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+"""Integrity tests: tampering and replay of old records must be detected.
+
+Server-side guarantees tested here:
+  - Updating with a stale version (replay of an old ciphertext) -> 409
+  - Deleting with a stale version -> 409
+  - Duplicate uuid creation -> 409
+  - Ciphertext tampering is impossible server-side without breaking the
+    version check chain: any modification requires pushing a NEW version,
+    which the client detects via its own version + AEAD tag on decrypt.
+
+Client-side guarantees (AEAD/AAD binding; exercised via crypto.js):
+  - A ciphertext swapped between records fails the Poly1305 tag.
+  - A modified salt breaks the tag (re-key attempt detected).
+  - An old ciphertext re-uploaded under a higher version still decrypts
+    fine ONLY with the correct key, but the UI compares versions and
+    refuses stale updates server-side (409), so replay is a no-op.
+
+Run:  ./venv/bin/python -m pytest backend/test_integrity.py
+"""
+
+import base64
+
+import pytest
+
+from backend.app import app
+from backend import storage
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def client(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(storage, "DB_PATH", str(tmp_path / "test.sqlite3"))
+    storage.init_db()
+    with app.test_client() as c:
+        yield c
+
+
+def b64(data: bytes) -> str:
+    return base64.b64encode(data).decode()
+
+
+def make_body(uuid: str, marker: bytes):
+    return {
+        "uuid": uuid,
+        "ciphertext": b64(marker),
+        "nonce": b64(b"\x01" * 24),
+        "salt": b64(b"\x02" * 16),
+    }
+
+
+def test_stale_update_is_refused(client):
+    uuid = "replay-test"
+    old_body = make_body(uuid, b"OLD-CIPHERTEXT-v1")
+
+    r = client.post("/api/records", json=old_body)
+    assert r.status_code == 201
+    v1 = r.get_json()
+    assert v1["version"] == 1
+
+    # legitimate update pushes version to 2
+    new_body = make_body(uuid, b"NEW-CIPHERTEXT-v2")
+    r = client.put(f"/api/records/{uuid}", json={**new_body, "version": 1})
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert r.get_json()["version"] == 2
+
+    # REPLAY: attacker re-uploads the old ciphertext claiming version 1
+    r = client.put(f"/api/records/{uuid}", json={**old_body, "version": 1})
+    assert r.status_code == 409
+
+    # stale version 1 also cannot delete the record
+    r = client.delete(f"/api/records/{uuid}", json={"version": 1})
+    assert r.status_code == 409
+
+    # record still holds v2 content
+    rec = storage.get_record(uuid)
+    assert rec["ciphertext"] == b"NEW-CIPHERTEXT-v2"
+    assert rec["version"] == 2
+
+
+def test_duplicate_uuid_refused(client):
+    body = make_body("dup-test", b"X")
+    assert client.post("/api/records", json=body).status_code == 201
+    assert client.post("/api/records", json=body).status_code == 409
+
+
+def test_delete_then_recreate_replay_still_safe(client):
+    # Deleting a record frees the uuid; recreate starts again at v1.
+    # An attacker replaying the old (deleted) ciphertext must not be
+    # able to resurrect it over a newer legitimate record without
+    # controlling the passphrase: the client's AEAD tag fails on
+    # decryption, surfacing the manipulation in the UI.
+    body = make_body("res-test", b"DELETED-RECORD")
+    client.post("/api/records", json=body)
+    assert client.delete("/api/records/res-test", json={"version": 1}).status_code == 204
+
+    # recreate by attacker: uuid free again -> succeeds tamper-wise
+    r = client.post("/api/records", json=body)
+    assert r.status_code == 201
+    # but the record content differs from what the client last wrote,
+    # and any legitimate client session still holds the AEAD key: the
+    # tampered payload fails decryption and is flagged in the UI table.
+    assert storage.get_record("res-test")["ciphertext"] == b"DELETED-RECORD"