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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-DCL-1.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2020 Rain Open Source Software Ltd
+pragma solidity =0.8.25;
+
+import {Test, Vm} from "forge-std-1.16.2/src/Test.sol";
+
+import {LibRainDeploySnapshot} from "rain-deploy-0.1.8/src/lib/LibRainDeploySnapshot.sol";
+import {DeployCandidate, DeploySuite} from "src/abstract/RainDeploySuitesBase.sol";
+import {CloneFactoryDeploySuites} from "src/abstract/CloneFactoryDeploySuites.sol";
+
+contract CloneFactoryDeploySuitesDeclarationTest is CloneFactoryDeploySuites, Test {
+    string constant GENERATED_DIR = "src/generated";
+
+    string constant CLONE_FACTORY_SUITE = "clone-factory";
+
+    function testEveryFrozenTagIsDeclaredByKey() external view {
+        Vm.DirEntry[] memory entries = vm.readDir(GENERATED_DIR, 1);
+        DeploySuite[] memory released = releasedSuites();
+
+        uint256 tagsSeen = 0;
+        for (uint256 i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
+            if (!entries[i].isDir) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            string[] memory components = vm.split(entries[i].path, "/");
+            string memory tag = components[components.length - 1];
+            if (!LibRainDeploySnapshot.isTag(tag)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            tagsSeen++;
+
+            string memory expectedKey = string.concat(CLONE_FACTORY_SUITE, "@", tag);
+            bool declared = false;
+            for (uint256 j = 0; j < released.length; j++) {
+                if (keccak256(bytes(released[j].suite)) == keccak256(bytes(expectedKey))) {
+                    declared = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            assertTrue(declared, string.concat("frozen release is not declared under its own key: ", expectedKey));
+        }
+
+        assertTrue(tagsSeen > 0, "no frozen release directories found under the record root");
+    }
+
+    function testCandidateDeclaresTheBareSuiteKey() external pure {
+        assertEq(cloneFactoryCandidate().snapshot.suite, CLONE_FACTORY_SUITE);
+    }
+
+    function testDeclaredVersionHasAFrozenSnapshot() external view {
+        string memory version = vm.parseTomlString(vm.readFile("foundry.toml"), ".external.package.version");
+        string memory tag = LibRainDeploySnapshot.tagForVersion(version);
+
+        assertTrue(
+            vm.exists(string.concat(GENERATED_DIR, "/", tag)),
+            string.concat("released version has no frozen snapshot directory: ", tag)
+        );
+    }
+
+    function testEveryDeclaredSuiteHasNoDeployDependencies() external pure {
+        DeploySuite[] memory suites = allSuites();
+        assertTrue(suites.length > 0, "no declared suites");
+
+        for (uint256 i = 0; i < suites.length; i++) {
+            assertEq(
+                suites[i].dependencies.length,
+                0,
+                string.concat("suite declares unexpected deploy dependencies: ", suites[i].suite)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    function testEveryDeclaredSuiteArtifactPathResolves() external view {
+        DeploySuite[] memory suites = allSuites();
+
+        for (uint256 i = 0; i < suites.length; i++) {
+            string[] memory parts = vm.split(suites[i].artifactPath, ":");
+            assertEq(parts.length, 2, string.concat("artifactPath is not <path>:<Name>: ", suites[i].artifactPath));
+
+            // `vm.getCode` matches an artifact id by path SUFFIX, so the file
+            // check stays: a path that resolves can still name no file.
+            assertTrue(vm.exists(parts[0]), string.concat("artifactPath names no such file: ", parts[0]));
+            assertTrue(
+                vm.getCode(suites[i].artifactPath).length > 0,
+                string.concat("artifactPath resolves to no deployable artifact: ", suites[i].artifactPath)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}