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title: "Verify a queued deletion reconciles after reconnect"
description: "Test an offline-capable sandbox deletion across an externally prepared outage, verifying pending state, final removal, and absence of resurrection."
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# Verify a queued deletion reconciles after reconnect

Test an offline-capable sandbox deletion across an externally prepared outage, verifying pending state, final removal, and absence of resurrection.

## Risk

A row removed optimistically can return after reconnect because the delete was never acknowledged. Conversely, retrying a queued deletion can affect a replacement row if identity is tracked by title instead of immutable identifier.

## Fixtures

- An owned sandbox list that explicitly supports queued offline deletion and a test account with two same-title items using distinct identifiers.
- An external connection fixture prepared to disconnect before delete submission, then reconnect after the client displays its pending state.
- A read-only item and operation ledger exposing deletion markers and logical operation identifiers for both fixture items.

## Steps

1. Open the list and verify the two same-title items are distinguishable by subtitle or identifier; choose only item A for deletion.
2. After the external fixture confirms disconnection, delete A and verify the documented pending-deletion indicator while B remains present.
3. Reopen the app list within the same prepared offline state and verify the queued operation is represented consistently rather than forgotten.
4. Restore connectivity externally and verify the pending indicator resolves, A remains absent, and B remains unchanged.
5. Inspect the independent operation ledger and verify A is deleted exactly once; reload the online list and verify A does not reappear while B retains its original identifier and content.

## Expected results

- The queued action targets immutable item A across offline persistence and reconnect.
- The final server state marks only A deleted with one logical deletion.
- The online refreshed list agrees with the settled server state without resurrecting A.

## False-pass traps

- An optimistic row disappearance alone cannot establish that a queued delete was synchronized.
- Using titles as the oracle can hide deleting the wrong one of two same-title items.

## Cleanup

- Restore fixture A through the sandbox setup mechanism and disable the external outage rule.

## Use with agent-qa

Adapt this test design to your application's acceptance criteria and configured target using the [recipe execution guide](/agent-library/software-factory/turn-a-recipe-into-an-agent-qa-test.md). External fixture setup and non-UI checks require your own supported hooks or test tooling. Validate the authored test, execute it, and inspect the completed evidence; this recipe is not a recorded test result.

## References

- [agent-qa first test](/docs/agent-qa/guides/first-test.md)
- [agent-qa hooks](/docs/agent-qa/guides/hooks.md)
- [agent-qa test](/docs/agent-qa/configuration/test.md)

- [Network recovery QA recipes](/agent-library/network-recovery.md)
- [Software factory QA library](/agent-library.md)