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+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import axios from 'axios';
+import { Client, GuildMember } from 'discord.js';
+import { DiscordMessageService } from '../clients/discord/discord.message.service';
+import { GithubRelease } from '../models/github-release';
+import { useDefaultMockerToken } from '../utils/tests';
+import { UpdatesService } from './updates.service';
+
+// mock axios: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51275434/type-of-axios-mock-using-jest-typescript/55351900#55351900
+jest.mock('axios');
+const mockedAxios = axios as jest.MockedFunction<typeof axios>;
+
+describe('UpdatesService', () => {
+  const OLD_ENV = process.env;
+
+  let updatesService: UpdatesService;
+  let discordClient: Client;
+  let discordMessageService: DiscordMessageService;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    process.env = { ...OLD_ENV };
+
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      providers: [UpdatesService],
+    })
+      .useMocker((token) => {
+        if (token === DiscordMessageService) {
+          return {
+            client: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({}),
+            buildMessage: jest.fn(),
+            buildErrorMessage: jest.fn(),
+          } as DiscordMessageService;
+        }
+
+        if (token === Client || token == '__inject_discord_client__') {
+          return {
+            guilds: {
+              cache: [
+                {
+                  fetchOwner: () =>
+                    ({
+                      send: jest.fn(),
+                      user: { tag: 'test' },
+                    } as unknown as GuildMember),
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          };
+        }
+
+        return useDefaultMockerToken(token);
+      })
+      .compile();
+
+    updatesService = moduleRef.get<UpdatesService>(UpdatesService);
+    discordClient = moduleRef.get<Client>('__inject_discord_client__');
+    discordMessageService = moduleRef.get<DiscordMessageService>(
+      DiscordMessageService,
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    process.env = OLD_ENV;
+  });
+
+  it('handleCronShouldNotNotifyWhenDisabledViaEnvironmentVariable', async () => {
+    process.env.UPDATER_DISABLE_NOTIFICATIONS = 'true';
+    mockedAxios.mockResolvedValue({
+      data: {
+        html_url: 'https://github.com',
+        name: 'testing release',
+        tag_name: '0.0.6',
+        published_at: '2023-01-09T22:11:25Z',
+      } as GithubRelease,
+      status: 200,
+      statusText: 'Ok',
+      headers: {},
+      config: {},
+    });
+
+    await updatesService.handleCron();
+
+    expect(mockedAxios).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(discordMessageService.buildMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(discordMessageService.buildErrorMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('handleCronShouldNotifyWhenNewRelease', async () => {
+    process.env.UPDATER_DISABLE_NOTIFICATIONS = 'false';
+
+    mockedAxios.mockResolvedValue({
+      data: {
+        html_url: 'https://github.com',
+        name: 'testing release',
+        tag_name: '0.0.6',
+        published_at: '2023-01-09T22:11:25Z',
+      } as GithubRelease,
+      status: 200,
+      statusText: 'Ok',
+      headers: {},
+      config: {},
+    });
+
+    await updatesService.handleCron();
+
+    expect(mockedAxios).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(discordMessageService.buildMessage).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});