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-import RealTimeClient from './helpers/RealTimeClient.js'
-
-import MockDocUpdaterServer from './helpers/MockDocUpdaterServer.js'
-import FixturesManager from './helpers/FixturesManager.js'
-import async from 'async'
-import settings from '@overleaf/settings'
-import redis from '@overleaf/redis-wrapper'
-const rclient = redis.createClient(settings.redis.pubsub)
-
-describe('PubSubRace', function () {
-  before(function (done) {
-    return MockDocUpdaterServer.run(done)
-  })
-
-  return describe('when the client disconnects before joinDoc completes', function () {
-    before(function (done) {
-      return async.series(
-        [
-          cb => {
-            return FixturesManager.setUpProject(
-              {
-                privilegeLevel: 'owner',
-                project: {
-                  name: 'Test Project',
-                },
-              },
-              (e, { project_id: projectId, user_id: userId }) => {
-                this.project_id = projectId
-                this.user_id = userId
-                return cb()
-              }
-            )
-          },
-
-          cb => {
-            this.clientA = RealTimeClient.connect(
-              this.project_id,
-              (error, project, privilegeLevel, protocolVersion) => {
-                this.project = project
-                this.privilegeLevel = privilegeLevel
-                this.protocolVersion = protocolVersion
-                return cb(error)
-              }
-            )
-          },
-
-          cb => {
-            return FixturesManager.setUpDoc(
-              this.project_id,
-              { lines: this.lines, version: this.version, ops: this.ops },
-              (e, { doc_id: docId }) => {
-                this.doc_id = docId
-                return cb(e)
-              }
-            )
-          },
-
-          cb => {
-            let joinDocCompleted = false
-            this.clientA.emit(
-              'joinDoc',
-              this.doc_id,
-              () => (joinDocCompleted = true)
-            )
-            // leave before joinDoc completes
-            return setTimeout(
-              () => {
-                if (joinDocCompleted) {
-                  return cb(new Error('joinDocCompleted -- lower timeout'))
-                }
-                this.clientA.on('disconnect', () => cb())
-                return this.clientA.disconnect()
-              },
-              // socket.io processes joinDoc and disconnect with different delays:
-              //  - joinDoc goes through two process.nextTick
-              //  - disconnect goes through one process.nextTick
-              // We have to inject the disconnect event into a different event loop
-              //  cycle.
-              1
-            )
-          },
-
-          cb => {
-            // wait for subscribe and unsubscribe
-            return setTimeout(cb, 100)
-          },
-        ],
-        done
-      )
-    })
-
-    it('should not subscribe to the editor-events channels anymore', function (done) {
-      rclient.pubsub('CHANNELS', (err, resp) => {
-        if (err) {
-          return done(err)
-        }
-        resp.should.not.include(`editor-events:${this.project_id}`)
-        return done()
-      })
-      return null
-    })
-  })
-})