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+"""Functional tests using WebTest.
+
+See: http://webtest.readthedocs.org/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from app.common import recording
+
+from .replay_base import ReplyBase
+
+
+class TestRecording(ReplyBase):
+    """Test a single ping-pong interaction, no tool calls."""
+
+    def modify_settings(self, app):
+        """Enables traffic recording."""
+        app.config["RECORD_TRAFFIC"] = True
+
+    def test(self, testapp, requests_mock, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+        """Test recording."""
+        monkeypatch.setattr(recording, "RECORDINGS_DIR", tmp_path)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(recording, "__LAST_RECORDING_INDEX", 0)
+        super().test(testapp, requests_mock)
+        directories = os.listdir(tmp_path)
+        assert len(directories) == 1
+        directory = directories[0]
+        assert directory.isdigit()
+        assert directory == "1"
+        assert os.path.exists(
+            os.path.join(tmp_path, directory, "upstream_request.json")
+        )
+        assert os.path.exists(
+            os.path.join(tmp_path, directory, "upstream_response.sse")
+        )
+        assert os.path.exists(
+            os.path.join(tmp_path, directory, "downstream_request.json")
+        )
+        assert os.path.exists(
+            os.path.join(tmp_path, directory, "downstream_response.sse")
+        )
+
+        super().test(testapp, requests_mock)
+        directories = os.listdir(tmp_path)
+        assert len(directories) == 2