renderer));
+      const third = kids[2];
+      if (!third) {
+        throw new Error('footer bar not mounted');
+      }
+      expect([String(kids[1]?.type), String(hostRoot(third).type)]).toEqual(['FlashList', 'View']);
+    }
+    pendingState.items = [];
+  });
+});