Test cases: In-app notifications (admin & vendor)

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Version	Date (UTC)	Summary
1.0.0	2026-05-13	Initial sheet; align with admin + vendor notification guides

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Scope

• Admin: Notifications (Admin) — admin_notifications surface.
• Vendor: Notifications & help settings — merged notifications + user_notifications, recipient audience (vendor_account, vendor_employee, etc.).

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Scenario catalogue

Vendor feed

ID	Class	Scenario	Automation
TC-NTF-001	Happy	List merges broadcast rows with user_notifications scoped to vendor_id	Unit + E2E*
TC-NTF-002	Happy	Owner sees vendor_account rows with null recipient_user_id	Unit
TC-NTF-003	Happy	Employee sees vendor_employee rows for their sub when targeted	Unit
TC-NTF-004	Unhappy	Row with recipient_user_id ≠ JWT sub hidden from employee	Unit
TC-NTF-005	Unhappy	customer / delivery_man audience hidden from vendor merged list	Unit

Prefs & writers

ID	Class	Scenario	Automation
TC-NTF-010	Happy	Store prefs suppress category (e.g. low stock off) → writer skips insert	Unit
TC-NTF-011	Happy	Order completed notification respects owner vs employee push prefs	Unit
TC-NTF-012	Unhappy	Misconfigured prefs default safe (no duplicate owner rows)	Unit

Admin notifications

ID	Class	Scenario	Automation
TC-NTF-020	Happy	Admin list loads with filters + pagination	E2E*
TC-NTF-021	Unhappy	Zone-limited admin cannot see out-of-zone notification payload	Unit

UI

ID	Class	Scenario	Automation
TC-NTF-030	Happy	Mark read / navigate to deep link from toast	E2E*
TC-NTF-031	Unhappy	Stale feed after mutation → refetch or optimistic rollback	E2E*

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Coverage checklist (this sheet)

• Constants from user-notification-recipient / visibility util mirrored in TC rows
• New writer (PosService, VendorOrderInAppNotificationsService, …) adds a TC under Prefs & writers
• i18n keys for empty / error states

Parent index: System test cases (index) · Vendor backend: Vendor backend