From 0fae764f107dbd787df046f1496436fde0359c74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:12:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test(plugins): use sync jiti regression path

---
 src/plugins/loader.git-path-regression.test.ts | 9 ++++-----
 src/plugins/loader.test.ts                     | 9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/loader.git-path-regression.test.ts b/src/plugins/loader.git-path-regression.test.ts
index fde7d6554bc..23ab4f4243d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/loader.git-path-regression.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/loader.git-path-regression.test.ts
@@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ export const copiedRuntimeMarker = {
       ...__testing.buildPluginLoaderJitiOptions({}),
       tryNative: false,
     });
-    // Jiti's pre-alias failure text varies across Node versions and platforms.
-    // The contract is simply that the source import rejects until the scoped
-    // plugin-sdk alias is applied.
-    await expect(withoutAlias.import(copiedChannelRuntime)).rejects.toThrow();
+    // The production loader uses sync Jiti evaluation, so this regression test
+    // should exercise the same seam instead of Jiti's async import helper.
+    expect(() => withoutAlias(copiedChannelRuntime)).toThrow();
 
     const withAlias = createJiti(jitiBaseUrl, {
       ...__testing.buildPluginLoaderJitiOptions({
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ export const copiedRuntimeMarker = {
       }),
       tryNative: false,
     });
-    await expect(withAlias.import(copiedChannelRuntime)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+    expect(withAlias(copiedChannelRuntime)).toMatchObject({
       copiedRuntimeMarker: {
         PAIRING_APPROVED_MESSAGE: "paired",
         resolveOutboundSendDep: expect.any(Function),
diff --git a/src/plugins/loader.test.ts b/src/plugins/loader.test.ts
index 4f6132a3bd5..a4bf12fad15 100644
--- a/src/plugins/loader.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/loader.test.ts
@@ -3595,10 +3595,9 @@ export const syntheticRuntimeMarker = {
       ...__testing.buildPluginLoaderJitiOptions({}),
       tryNative: false,
     });
-    // Jiti's pre-alias failure text varies across Node versions and platforms.
-    // This boundary only needs to prove the source import rejects until the
-    // plugin-sdk alias is present.
-    await expect(withoutAlias.import(copiedChannelRuntime)).rejects.toThrow();
+    // The production loader uses sync Jiti evaluation, so this boundary should
+    // follow the same path instead of the async import helper.
+    expect(() => withoutAlias(copiedChannelRuntime)).toThrow();
 
     const withAlias = createJiti(jitiBaseUrl, {
       ...__testing.buildPluginLoaderJitiOptions({
@@ -3606,7 +3605,7 @@ export const syntheticRuntimeMarker = {
       }),
       tryNative: false,
     });
-    await expect(withAlias.import(copiedChannelRuntime)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+    expect(withAlias(copiedChannelRuntime)).toMatchObject({
       syntheticRuntimeMarker: {
         resolveOutboundSendDep: expect.any(Function),
       },