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+import React from 'react';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
+import WS from 'jest-websocket-mock';
+import { mountWithContexts } from '../../../../testUtils/enzymeHelpers';
+import useWsProjects from './useWsProjects';
+
+function TestInner() {
+  return <div />;
+}
+function Test({ projects }) {
+  const synced = useWsProjects(projects);
+  return <TestInner projects={synced} />;
+}
+
+describe('useWsProjects', () => {
+  let debug;
+  let wrapper;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    debug = global.console.debug; // eslint-disable-line prefer-destructuring
+    global.console.debug = () => {};
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    global.console.debug = debug;
+  });
+
+  test('should return projects list', async () => {
+    const projects = [{ id: 1 }];
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper = await mountWithContexts(<Test projects={projects} />);
+    });
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('TestInner').prop('projects')).toEqual(projects);
+    WS.clean();
+  });
+
+  test('should establish websocket connection', async () => {
+    global.document.cookie = 'csrftoken=abc123';
+    const mockServer = new WS('wss://localhost/websocket/');
+
+    const projects = [{ id: 1 }];
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper = await mountWithContexts(<Test projects={projects} />);
+    });
+
+    await mockServer.connected;
+    await expect(mockServer).toReceiveMessage(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        xrftoken: 'abc123',
+        groups: {
+          jobs: ['status_changed'],
+          control: ['limit_reached_1'],
+        },
+      })
+    );
+    WS.clean();
+  });
+
+  test('should update project status', async () => {
+    global.document.cookie = 'csrftoken=abc123';
+    const mockServer = new WS('wss://localhost/websocket/');
+
+    const projects = [
+      {
+        id: 1,
+        summary_fields: {
+          last_job: {
+            id: 1,
+            status: 'running',
+            finished: null,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper = await mountWithContexts(<Test projects={projects} />);
+    });
+
+    await mockServer.connected;
+    await expect(mockServer).toReceiveMessage(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        xrftoken: 'abc123',
+        groups: {
+          jobs: ['status_changed'],
+          control: ['limit_reached_1'],
+        },
+      })
+    );
+    expect(
+      wrapper.find('TestInner').prop('projects')[0].summary_fields.last_job
+        .status
+    ).toEqual('running');
+    await act(async () => {
+      mockServer.send(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          project_id: 1,
+          unified_job_id: 12,
+          type: 'project_update',
+          status: 'successful',
+          finished: '2020-07-02T16:28:31.839071Z',
+        })
+      );
+    });
+    wrapper.update();
+
+    expect(
+      wrapper.find('TestInner').prop('projects')[0].summary_fields.last_job
+    ).toEqual({
+      id: 12,
+      status: 'successful',
+      finished: '2020-07-02T16:28:31.839071Z',
+    });
+    WS.clean();
+  });
+});