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+import React from "react";
+
+import { shallow } from "enzyme";
+
+import { MockAlert, MockAlertGroup } from "__mocks__/Alerts.js";
+import { AlertStore } from "Stores/AlertStore";
+import { Settings } from "Stores/Settings";
+import { SilenceFormStore } from "Stores/SilenceFormStore";
+import { AlertGrid } from ".";
+
+let alertStore;
+let settingsStore;
+let silenceFormStore;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  alertStore = new AlertStore([]);
+  settingsStore = new Settings();
+  silenceFormStore = new SilenceFormStore();
+});
+
+const ShallowAlertGrid = () => {
+  return shallow(
+    <AlertGrid
+      alertStore={alertStore}
+      settingsStore={settingsStore}
+      silenceFormStore={silenceFormStore}
+    />
+  );
+};
+
+const MockGroup = (groupName, alertCount) => {
+  let alerts = [];
+  for (let i = 1; i <= alertCount; i++) {
+    alerts.push(MockAlert([], { instance: `instance${i}` }));
+  }
+  const group = MockAlertGroup(
+    { alertname: "Fake Alert", group: groupName },
+    alerts,
+    [],
+    {}
+  );
+  return group;
+};
+
+const MockGroupList = count => {
+  let groups = {};
+  for (let i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
+    let id = `id${i}`;
+    let hash = `hash${i}`;
+    let group = MockGroup(`group${i}`, count);
+    group.id = id;
+    group.hash = hash;
+    groups[id] = group;
+  }
+  alertStore.data.upstreams = {
+    counters: { total: 0, healthy: 1, failed: 0 },
+    instances: [{ name: "am", uri: "http://am", error: "" }]
+  };
+  alertStore.data.groups = groups;
+};
+
+describe("<AlertGrid />", () => {
+  it("renders only first 50 alert groups", () => {
+    MockGroupList(60);
+    const tree = ShallowAlertGrid();
+    const alertGroups = tree.find("AlertGroup");
+    expect(alertGroups).toHaveLength(50);
+  });
+
+  it("appends 30 groups after loadMore() call", () => {
+    MockGroupList(100);
+    const tree = ShallowAlertGrid();
+    // call it directly, it should happen on scroll to the bottom of the page
+    tree.instance().loadMore();
+    const alertGroups = tree.find("AlertGroup");
+    expect(alertGroups).toHaveLength(80);
+  });
+
+  it("calls masonryRepack() after update`", () => {
+    const tree = ShallowAlertGrid();
+    const instance = tree.instance();
+    const repackSpy = jest.spyOn(instance, "masonryRepack");
+    // it's a shallow render so we don't really have masonry mounted, fake it
+    instance.masonryComponentReference.ref = {
+      forcePack: jest.fn()
+    };
+    instance.componentDidUpdate();
+    expect(repackSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(instance.masonryComponentReference.ref.forcePack).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("calling storeMasonryRef() saves the ref in local store", () => {
+    const tree = ShallowAlertGrid();
+    const instance = tree.instance();
+    instance.storeMasonryRef("foo");
+    expect(instance.masonryComponentReference.ref).toBe("foo");
+  });
+});