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+import {JSDOM} from 'jsdom'
+import {describe, expect, test} from 'vitest'
+import {htmlToBlocks} from '../../src'
+import defaultSchema from '../fixtures/defaultSchema'
+import {createTestKeyGenerator} from '../test-key-generator'
+
+const blockContentType = defaultSchema
+  .get('blogPost')
+  .fields.find((field: any) => field.name === 'body').type
+
+describe(htmlToBlocks.name, () => {
+  test('list items without parent', () => {
+    expect(
+      htmlToBlocks(`<li>foo bar</li><li>baz</li>`, blockContentType, {
+        parseHtml: (html) => new JSDOM(html).window.document,
+        keyGenerator: createTestKeyGenerator(),
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        _key: 'randomKey0',
+        _type: 'block',
+        children: [
+          {
+            _key: 'randomKey1',
+            _type: 'span',
+            marks: [],
+            text: 'foo bar',
+          },
+        ],
+        markDefs: [],
+        style: 'normal',
+        listItem: 'bullet',
+        level: 1,
+      },
+      {
+        _key: 'randomKey2',
+        _type: 'block',
+        children: [
+          {
+            _key: 'randomKey3',
+            _type: 'span',
+            marks: [],
+            text: 'baz',
+          },
+        ],
+        markDefs: [],
+        style: 'normal',
+        listItem: 'bullet',
+        level: 1,
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+})