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+import Testing
+import Foundation
+import ConcurrencyExtras
+@testable import SwiftModel
+
+#if canImport(Darwin)
+import Dispatch
+
+// TEMPORARY DIAGNOSTIC — prints, for CI log comparison, where drive jobs and
+// their yielded continuations actually run (QoS + dispatch queue label), and the
+// timing of the settle() fixpoint relative to the children's completion.
+// Same shape as ExecutorDrainSettleTests.settleIsLoadIndependentAcrossChildTasks.
+
+private struct Sample: Sendable, CustomStringConvertible {
+    let child: Int, step: String, qos: UInt32, queue: String, tNs: UInt64
+    var description: String { "child\(child) \(step) qos=\(qos) queue=\(queue) t=\(tNs / 1000)µs" }
+}
+private let samples = LockIsolated<[Sample]>([])
+private let t0 = LockIsolated<UInt64>(0)
+private func now() -> UInt64 { DispatchTime.now().uptimeNanoseconds &- t0.value }
+private func record(_ child: Int, _ step: String) {
+    let label = String(cString: __dispatch_queue_get_label(nil))
+    samples.withValue { $0.append(Sample(child: child, step: step, qos: qos_class_self().rawValue, queue: label, tNs: now())) }
+}
+
+@Model private struct DiagItem: Sendable, Identifiable {
+    let id: Int
+    var done = false
+    func onActivate() {
+        node.task {
+            record(id, "start")
+            for i in 0..<6 { await Task.yield(); record(id, "yield\(i)") }
+            done = true
+            record(id, "done")
+        }
+    }
+}
+@Model private struct DiagParent: Sendable {
+    var items: [DiagItem] = []
+}
+
+@Sendable private func underCPULoad<T>(_ body: () async -> T) async -> T {
+    let stop = NSLock()
+    nonisolated(unsafe) var running = true
+    for _ in 0..<max(2, ProcessInfo.processInfo.activeProcessorCount / 2) {
+        Thread.detachNewThread {
+            var x = 0.0
+            while stop.withLock({ running }) { for _ in 0..<50_000 { x = (x + 1).squareRoot() } }
+            _ = x
+        }
+    }
+    defer { stop.withLock { running = false } }
+    return await body()
+}
+
+@Suite("DIAG drive QoS")
+struct DriveQoSDiagnosticsTests {
+    @Test func whereDoDriveJobsAndYieldsRun() async {
+        guard #available(macOS 15.0, iOS 18.0, tvOS 18.0, watchOS 11.0, *) else { return }
+        print("DIAG drainQueueQoS=main-unspecified cores=\(ProcessInfo.processInfo.activeProcessorCount) testThreadQoS=\(qos_class_self().rawValue) testQueue=\(String(cString: __dispatch_queue_get_label(nil)))")
+        let failures = LockIsolated(0)
+        await underCPULoad {
+            for iteration in 0..<40 {
+                samples.setValue([]); t0.setValue(DispatchTime.now().uptimeNanoseconds)
+                await withModelTesting(.off) {
+                    let parent = DiagParent().withAnchor()
+                    parent.items = (0..<4).map { DiagItem(id: $0) }
+                    await settle()
+                    let settledAt = now()
+                    let allDone = parent.items.allSatisfy { $0.done }
+                    if !allDone || iteration < 2 {
+                        if !allDone { failures.withValue { $0 += 1 } }
+                        print("DIAG iteration=\(iteration) allDone=\(allDone) settledAt=\(settledAt / 1000)µs")
+                        for s in samples.value { print("DIAG   \(s)") }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        print("DIAG premature settles: \(failures.value)/40")
+    }
+}
+#endif