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+defmodule Excache.EvictionTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: false
+
+  alias Excache.Eviction
+  alias Excache.Eviction.Tracker
+  alias Excache.Memory
+  alias Excache.Store
+
+  @now 1_000_000
+
+  setup do
+    Store.flushdb()
+    on_exit(&Store.flushdb/0)
+    :ok
+  end
+
+  test "policy names round trip through the Redis spelling" do
+    for policy <- Eviction.policies() do
+      assert {:ok, ^policy} = Eviction.parsePolicy(Eviction.policyName(policy))
+    end
+
+    assert Enum.sort(Enum.map(Eviction.policies(), &Eviction.policyName/1)) ==
+             Enum.sort(~w(
+               noeviction allkeys-lru allkeys-lfu allkeys-random
+               volatile-lru volatile-lfu volatile-ttl volatile-random
+             ))
+
+    assert Eviction.parsePolicy("lru") == :error
+    assert Eviction.volatile?(:volatileTtl)
+    assert Eviction.allkeys?(:allkeysLfu)
+    assert Eviction.random?(:volatileRandom)
+    refute Eviction.volatile?(:allkeysLru)
+  end
+
+  test "every policy picks a different victim from the same keyspace" do
+    opts = [now: @now, metadata: mixedMetadata(), sampleSize: 8, sampler: firstSampler()]
+    entries = mixedEntries()
+
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :allkeysLru] ++ opts) == {:ok, "idle-all"}
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :allkeysLfu] ++ opts) == {:ok, "cold-all"}
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :allkeysRandom] ++ opts) == {:ok, "random-all"}
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :volatileLru] ++ opts) == {:ok, "idle-ttl"}
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :volatileLfu] ++ opts) == {:ok, "cold-ttl"}
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :volatileTtl] ++ opts) == {:ok, "soon-ttl"}
+
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :volatileRandom] ++ opts) ==
+             {:ok, "random-ttl"}
+
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :noeviction] ++ opts) ==
+             {:error, :noCandidates}
+
+    victims =
+      for policy <- Eviction.policies() -- [:noeviction] do
+        {:ok, key} = Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: policy] ++ opts)
+        key
+      end
+
+    assert length(Enum.uniq(victims)) == 7
+  end
+
+  test "an untracked key is evicted before any tracked one" do
+    entries = stringEntries(["tracked", "unseen"], "payload")
+    metadata = %{"tracked" => %{lastAccess: @now - 500_000, counter: 5}}
+    opts = [now: @now, metadata: metadata, sampleSize: 8, sampler: firstSampler()]
+
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :allkeysLru] ++ opts) == {:ok, "unseen"}
+    assert Eviction.selectVictim(entries, [policy: :allkeysLfu] ++ opts) == {:ok, "unseen"}
+  end
+
+  test "noeviction refuses to free anything and reports OOM" do
+    entries = stringEntries(~w(k1 k2 k3), "payload")
+    {table, keyspace} = fixtureKeyspace(entries)
+
+    assert {:error, report} =
+             Eviction.run(policy: :noeviction, maxmemory: 1, keyspace: keyspace, now: @now)
+
+    assert report.reason == :noeviction
+    assert report.evicted == []
+    assert report.evictedCount == 0
+    assert report.freedBytes == 0
+    assert report.usedMemory == Memory.usedMemory(entries)
+    assert :ets.info(table, :size) == 3
+  end
+
+  test "volatile policies leave a keyspace without any TTL untouched" do
+    entries = stringEntries(~w(k1 k2 k3), "payload")
+    {table, keyspace} = fixtureKeyspace(entries)
+
+    for policy <- [:volatileLru, :volatileLfu, :volatileTtl, :volatileRandom] do
+      assert {:error, report} =
+               Eviction.run(
+                 policy: policy,
+                 maxmemory: 1,
+                 keyspace: keyspace,
+                 now: @now,
+                 metadata: %{}
+               )
+
+      assert report.reason == :noVolatileKeys
+      assert report.evictedCount == 0
+      assert report.freedBytes == 0
+    end
+
+    assert :ets.info(table, :size) == 3
+  end
+
+  test "maxmemory of zero means no limit at all" do
+    entries = stringEntries(~w(k1 k2 k3), "payload")
+    {table, keyspace} = fixtureKeyspace(entries)
+
+    assert {:ok, report} =
+             Eviction.run(policy: :allkeysRandom, maxmemory: 0, keyspace: keyspace, now: @now)
+
+    assert report.reason == :withinLimit
+    assert report.evicted == []
+    assert :ets.info(table, :size) == 3
+  end
+
+  test "the loop stops the moment usage drops under the limit" do
+    keys = for index <- 1..10, do: "k#{String.pad_leading("#{index}", 2, "0")}"
+    entries = stringEntries(keys, "payload")
+    perEntry = Memory.entryBytes(hd(entries))
+    {table, keyspace} = fixtureKeyspace(entries)
+
+    assert {:ok, report} =
+             Eviction.run(
+               policy: :allkeysRandom,
+               maxmemory: 7 * perEntry,
+               keyspace: keyspace,
+               now: @now,
+               seed: {2, 4, 8}
+             )
+
+    assert report.reason == :evicted
+    assert report.evictedCount == 3
+    assert report.freedBytes == 3 * perEntry
+    assert report.usedMemory == 7 * perEntry
+    assert report.passes == 3
+    assert :ets.info(table, :size) == 7
+    assert Enum.all?(report.evicted, fn key -> :ets.lookup(table, key) == [] end)
+  end
+
+  test "the candidate pool carries a strong candidate between passes" do
+    entries = stringEntries(~w(k1 k2 k3 k4), "payload")
+    perEntry = Memory.entryBytes(hd(entries))
+    {_table, keyspace} = fixtureKeyspace(entries)
+
+    metadata = %{
+      "k1" => %{lastAccess: @now - 90_000, counter: 9},
+      "k2" => %{lastAccess: @now - 80_000, counter: 9},
+      "k3" => %{lastAccess: @now - 20_000, counter: 9},
+      "k4" => %{lastAccess: @now - 30_000, counter: 9}
+    }
+