improving unit test coverage (WIP)

[uruwhy]

Description

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Type of change

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• This change requires a documentation update

How Has This Been Tested?

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Checklist:

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works

[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
93.5% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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[jlklos]

Tested the code locally and confirmed Caldera core runs well both with and without plugins enabled. Ran coverage tests locally and confirmed Sonarqube results. Local coverage test reports overall code coverage at 85%.