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+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
+
+import 'package:household_keeper/features/tasks/domain/task_sort_option.dart';
+import 'package:household_keeper/features/tasks/presentation/sort_preference_notifier.dart';
+
+/// Helper: create a container and wait for the initial async _loadPersisted()
+/// to finish.
+Future<ProviderContainer> makeContainer() async {
+  final container = ProviderContainer();
+  // Trigger build
+  container.read(sortPreferenceProvider);
+  // Allow the async _loadPersisted() to complete
+  await Future<void>.delayed(Duration.zero);
+  return container;
+}
+
+void main() {
+  setUp(() {
+    SharedPreferences.setMockInitialValues({});
+  });
+
+  group('SortPreferenceNotifier', () {
+    test('build() returns default state of alphabetical', () async {
+      final container = ProviderContainer();
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+      final state = container.read(sortPreferenceProvider);
+
+      expect(state, TaskSortOption.alphabetical);
+    });
+
+    test('setSortOption(interval) updates state to interval', () async {
+      final container = await makeContainer();
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+      await container
+          .read(sortPreferenceProvider.notifier)
+          .setSortOption(TaskSortOption.interval);
+
+      expect(container.read(sortPreferenceProvider), TaskSortOption.interval);
+    });
+
+    test('setSortOption(effort) updates state to effort', () async {
+      final container = await makeContainer();
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+      await container
+          .read(sortPreferenceProvider.notifier)
+          .setSortOption(TaskSortOption.effort);
+
+      expect(container.read(sortPreferenceProvider), TaskSortOption.effort);
+    });
+
+    test('setSortOption persists to SharedPreferences', () async {
+      final container = await makeContainer();
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+      await container
+          .read(sortPreferenceProvider.notifier)
+          .setSortOption(TaskSortOption.effort);
+
+      final prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+      expect(prefs.getString('task_sort_option'), 'effort');
+    });
+
+    test('persisted value is loaded on restart (effort)', () async {
+      SharedPreferences.setMockInitialValues({
+        'task_sort_option': 'effort',
+      });
+
+      final container = await makeContainer();
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+      expect(container.read(sortPreferenceProvider), TaskSortOption.effort);
+    });
+
+    test('persisted value is loaded on restart (interval)', () async {
+      SharedPreferences.setMockInitialValues({
+        'task_sort_option': 'interval',
+      });
+
+      final container = await makeContainer();
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+      expect(container.read(sortPreferenceProvider), TaskSortOption.interval);
+    });
+
+    test('unknown persisted value falls back to alphabetical', () async {
+      SharedPreferences.setMockInitialValues({
+        'task_sort_option': 'unknown_value',
+      });
+
+      final container = await makeContainer();
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+      expect(container.read(sortPreferenceProvider), TaskSortOption.alphabetical);
+    });
+  });
+}