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+from automation import __doc__ as automation_doc
+from automation.components import Component, ComponentInput, ComponentRegistry, FunctionComponent
+from automation.engine import AutomationDefinition, AutomationEngine, RunStatus
+from automation.variables import GeneratorVariable
+
+
+def test_collect_includes_peeked_value():
+    variable = GeneratorVariable.from_iterable([1, 2, 3])
+
+    assert variable.peek() == 1
+    assert variable.collect() == [1, 2, 3]
+
+
+class LifecycleHelperComponent(Component):
+    def __init__(self, events, label):
+        self._events = events
+        self._label = label
+
+    def setup(self) -> None:
+        self._events.append(f"{self._label}-setup")
+
+    def teardown(self) -> None:
+        self._events.append(f"{self._label}-teardown")
+
+    def execute(self, input_: ComponentInput):
+        return self._ok(input_.payload)
+
+
+def test_register_replaces_component_with_teardown():
+    events = []
+    registry = ComponentRegistry()
+
+    registry.register("step", LifecycleHelperComponent(events, "old"))
+    registry.register("step", LifecycleHelperComponent(events, "new"))
+    assert registry.deregister("step") is True
+
+    assert events == ["old-setup", "old-teardown", "new-setup", "new-teardown"]
+
+
+def test_function_component_returns_traceback_on_failure():
+    def broken(input_):
+        assert input_.name == "broken"
+        raise RuntimeError("boom")
+
+    output = FunctionComponent(broken, name="broken").execute(
+        ComponentInput(name="broken", payload=None)
+    )
+
+    assert output.success is False
+    assert output.error is not None
+    assert "Traceback" in output.error
+    assert "RuntimeError: boom" in output.error
+
+
+def test_missing_variables_fail_run_instead_of_being_silently_dropped():
+    engine = AutomationEngine()
+    engine.register_fn("echo", lambda input_: input_.payload)
+    engine.define(
+        AutomationDefinition(
+            name="uses-missing-variable",
+            triggers=["demo"],
+            steps=["echo"],
+            variables=["missing"],
+        )
+    )
+
+    results = engine.trigger_type("demo", payload="hello")
+
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    result = results[0]
+    assert result.status is RunStatus.FAILED
+    assert result.error is not None
+    assert "KeyError" in result.error
+    assert "Variable 'missing' not found in registry" in result.error
+    assert result.outputs[0].component == "__engine__"
+    assert result.outputs[0].success is False
+
+
+def test_quick_start_uses_package_imports():
+    assert isinstance(automation_doc, str)
+    assert automation_doc.strip()
+    assert "from automation import AutomationEngine" in automation_doc
+    assert "from src.automation import" not in automation_doc