Index: test/has-guardians.test.js
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--- test/has-guardians.test.js	(revision af5b79bce6ea434335758683cb102f0e695757ce)
+++ test/has-guardians.test.js	(revision af5b79bce6ea434335758683cb102f0e695757ce)
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+// FEP-633c §2.2: shaer:hasGuardians object hint (outbound stamp + register).
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+
+process.env.DATABASE_PATH = ':memory:';
+process.env.PUBLIC_BASE_URL = 'https://test.example';
+
+const dbMod = await import('../src/config/database.js');
+const db = dbMod.default;
+dbMod.initializeDatabase();
+const G = await import('../src/services/guardianship/index.js');
+
+db.prepare('INSERT INTO users (id, username, email, password_hash, role) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)').run('u1','u1','u1@t','x','god');
+db.prepare('INSERT INTO sites (id, slug, title, owner_id, is_primary) VALUES (?,?,?,?,1)').run('s1','kid','kid','u1');
+db.prepare('INSERT INTO sites (id, slug, title, owner_id, is_primary) VALUES (?,?,?,?,0)').run('s2','free','free','u1');
+db.prepare("INSERT INTO ap_guardianships (slug, role, other_uri, status, created_at) VALUES ('kid','ward','https://m.example/mom','accepted',CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)").run();
+
+test('a ward stamps the hint; a free actor does not', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(G.hasGuardiansProps('kid'), { 'shaer:hasGuardians': true });
+  assert.deepEqual(G.hasGuardiansProps('free'), {});
+});
+
+test('objectHasGuardians reads the hint, register-only', () => {
+  assert.equal(G.objectHasGuardians({ 'shaer:hasGuardians': true }), true);
+  assert.equal(G.objectHasGuardians({}), false);
+});