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+"""
+E2E: GOAP Trap Recovery
+========================
+Validates that the GOAP engine can properly escape "completely trapped" states
+by forcing an app restart, and that the internal failure states are correctly
+purged so it doesn't immediately trap itself again on the next iteration.
+"""
+
+from GramAddict.core.goap import GoalExecutor
+from GramAddict.core.screen_topology import ScreenTopology
+from tests.e2e.conftest import load_fixture_xml
+
+def test_goap_recovers_from_trapped_state_with_restart(e2e_device, monkeypatch):
+    """
+    Simulates a broken UI where an action repeatedly fails.
+    Verifies that GOAP triggers 'force start instagram', and successfully
+    clears its tracking arrays (action_failures, etc.) to start fresh,
+    avoiding an infinite restart loop.
+    """
+    xml = load_fixture_xml("home_feed_real.xml")
+    
+    # We create a device that ALWAYS returns the same home_feed XML,
+    # no matter what action is taken. This forces the UI to never change,
+    # which causes actions to fail repeatedly.
+    device = e2e_device([xml] * 20)
+    
+    goap = GoalExecutor.get_instance(device, bot_username="testuser")
+    goap.action_failures.clear()
+    
+    # We intercept app_start to track how many times it was forced to restart
+    restart_count = 0
+    def mock_app_start(*args, **kwargs):
+        nonlocal restart_count
+        restart_count += 1
+        
+    monkeypatch.setattr(device, "app_start", mock_app_start)
+    
+    # We want to ask it to reach REELS_FEED.
+    # Since the UI never changes, 'tap reels tab' will fail.
+    # It will fail twice, get masked, GOAP gets trapped, triggers restart.
+    # We set max_steps to a small number so it doesn't loop forever in the test.
+    # We just want to see that AFTER the restart, it tries 'tap reels tab' again,
+    # meaning it cleared the state.
+    
+    # Let's mock _execute_action slightly just to spy on it without changing behavior
+    original_execute = goap._execute_action
+    executed_actions = []
+    
+    def spy_execute(action, goal=None):
+        executed_actions.append(action)
+        return original_execute(action, goal)
+        
+    monkeypatch.setattr(goap, "_execute_action", spy_execute)
+    
+    goap.achieve("open reels", max_steps=6)
+    
+    # It should have tried 'tap reels tab' twice, failed both times,
+    # then triggered 'force start instagram'.
+    # Because of the fix, after the restart, it should have cleared failures
+    # and tried 'tap reels tab' AGAIN.
+    
+    assert restart_count > 0, "GOAP never attempted to force restart Instagram when trapped!"
+    
+    # Count how many times it tried the action
+    reels_attempts = executed_actions.count("tap reels tab")
+    
+    assert reels_attempts > 2, (
+        f"GOAP got trapped, restarted, but never tried the action again! "
+        f"It only tried {reels_attempts} times, meaning the memory leak is still there. "
+        f"Actions executed: {executed_actions}"
+    )
+    
+    # If the bug was present, it would only try 'tap reels tab' 2 times, mask it forever,
+    # and then spam 'force start instagram' for the remaining steps.
+    # With the fix, it tries 2 times, restarts, tries 2 times, restarts, etc.