From 53cde306d6d7d7d2db8063a298bc69099c127fd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SamTV12345 <40429738+samtv12345@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:06:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Convert test files to ESM (batch 3): export,
 clientvar_rev_consistency, sanitizePluginsForWire, messages

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../specs/clientvar_rev_consistency.ts        | 20 +++++++++++++------
 src/tests/backend/specs/export.ts             | 11 +++++++---
 src/tests/backend/specs/messages.ts           | 17 +++++++++++-----
 .../backend/specs/sanitizePluginsForWire.ts   |  7 ++++++-
 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/clientvar_rev_consistency.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/clientvar_rev_consistency.ts
index 3346af5a9..44671064f 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/clientvar_rev_consistency.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/clientvar_rev_consistency.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {dirname} from 'node:path';
+
 /**
  * Regression test for https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/4040
  *
@@ -13,12 +16,17 @@
  * production failures were observed.
  */
 
-const assert = require('assert').strict;
-const common = require('../common');
-const padManager = require('../../../node/db/PadManager');
-const plugins = require('../../../static/js/pluginfw/plugin_defs');
-const settings = require('../../../node/utils/Settings');
-import {randomString} from '../../../static/js/pad_utils';
+import assert from 'assert';
+import common from '../common.js';
+import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import pluginDefs from '../../../static/js/pluginfw/plugin_defs.js';
+import settings from '../../../node/utils/Settings.js';
+import {randomString} from '../../../static/js/pad_utils.js';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+
+const plugins = pluginDefs;
 
 describe(__filename, function () {
   let agent: any;
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/export.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/export.ts
index 0abe24cda..20e9586f0 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/export.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/export.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 'use strict';
 
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 import {MapArrayType} from "../../../node/types/MapType";
 
-const common = require('../common');
-const padManager = require('../../../node/db/PadManager');
-import settings from '../../../node/utils/Settings';
+import common from '../common.js';
+import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import settings from '../../../node/utils/Settings.js';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 
 describe(__filename, function () {
   let agent:any;
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/messages.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/messages.ts
index c25057569..1f38ac990 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/messages.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/messages.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 'use strict';
 
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 import {PadType} from "../../../node/types/PadType";
 import {MapArrayType} from "../../../node/types/MapType";
 
-const assert = require('assert').strict;
-const common = require('../common');
-const padManager = require('../../../node/db/PadManager');
-const plugins = require('../../../static/js/pluginfw/plugin_defs');
-import readOnlyManager from '../../../node/db/ReadOnlyManager';
+import assert from 'assert';
+import common from '../common.js';
+import padManager from '../../../node/db/PadManager.js';
+import pluginDefs from '../../../static/js/pluginfw/plugin_defs.js';
+import readOnlyManager from '../../../node/db/ReadOnlyManager.js';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+
+const plugins = pluginDefs;
 
 describe(__filename, function () {
   let agent:any;
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/sanitizePluginsForWire.ts b/src/tests/backend/specs/sanitizePluginsForWire.ts
index 052a35be4..1ab48d1f5 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/sanitizePluginsForWire.ts
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/sanitizePluginsForWire.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 import {strict as assert} from 'assert';
-const {sanitizePluginsForWire} = require('../../../node/handler/PadMessageHandler');
+import {sanitizePluginsForWire} from '../../../node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 
 describe(__filename, function () {
   const makeRegistry = () => ({