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+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import i18n from '@/lib/i18n';
+import { OpenRouterQuickStart } from '@/components/profiles/openrouter-quick-start';
+import { render, screen } from '@tests/setup/test-utils';
+
+vi.mock('@/hooks/use-openrouter-models', () => ({
+  useOpenRouterReady: () => ({
+    modelCount: 318,
+    isLoading: false,
+  }),
+}));
+
+describe('OpenRouterQuickStart', () => {
+  const props = {
+    onOpenRouterClick: vi.fn(),
+    onAlibabaCodingPlanClick: vi.fn(),
+    onCliproxyClick: vi.fn(),
+    onCustomClick: vi.fn(),
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await i18n.changeLanguage('en');
+  });
+
+  it('prompts the user to select an existing API profile instead of showing the empty-state copy', () => {
+    render(<OpenRouterQuickStart hasProfiles profileCount={1} {...props} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Select an API profile' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('1 profile')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/You already have 1 profile in this workspace\./)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('No API profiles yet')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the original empty-state title when no API profiles exist', () => {
+    render(<OpenRouterQuickStart hasProfiles={false} profileCount={0} {...props} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: 'No API profiles yet' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getAllByText('Recommended')).not.toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});