diff --git a/crates/relicario-core/tests/recovery_qr.rs b/crates/relicario-core/tests/recovery_qr.rs
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+++ b/crates/relicario-core/tests/recovery_qr.rs
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+use relicario_core::{
+    crypto::KdfParams,
+    generate_recovery_qr_with_params, recovery_qr_to_svg, unwrap_recovery_qr_with_params,
+};
+
+fn fast_params() -> KdfParams {
+    KdfParams { argon2_m: 256, argon2_t: 1, argon2_p: 1 }
+}
+
+fn test_secret() -> [u8; 32] {
+    let mut s = [0u8; 32];
+    for (i, b) in s.iter_mut().enumerate() { *b = i as u8; }
+    s
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn roundtrip_recovers_image_secret() {
+    let passphrase = "correct-horse-battery-staple";
+    let secret = test_secret();
+    let payload = generate_recovery_qr_with_params(passphrase, &secret, &fast_params())
+        .expect("generate ok");
+    let recovered = unwrap_recovery_qr_with_params(payload.as_bytes(), passphrase, &fast_params())
+        .expect("unwrap ok");
+    assert_eq!(recovered.as_ref(), &secret);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn wrong_passphrase_fails_decrypt() {
+    let secret = test_secret();
+    let payload = generate_recovery_qr_with_params("right-pass", &secret, &fast_params())
+        .expect("generate ok");
+    let result = unwrap_recovery_qr_with_params(payload.as_bytes(), "wrong-pass", &fast_params());
+    assert!(result.is_err());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn payload_is_109_bytes() {
+    let secret = test_secret();
+    let payload = generate_recovery_qr_with_params("test", &secret, &fast_params())
+        .expect("generate ok");
+    assert_eq!(payload.as_bytes().len(), 109);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn svg_output_is_non_empty_xml() {
+    let secret = test_secret();
+    let payload = generate_recovery_qr_with_params("test", &secret, &fast_params())
+        .expect("generate ok");
+    let svg = recovery_qr_to_svg(&payload);
+    assert!(svg.contains("<svg"), "SVG output should contain <svg tag");
+    assert!(!svg.is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn bad_magic_returns_error() {
+    let mut bad = [0u8; 109];
+    bad[0..4].copy_from_slice(b"NOPE");
+    let result = unwrap_recovery_qr_with_params(&bad, "pass", &fast_params());
+    assert!(result.is_err());
+}