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+package proxmox
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TestParseUPIDRejectsEmptyNode is an AUDIT evidence test for finding
+// [AGENT-T2-1] (commit d17b5ab). A UPID whose node field is empty
+// ("UPID::pid:pstart:start:worker:id:user:") still satisfies the >=8-field
+// check, so ParseUPID returns Node=="" with no error. The PVE TaskStatusOnce/
+// WaitTask path (task.go) then builds "/nodes//tasks/<upid>/status" and queries
+// u.Node verbatim — unlike the PBS client (pbs/client.go), which explicitly
+// rejects an empty node before issuing the request.
+//
+// This test asserts the SAFE invariant ("a UPID with no node is rejected"). It
+// FAILS at the recorded commit, which is the evidence the empty-node guard is
+// missing on the PVE side. Do NOT weaken this test to make it pass; the fix is
+// to reject Node=="" (and assert Node==c.node) in ParseUPID or in
+// TaskStatusOnce/WaitTask.
+func TestParseUPIDRejectsEmptyNode(t *testing.T) {
+	// Valid UPID parses cleanly (control).
+	const good = "UPID:demo-felhom:00026454:004E3431:6A265E53:vzdump:9021:root@pam:"
+	if u, err := ParseUPID(good); err != nil || u.Node != "demo-felhom" {
+		t.Fatalf("control: ParseUPID(good) = (%+v, %v); want Node=demo-felhom, nil err", u, err)
+	}
+
+	// Empty node — should be rejected; currently is NOT.
+	const emptyNode = "UPID::00026454:004E3431:6A265E53:vzdump:9021:root@pam:"
+	u, err := ParseUPID(emptyNode)
+	if err == nil && u.Node == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("AGENT-T2-1: ParseUPID(%q) accepted an empty node (Node=%q, err=nil); "+
+			"TaskStatusOnce/WaitTask would then request /nodes//tasks/... . "+
+			"PVE side lacks the empty-node guard the PBS client has.", emptyNode, u.Node)
+	}
+}