---
id: TST-PFM-NOT-110
title: queue items
kind: unit
product_area: platform
module: notifications
revision: 1
status: draft
source_sha:
  services-platform: ad3f6a6582843008ed0f5a17b131878d15829af1
repository: services-platform
files:
  - modules/notifications/tests/unit/queue-items.spec.js
implements:
  - ATS-PFM-NOT-007-05
environment: mock
implementation_state: implemented
latest_result: not-run
latest_run_at: null
latest_run_ref: null
conformance: not-verified
estimated_minutes: 1
isolation: Per-process test inputs and installed doubles.
assertion_bindings:
  - scenario: ATS-PFM-NOT-007-05
    suite: TST-PFM-NOT-110
    assertions:
      - >-
        services-platform:modules/notifications/tests/unit/queue-items.spec.js#waits
        30 seconds after the first receive, doubling to a 30-minute cap
      - >-
        services-platform:modules/notifications/tests/unit/queue-items.spec.js#spreads
        retries by 20 percent either way
evidence:
  - 'services-platform:modules/notifications/tests/unit/queue-items.spec.js'
  - The file and referenced assertion titles exist at the pinned commit.
dependency_evidence:
  - >-
    Real: the pure item functions. Doubled: nothing (SQS is a port the
    integration suites install a publisher for). Never doubled:
---

# queue items

## Verification Boundary

This suite checks isolated calculations, validation or presentation with process-local inputs. It does not establish a deployed workflow.

## What This Suite Proves

Its cases exercise apply transient backoff and permanent failure.

The registered scenario bindings identify the assertions this executable file contributes. They retain individual test references so that a composite scenario does not become a claim of complete execution by one file.

## What It Does Not Prove

Local outcomes do not prove deployed queues, external provider acceptance, production credentials or complete browser behavior. No fresh execution or conformance result is claimed.

## Real Dependencies and Test Doubles

The test file identifies its pure inputs or presentation doubles. Console component suites use recorded request handlers; pure validation suites require no external provider.

## Must Not Be Doubled

The calculation, validator or component under test must execute its real implementation. Doubles supply inputs and external responses without replacing the behavior being proved.