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package/vendor/ars/scripts/test_chinese_literature_client.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Tests for the Chinese-literature resolver client (#595).
+
+Per `deep-research/references/chinese_literature_api_protocol.md`. Structure
+mirrors `test_arxiv_client.py` (per-client unit suite) but uses the
+transport-fixture discipline of `test_transport_fixture_citation_gate.py`: the
+REAL `ChineseLiteratureClient` builds the URLs and parses the bodies, and a
+URL-dispatch fake stands in for the socket. Every body is checked in under
+`scripts/fixtures/transport_bodies/chinese_literature/` and is fully synthetic
+(see that directory's README).
+
+ZERO live network. The protocol doc's live examples are a record of a manual
+verification; nothing here contacts doi.org, hdl.handle.net, or NCBI.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import http.client
+import io
+import sys
+import traceback
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+if str(REPO_ROOT / "scripts") not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "scripts"))
+
+FIXTURES = REPO_ROOT / "scripts" / "fixtures" / "transport_bodies" / "chinese_literature"
+
+# Synthetic identifiers pinned to the fixture bodies (see the fixtures README):
+# These suffixes are synthetic fixture namespaces. The 10.5555 prefix itself
+# can contain real Crossref records, so tests make no claim about live minting.
+ISTIC_DOI = "10.5555/ars.cn.istic.2026.0042"
+CNKI_DOI = "10.5555/ars.cn.cnki.2026.0042"
+FABRICATED_DOI = "10.5555/ars.cn.istic.9999.9999"
+
+CN_TITLE = "合成引文核验闸的确定性评估方法研究"
+CN_JOURNAL = "合成测试医学杂志"
+
+# Injected through the client's documented extension point, so no test depends
+# on the shipped seed table's contents.
+TEST_JOURNAL_MAP = {
+    CN_JOURNAL: {
+        "issn": "0000-0000",
+        "nlm_ta": "Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi",
+        "nlm_id": "999999901",
+        "display_name": CN_JOURNAL,
+    }
+}
+
+
+def _body(name: str) -> bytes:
+    return FIXTURES.joinpath(name).read_bytes()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _no_real_sleep(monkeypatch):
+    """Pacing must never burn wall-clock in CI. Patched on the client module so
+    a `time.sleep` that leaks in from elsewhere still fails loudly."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr("chinese_literature_client.time.sleep", lambda seconds: None)
+
+
+def _client(**kwargs):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureClient
+
+    kwargs.setdefault("ncbi_email", "ars-tests@example.invalid")
+    return ChineseLiteratureClient(**kwargs)
+
+
+class FakeTransport:
+    """urlopen stand-in dispatching on the REAL URL the client built.
+
+    `routes` is an ordered list of `(predicate, action)`; predicates receive
+    `(urlsplit_result, parse_qs_dict)`. An unrouted URL is an immediate test
+    failure — the dispatch table doubles as an assertion that the client
+    contacted exactly the documented endpoints. AssertionError is not in the
+    client's degradation except-list, so it propagates instead of being
+    laundered into ChineseLiteratureUnavailable.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, routes):
+        self.routes = routes
+        self.requests: list[str] = []
+
+    def __call__(self, req, timeout=None):
+        url = req.full_url
+        self.requests.append(url)
+        parsed = urllib.parse.urlsplit(url)
+        query = (
+            urllib.parse.parse_qs(
+                parsed.query, keep_blank_values=True, strict_parsing=True)
+            if parsed.query else {}
+        )
+        for predicate, action in self.routes:
+            if predicate(parsed, query):
+                return action(url)
+        raise AssertionError(f"client contacted an unrouted URL: {url}")
+
+
+def _ok(body: bytes):
+    def action(url):
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        resp.status = 200
+        resp.headers = {}
+        resp.geturl.return_value = url
+        resp.read.return_value = body
+        resp.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=resp)
+        resp.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+        return resp
+
+    return action
+
+
+def _http_error(code: int, body: bytes = b""):
+    def action(url):
+        raise urllib.error.HTTPError(
+            url=url, code=code, msg="synthetic", hdrs={}, fp=io.BytesIO(body),
+        )
+
+    return action
+
+
+# Route predicates, written against host+path so an accidental endpoint change
+# in the client fails routing rather than silently following along.
+def _is_ra(parsed, query):
+    return parsed.netloc == "doi.org" and parsed.path.startswith("/doiRA/")
+
+
+def _is_doi_resolve(parsed, query):
+    return parsed.netloc == "doi.org" and not parsed.path.startswith("/doiRA/")
+
+
+def _is_handle(parsed, query):
+    return parsed.netloc == "hdl.handle.net" and parsed.path.startswith("/api/handles/")
+
+
+def _is_esearch(parsed, query):
+    return parsed.path.endswith("/esearch.fcgi")
+
+
+def _is_esummary(parsed, query):
+    return parsed.path.endswith("/esummary.fcgi")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- pure helpers
+
+
+def test_normalize_folds_the_three_measured_chinese_variants():
+    """The shared #431 normalizer rejects three legitimate spellings of one
+    identical Chinese title (measured 2026-07-27: fullwidth 0.577/False, CJK
+    terminal punctuation 0.981/False, interior spaces 0.929/False). The
+    Chinese-aware normalizer must fold all three to one string."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import normalize_cn_title
+
+    canonical = normalize_cn_title("宫颈腺癌中ProEXC和PRMT5的表达及其临床意义")
+    assert normalize_cn_title("宫颈腺癌中ＰｒｏＥＸＣ和ＰＲＭＴ５的表达及其临床意义") == canonical
+    assert normalize_cn_title("宫颈腺癌中ProEXC和PRMT5的表达及其临床意义。") == canonical
+    assert normalize_cn_title("宫颈腺癌中 ProEXC 和 PRMT5 的表达及其临床意义") == canonical
+    assert normalize_cn_title("《宫颈腺癌中ProEXC和PRMT5的表达及其临床意义》") == canonical
+
+
+def test_fuzzy_similarity_alone_never_promotes_a_different_paper():
+    """Han-character overlap gives unrelated Chinese papers a high baseline
+    ratio (0.510 measured between two genuinely different papers), so the
+    shared fuzzy ratio is not sufficient — exact equality after Chinese-aware
+    normalization is the rule."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import _cn_titles_match
+
+    a = "宫颈腺癌中ProEXC和PRMT5的表达及其临床意义"
+    b = "宫颈癌及癌前病变组织hTERC基因表达及其临床意义"
+    assert _cn_titles_match(a, a) is True
+    assert _cn_titles_match(b, a) is False
+
+
+def test_legitimate_variants_match_despite_a_sub_threshold_fuzzy_ratio():
+    """Regression for a live-smoke near-miss: the shared 0.70 ratio scores a
+    legitimate FULLWIDTH spelling of the identical title at 0.577, so ANDing it
+    in as an extra necessary condition would veto a correct match and file a
+    real paper at P0 next to the word 'fabricated'. On CJK the ratio separates
+    almost nothing (0.510 unrelated vs 0.577 identical), so it is excluded."""
+    from _text_similarity import _TITLE_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD, _similarity
+    from chinese_literature_client import _cn_titles_match
+
+    canonical = "宫颈腺癌中ProEXC和PRMT5的表达及其临床意义"
+    fullwidth = "宫颈腺癌中ＰｒｏＥＸＣ和ＰＲＭＴ５的表达及其临床意义。"
+
+    # The premise: the shared ratio really is below the floor for this pair.
+    assert _similarity(canonical, fullwidth) < _TITLE_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD
+    # ...and the Chinese-aware rule still matches it.
+    assert _cn_titles_match(fullwidth, canonical) is True
+    assert _cn_titles_match(canonical, fullwidth) is True
+
+
+def test_doi_keyed_exact_generic_title_can_match():
+    """The generic-title veto is for identifier-free title searches. A real,
+    DOI-keyed work may legitimately be titled Editorial."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import _cn_titles_match
+
+    assert _cn_titles_match("Editorial", "Editorial") is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "left,right",
+    [
+        ("ER+ 乳腺癌患者的预后分析", "ER- 乳腺癌患者的预后分析"),
+        ("CD4+ T细胞计数与预后", "CD4− T细胞计数与预后"),
+        ("生存率提高 4.5% 的临床意义", "生存率提高 45% 的临床意义"),
+        ("剂量2²的研究", "剂量22的研究"),
+        ("Straße治疗研究", "Strasse治疗研究"),
+        ("治疗是否有效？", "治疗是否有效"),
+        ("PD L1蛋白表达", "PDL 1蛋白表达"),
+        ("P53蛋白表达", "p53蛋白表达"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_normalizer_preserves_scientifically_meaningful_distinctions(left, right):
+    from chinese_literature_client import normalize_cn_title
+
+    assert normalize_cn_title(left) != normalize_cn_title(right)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "variant",
+    [
+        CN_TITLE + ".",
+        CN_TITLE + "．",
+        "“" + CN_TITLE + "”",
+        "‘" + CN_TITLE + "’",
+    ],
+)
+def test_normalizer_folds_conventional_terminal_periods_and_outer_quotes(variant):
+    from chinese_literature_client import normalize_cn_title
+
+    assert normalize_cn_title(variant) == normalize_cn_title(CN_TITLE)
+
+
+def test_applicability_gate_skips_non_chinese_citations():
+    """Mirrors _run_arxiv's skip semantics — an English citation must be
+    `skipped`, never `unmatched`, so English corpora are untouched."""
+    client = _client()
+    assert client.is_applicable({"title": "Attention Is All You Need"}) is False
+    assert client.is_applicable({"title": CN_TITLE}) is True
+    assert client.is_applicable({"container_title": CN_JOURNAL}) is True
+    assert client.is_applicable({"title": "A Study", "language": "zh"}) is True
+    # A Chinese RA on the DOI is sufficient even with a romanized title.
+    assert client.is_applicable({"title": "A Study"}, ra="ISTIC") is True
+
+
+def test_resolve_skips_non_chinese_without_touching_the_network():
+    """An English citation must cost ZERO requests — including when it carries
+    a DOI. Establishing applicability from the registration agency would mean
+    one doi.org round-trip per English reference in every bibliography."""
+    client = _client()
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", side_effect=AssertionError("no network")):
+        result = client.resolve({
+            "citation_key": "smith2020",
+            "title": "An English Paper",
+            "doi": "10.5555/english.2020.1",
+        })
+    assert result["status"] == "skipped"
+    assert result["queried_by"] is None
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "NOT_CHINESE_LITERATURE"
+    assert result["checklist_item"] is None
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------- RA triage (3 branches)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "fixture,expected",
+    [
+        ("ra_istic.json", "ISTIC"),
+        ("ra_cnki.json", "CNKI"),
+        ("ra_crossref.json", "Crossref"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_ra_lookup_routes_all_three_agencies(fixture, expected):
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_ra, _ok(_body(fixture)))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        assert _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI) == expected
+    assert transport.requests == ["https://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555"]
+
+
+def test_ra_lookup_returns_none_for_an_unknown_prefix():
+    """The endpoint does not error on an unknown prefix: it answers 200 with a
+    `status` field in place of `RA` (verified 2026-07-27: `/doiRA/10.99999` ->
+    `[{"DOI": "10.99999", "status": "DOI does not exist"}]`). The missing RA
+    key must yield None, never a degradation or a fabricated agency name."""
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_unknown_prefix.json")))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        assert _client().ra_for("10.99999/ars.cn.unknown.2026.1") is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "body",
+    [
+        b"{}",
+        b"[]",
+        b"null",
+        b'[{"DOI":"10.other","RA":"ISTIC"}]',
+        b'[{"DOI":"10.5555","RA":false}]',
+        b'[{"DOI":"10.5555"}]',
+        b'[{"DOI":"10.5555","RA":"ISTIC"},{"DOI":"10.5555","RA":"CNKI"}]',
+    ],
+)
+def test_ra_lookup_parseable_malformed_shape_is_typed_unavailable(body):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_ra, _ok(body))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+
+
+def test_ra_lookup_short_circuits_a_non_doi_without_a_request():
+    transport = FakeTransport([])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        assert _client().ra_for("not-a-doi") is None
+    assert transport.requests == []
+
+
+def test_crossref_registered_chinese_doi_is_not_claimed():
+    """Division of labour: a Crossref-registered Chinese DOI belongs to the
+    existing crossref resolver. It must stop without discarding the supplied
+    DOI or attempting the DOI-less coordinate branch."""
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_crossref.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _http_error(500)),  # must never be reached
+        (_is_handle, _http_error(500)),       # must never be reached
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client(journal_map=TEST_JOURNAL_MAP).resolve({
+            "citation_key": "chen2026",
+            "title": CN_TITLE,
+            "container_title": CN_JOURNAL,
+            "doi": "10.5555/crossref.zh.2026.1",
+        })
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_RA_OUT_OF_SCOPE"
+    assert result["status"] == "skipped"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["priority"] == "P3"
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 1  # RA lookup only
+
+
+def test_unknown_doi_ra_does_not_fall_through_to_coordinates():
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_unknown_prefix.json"))),
+        (_is_esearch, _http_error(500)),  # must never be reached
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client(journal_map=TEST_JOURNAL_MAP).resolve(
+            _istic_entry(doi="10.99999/ars.cn.unknown.2026.1")
+        )
+    assert result["status"] == "skipped"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_RA_UNRESOLVED"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["priority"] == "P2"
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 1
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ ISTIC DOI branch
+
+
+def _istic_entry(**overrides):
+    entry = {
+        "citation_key": "hecheng2026",
+        "title": CN_TITLE,
+        "container_title": CN_JOURNAL,
+        "year": 2026,
+        "volume": "88",
+        "pages": "8801-8809",
+        "doi": ISTIC_DOI,
+    }
+    entry.update(overrides)
+    return entry
+
+
+def test_istic_doi_hit_with_matching_chinese_title_is_matched_by_id():
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(_body("istic_csl_hit.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client().resolve(_istic_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "matched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "id"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_TITLE_VERIFIED"
+    assert result["evidence"]["title"] == CN_TITLE
+    assert result["evidence"]["container_title"] == CN_JOURNAL
+    assert result["evidence"]["year"] == 2026
+    assert result["checklist_item"] is None
+    # Exactly two requests: no Handle probe is needed once the title verifies.
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 2
+
+
+def test_istic_doi_hit_matches_a_typeset_variant_of_the_cited_title():
+    """End-to-end companion to the unit regression: a citation whose title
+    differs from the record only by fullwidth forms, CJK punctuation and
+    interior spaces must MATCH, not land at P0. Typesetting differences between
+    a reference list and a metadata record are ordinary, not evidence."""
+    variant = "合成 引文核验闸 的确定性评估方法研究。"
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(_body("istic_csl_hit.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client().resolve(_istic_entry(title=variant))
+
+    assert result["status"] == "matched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "id"
+    assert result["checklist_item"] is None
+
+
+def test_istic_doi_resolving_to_a_different_title_is_id_keyed_unmatched():
+    """Chimeric citation (real identifier, someone else's title). ID-keyed
+    unmatched is the C-V6(a) shape that licenses a `false`, and it is a P0 row."""
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(_body("istic_csl_other_title.json"))),
+        (_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_exists.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client().resolve(_istic_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "id"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_TITLE_MISMATCH"
+    item = result["checklist_item"]
+    assert item["priority"] == "P0"
+    assert item["verdict_contribution"] == "false"
+    assert item["human_result"] is None
+
+
+def test_istic_english_shadow_title_is_unverifiable_never_false():
+    """An English translation cannot refute the cited Chinese original.
+
+    PubMed and some DOI metadata surfaces expose English shadow titles for
+    Chinese articles. Without a translation oracle, a cross-script difference
+    is not a machine-verifiable chimeric citation.
+    """
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(
+            b'{"title":"Deterministic Evaluation of a Synthetic Citation Gate"}'
+        )),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client().resolve(_istic_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_EXISTS_TITLE_UNVERIFIABLE"
+    assert result["evidence"]["resolved_title"].startswith("Deterministic")
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["verdict_contribution"] == "unresolvable"
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 2
+
+
+def test_two_different_latin_titles_are_unverifiable_not_mismatch():
+    """Matching script alone cannot make romanized titles comparable."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import DoiTitleState
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(b'{"title":"Romanized title alpha"}')),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        outcome = _client().doi_lookup_with_title_check(
+            ISTIC_DOI, "Romanized title beta",
+        )
+
+    assert outcome.state is DoiTitleState.UNVERIFIABLE
+    assert outcome.record["title"] == "Romanized title alpha"
+
+
+def test_lone_surrogate_doi_is_typed_unavailable_after_ra_lookup():
+    """A schema-valid JSON string still may not be UTF-8 encodable."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    entry = _istic_entry(doi="10.5555/" + chr(0xD800))
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="invalid Unicode"):
+            _client().resolve(entry)
+
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 1
+
+
+def test_fabricated_doi_is_refuted_by_404_plus_handle_100():
+    """The fabrication canary: these prefixes carry no wildcard catch-all, so a
+    404 + responseCode 100 is positive evidence the identifier does not exist."""
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _http_error(404)),
+        (_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_absent.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client().resolve(_istic_entry(doi=FABRICATED_DOI))
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "id"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_REFUTED"
+    item = result["checklist_item"]
+    assert item["priority"] == "P0"
+    assert item["verdict_contribution"] == "false"
+
+
+def test_doi_404_is_a_negative_not_a_degradation():
+    """A 404 on the DOI path must be reported as data. Turning it into an
+    outage would throw away the resolver's strongest signal."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import (
+        ChineseLiteratureUnavailable,
+        DoiTitleState,
+    )
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_doi_resolve, _http_error(404))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        client = _client()
+        try:
+            outcome = client.doi_lookup_with_title_check(FABRICATED_DOI, CN_TITLE)
+            assert outcome.state is DoiTitleState.NOT_FOUND
+            assert outcome.record is None
+        except ChineseLiteratureUnavailable:  # pragma: no cover - failure path
+            pytest.fail("a DOI 404 must be a negative, not a degradation")
+
+
+def test_doi_keyed_editorial_title_verifies_end_to_end():
+    from chinese_literature_client import DoiTitleState
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(b'{"title": "Editorial"}')),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        outcome = _client().doi_lookup_with_title_check(ISTIC_DOI, "Editorial")
+    assert outcome.state is DoiTitleState.MATCH
+    assert outcome.record["title"] == "Editorial"
+
+
+def test_doi_404_plus_existing_handle_is_title_unverifiable_never_false():
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _http_error(404)),
+        (_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_exists.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client().resolve(_istic_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_EXISTS_TITLE_UNVERIFIABLE"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["verdict_contribution"] == "unresolvable"
+
+
+def test_empty_expected_title_is_unverifiable_never_mismatch_or_false():
+    from chinese_literature_client import DoiTitleState
+
+    direct = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(_body("istic_csl_hit.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", direct):
+        outcome = _client().doi_lookup_with_title_check(ISTIC_DOI, "")
+    assert outcome.state is DoiTitleState.UNVERIFIABLE
+    assert outcome.record["title"] == CN_TITLE
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(_body("istic_csl_hit.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client().resolve(_istic_entry(title=""))
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_EXISTS_TITLE_UNVERIFIABLE"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["verdict_contribution"] == "unresolvable"
+
+
+def test_normalized_empty_resolved_title_is_unverifiable_not_mismatch():
+    from chinese_literature_client import DoiTitleState
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok('{"title": "。"}'.encode())),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        outcome = _client().doi_lookup_with_title_check(ISTIC_DOI, CN_TITLE)
+    assert outcome.state is DoiTitleState.UNVERIFIABLE
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- CNKI DOI branch
+
+
+def test_cnki_doi_that_exists_is_never_matched():
+    """The CNKI RA serves no CSL-JSON and we refuse to parse its HTML, so
+    existence alone must degrade to title-keyed unmatched (-> unresolvable),
+    never `matched` — otherwise a real DOI with a fabricated title passes."""
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_cnki.json"))),
+        (_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_exists.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _http_error(500)),  # must never be reached
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client().resolve(_istic_entry(doi=CNKI_DOI))
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"  # NOT "id" -> reduces to unresolvable
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_EXISTS_TITLE_UNVERIFIABLE"
+    item = result["checklist_item"]
+    assert item["priority"] == "P2"
+    assert item["verdict_contribution"] == "unresolvable"
+    assert item["verification_urls"] == ["https://doi.org/" + CNKI_DOI]
+    # Content negotiation is never attempted for a CNKI prefix.
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 2
+
+
+def test_cnki_doi_that_does_not_exist_is_still_refuted():
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_cnki.json"))),
+        (_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_absent.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _client().resolve(_istic_entry(doi=CNKI_DOI))
+
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "id"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "DOI_REFUTED"
+
+
+def test_non_csl_200_body_is_typed_unavailable():
+    """A 200 non-JSON body can be a proxy/CDN error page. It must fail closed,
+    not become routine human-check evidence."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(_body("cnki_landing_page.html"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().resolve(_istic_entry())
+
+
+def test_parseable_csl_with_malformed_author_shape_is_typed_unavailable():
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    malformed = ('{"title": "' + CN_TITLE + '", "author": 42}').encode()
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_doi_resolve, _ok(malformed))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().doi_lookup_with_title_check(ISTIC_DOI, CN_TITLE)
+
+
+def test_parseable_csl_with_malformed_root_is_typed_unavailable():
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_doi_resolve, _ok(b'[{"title": "x"}]'))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().doi_lookup_with_title_check(ISTIC_DOI, CN_TITLE)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("endpoint", ["ra", "csl"])
+def test_deeply_nested_json_is_typed_unavailable(endpoint):
+    """A small but adversarial upstream body must not leak RecursionError."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    body = b"[" * 2000 + b"]" * 2000
+    predicate = _is_ra if endpoint == "ra" else _is_doi_resolve
+    transport = FakeTransport([(predicate, _ok(body))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            if endpoint == "ra":
+                _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+            else:
+                _client().doi_lookup_with_title_check(ISTIC_DOI, CN_TITLE)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "body",
+    [
+        b'{"title": {"value": "x"}}',
+        b'{"title": [42]}',
+        b'{"title": []}',
+        b'{"title": "x", "author": [42]}',
+        b'{"title": "x", "author": false}',
+        b'{"title": "x", "author": [{"given": 42}]}',
+        b'{"title": "x", "issued": []}',
+        b'{"title": "x", "issued": {"date-parts": {}}}',
+        b'{"title": "x", "issued": {"date-parts": [[true]]}}',
+        b'{"title": "x", "issued": {"date-parts": [[-1]]}}',
+        '{"title": "x", "issued": {"date-parts": [["٢٠٢٦"]]}}'.encode(),
+        b'{"title": "x", "issued": {"date-parts": [["99999"]]}}',
+        b'{"title": "x", "volume": {"value": "1"}}',
+        b'{"title": "x", "DOI": ["10.5555/x"]}',
+        (b'{"title": "' + CN_TITLE.encode() + b'", "DOI": ""}'),
+        (b'{"title": "' + CN_TITLE.encode()
+         + b'", "DOI": "10.5555/a.different.record"}'),
+    ],
+)
+def test_parseable_csl_with_malformed_fields_is_typed_unavailable(body):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_doi_resolve, _ok(body))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().doi_lookup_with_title_check(ISTIC_DOI, CN_TITLE)
+
+
+def test_handle_unknown_response_code_degrades():
+    """responseCode 2 (internal error) is an unknown state — degrade, do not
+    guess an existence answer."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_internal_error.json")))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().handle_exists(ISTIC_DOI)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "body",
+    [b'{"responseCode": true}', b'{"responseCode": 100.0}'],
+)
+def test_handle_bool_or_float_response_code_degrades(body):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_handle, _ok(body))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().handle_exists(ISTIC_DOI)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------- PubMed coordinate branch
+
+
+def _coordinate_entry(**overrides):
+    entry = {
+        "citation_key": "hecheng2026",
+        "title": CN_TITLE,
+        "container_title": CN_JOURNAL,
+        "year": 2026,
+        "volume": "88",
+        "pages": "8801-8809",
+    }
+    entry.update(overrides)
+    return entry
+
+
+def _coordinate_client():
+    return _client(journal_map=TEST_JOURNAL_MAP)
+
+
+def test_missing_coordinate_tuple_is_p3_without_a_pubmed_request():
+    with patch(
+        "chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen",
+        side_effect=AssertionError("no PubMed request"),
+    ):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(
+            _coordinate_entry(volume=None, pages=None, year=None)
+        )
+
+    assert result["status"] == "skipped"
+    assert result["queried_by"] is None
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "INSUFFICIENT_PUBMED_COORDINATES"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["priority"] == "P3"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["verdict_contribution"] == "unresolvable"
+
+
+def test_lone_surrogate_eutils_parameter_is_typed_before_transport():
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    with patch(
+        "chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen",
+        side_effect=AssertionError("no request for unencodable EUtils term"),
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="invalid Unicode"):
+            _coordinate_client().journal_is_indexed("Journal " + chr(0xD800))
+
+
+def test_volume_page_zero_hit_never_falls_back_to_author_year():
+    """A valid author/year candidate must not wash a cited wrong page into a
+    match after the stronger volume/page query returned zero."""
+    esearch_bodies = [
+        _body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+        _body("esearch_coordinate_zero.json"),
+    ]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(
+            _coordinate_entry(pages="9999", first_author_pinyin="Hecheng Ceshi")
+        )
+
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_INDEXED_BUT_COORDINATE_MISS"
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 2  # coverage + volume/page, no fallback
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["attempts"][-1]["detail"] == "volume_page"
+
+
+def test_pubmed_candidate_page_conflict_cannot_be_promoted():
+    esearch_bodies = [
+        _body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+        _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json"),
+    ]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body("esummary_hit.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry(pages="9999"))
+
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_CANDIDATE_UNVERIFIED"
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert "first page" in result["checklist_item"]["human_action"]
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 3  # no DOI/RA lookup after conflict
+
+
+def test_pubmed_candidate_volume_conflict_cannot_be_promoted():
+    """A unique hit with a different volume stops before DOI/title binding."""
+    esearch_bodies = [
+        _body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+        _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json"),
+    ]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body("esummary_hit.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry(volume="99"))
+
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_CANDIDATE_UNVERIFIED"
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert "volume" in result["checklist_item"]["human_action"]
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 3  # no DOI/RA lookup after conflict
+
+
+def test_pubmed_coordinate_candidate_is_matched_only_after_istic_title_binding():
+    """Coordinates nominate a candidate; its ISTIC DOI and Chinese CSL title
+    provide the evidence that upgrades it to a title-keyed match."""
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body("esummary_hit.json"))),
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(_body("istic_csl_hit.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "matched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_VERIFIED"
+    assert result["evidence"]["pmid"] == "999999901"
+    assert result["evidence"]["doi"] == ISTIC_DOI
+    assert result["evidence"]["doi_metadata"]["title"] == CN_TITLE
+    # PubMed stores the ENGLISH bracketed shadow title for Chinese articles, so
+    # a Chinese title cross-check is structurally impossible on this branch —
+    # the shadow title is carried for the human instead.
+    assert result["evidence"]["english_title"].startswith("[")
+    assert result["checklist_item"] is None
+
+
+def test_pubmed_coordinate_miss_is_p1_never_false():
+    """The single most important self-restraint in the design: coverage is
+    confirmed and the coordinates return nothing, yet the outcome stays
+    title-keyed (-> unresolvable). The strength goes into the P1 priority, not
+    into the verdict — the journal bridge is heuristic and PubMed indexes
+    Chinese journals selectively."""
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_zero.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry(pages="9999"))
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_INDEXED_BUT_COORDINATE_MISS"
+    item = result["checklist_item"]
+    assert item["priority"] == "P1"
+    assert item["verdict_contribution"] == "unresolvable"
+    # Wording discipline: fabrication vocabulary is P0-only.
+    assert "pending human check" in item["human_action"].lower()
+    assert "fabricat" not in item["human_action"].lower()
+
+
+def test_pubmed_coordinate_ambiguity_never_picks_one():
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_ambiguous.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry())
+
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_AMBIGUOUS"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["evidence"] is None
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["priority"] == "P1"
+
+
+def test_pubmed_year_disagreement_demotes_the_hit():
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body("esummary_year_mismatch.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_CANDIDATE_UNVERIFIED"
+
+
+def test_pubmed_issn_disagreement_demotes_the_hit():
+    """The coordinate hit's corroboration is structural, so the ISSN the record
+    echoes must be the ISSN we bridged through — a disagreement means the
+    journal-name mapping, not the citation, is likely at fault."""
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body("esummary_issn_mismatch.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_CANDIDATE_UNVERIFIED"
+    assert "ISSN" in result["checklist_item"]["human_action"]
+
+
+def test_absent_year_does_not_block_doi_title_binding():
+    """Absence is not mismatch: exact Chinese title binding still verifies."""
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body("esummary_hit.json"))),
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(_body("istic_csl_hit.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry(year=None))
+
+    assert result["status"] == "matched"
+
+
+def test_pubmed_coordinate_candidate_without_doi_is_never_matched():
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body("esummary_no_doi.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_CANDIDATE_UNVERIFIED"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["verdict_contribution"] == "unresolvable"
+
+
+def test_pubmed_candidate_doi_title_mismatch_never_washes_fake_chinese_title():
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body("esummary_hit.json"))),
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_doi_resolve, _ok(_body("istic_csl_other_title.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_CANDIDATE_UNVERIFIED"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["verdict_contribution"] == "unresolvable"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "esummary_fixture,ra_fixture",
+    [
+        ("esummary_hit.json", "ra_crossref.json"),
+        ("esummary_unknown_ra.json", "ra_unknown_prefix.json"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_pubmed_candidate_out_of_scope_or_unknown_ra_is_never_matched(
+    esummary_fixture, ra_fixture,
+):
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body(esummary_fixture))),
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body(ra_fixture))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["queried_by"] == "title"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_CANDIDATE_UNVERIFIED"
+
+
+def test_pubmed_candidate_cnki_handle_existence_is_never_matched():
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coordinate_hit.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+        (_is_esummary, _ok(_body("esummary_hit.json"))),
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_cnki.json"))),
+        (_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_exists.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "unmatched"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "PUBMED_COORDINATE_CANDIDATE_UNVERIFIED"
+    assert any(
+        attempt["stage"] == "pubmed_candidate_handle"
+        and attempt["outcome"] == "exists"
+        for attempt in result["checklist_item"]["attempts"]
+    )
+
+
+def test_journal_catalogued_but_not_indexed_is_skipped_not_unmatched():
+    """'In the NLM Catalog' != 'indexed in PubMed' (中国全科医学 is catalogued
+    with zero PubMed articles). A journal PubMed never indexed must produce
+    `skipped` + a P3 row, because a coordinate miss against it says nothing."""
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, _ok(_body("esearch_coverage_zero.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(_coordinate_entry())
+
+    assert result["status"] == "skipped"
+    assert result["queried_by"] is None
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "JOURNAL_NOT_INDEXED"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["priority"] == "P3"
+    # Coverage confirmation only — the coordinate query is never issued.
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 1
+
+
+def test_unmapped_journal_is_skipped_with_a_p3_row():
+    """A gap in OUR bridge table is never evidence about the citation."""
+    transport = FakeTransport([])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        result = _coordinate_client().resolve(
+            _coordinate_entry(container_title="某本尚未映射的中文期刊"))
+
+    assert result["status"] == "skipped"
+    assert result["reason_code"] == "NO_ISSN_MAPPING"
+    assert result["checklist_item"]["priority"] == "P3"
+    assert transport.requests == []
+
+
+def test_seed_journal_map_rows_are_lookup_reachable():
+    """The shipped seed rows (all verified live 2026-07-27) must be reachable
+    through the same normalization the resolver applies, including 《》 wrapping."""
+    client = _client()
+    row = client.journal_bridge("中华医学杂志")
+    assert row is not None and row["nlm_ta"] == "Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi"
+    assert client.journal_bridge("《中华医学杂志》") == row
+    assert client.journal_bridge("中华内科杂志")["issn"] == "0578-1426"
+
+
+def test_caller_journal_map_extends_the_seed():
+    """Documented user extension point: caller rows merge over the seed."""
+    client = _client(journal_map=TEST_JOURNAL_MAP)
+    assert client.journal_bridge(CN_JOURNAL)["nlm_ta"] == "Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi"
+    assert client.journal_bridge("中华医学杂志") is not None  # seed still present
+
+
+def test_ncbi_api_key_is_passed_through_but_does_not_relax_pacing():
+    from chinese_literature_client import _EUTILS_MIN_INTERVAL
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_esearch, _ok(_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json")))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        client = _client(ncbi_api_key="test-ncbi-key")
+        client.journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi")
+
+    assert "api_key=test-ncbi-key" in transport.requests[0]
+    assert "tool=academic-research-skills" in transport.requests[0]
+    assert "email=ars-tests%40example.invalid" in transport.requests[0]
+    assert _EUTILS_MIN_INTERVAL == 0.34  # the keyless NCBI floor, unconditionally
+
+
+def test_ncbi_email_is_required_before_any_eutils_request():
+    from chinese_literature_client import (
+        ChineseLiteratureClient,
+        ChineseLiteratureUnavailable,
+    )
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", side_effect=AssertionError("no request")):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="ncbi_email"):
+            ChineseLiteratureClient().journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi")
+
+
+def test_pubmed_author_fallback_uses_first_author_tag():
+    bodies = [_body("esearch_coordinate_zero.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        _client().pubmed_coordinate_lookup(
+            nlm_ta="Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi",
+            first_author="Hecheng Ceshi",
+            year=2026,
+        )
+    term = urllib.parse.parse_qs(
+        urllib.parse.urlsplit(transport.requests[0]).query
+    )["term"][0]
+    assert '"Hecheng Ceshi"[1au]' in term
+    assert "[au]" not in term
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "kwargs",
+    [
+        {"volume": "88[vi] OR 1", "pages": "8801"},
+        {"volume": "88", "pages": "8801[pg] OR 1"},
+        {"volume": "1:9999", "pages": "8801"},
+        {"first_author": 'Chen" OR cancer[ti]', "year": 2026},
+    ],
+)
+def test_untrusted_pubmed_fields_cannot_inject_entrez_grammar(kwargs):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", side_effect=AssertionError("no request")):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().pubmed_coordinate_lookup(
+                nlm_ta="Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi", **kwargs
+            )
+
+
+# -------------------------------------------------- URL hygiene / credentials
+
+
+def test_malicious_doi_is_encoded_and_never_crashes():
+    """A DOI carrying CRLF / query-injection characters must be percent-encoded
+    before it reaches the transport (sibling quote discipline) — no raw control
+    character or `?`/`#` may survive into the request line, and the client must
+    never escape its own degradation contract over a hostile identifier."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    evil = "10.5555/evil\r\nHost: attacker?x=1#frag"
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_absent.json"))),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        assert _client().handle_exists(evil) is False
+
+    url = transport.requests[0]
+    assert "\r" not in url and "\n" not in url
+    assert "?" not in url and "#" not in url  # no query/fragment injection
+    assert "%0D%0A" in url  # CRLF arrived encoded, not stripped
+
+    # Defense in depth: even if a malformed request slips past encoding and
+    # urlopen rejects it (http.client.InvalidURL), the client degrades cleanly.
+    def reject(req, timeout=None):
+        raise http.client.InvalidURL("URL can't contain control characters")
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", reject):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().handle_exists(evil)
+
+
+def test_api_key_never_lands_in_exception_text():
+    """#495 red line (mirrors crossref/openalex): refusal/degradation messages
+    strip the query string so a configured NCBI api_key can never reach logs or
+    raised-exception text — checked across the 5xx, network-error and
+    unparseable-body paths."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    key = "test-ncbi-key"
+
+    scenarios = [
+        FakeTransport([(_is_esearch, _http_error(503))]),
+        FakeTransport([(_is_esearch, _ok(_body("error_5xx.html")))]),
+    ]
+    for transport in scenarios:
+        with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+            with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable) as excinfo:
+                _client(ncbi_api_key=key).journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi")
+        assert key not in str(excinfo.value)
+        assert "api_key" not in str(excinfo.value)
+        assert "?" not in str(excinfo.value)  # whole query stripped, not just the key
+
+    def net_error(req, timeout=None):
+        raise urllib.error.URLError("connection refused")
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", net_error):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable) as excinfo:
+            _client(ncbi_api_key=key).journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi")
+    assert key not in str(excinfo.value)
+    assert "?" not in str(excinfo.value)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("failure_kind", ["http", "url"])
+def test_reflected_request_url_is_absent_from_full_exception_traceback(failure_kind):
+    """Removing a secret from the wrapper message is insufficient when the
+    original exception remains as an explicit cause: logging the traceback
+    would print that cause and its full query string."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    key = "SECRET123"
+
+    def reflected(req, timeout=None):
+        if failure_kind == "http":
+            raise urllib.error.HTTPError(
+                url=req.full_url,
+                code=503,
+                msg=f"upstream reflected {req.full_url}",
+                hdrs={},
+                fp=io.BytesIO(),
+            )
+        raise urllib.error.URLError(f"upstream reflected {req.full_url}")
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", reflected):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable) as excinfo:
+            _client(ncbi_api_key=key).journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi")
+
+    rendered = "".join(traceback.format_exception(
+        excinfo.type, excinfo.value, excinfo.tb,
+    ))
+    assert key not in rendered
+    assert f"api_key={key}" not in rendered
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("error_url", ["", "http://evil.invalid/stolen"])
+def test_rejected_http_error_url_does_not_retain_reflected_secret(error_url):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    key = "SECRET123"
+
+    def reflected(req, timeout=None):
+        raise urllib.error.HTTPError(
+            url=error_url,
+            code=503,
+            msg=f"upstream reflected {req.full_url}",
+            hdrs={},
+            fp=io.BytesIO(),
+        )
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", reflected):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable) as excinfo:
+            _client(ncbi_api_key=key).journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi")
+
+    rendered = "".join(traceback.format_exception(
+        excinfo.type, excinfo.value, excinfo.tb,
+    ))
+    assert key not in rendered
+
+
+def test_malformed_port_does_not_retain_secret_as_a_cause():
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, _require_api_url
+
+    key = "SECRET123"
+    with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable) as excinfo:
+        _require_api_url(f"https://doi.org:{key}/path?api_key={key}")
+
+    rendered = "".join(traceback.format_exception(
+        excinfo.type, excinfo.value, excinfo.tb,
+    ))
+    assert key not in rendered
+
+
+def test_host_allowlist_guard_refuses_and_redacts():
+    """Multi-host `_require_api_url` (sibling defense-in-depth): a non-HTTPS or
+    non-allowlisted host is refused before any request, and the refusal text is
+    query-stripped."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import (
+        ChineseLiteratureUnavailable,
+        _require_api_url,
+    )
+
+    _require_api_url("https://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555")         # allowlisted: no raise
+    _require_api_url("https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/x")     # allowlisted: no raise
+    for bad in (
+        "https://www.cnki.net/search?q=x",       # zero-scraping red line
+        "http://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555",          # https only
+        "https://evil.invalid/a?api_key=test-ncbi-key",
+        "https://127.0.0.1/doiRA/10.5555",       # no bare IPs
+        "https://user@doi.org/doiRA/10.5555",    # no userinfo
+        "https://doi.org:443/doiRA/10.5555",     # exact origin, no ports
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable) as excinfo:
+            _require_api_url(bad)
+        assert "api_key" not in str(excinfo.value)
+        assert "?" not in str(excinfo.value)
+
+
+def test_redirect_handler_revalidates_every_destination_before_following():
+    from chinese_literature_client import (
+        ChineseLiteratureUnavailable,
+        _SafeRedirectHandler,
+    )
+
+    handler = _SafeRedirectHandler()
+    request = urllib.request.Request("https://doi.org/10.5555/example")
+    for target in (
+        "http://doi.org/10.5555/example",          # downgrade
+        "https://127.0.0.1/10.5555/example",       # bare IP
+        "https://user@doi.org/10.5555/example",    # userinfo
+        "https://doi.org:443/10.5555/example",     # explicit port
+        "https://doi.org.evil.invalid/example",    # suffix confusion
+        "https://evil.invalid/example",            # external host
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            handler.redirect_request(request, None, 302, "Found", {}, target)
+
+    redirected = handler.redirect_request(
+        request, None, 302, "Found", {},
+        "https://hdl.handle.net/api/handles/10.5555/example",
+    )
+    assert redirected.full_url.startswith("https://hdl.handle.net/")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("code", [301, 302, 303, 307, 308])
+def test_redirect_response_body_is_never_read_before_following(code):
+    from chinese_literature_client import _SafeRedirectHandler
+
+    handler = _SafeRedirectHandler()
+    handler.parent = MagicMock()
+    request = urllib.request.Request("https://doi.org/10.5555/example")
+    request.timeout = 30
+    response = MagicMock()
+    redirected_response = object()
+    handler.parent.open.return_value = redirected_response
+
+    result = getattr(handler, f"http_error_{code}")(
+        request,
+        response,
+        code,
+        "Found",
+        {"location": "/10.5555/next"},
+    )
+
+    assert result is redirected_response
+    response.read.assert_not_called()
+    response.close.assert_called_once_with()
+    followed = handler.parent.open.call_args.args[0]
+    assert followed.full_url == "https://doi.org/10.5555/next"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "location",
+    ["http://doi.org/downgrade", "https://evil.invalid/escape", 42],
+)
+def test_rejected_redirect_is_closed_without_reading(location):
+    from chinese_literature_client import (
+        ChineseLiteratureUnavailable,
+        _SafeRedirectHandler,
+    )
+
+    handler = _SafeRedirectHandler()
+    request = urllib.request.Request("https://doi.org/10.5555/example")
+    request.timeout = 30
+    response = MagicMock()
+
+    with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+        handler.http_error_302(
+            request, response, 302, "Found", {"location": location},
+        )
+
+    response.read.assert_not_called()
+    response.close.assert_called_once_with()
+
+
+def test_redirect_without_location_is_closed_without_reading():
+    from chinese_literature_client import (
+        ChineseLiteratureUnavailable,
+        _SafeRedirectHandler,
+    )
+
+    handler = _SafeRedirectHandler()
+    request = urllib.request.Request("https://doi.org/10.5555/example")
+    request.timeout = 30
+    response = MagicMock()
+
+    with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="missing a Location"):
+        handler.http_error_302(request, response, 302, "Found", {})
+
+    response.read.assert_not_called()
+    response.close.assert_called_once_with()
+
+
+def test_istic_plaintext_redirect_stops_resolve_before_any_verdict():
+    """End-to-end regression for the maintainer's live ISTIC observation.
+
+    RA triage may identify ISTIC, but the subsequent DOI request currently has
+    the shape ``HTTPS doi.org -> HTTP bare IP``. Exercise the real resolver and
+    redirect handler together: the unsafe hop must be closed unread, propagate
+    as typed degradation, and never return a MATCH/MISMATCH-shaped result.
+    """
+    from chinese_literature_client import (
+        ChineseLiteratureUnavailable,
+        _SafeRedirectHandler,
+    )
+
+    requests: list[str] = []
+    redirect_response = MagicMock()
+
+    def transport(req, timeout=None):
+        url = req.full_url
+        requests.append(url)
+        parsed = urllib.parse.urlsplit(url)
+        query = (
+            urllib.parse.parse_qs(
+                parsed.query, keep_blank_values=True, strict_parsing=True,
+            )
+            if parsed.query else {}
+        )
+        if _is_ra(parsed, query):
+            return _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))(url)
+        if _is_doi_resolve(parsed, query):
+            handler = _SafeRedirectHandler()
+            return handler.http_error_302(
+                req,
+                redirect_response,
+                302,
+                "Found",
+                {"location": "http://122.115.55.36:8000/doi/synthetic"},
+            )
+        raise AssertionError(f"client contacted an unrouted URL: {url}")
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().resolve(_istic_entry())
+
+    assert len(requests) == 2  # RA triage, then the refused DOI request
+    redirect_response.read.assert_not_called()
+    redirect_response.close.assert_called_once_with()
+
+
+def test_final_response_url_is_revalidated_even_after_transport_returns():
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    response = MagicMock()
+    response.status = 200
+    response.headers = {}
+    response.geturl.return_value = "http://127.0.0.1/stolen"
+    response.read.return_value = _body("ra_istic.json")
+    response.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=response)
+    response.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", return_value=response):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+    response.read.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_http_error_final_url_is_revalidated_before_404_becomes_data():
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    def escaped_404(req, timeout=None):
+        raise urllib.error.HTTPError(
+            url="http://127.0.0.1/not-found",
+            code=404,
+            msg="synthetic",
+            hdrs={},
+            fp=io.BytesIO(b""),
+        )
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", escaped_404):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().doi_lookup_with_title_check(FABRICATED_DOI, CN_TITLE)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("code", [404, 503])
+def test_http_error_response_is_closed_without_reading(code):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    error_body = MagicMock()
+
+    def fail(req, timeout=None):
+        raise urllib.error.HTTPError(
+            url=req.full_url,
+            code=code,
+            msg="synthetic",
+            hdrs={},
+            fp=error_body,
+        )
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", fail):
+        if code == 404:
+            assert _client().handle_exists(FABRICATED_DOI) is False
+        else:
+            with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="HTTP 503"):
+                _client().handle_exists(FABRICATED_DOI)
+
+    error_body.read.assert_not_called()
+    error_body.close.assert_called_once_with()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("status", [None, 0, 503, "200"])
+def test_returned_invalid_or_non_success_status_is_rejected_before_read(status):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    response = MagicMock()
+    response.status = status
+    response.headers = {}
+    response.geturl.return_value = "https://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555"
+    response.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=response)
+    response.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", return_value=response):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+    response.read.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_returned_404_is_data_only_on_an_allow_404_path():
+    response = MagicMock()
+    response.status = 404
+    response.headers = {}
+    response.geturl.return_value = "https://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555"
+    response.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=response)
+    response.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", return_value=response):
+        assert _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI) is None
+    response.read.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_content_length_precheck_rejects_oversized_body_without_reading():
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, MAX_BODY_BYTES
+
+    response = MagicMock()
+    response.status = 200
+    response.headers = {"Content-Length": str(MAX_BODY_BYTES + 1)}
+    response.geturl.return_value = "https://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555"
+    response.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=response)
+    response.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", return_value=response):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="exceeds"):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+    response.read.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value",
+    ["+1", "-0", "1_0", "١", " 1 x ", "\u00a01\u00a0", "9" * 5000],
+)
+def test_malformed_content_length_is_rejected_before_read(value):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    response = MagicMock()
+    response.status = 200
+    response.headers = {"Content-Length": value}
+    response.geturl.return_value = "https://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555"
+    response.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=response)
+    response.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", return_value=response):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="Content-Length"):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+    response.read.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_body_read_is_bounded_and_rejects_stream_over_limit():
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, MAX_BODY_BYTES
+
+    response = MagicMock()
+    response.status = 200
+    response.headers = {}
+    response.geturl.return_value = "https://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555"
+    response.read.return_value = b"x" * (MAX_BODY_BYTES + 1)
+    response.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=response)
+    response.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", return_value=response):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="exceeds"):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+    response.read.assert_called_once_with(MAX_BODY_BYTES + 1)
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------- degradation contract
+
+
+def test_5xx_does_not_retry():
+    """Per protocol: 5xx -> fail fast, exactly one request."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_ra, _http_error(503, _body("error_5xx.html")))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+
+    assert len(transport.requests) == 1
+
+
+def test_429_backs_off_then_raises_after_the_shared_retry_budget(monkeypatch):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+    from _text_similarity import _MAX_RETRIES
+
+    sleeps: list[float] = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr("chinese_literature_client.time.sleep", sleeps.append)
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_ra, _http_error(429))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+
+    assert len(transport.requests) == _MAX_RETRIES + 1
+    # Growing backoff, floored at 2s so a retry cannot re-violate the limit the
+    # 429 is enforcing (arxiv_client.py's rule).
+    assert sleeps == [2.0, 4.0, 6.0]
+    assert all(delay >= 2.0 for delay in sleeps)
+
+
+def test_network_error_raises_unavailable():
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    def boom(req, timeout=None):
+        raise urllib.error.URLError("connection refused")
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", boom):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("failure_point", ["open", "close"])
+def test_raw_oserror_from_transport_or_response_close_is_typed(failure_point):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    if failure_point == "open":
+        transport = MagicMock(side_effect=OSError("socket failure"))
+    else:
+        response = MagicMock()
+        response.status = 200
+        response.headers = {}
+        response.geturl.return_value = "https://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555"
+        response.read.return_value = _body("ra_istic.json")
+        response.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=response)
+        response.__exit__ = MagicMock(side_effect=OSError("close failure"))
+        transport = MagicMock(return_value=response)
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="network error"):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+
+
+def test_truncated_body_raises_unavailable():
+    """IncompleteRead inherits HTTPException, not OSError — a truncated body
+    must degrade, never become a miss."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    resp = MagicMock()
+    resp.status = 200
+    resp.headers = {}
+    resp.geturl.return_value = "https://doi.org/doiRA/10.5555"
+    resp.read.side_effect = http.client.IncompleteRead(partial=b"{", expected=200)
+    resp.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=resp)
+    resp.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", return_value=resp):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable, match="read failed"):
+            _client().ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+
+
+def test_unparseable_200_body_raises_unavailable():
+    """#331: an HTML error page served with 200 by a proxy/CDN must degrade, not
+    be recorded as an empty result."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_esearch, _ok(_body("error_5xx.html")))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "body",
+    [
+        b'{"unexpected": true}',
+        b'{"esearchresult":{"idlist":[null]}}',
+        b'{"esearchresult":{"idlist":[42]}}',
+        b'{"esearchresult":{"idlist":[""]}}',
+        b'{"esearchresult":{"idlist":["0"]}}',
+        b'{"esearchresult":{"count":false,"idlist":[]}}',
+        b'{"esearchresult":{"count":"0","idlist":["999999901"]}}',
+        b'{"esearchresult":{"count":"1","idlist":[]}}',
+        (b'{"esearchresult":{"count":"' + b"9" * 5000 + b'","idlist":[]}}'),
+        b'{"esearchresult":{"count":"2","idlist":["999999901","999999901"]}}',
+    ],
+)
+def test_unexpected_esearch_shape_raises_unavailable(body):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_esearch, _ok(body))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "body",
+    [
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": 42}}',
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": {}}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [], "issn": {}}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [], "title": false}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [], "pubdate": false}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [], "pubdate": "garbage"}}}',
+        '{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [], "pubdate": "٢٠٢٦"}}}'.encode(),
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [], "source": []}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [], "lang": false}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [{"idtype": false, "value": "x"}]}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [{"idtype": "doi", "value": false}]}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"999999901": {"articleids": [{"idtype": "doi", "value": "10.a/x"}, {"idtype": "doi", "value": "10.b/y"}]}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"uids": ["888888888"], "999999901": {"articleids": []}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"uids": [null], "999999901": {"articleids": []}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"uids": ["999999901"], "999999901": {"uid": "888888888", "articleids": []}}}',
+        b'{"result": {"uids": ["999999901"], "999999901": {"uid": 999999901, "articleids": []}}}',
+    ],
+)
+def test_unexpected_esummary_shape_raises_unavailable(body):
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_esummary, _ok(body))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client()._esummary("999999901")
+
+
+def test_resolve_propagates_unavailable_rather_than_returning_a_verdict():
+    """fail-closed: `resolve` has no `unreachable` return value by design. An
+    outage must reach the caller as an exception so it can never be silently
+    rendered as a lookup result."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import ChineseLiteratureUnavailable
+
+    transport = FakeTransport([(_is_ra, _http_error(503))])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        with pytest.raises(ChineseLiteratureUnavailable):
+            _client().resolve(_istic_entry())
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ throttling
+
+
+def test_throttle_uses_monotonic_clock(monkeypatch):
+    """time.monotonic for elapsed measurement (NTP-safe), never time.time
+    (#128 §6). Aligns with arxiv/crossref/openalex/S2."""
+    monotonic_calls: list[int] = []
+    time_calls: list[int] = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr("chinese_literature_client.time.monotonic",
+                        lambda: (monotonic_calls.append(1), 100.0)[1])
+    monkeypatch.setattr("chinese_literature_client.time.time",
+                        lambda: (time_calls.append(1), 100.0)[1])
+
+    client = _client()
+    client._throttle("_last_doi_at", 0.2)  # no prior request -> short-circuit
+    client._last_doi_at = 99.9
+    client._throttle("_last_doi_at", 0.2)
+
+    assert monotonic_calls, "throttle must read time.monotonic"
+    assert time_calls == [], "throttle must NOT read time.time (NTP-unsafe)"
+
+
+def test_doi_and_ncbi_have_independent_throttle_anchors(monkeypatch):
+    """Sharing one anchor would either over-throttle doi.org or under-throttle
+    NCBI, whose published expectations differ."""
+    sleeps: list[float] = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr("chinese_literature_client.time.sleep", sleeps.append)
+    clock = [1000.0]
+    monkeypatch.setattr("chinese_literature_client.time.monotonic", lambda: clock[0])
+
+    esearch_bodies = [_body("esearch_coverage_hit.json"),
+                      _body("esearch_coverage_hit.json")]
+    transport = FakeTransport([
+        (_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+        (_is_esearch, lambda url: _ok(esearch_bodies.pop(0))(url)),
+    ])
+    with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+        client = _client()
+        client.ra_for(ISTIC_DOI)
+        # A DOI request must not make the (independent) NCBI anchor wait.
+        client.journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi")
+        assert sleeps == []
+        # A second NCBI request on a frozen clock does pace at the NCBI floor.
+        client.journal_is_indexed("Hecheng Ceshi Yi Xue Za Zhi")
+        assert sleeps == [pytest.approx(0.34)]
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ checklist shape
+
+
+def test_every_applicable_non_matched_scenario_emits_exactly_one_checklist_row():
+    """The checklist is a first-class deliverable, not a log side effect: it is
+    what turns 'nobody ever actually checked this reference' from an invisible
+    default into an item somebody has to sign off on."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import REASON_CODES
+
+    scenarios = [
+        ([(_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_istic.json"))),
+          (_is_doi_resolve, _http_error(404)),
+          (_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_absent.json")))], _istic_entry(), {}),
+        ([(_is_ra, _ok(_body("ra_cnki.json"))),
+          (_is_handle, _ok(_body("handle_exists.json")))],
+         _istic_entry(doi=CNKI_DOI), {}),
+        ([(_is_esearch, _ok(_body("esearch_coverage_zero.json")))],
+         _coordinate_entry(), {"journal_map": TEST_JOURNAL_MAP}),
+    ]
+    for routes, entry, kwargs in scenarios:
+        transport = FakeTransport(routes)
+        with patch("chinese_literature_client._safe_urlopen", transport):
+            result = _client(**kwargs).resolve(entry)
+        item = result["checklist_item"]
+        assert item is not None
+        assert item["reason_code"] in REASON_CODES
+        assert item["priority"] in {"P0", "P1", "P2", "P3"}
+        assert item["citation_key"] == entry["citation_key"]
+        assert item["human_result"] is None  # the tool never fills the verdict
+        assert item["attempts"], "a row must record which sources were tried"
+
+
+def test_priority_is_workload_ordering_not_a_suspicion_score():
+    """Fabrication vocabulary is permitted only at P0. Mislabeling a real paper
+    by a real author costs far more than missing one bad citation."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import _PRIORITY_BY_REASON
+
+    assert _PRIORITY_BY_REASON["DOI_REFUTED"] == "P0"
+    assert _PRIORITY_BY_REASON["DOI_TITLE_MISMATCH"] == "P0"
+    assert _PRIORITY_BY_REASON["DOI_EXISTS_TITLE_UNVERIFIABLE"] == "P2"
+    assert _PRIORITY_BY_REASON["NO_ISSN_MAPPING"] == "P3"
+    non_p0 = {code for code, priority in _PRIORITY_BY_REASON.items()
+              if priority != "P0"}
+    assert "DOI_REFUTED" not in non_p0
+
+
+def test_unknown_reason_code_is_rejected():
+    """The reason-code set is closed; adding a member is a protocol-doc change."""
+    from chinese_literature_client import _checklist_item
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        _checklist_item(
+            reason_code="MADE_UP_CODE",
+            verdict_contribution="unresolvable",
+            entry={"citation_key": "x"},
+            attempts=[],
+            human_action="",
+        )
+
+
+def test_no_forbidden_upstream_host_appears_in_client_code():
+    """Zero-scraping red line, pinned executably: CNKI / Wanfang / VIP / chndoi
+    hosts must never become upstreams here. Guards against a well-intentioned
+    later edit 'just adding a title lookup'.
+
+    Scanned over the AST's non-docstring string constants rather than raw text:
+    prose EXPLAINING why we refuse to scrape chndoi.org is exactly the comment
+    a future editor most needs to read, so a raw-text scan would pressure
+    someone to delete the warning in order to pass the test."""
+    import ast
+
+    source = (REPO_ROOT / "scripts" / "chinese_literature_client.py").read_text(
+        encoding="utf-8")
+    tree = ast.parse(source)
+    docstrings = set()
+    for node in ast.walk(tree):
+        if isinstance(node, (ast.Module, ast.ClassDef, ast.FunctionDef,
+                             ast.AsyncFunctionDef)):
+            body = getattr(node, "body", None)
+            if (body and isinstance(body[0], ast.Expr)
+                    and isinstance(body[0].value, ast.Constant)
+                    and isinstance(body[0].value.value, str)):
+                docstrings.add(id(body[0].value))
+
+    literals = [
+        node.value for node in ast.walk(tree)
+        if isinstance(node, ast.Constant) and isinstance(node.value, str)
+        and id(node) not in docstrings
+    ]
+    # Sanity: the scan must actually see the real endpoint constants, otherwise
+    # it would pass vacuously.
+    assert any("hdl.handle.net" in literal for literal in literals)
+    for host in ("cnki.net", "wanfangdata", "cqvip.com", "chndoi.org"):
+        for literal in literals:
+            assert host not in literal, f"forbidden upstream host {host!r} in client"