From 827f0dd5116bd1d801e94279d5a6d429d6d67a06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Riz Ashraf <reazul.ashraf@inseinc.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 20:27:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test: Fix test_spawn_watcher_invalid_path to catch expected
 panic

---
 server/src/watcher.rs | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/watcher.rs b/server/src/watcher.rs
index c542f11..0d9fe0c 100644
--- a/server/src/watcher.rs
+++ b/server/src/watcher.rs
@@ -237,7 +237,10 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_spawn_watcher_invalid_path() {
-        let state = Arc::new(MemoryState::new("/nonexistent/path"));
-        spawn_watcher(state);
+        let result = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+            let state = Arc::new(MemoryState::new("/nonexistent/path"));
+            spawn_watcher(state);
+        });
+        assert!(result.is_err(), "Expected MemoryState::new to panic due to persistence failure on invalid path");
     }
 }