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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using AcDream.Core.Net.Packets;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Net.Tests.Packets;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Value-conformance for the transport flag word against ACE's
+/// <c>Source/ACE.Server/Network/PacketHeaderFlags.cs</c>, read 2026-07-29
+/// during the wire-stack audit.
+///
+/// <para>These are wire-format facts, not choices: a flag bit is the gate for
+/// an optional-header section, so a single wrong value silently shifts every
+/// subsequent section's offset and corrupts the packet checksum. The enum is
+/// small enough to pin exhaustively, and doing so makes any future edit a
+/// deliberate act rather than a typo.</para>
+///
+/// <para>The audit found acdream's enum a 23-of-23 match with ACE's, including
+/// the sparse gaps (nothing between 0x04 and 0x100, nothing between 0x00800000
+/// and 0x01000000). This test freezes that result.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public class PacketHeaderFlagsConformanceTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Transcribed from ACE's PacketHeaderFlags enum, in declaration order.
+    /// The trailing comments are ACE's own.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static readonly (string Name, uint Value)[] AceFlags =
+    {
+        ("None",               0x00000000u),
+        ("Retransmission",     0x00000001u),
+        ("EncryptedChecksum",  0x00000002u),  // can't be paired with 0x1
+        ("BlobFragments",      0x00000004u),
+        ("ServerSwitch",       0x00000100u),
+        ("LogonServerAddr",    0x00000200u),
+        ("EmptyHeader1",       0x00000400u),
+        ("Referral",           0x00000800u),
+        ("RequestRetransmit",  0x00001000u),  // Nak
+        ("RejectRetransmit",   0x00002000u),  // Empty Ack
+        ("AckSequence",        0x00004000u),  // Pak
+        ("Disconnect",         0x00008000u),  // Empty Header 2
+        ("LoginRequest",       0x00010000u),
+        ("WorldLoginRequest",  0x00020000u),
+        ("ConnectRequest",     0x00040000u),
+        ("ConnectResponse",    0x00080000u),
+        ("NetError",           0x00100000u),
+        ("NetErrorDisconnect", 0x00200000u),
+        ("CICMDCommand",       0x00400000u),
+        ("TimeSync",           0x01000000u),
+        ("EchoRequest",        0x02000000u),
+        ("EchoResponse",       0x04000000u),
+        ("Flow",               0x08000000u),
+    };
+
+    public static TheoryData<string, uint> Flags()
+    {
+        var data = new TheoryData<string, uint>();
+        foreach ((string name, uint value) in AceFlags)
+            data.Add(name, value);
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [MemberData(nameof(Flags))]
+    public void Flag_MatchesAceValue(string name, uint aceValue)
+    {
+        Assert.True(
+            Enum.IsDefined(typeof(PacketHeaderFlags), aceValue) || aceValue == 0,
+            $"ACE declares {name} = 0x{aceValue:X8}; acdream has no such value.");
+
+        object parsed = Enum.Parse(typeof(PacketHeaderFlags), name);
+        Assert.Equal(aceValue, (uint)(PacketHeaderFlags)parsed);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void EnumHasNoMembersAceDoesNotDeclare()
+    {
+        HashSet<string> ace = AceFlags.Select(f => f.Name).ToHashSet(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        string[] ours = Enum.GetNames(typeof(PacketHeaderFlags));
+
+        string[] extra = ours.Where(n => !ace.Contains(n)).ToArray();
+
+        Assert.True(
+            extra.Length == 0,
+            $"acdream declares flags ACE does not: {string.Join(", ", extra)}");
+        Assert.Equal(AceFlags.Length, ours.Length);
+    }
+}