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+--!nocheck
+
+return function()
+	local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
+	local WarpModule = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Warp")
+	local Identifier = require(WarpModule:WaitForChild("Util"):WaitForChild("Identifier"))
+
+	describe("Warp.Identifier", function()
+		it("returns a number", function()
+			local result = Identifier("TestEvent")
+			expect(type(result)).to.equal("number")
+		end)
+
+		it("returns an integer", function()
+			local result = Identifier("TestEvent")
+			expect(result == math.floor(result)).to.equal(true)
+		end)
+
+		it("returns a value within 0-255 range (8-bit)", function()
+			local result = Identifier("TestEvent")
+			expect(result >= 0).to.equal(true)
+			expect(result <= 255).to.equal(true)
+		end)
+
+		it("is deterministic (same name returns same value)", function()
+			local a = Identifier("MyRemote")
+			local b = Identifier("MyRemote")
+			expect(a).to.equal(b)
+		end)
+
+		it("returns cached result on repeated calls", function()
+			local a = Identifier("DataReplicationEvent")
+			local b = Identifier("DataReplicationEvent")
+			local c = Identifier("DataReplicationEvent")
+			expect(a).to.equal(b)
+			expect(b).to.equal(c)
+		end)
+
+		it("handles empty string", function()
+			local result = Identifier("")
+			expect(type(result)).to.equal("number")
+			expect(result >= 0).to.equal(true)
+			expect(result <= 255).to.equal(true)
+		end)
+
+		it("handles single character strings", function()
+			local result = Identifier("A")
+			expect(type(result)).to.equal("number")
+			expect(result >= 0).to.equal(true)
+			expect(result <= 255).to.equal(true)
+		end)
+
+		it("handles long strings", function()
+			local longName = string.rep("abcdefghij", 100)
+			local result = Identifier(longName)
+			expect(type(result)).to.equal("number")
+			expect(result >= 0).to.equal(true)
+			expect(result <= 255).to.equal(true)
+		end)
+
+		it("produces at least some distinct values for different names", function()
+			local names = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "Hello", "World", "Foo", "Bar" }
+			local unique = {}
+			for _, name in names do
+				unique[Identifier(name)] = true
+			end
+			local count = 0
+			for _ in unique do
+				count += 1
+			end
+			-- 10 distinct inputs in 8-bit space: extremely unlikely all collide
+			expect(count > 1).to.equal(true)
+		end)
+
+		it("stays within 8-bit range across many inputs", function()
+			for i = 1, 500 do
+				local result = Identifier(`Event{i}`)
+				expect(result >= 0).to.equal(true)
+				expect(result <= 255).to.equal(true)
+				expect(result == math.floor(result)).to.equal(true)
+			end
+		end)
+
+		it("returns consistent results regardless of call order", function()
+			local names = { "Alpha", "Beta", "Gamma", "Delta", "Epsilon" }
+			local firstPass = {}
+			for _, name in names do
+				firstPass[name] = Identifier(name)
+			end
+			-- call again in reverse order
+			for i = #names, 1, -1 do
+				expect(Identifier(names[i])).to.equal(firstPass[names[i]])
+			end
+		end)
+
+		it("handles names with special characters", function()
+			local specialNames = {
+				"hello world",
+				"test!@#$%",
+				"foo\tbar",
+				"new\nline",
+				"\0null",
+			}
+			for _, name in specialNames do
+				local result = Identifier(name)
+				expect(type(result)).to.equal("number")
+				expect(result >= 0).to.equal(true)
+				expect(result <= 255).to.equal(true)
+			end
+		end)
+
+		it("handles numeric-like string names", function()
+			local a = Identifier("123")
+			local b = Identifier("456")
+			expect(type(a)).to.equal("number")
+			expect(type(b)).to.equal("number")
+			expect(a >= 0).to.equal(true)
+			expect(a <= 255).to.equal(true)
+			expect(b >= 0).to.equal(true)
+			expect(b <= 255).to.equal(true)
+		end)
+
+		it("different names that are similar still hash correctly", function()
+			local a = Identifier("PlayerJoined")
+			local b = Identifier("PlayerJoine")
+			local c = Identifier("PlayerJoinee")
+			expect(type(a)).to.equal("number")
+			expect(type(b)).to.equal("number")
+			expect(type(c)).to.equal("number")
+			-- all in range
+			expect(a >= 0 and a <= 255).to.equal(true)
+			expect(b >= 0 and b <= 255).to.equal(true)
+			expect(c >= 0 and c <= 255).to.equal(true)
+		end)
+	end)
+end