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+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:ui' as ui;
+
+/// Runs once per test file before its tests (Flutter's `flutter_test_config.dart`
+/// hook).
+///
+/// Works around a Flutter master-channel regression where the `flutter test`
+/// asset server intermittently fails to serve `shaders/ink_sparkle.frag` while
+/// several test processes request assets at the same time (introduced by the
+/// "unify asset processing" devfs rework, flutter/flutter#186902).
+///
+/// Widget tests run as [TargetPlatform.android], where Material uses the
+/// InkSparkle ink splash. The first tap on a Material widget loads the shader
+/// via a fire-and-forget `Future` without an error handler, so a failed load
+/// surfaces as an unhandled exception that fails an otherwise unrelated test.
+///
+/// `flutter test` runs every test file in its own OS process, so an exclusive
+/// lock on a shared file serializes the shader load across all of them. The
+/// asset server serves the shader reliably when asked one request at a time,
+/// and [ui.FragmentProgram.fromAsset] caches the result, so the later InkSparkle
+/// load reuses the cached program instead of hitting the asset server again.
+/// Only the (fast) shader load is serialized; the tests themselves still run
+/// concurrently.
+Future<void> testExecutable(FutureOr<void> Function() testMain) async {
+  // Note: deliberately does not initialize a binding here. Some test files use
+  // LiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding and assert on it, which would break if this
+  // hook initialized the default (automated) binding first.
+  await _warmUpInkSparkleShader();
+  await testMain();
+}
+
+Future<void> _warmUpInkSparkleShader() async {
+  const asset = 'shaders/ink_sparkle.frag';
+  final lockFile = File('${Directory.systemTemp.path}/spot_ink_sparkle.lock');
+  RandomAccessFile? handle;
+  try {
+    handle = await lockFile.open(mode: FileMode.write);
+    await handle.lock(FileLock.blockingExclusive);
+    for (var attempt = 0; attempt < 3; attempt++) {
+      try {
+        await ui.FragmentProgram.fromAsset(asset);
+        return;
+      } catch (_) {
+        await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 50));
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (_) {
+    // Best effort. If the shader genuinely cannot be loaded the test that needs
+    // it will surface the original error.
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      await handle?.unlock();
+    } catch (_) {}
+    await handle?.close();
+  }
+}