diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7d709e5b8..155d3051a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         run: php artisan migrate --no-interaction -vvv --force
       - name: Execute code style check via Laravel Pint
         run: vendor/bin/pint --test -v
-      - name: Execute tests (Unit and Feature tests) via PHPUnit
+      - name: Execute tests (Unit and Feature tests) via Pest
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
         env:
           DB_HOST: 127.0.0.1
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           DB_PASSWORD: password
           LOG_CHANNEL: stack
         run: php artisan test --parallel --testsuite=Unit,Feature --coverage-clover=coverage.xml
-      - name: Execute tests (Unit, Feature and Integration tests) via PHPUnit
+      - name: Execute tests (Unit, Feature and Integration tests) via Pest
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
         env:
           DB_HOST: 127.0.0.1
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
 
         run: php artisan test --parallel --testsuite=Unit,Feature --coverage-clover=coverage.xml
 
-      - name: Execute tests (Unit and Feature tests) via PHPUnit using Postgres
+      - name: Execute tests (Unit and Feature tests) via Pest using Postgres
         env:
           DB_CONNECTION: pgsql
           DB_HOST: 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 952c44cf7..b218a8d8c 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
     "fakerphp/faker": "^1.9.1",
     "laravel/pint": "^1.14",
     "mockery/mockery": "^1.4.2",
+    "pestphp/pest": "^3.7",
     "php-coveralls/php-coveralls": "^2.3.0",
-    "phpunit/phpunit": "^11.0",
     "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "3.*",
     "timacdonald/log-fake": "^2.0.1"
   },
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "preferred-install": "dist",
     "sort-packages": true,
     "allow-plugins": {
+      "pestphp/pest-plugin": true,
       "php-http/discovery": true
     }
   },
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index ec02e5081..d40037045 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "bcc7d4c5419d51ee064e4b73afbc1a0d",
+    "content-hash": "3360e4532baaf54820ccc6e48a0f04dc",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "brick/math",
@@ -9029,6 +9029,330 @@
             ],
             "time": "2024-11-08T17:47:46+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "pestphp/pest",
+            "version": "v3.7.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/pestphp/pest.git",
+                "reference": "bf3178473dcaa53b0458f21dfdb271306ea62512"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pestphp/pest/zipball/bf3178473dcaa53b0458f21dfdb271306ea62512",
+                "reference": "bf3178473dcaa53b0458f21dfdb271306ea62512",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "brianium/paratest": "^7.7.0",
+                "nunomaduro/collision": "^8.5.0",
+                "nunomaduro/termwind": "^2.3.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin": "^3.0.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin-arch": "^3.0.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin-mutate": "^3.0.5",
+                "php": "^8.2.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^11.5.1"
+            },
+            "conflict": {
+                "filp/whoops": "<2.16.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": ">11.5.1",
+                "sebastian/exporter": "<6.0.0",
+                "webmozart/assert": "<1.11.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "pestphp/pest-dev-tools": "^3.3.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin-type-coverage": "^3.2.0",
+                "symfony/process": "^7.2.0"
+            },
+            "bin": [
+                "bin/pest"
+            ],
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "pest": {
+                    "plugins": [
+                        "Pest\\Mutate\\Plugins\\Mutate",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Configuration",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Bail",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Cache",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Coverage",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Init",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Environment",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Help",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Memory",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Only",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Printer",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\ProcessIsolation",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Profile",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Retry",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Snapshot",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Verbose",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Version",
+                        "Pest\\Plugins\\Parallel"
+                    ]
+                },
+                "phpstan": {
+                    "includes": [
+                        "extension.neon"
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "files": [
+                    "src/Functions.php",
+                    "src/Pest.php"
+                ],
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Pest\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Nuno Maduro",
+                    "email": "enunomaduro@gmail.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "The elegant PHP Testing Framework.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "framework",
+                "pest",
+                "php",
+                "test",
+                "testing",
+                "unit"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/pestphp/pest/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/pestphp/pest/tree/v3.7.1"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/enunomaduro",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/nunomaduro",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2024-12-12T11:52:01+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "pestphp/pest-plugin",
+            "version": "v3.0.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/pestphp/pest-plugin.git",
+                "reference": "e79b26c65bc11c41093b10150c1341cc5cdbea83"
+            },
+            "dist": {
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+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pestphp/pest-plugin/zipball/e79b26c65bc11c41093b10150c1341cc5cdbea83",
+                "reference": "e79b26c65bc11c41093b10150c1341cc5cdbea83",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
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+                "composer-runtime-api": "^2.2.2",
+                "php": "^8.2"
+            },
+            "conflict": {
+                "pestphp/pest": "<3.0.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "composer/composer": "^2.7.9",
+                "pestphp/pest": "^3.0.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-dev-tools": "^3.0.0"
+            },
+            "type": "composer-plugin",
+            "extra": {
+                "class": "Pest\\Plugin\\Manager"
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Pest\\Plugin\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "description": "The Pest plugin manager",
+            "keywords": [
+                "framework",
+                "manager",
+                "pest",
+                "php",
+                "plugin",
+                "test",
+                "testing",
+                "unit"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/pestphp/pest-plugin/tree/v3.0.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=66BYDWAT92N6L",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/nunomaduro",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://www.patreon.com/nunomaduro",
+                    "type": "patreon"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2024-09-08T23:21:41+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "pestphp/pest-plugin-arch",
+            "version": "v3.0.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/pestphp/pest-plugin-arch.git",
+                "reference": "0a27e55a270cfe73d8cb70551b91002ee2cb64b0"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pestphp/pest-plugin-arch/zipball/0a27e55a270cfe73d8cb70551b91002ee2cb64b0",
+                "reference": "0a27e55a270cfe73d8cb70551b91002ee2cb64b0",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin": "^3.0.0",
+                "php": "^8.2",
+                "ta-tikoma/phpunit-architecture-test": "^0.8.4"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "pestphp/pest": "^3.0.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-dev-tools": "^3.0.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "pest": {
+                    "plugins": [
+                        "Pest\\Arch\\Plugin"
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "files": [
+                    "src/Autoload.php"
+                ],
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Pest\\Arch\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "description": "The Arch plugin for Pest PHP.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "arch",
+                "architecture",
+                "framework",
+                "pest",
+                "php",
+                "plugin",
+                "test",
+                "testing",
+                "unit"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/pestphp/pest-plugin-arch/tree/v3.0.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/enunomaduro",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/nunomaduro",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2024-09-08T23:23:55+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "pestphp/pest-plugin-mutate",
+            "version": "v3.0.5",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/pestphp/pest-plugin-mutate.git",
+                "reference": "e10dbdc98c9e2f3890095b4fe2144f63a5717e08"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pestphp/pest-plugin-mutate/zipball/e10dbdc98c9e2f3890095b4fe2144f63a5717e08",
+                "reference": "e10dbdc98c9e2f3890095b4fe2144f63a5717e08",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "nikic/php-parser": "^5.2.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin": "^3.0.0",
+                "php": "^8.2",
+                "psr/simple-cache": "^3.0.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "pestphp/pest": "^3.0.8",
+                "pestphp/pest-dev-tools": "^3.0.0",
+                "pestphp/pest-plugin-type-coverage": "^3.0.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Pest\\Mutate\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Sandro Gehri",
+                    "email": "sandrogehri@gmail.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Mutates your code to find untested cases",
+            "keywords": [
+                "framework",
+                "mutate",
+                "mutation",
+                "pest",
+                "php",
+                "plugin",
+                "test",
+                "testing",
+                "unit"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/pestphp/pest-plugin-mutate/tree/v3.0.5"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/enunomaduro",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/gehrisandro",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/nunomaduro",
+                    "type": "github"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2024-09-22T07:54:40+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "phar-io/manifest",
             "version": "2.0.4",
@@ -9230,6 +9554,70 @@
             },
             "time": "2023-11-22T10:21:01+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock",
+            "version": "5.6.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock.git",
+                "reference": "e5e784149a09bd69d9a5e3b01c5cbd2e2bd653d8"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/zipball/e5e784149a09bd69d9a5e3b01c5cbd2e2bd653d8",
+                "reference": "e5e784149a09bd69d9a5e3b01c5cbd2e2bd653d8",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "doctrine/deprecations": "^1.1",
+                "ext-filter": "*",
+                "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
+                "phpdocumentor/reflection-common": "^2.2",
+                "phpdocumentor/type-resolver": "^1.7",
+                "phpstan/phpdoc-parser": "^1.7|^2.0",
+                "webmozart/assert": "^1.9.1"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "mockery/mockery": "~1.3.5 || ~1.6.0",
+                "phpstan/extension-installer": "^1.1",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.8",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-mockery": "^1.1",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-webmozart-assert": "^1.2",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5",
+                "psalm/phar": "^5.26"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "5.x-dev"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "phpDocumentor\\Reflection\\": "src"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Mike van Riel",
+                    "email": "me@mikevanriel.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Jaap van Otterdijk",
+                    "email": "opensource@ijaap.nl"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "With this component, a library can provide support for annotations via DocBlocks or otherwise retrieve information that is embedded in a DocBlock.",
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/tree/5.6.1"
+            },
+            "time": "2024-12-07T09:39:29+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "phpunit/php-code-coverage",
             "version": "11.0.8",
@@ -9713,23 +10101,23 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "sebastian/code-unit",
-            "version": "3.0.1",
+            "version": "3.0.2",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/code-unit.git",
-                "reference": "6bb7d09d6623567178cf54126afa9c2310114268"
+                "reference": "ee88b0cdbe74cf8dd3b54940ff17643c0d6543ca"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/code-unit/zipball/6bb7d09d6623567178cf54126afa9c2310114268",
-                "reference": "6bb7d09d6623567178cf54126afa9c2310114268",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/code-unit/zipball/ee88b0cdbe74cf8dd3b54940ff17643c0d6543ca",
+                "reference": "ee88b0cdbe74cf8dd3b54940ff17643c0d6543ca",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "php": ">=8.2"
             },
             "require-dev": {
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^11.0"
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^11.5"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
@@ -9758,7 +10146,7 @@
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/code-unit/issues",
                 "security": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/code-unit/security/policy",
-                "source": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/code-unit/tree/3.0.1"
+                "source": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/code-unit/tree/3.0.2"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -9766,7 +10154,7 @@
                     "type": "github"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2024-07-03T04:44:28+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-12-12T09:59:06+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "sebastian/code-unit-reverse-lookup",
@@ -10981,6 +11369,65 @@
             ],
             "time": "2024-04-28T11:44:19+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "ta-tikoma/phpunit-architecture-test",
+            "version": "0.8.4",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/ta-tikoma/phpunit-architecture-test.git",
+                "reference": "89f0dea1cb0f0d5744d3ec1764a286af5e006636"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/ta-tikoma/phpunit-architecture-test/zipball/89f0dea1cb0f0d5744d3ec1764a286af5e006636",
+                "reference": "89f0dea1cb0f0d5744d3ec1764a286af5e006636",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "nikic/php-parser": "^4.18.0 || ^5.0.0",
+                "php": "^8.1.0",
+                "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^5.3.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5.5  || ^11.0.0",
+                "symfony/finder": "^6.4.0 || ^7.0.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "laravel/pint": "^1.13.7",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10.52"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "PHPUnit\\Architecture\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Ni Shi",
+                    "email": "futik0ma011@gmail.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Nuno Maduro",
+                    "email": "enunomaduro@gmail.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Methods for testing application architecture",
+            "keywords": [
+                "architecture",
+                "phpunit",
+                "stucture",
+                "test",
+                "testing"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/ta-tikoma/phpunit-architecture-test/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/ta-tikoma/phpunit-architecture-test/tree/0.8.4"
+            },
+            "time": "2024-01-05T14:10:56+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "theseer/tokenizer",
             "version": "1.2.3",
@@ -11106,6 +11553,6 @@
         "ext-simplexml": "*",
         "ext-zip": "*"
     },
-    "platform-dev": [],
+    "platform-dev": {},
     "plugin-api-version": "2.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index dfa119a4f..562a87db7 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ services:
     environment:
       PHPLDAPADMIN_LDAP_HOSTS: "#PYTHON2BASH:[{'Local LDAP': [{'server': [{'host': 'openldap'}]},{'login': [{'bind_id': 'cn=admin,dc=university,dc=org'},{'bind_pass': 'admin'},{'auth_type': 'config'}]}]}]"
       PHPLDAPADMIN_HTTPS: "false"
+  test:
+    <<: *app-image
+    environment:
+      DEV_MODE: "true"
+      ENABLE_XDEBUG: "yes"
+      BUILD_FRONTEND: "yes"
+    volumes:
+      - "./:/var/www/html/"
+    profiles: ["test"]
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
 volumes:
   mariadb:
     driver: local
diff --git a/docker/app/php/php.ini b/docker/app/php/php.ini
index 574e5fbd2..d32efa6b6 100644
--- a/docker/app/php/php.ini
+++ b/docker/app/php/php.ini
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 post_max_size = 1G
 upload_max_filesize = 1G
 variables_order = EGPCS
+
+[xdebug]
+xdebug.mode=coverage
diff --git a/sail b/sail
index 989d5348d..9ab44d2f9 100755
--- a/sail
+++ b/sail
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ function display_help {
     echo "${YELLOW}Running Tests:${NC}"
     echo "  ${GREEN}sail test${NC}          Run the PHPUnit tests via the Artisan test command"
     echo "  ${GREEN}sail phpunit ...${NC}   Run PHPUnit"
+    echo "  ${GREEN}sail pest ...${NC}      Run Pest"
     echo "  ${GREEN}sail pint ...${NC}      Run Pint"
     echo "  ${GREEN}sail dusk${NC}          Run the Dusk tests (Requires the laravel/dusk package)"
     echo "  ${GREEN}sail dusk:fails${NC}    Re-run previously failed Dusk tests (Requires the laravel/dusk package)"
@@ -287,6 +288,19 @@ elif [ "$1" == "phpunit" ]; then
         sail_is_not_running
     fi
 
+
+# Proxy the "pest" command to "php vendor/bin/pest"...
+elif [ "$1" == "pest" ]; then
+    shift 1
+
+    if [ "$EXEC" == "yes" ]; then
+        ARGS+=(exec -u www-data)
+        [ ! -t 0 ] && ARGS+=(-T)
+        ARGS+=("$APP_SERVICE" php vendor/bin/pest)
+    else
+        sail_is_not_running
+    fi
+
 # Proxy the "pint" command to "php vendor/bin/pint"...
 elif [ "$1" == "pint" ]; then
     shift 1