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+import type {MockStep} from '@kie/act-js/build/src/step-mocker/step-mocker.types';
+import type {CreateRepositoryFile} from '@kie/mock-github';
+import {MockGithub} from '@kie/mock-github';
+import path from 'path';
+import assertions from './assertions/failureNotifierAssertions';
+import mocks from './mocks/failureNotifierMocks';
+import ExtendedAct from './utils/ExtendedAct';
+
+jest.setTimeout(90 * 1000);
+let mockGithub: MockGithub;
+
+const FILES_TO_COPY_INTO_TEST_REPO = [
+    {
+        src: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '.github', 'workflows', 'failureNotifier.yml'),
+        dest: '.github/workflows/failureNotifier.yml',
+    },
+] as const satisfies CreateRepositoryFile[];
+
+describe('test workflow failureNotifier', () => {
+    const actor = 'Dummy Actor';
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        // create a local repository and copy required files
+        mockGithub = new MockGithub({
+            repo: {
+                testFailureNotifierWorkflowRepo: {
+                    files: FILES_TO_COPY_INTO_TEST_REPO,
+
+                    // if any branches besides main are needed add: pushedBranches: ['staging', 'production'],
+                },
+            },
+        });
+
+        await mockGithub.setup();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+        await mockGithub.teardown();
+    });
+    it('runs the notify failure when main fails', async () => {
+        const repoPath = mockGithub.repo.getPath('testFailureNotifierWorkflowRepo') ?? '';
+        const workflowPath = path.join(repoPath, '.github', 'workflows', 'failureNotifier.yml');
+        let act = new ExtendedAct(repoPath, workflowPath);
+        const event = 'workflow_run';
+        act = act.setEvent({
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+            workflow_run: {
+                name: 'Process new code merged to main',
+                conclusion: 'failure',
+            },
+        });
+        const testMockSteps = {
+            notifyFailure: mocks.FAILURENOTIFIER__NOTIFYFAILURE__STEP_MOCKS,
+        } as const satisfies MockStep;
+
+        const result = await act.runEvent(event, {
+            workflowFile: path.join(repoPath, '.github', 'workflows', 'failureNotifier.yml'),
+            mockSteps: testMockSteps,
+            actor,
+        });
+
+        // assert execution with imported assertions
+        assertions.assertNotifyFailureJobExecuted(result);
+    });
+});