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+package com.celzero.bravedns.service
+
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+
+/**
+ * Test for Bypass Universal functionality to ensure bypassed apps are not blocked
+ * by universal firewall rules. This test verifies the fix for issue #2148 where
+ * bypass universal setting was not respected in background blocking and device lock rules.
+ */
+class BypassUniversalTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun testFirewallStatusBypassUniversal() {
+        // Test that BYPASS_UNIVERSAL status returns true for bypassUniversal()
+        val bypassStatus = FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.BYPASS_UNIVERSAL
+        assertEquals(true, bypassStatus.bypassUniversal())
+        
+        // Test that other statuses return false
+        assertEquals(false, FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.NONE.bypassUniversal())
+        assertEquals(false, FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.EXCLUDE.bypassUniversal())
+        assertEquals(false, FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.ISOLATE.bypassUniversal())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testFirewallStatusIds() {
+        // Verify firewall status IDs are correctly defined
+        assertEquals(2, FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.BYPASS_UNIVERSAL.id)
+        assertEquals(3, FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.EXCLUDE.id)
+        assertEquals(4, FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.ISOLATE.id)
+        assertEquals(5, FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.NONE.id)
+        assertEquals(6, FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.UNTRACKED.id)
+        assertEquals(7, FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.BYPASS_DNS_FIREWALL.id)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testFirewallRulesetBypassRules() {
+        // Test that RULE8 is the correct bypass rule
+        assertEquals("Whitelist", FirewallRuleset.RULE8.id)
+        assertEquals(true, FirewallRuleset.isBypassRule(FirewallRuleset.RULE8))
+        
+        // Test that blocking rules are not bypass rules
+        assertEquals(false, FirewallRuleset.isBypassRule(FirewallRuleset.RULE3)) // Device lock
+        assertEquals(false, FirewallRuleset.isBypassRule(FirewallRuleset.RULE4)) // Background
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This test documents the expected behavior for the fix to issue #2148.
+     * The bug was that apps with BYPASS_UNIVERSAL status were still being blocked
+     * by universal rules like background blocking and device lock.
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun testBypassUniversalBehaviorDocumentation() {
+        // This test documents that when an app has BYPASS_UNIVERSAL status:
+        // 1. It should not be blocked by background data rules (RULE4)  
+        // 2. It should not be blocked by device lock rules (RULE3)
+        // 3. It should return RULE8 (Whitelist) from the main bypass check
+        
+        // The fix ensures that blockBackgroundData() and device lock check
+        // both respect the bypass universal setting before applying blocking rules.
+        
+        val bypassStatus = FirewallManager.FirewallStatus.BYPASS_UNIVERSAL
+        assertEquals(true, bypassStatus.bypassUniversal())
+    }
+}
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