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+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) KALEIDOS SUBSIDIARY SL
+
+(ns backend-tests.graph-ingest-test
+  "The batch-export tier, `app.graph.ingest`, which survives the retirement of
+  the Ladybug session sync."
+  (:require
+   [app.common.uuid :as uuid]
+   [app.graph.ingest :as ingest]
+   [clojure.test :as t]))
+
+(t/deftest ingest-on-connection-requires-allocator
+  ;; The allocator must outlive the connection, so ingest cannot make its own
+  ;; inside the call — see `app.graph.arrow/with-allocator!`.
+  (try
+    (ingest/ingest-on-connection! nil nil (uuid/next))
+    (t/is false "expected :missing-arrow-allocator")
+    (catch clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo e
+      (t/is (= :missing-arrow-allocator (:code (ex-data e)))))))