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+import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { cleanup, render } from 'vitest-browser-svelte';
+import { page } from 'vitest/browser';
+
+vi.mock('$app/navigation', () => ({
+	beforeNavigate: () => {},
+	afterNavigate: () => {},
+	goto: vi.fn(),
+	invalidate: vi.fn(),
+	invalidateAll: vi.fn(),
+	preloadCode: vi.fn(),
+	preloadData: vi.fn(),
+	pushState: vi.fn(),
+	replaceState: vi.fn(),
+	disableScrollHandling: vi.fn(),
+	onNavigate: () => () => {}
+}));
+
+const { default: AdminEntryPage } = await import('./+page.svelte');
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+const baseData = (overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => ({
+	userCount: 5,
+	groupCount: 3,
+	tagCount: 12,
+	inviteCount: 1,
+	canManageUsers: true,
+	canManageTags: true,
+	canManagePermissions: true,
+	canRunMaintenance: true,
+	...overrides
+});
+
+describe('admin/ entry page (mobile picker)', () => {
+	it('renders the heading', async () => {
+		render(AdminEntryPage, { props: { data: baseData() } });
+
+		await expect.element(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /admin dashboard/i })).toBeVisible();
+	});
+
+	it('renders all five entity links when all permissions are granted', async () => {
+		render(AdminEntryPage, { props: { data: baseData() } });
+
+		const links = document.querySelectorAll('nav a[href^="/admin/"]');
+		expect(links.length).toBe(5);
+	});
+
+	it('hides users + invites links when canManageUsers is false', async () => {
+		render(AdminEntryPage, { props: { data: baseData({ canManageUsers: false }) } });
+
+		expect(document.querySelector('a[href="/admin/users"]')).toBeNull();
+		expect(document.querySelector('a[href="/admin/invites"]')).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	it('hides the groups link when canManagePermissions is false', async () => {
+		render(AdminEntryPage, { props: { data: baseData({ canManagePermissions: false }) } });
+
+		expect(document.querySelector('a[href="/admin/groups"]')).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	it('hides the tags link when canManageTags is false', async () => {
+		render(AdminEntryPage, { props: { data: baseData({ canManageTags: false }) } });
+
+		expect(document.querySelector('a[href="/admin/tags"]')).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	it('hides the system link when canRunMaintenance is false', async () => {
+		render(AdminEntryPage, { props: { data: baseData({ canRunMaintenance: false }) } });
+
+		expect(document.querySelector('a[href="/admin/system"]')).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	it('renders entity counts in each row', async () => {
+		render(AdminEntryPage, {
+			props: {
+				data: baseData({ userCount: 42, groupCount: 7, tagCount: 99, inviteCount: 3 })
+			}
+		});
+
+		await expect.element(page.getByText('42')).toBeVisible();
+		await expect.element(page.getByText('7')).toBeVisible();
+		await expect.element(page.getByText('99')).toBeVisible();
+		await expect.element(page.getByText('3')).toBeVisible();
+	});
+});