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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+#
+# End-to-end: a partial batch failure recovers on re-run (#61).
+#
+# Runs process_submodule_list over real git fixtures with one submodule's remote
+# transiently unavailable, so it fails while the others succeed. The re-run, with
+# the remote restored, completes the previously-failed submodule and leaves the
+# already-synced ones untouched (no new commit).
+
+setup() {
+  # shellcheck source=tests/helpers/test_helper.bash
+  source "$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/helpers/test_helper.bash"
+  load_submodule_ops                    # lib.sh state/summary + process_submodule_list
+  # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+  source "$ASSETS_DIR/translation.sh"   # sync_repo_master
+  init_git_fixture_root
+  init_translation_state
+  init_submodule_summary_buckets
+  libs_ref="develop"
+}
+
+teardown() {
+  cleanup_git_fixture_root
+}
+
+# Bare mirror remote + a dest clone + a source-content dir for one submodule.
+install_recovery_fixture() {
+  local sub="$1"
+  create_bare_remote_with_clone "$sub"
+  git clone "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/${sub}.git" "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/${sub}-dest"
+  mkdir -p "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/${sub}-src/doc"
+  echo "$sub documentation" >"$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/${sub}-src/doc/page.adoc"
+}
+
+# process_submodule_list processor: mirror one submodule's source into its dest
+# repo and push. Returns sync_repo_master's status (0 success, 2 failure).
+recovery_processor() {
+  local sub="$1"
+  sync_repo_master "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/${sub}-dest" "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/${sub}-src" "$libs_ref"
+}
+
+remote_head() {
+  git -C "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/$1.git" rev-parse "$MASTER_BRANCH"
+}
+
+@test "process_submodule_list: a partial batch failure recovers on re-run" {
+  install_recovery_fixture algorithm
+  install_recovery_fixture json
+  install_recovery_fixture system
+
+  local algo_start json_start system_start
+  algo_start=$(remote_head algorithm)
+  json_start=$(remote_head json)
+  system_start=$(remote_head system)
+
+  # --- Run 1: json's remote is transiently unavailable (moved aside). ---
+  mv "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/json.git" "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/json.git.offline"
+
+  set +e
+  process_submodule_list recovery_processor algorithm json system
+  local rc1=$?
+  set -e
+  [ "$rc1" -eq 0 ]
+
+  # algorithm and system are updated; json is the only fatal.
+  [ "${UPDATES[*]}" = "algorithm system" ]
+  [ "${SUBMODULE_FATAL[*]}" = "json" ]
+  [ "$submodule_fatal" -eq 1 ]
+
+  # The two healthy remotes advanced; the summary counts json as a failure.
+  local algo_after1 system_after1
+  algo_after1=$(remote_head algorithm)
+  system_after1=$(remote_head system)
+  [ "$algo_after1" != "$algo_start" ]
+  [ "$system_after1" != "$system_start" ]
+
+  local summary
+  summary="$(print_submodule_processing_summary 2>&1)"
+  echo "$summary" | grep -E "Successfully updated \(2\):.*algorithm.*system"
+  echo "$summary" | grep -E "processing error \(1\):.*json"
+
+  # --- Run 2: json's remote is restored; re-run the same batch fresh. ---
+  mv "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/json.git.offline" "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/json.git"
+  # The failed run committed locally but never pushed, so the remote is untouched.
+  [ "$(remote_head json)" = "$json_start" ]
+
+  # Production clones each destination fresh per run (sync_one_submodule works in
+  # a mktemp -d workspace), so re-clone from each bare remote instead of reusing
+  # run 1's checkout. This proves the recovering submodule re-commits and pushes
+  # against the unchanged remote rather than pushing run 1's leftover local commit.
+  for sub in algorithm json system; do
+    rm -rf "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/${sub}-dest"
+    git clone "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/${sub}.git" "$GIT_FIXTURE_ROOT/${sub}-dest"
+  done
+
+  init_translation_state
+  init_submodule_summary_buckets
+
+  set +e
+  process_submodule_list recovery_processor algorithm json system
+  local rc2=$?
+  set -e
+  [ "$rc2" -eq 0 ]
+
+  # No fatals remain and json is now recovered.
+  [ "$submodule_fatal" -eq 0 ]
+  [ "${#SUBMODULE_FATAL[@]}" -eq 0 ]
+  [ "${UPDATES[*]}" = "algorithm json system" ]
+  [ "$(remote_head json)" != "$json_start" ]
+
+  # The already-synced remotes are idempotent: no new commit on the re-run.
+  [ "$(remote_head algorithm)" = "$algo_after1" ]
+  [ "$(remote_head system)" = "$system_after1" ]
+}