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+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { useFetchState } from 'mod-arch-core';
+import useModelVersionById from '~/app/hooks/useModelVersionById';
+import { useModelRegistryAPI } from '~/app/hooks/useModelRegistryAPI';
+import { ModelRegistryAPIs } from '~/app/types';
+import { mockModelVersion } from '~/__mocks__/mockModelVersion';
+import { testHook } from '~/__tests__/unit/testUtils/hooks';
+
+jest.mock('mod-arch-core', () => ({
+  useFetchState: jest.fn(),
+  NotReadyError: class NotReadyError extends Error {
+    constructor(message: string) {
+      super(message);
+      this.name = 'NotReadyError';
+    }
+  },
+}));
+
+global.fetch = jest.fn();
+
+jest.mock('~/app/hooks/useModelRegistryAPI', () => ({
+  useModelRegistryAPI: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+const mockUseModelRegistryAPI = jest.mocked(useModelRegistryAPI);
+const mockUseFetchState = jest.mocked(useFetchState);
+
+const mockModelRegistryAPIs: ModelRegistryAPIs = {
+  createRegisteredModel: jest.fn(),
+  createModelVersionForRegisteredModel: jest.fn(),
+  createModelArtifactForModelVersion: jest.fn(),
+  getRegisteredModel: jest.fn(),
+  getModelVersion: jest.fn(),
+  listModelVersions: jest.fn(),
+  listRegisteredModels: jest.fn(),
+  getModelVersionsByRegisteredModel: jest.fn(),
+  getModelArtifactsByModelVersion: jest.fn(),
+  patchRegisteredModel: jest.fn(),
+  patchModelVersion: jest.fn(),
+  patchModelArtifact: jest.fn(),
+  listModelTransferJobs: jest.fn(),
+  getModelTransferJobByName: jest.fn(),
+  createModelTransferJob: jest.fn(),
+  updateModelTransferJob: jest.fn(),
+  deleteModelTransferJob: jest.fn(),
+  getModelTransferJobEvents: jest.fn(),
+};
+
+const captureCallback = (): ((opts: unknown) => Promise<unknown>) => {
+  mockUseFetchState.mockReturnValue([null, false, undefined, jest.fn()]);
+  return mockUseFetchState.mock.calls[0][0] as (opts: unknown) => Promise<unknown>;
+};
+
+describe('useModelVersionById', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should reject with an error when the API is not available', async () => {
+    mockUseModelRegistryAPI.mockReturnValue({
+      api: mockModelRegistryAPIs,
+      apiAvailable: false,
+      refreshAllAPI: jest.fn(),
+    });
+
+    testHook(useModelVersionById)('version-1');
+    const callback = captureCallback();
+
+    await expect(callback({})).rejects.toThrow('API not yet available');
+  });
+
+  it('should reject with NotReadyError when modelVersionId is not provided', async () => {
+    mockUseModelRegistryAPI.mockReturnValue({
+      api: mockModelRegistryAPIs,
+      apiAvailable: true,
+      refreshAllAPI: jest.fn(),
+    });
+
+    testHook(useModelVersionById)();
+    const callback = captureCallback();
+
+    await expect(callback({})).rejects.toThrow('No model version id');
+    await expect(callback({})).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: 'NotReadyError' });
+  });
+
+  it('should call api.getModelVersion with the correct modelVersionId', async () => {
+    const getModelVersionMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockModelVersion({ id: 'v-42' }));
+
+    mockUseModelRegistryAPI.mockReturnValue({
+      api: { ...mockModelRegistryAPIs, getModelVersion: getModelVersionMock },
+      apiAvailable: true,
+      refreshAllAPI: jest.fn(),
+    });
+
+    testHook(useModelVersionById)('v-42');
+    const callback = captureCallback();
+
+    const result = await callback({});
+
+    expect(getModelVersionMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({}, 'v-42');
+    expect(result).toEqual(mockModelVersion({ id: 'v-42' }));
+  });
+});