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+import React from 'react';
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen, act } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { I18nProvider, useTranslation } from '../../../src/components/I18nContext';
+
+const LocaleDisplay: React.FC = () => {
+  const { locale } = useTranslation();
+  return <div data-testid="locale">{locale}</div>;
+};
+
+const TranslationDisplay: React.FC<{ path: string }> = ({ path }) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  return <div data-testid="translation">{t(path)}</div>;
+};
+
+const LocaleSwitcher: React.FC<{ targetLocale: string }> = ({ targetLocale }) => {
+  const { locale, setLocale } = useTranslation();
+  return (
+    <>
+      <div data-testid="locale">{locale}</div>
+      <button onClick={() => setLocale(targetLocale)}>Switch</button>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+describe('I18nContext', () => {
+
+  it('should default locale to "en"', () => {
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <LocaleDisplay />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('locale').textContent).toBe('en');
+  });
+
+  it('should return correct translation for a valid nested key', () => {
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <TranslationDisplay path="common.dashboard" />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('translation').textContent).toBe('Dashboard');
+  });
+
+  it('should return the key itself when translation path is not found', () => {
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <TranslationDisplay path="common.nonexistent" />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('translation').textContent).toBe('common.nonexistent');
+  });
+
+  it('should expose setLocale function in context', () => {
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <LocaleSwitcher targetLocale="fr" />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Switch' })).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should update locale when setLocale is called', async () => {
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <LocaleSwitcher targetLocale="fr" />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('locale').textContent).toBe('en');
+    await act(async () => {
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Switch' }).click();
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('locale').textContent).toBe('fr');
+  });
+
+  it('should update locale correctly when switching to Hindi', async () => {
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <LocaleSwitcher targetLocale="hi" />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    );
+    await act(async () => {
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Switch' }).click();
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('locale').textContent).toBe('hi');
+  });
+
+  it('should fail if provider stops exposing locale as a string', () => {
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <LocaleDisplay />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    );
+    const localeEl = screen.getByTestId('locale');
+    expect(typeof localeEl.textContent).toBe('string');
+    expect(localeEl.textContent).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should fail if provider stops exposing t as a function', () => {
+    let capturedT: ((path: string) => string) | undefined;
+    const Inspector: React.FC = () => {
+      const { t } = useTranslation();
+      capturedT = t;
+      return null;
+    };
+    render(
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <Inspector />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    );
+    expect(typeof capturedT).toBe('function');
+  });
+
+  it('should throw error when useTranslation is used outside I18nProvider', () => {
+    const BadComponent: React.FC = () => {
+      useTranslation();
+      return null;
+    };
+    const spy = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    expect(() => render(<BadComponent />)).toThrow(
+      'useTranslation must be used within an I18nProvider'
+    );
+    spy.mockRestore();
+  });
+});