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+"""Tests for the CrawlerEngine class."""
+
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import anyio
+import pytest
+
+from scrapling.spiders.engine import CrawlerEngine, _dump
+from scrapling.spiders.request import Request
+from scrapling.spiders.session import SessionManager
+from scrapling.spiders.result import CrawlStats, ItemList
+from scrapling.spiders.checkpoint import CheckpointData
+from scrapling.core._types import Any, Dict, Set, AsyncGenerator
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Mock helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class MockResponse:
+    """Minimal Response stand-in."""
+
+    def __init__(self, status: int = 200, body: bytes = b"ok", url: str = "https://example.com"):
+        self.status = status
+        self.body = body
+        self.url = url
+        self.request: Any = None
+        self.meta: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.url
+
+
+class MockSession:
+    """Mock session that returns a canned response."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name: str = "mock", response: MockResponse | None = None):
+        self.name = name
+        self._is_alive = False
+        self._response = response or MockResponse()
+        self.fetch_calls: list[dict] = []
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        self._is_alive = True
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, *args):
+        self._is_alive = False
+
+    async def fetch(self, url: str, **kwargs):
+        self.fetch_calls.append({"url": url, **kwargs})
+        resp = MockResponse(status=self._response.status, body=self._response.body, url=url)
+        return resp
+
+
+class ErrorSession(MockSession):
+    """Session that raises on fetch."""
+
+    def __init__(self, error: Exception | None = None):
+        super().__init__("error")
+        self._error = error or RuntimeError("fetch failed")
+
+    async def fetch(self, url: str, **kwargs):
+        raise self._error
+
+
+class MockSpider:
+    """Lightweight spider stub for engine tests."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        concurrent_requests: int = 4,
+        concurrent_requests_per_domain: int = 0,
+        download_delay: float = 0.0,
+        max_blocked_retries: int = 3,
+        allowed_domains: Set[str] | None = None,
+        fp_include_kwargs: bool = False,
+        fp_include_headers: bool = False,
+        fp_keep_fragments: bool = False,
+        is_blocked_fn=None,
+        on_scraped_item_fn=None,
+        retry_blocked_request_fn=None,
+    ):
+        self.concurrent_requests = concurrent_requests
+        self.concurrent_requests_per_domain = concurrent_requests_per_domain
+        self.download_delay = download_delay
+        self.max_blocked_retries = max_blocked_retries
+        self.allowed_domains = allowed_domains or set()
+        self.fp_include_kwargs = fp_include_kwargs
+        self.fp_include_headers = fp_include_headers
+        self.fp_keep_fragments = fp_keep_fragments
+        self.name = "test_spider"
+
+        # Tracking lists
+        self.on_start_calls: list[dict] = []
+        self.on_close_calls: int = 0
+        self.on_error_calls: list[tuple[Request, Exception]] = []
+        self.scraped_items: list[dict] = []
+        self.blocked_responses: list = []
+        self.retry_requests: list = []
+
+        # Pluggable behaviour
+        self._is_blocked_fn = is_blocked_fn
+        self._on_scraped_item_fn = on_scraped_item_fn
+        self._retry_blocked_request_fn = retry_blocked_request_fn
+
+        # Log counter stub
+        self._log_counter = _LogCounterStub()
+
+    async def parse(self, response) -> AsyncGenerator[Dict[str, Any] | Request | None, None]:
+        yield {"url": str(response)}
+
+    async def on_start(self, resuming: bool = False) -> None:
+        self.on_start_calls.append({"resuming": resuming})
+
+    async def on_close(self) -> None:
+        self.on_close_calls += 1
+
+    async def on_error(self, request: Request, error: Exception) -> None:
+        self.on_error_calls.append((request, error))
+
+    async def on_scraped_item(self, item: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any] | None:
+        if self._on_scraped_item_fn:
+            return self._on_scraped_item_fn(item)
+        self.scraped_items.append(item)
+        return item
+
+    async def is_blocked(self, response) -> bool:
+        if self._is_blocked_fn:
+            return self._is_blocked_fn(response)
+        return False
+
+    async def retry_blocked_request(self, request: Request, response) -> Request:
+        self.retry_requests.append(request)
+        if self._retry_blocked_request_fn:
+            return self._retry_blocked_request_fn(request, response)
+        return request
+
+    async def start_requests(self) -> AsyncGenerator[Request, None]:
+        yield Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+
+
+class _LogCounterStub:
+    """Stub for LogCounterHandler."""
+
+    def get_counts(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
+        return {"debug": 0, "info": 0, "warning": 0, "error": 0, "critical": 0}
+
+
+def _make_engine(
+    spider: MockSpider | None = None,
+    session: MockSession | None = None,
+    crawldir: str | None = None,
+    interval: float = 300.0,
+) -> CrawlerEngine:
+    """Create a CrawlerEngine wired to mock objects."""
+    spider = spider or MockSpider()
+    sm = SessionManager()
+    sm.add("default", session or MockSession())
+    return CrawlerEngine(spider, sm, crawldir=crawldir, interval=interval)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: _dump helper
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestDumpHelper:
+    def test_dump_returns_json_string(self):
+        result = _dump({"key": "value"})
+        assert '"key": "value"' in result
+
+    def test_dump_handles_nested(self):
+        result = _dump({"a": {"b": 1}})
+        assert '"a"' in result
+        assert '"b"' in result
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: __init__
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestCrawlerEngineInit:
+    def test_default_initialisation(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+
+        assert engine._running is False
+        assert engine._active_tasks == 0
+        assert engine._pause_requested is False
+        assert engine._force_stop is False
+        assert engine.paused is False
+        assert isinstance(engine.stats, CrawlStats)
+        assert isinstance(engine.items, ItemList)
+
+    def test_checkpoint_system_disabled_by_default(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+        assert engine._checkpoint_system_enabled is False
+
+    def test_checkpoint_system_enabled_with_crawldir(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            engine = _make_engine(crawldir=tmpdir)
+            assert engine._checkpoint_system_enabled is True
+
+    def test_global_limiter_uses_concurrent_requests(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(concurrent_requests=8)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+        assert engine._global_limiter.total_tokens == 8
+
+    def test_allowed_domains_from_spider(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(allowed_domains={"example.com", "test.org"})
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+        assert engine._allowed_domains == {"example.com", "test.org"}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: _is_domain_allowed
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestIsDomainAllowed:
+    def test_all_allowed_when_empty(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+        request = Request("https://anything.com/page")
+        assert engine._is_domain_allowed(request) is True
+
+    def test_exact_domain_match(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(allowed_domains={"example.com"})
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        assert engine._is_domain_allowed(Request("https://example.com/page")) is True
+        assert engine._is_domain_allowed(Request("https://other.com/page")) is False
+
+    def test_subdomain_match(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(allowed_domains={"example.com"})
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        assert engine._is_domain_allowed(Request("https://sub.example.com/page")) is True
+        assert engine._is_domain_allowed(Request("https://deep.sub.example.com/x")) is True
+
+    def test_partial_name_not_matched(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(allowed_domains={"example.com"})
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        # "notexample.com" should NOT match "example.com"
+        assert engine._is_domain_allowed(Request("https://notexample.com/x")) is False
+
+    def test_multiple_allowed_domains(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(allowed_domains={"a.com", "b.org"})
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        assert engine._is_domain_allowed(Request("https://a.com/")) is True
+        assert engine._is_domain_allowed(Request("https://b.org/")) is True
+        assert engine._is_domain_allowed(Request("https://c.net/")) is False
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: _rate_limiter
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestRateLimiter:
+    def test_returns_global_limiter_when_per_domain_disabled(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()  # concurrent_requests_per_domain=0
+        limiter = engine._rate_limiter("example.com")
+        assert limiter is engine._global_limiter
+
+    def test_returns_per_domain_limiter_when_enabled(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(concurrent_requests_per_domain=2)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        limiter = engine._rate_limiter("example.com")
+        assert limiter is not engine._global_limiter
+        assert limiter.total_tokens == 2
+
+    def test_same_domain_returns_same_limiter(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(concurrent_requests_per_domain=2)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        l1 = engine._rate_limiter("example.com")
+        l2 = engine._rate_limiter("example.com")
+        assert l1 is l2
+
+    def test_different_domains_get_different_limiters(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(concurrent_requests_per_domain=2)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        l1 = engine._rate_limiter("a.com")
+        l2 = engine._rate_limiter("b.com")
+        assert l1 is not l2
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: _normalize_request
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestNormalizeRequest:
+    def test_sets_default_sid_when_empty(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+        request = Request("https://example.com")
+        assert request.sid == ""
+
+        engine._normalize_request(request)
+        assert request.sid == "default"
+
+    def test_preserves_existing_sid(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="custom")
+
+        engine._normalize_request(request)
+        assert request.sid == "custom"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: _process_request
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestProcessRequest:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_successful_fetch_updates_stats(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        session = MockSession(response=MockResponse(status=200, body=b"hello"))
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider, session=session)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert engine.stats.requests_count == 1
+        assert engine.stats.response_bytes == 5  # len(b"hello") from MockSession
+        assert "status_200" in engine.stats.response_status_count
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_failed_fetch_increments_failed_count(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        sm = SessionManager()
+        sm.add("default", ErrorSession())
+        engine = CrawlerEngine(spider, sm)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert engine.stats.failed_requests_count == 1
+        assert len(spider.on_error_calls) == 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_failed_fetch_does_not_increment_requests_count(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        sm = SessionManager()
+        sm.add("default", ErrorSession())
+        engine = CrawlerEngine(spider, sm)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert engine.stats.requests_count == 0
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_blocked_response_triggers_retry(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(is_blocked_fn=lambda r: True, max_blocked_retries=2)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert engine.stats.blocked_requests_count == 1
+        # A retry request should be enqueued
+        assert not engine.scheduler.is_empty
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_blocked_response_max_retries_exceeded(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(is_blocked_fn=lambda r: True, max_blocked_retries=2)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        request._retry_count = 2  # Already at max
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert engine.stats.blocked_requests_count == 1
+        # No retry enqueued
+        assert engine.scheduler.is_empty
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_retry_request_has_dont_filter(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(is_blocked_fn=lambda r: True, max_blocked_retries=3)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        retry = await engine.scheduler.dequeue()
+        assert retry.dont_filter is True
+        assert retry._retry_count == 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_retry_clears_proxy_kwargs(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(is_blocked_fn=lambda r: True, max_blocked_retries=3)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default", proxy="http://proxy:8080")
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        retry = await engine.scheduler.dequeue()
+        assert "proxy" not in retry._session_kwargs
+        assert "proxies" not in retry._session_kwargs
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_callback_yielding_dict_increments_items(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert engine.stats.items_scraped == 1
+        assert len(engine.items) == 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_callback_yielding_request_enqueues(self):
+        async def callback(response) -> AsyncGenerator:
+            yield Request("https://example.com/page2", sid="default")
+
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default", callback=callback)
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert not engine.scheduler.is_empty
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_callback_yielding_offsite_request_filtered(self):
+        async def callback(response) -> AsyncGenerator:
+            yield Request("https://other.com/page", sid="default")
+
+        spider = MockSpider(allowed_domains={"example.com"})
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default", callback=callback)
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert engine.stats.offsite_requests_count == 1
+        assert engine.scheduler.is_empty
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_dropped_item_when_on_scraped_item_returns_none(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(on_scraped_item_fn=lambda item: None)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert engine.stats.items_dropped == 1
+        assert engine.stats.items_scraped == 0
+        assert len(engine.items) == 0
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_callback_exception_calls_on_error(self):
+        async def bad_callback(response) -> AsyncGenerator:
+            raise ValueError("callback boom")
+            yield  # noqa: unreachable
+
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default", callback=bad_callback)
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert len(spider.on_error_calls) == 1
+        assert isinstance(spider.on_error_calls[0][1], ValueError)
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_proxy_tracked_in_stats(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default", proxy="http://p:8080")
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert "http://p:8080" in engine.stats.proxies
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_proxies_dict_tracked_in_stats(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        proxies = {"http": "http://p:8080", "https": "https://p:8443"}
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default", proxies=proxies)
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert len(engine.stats.proxies) == 1
+        assert engine.stats.proxies[0] == proxies
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_uses_parse_when_no_callback(self):
+        items_seen = []
+
+        async def custom_parse(response) -> AsyncGenerator:
+            yield {"from": "custom_parse"}
+
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        spider.parse = custom_parse  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        # No callback set → should use spider.parse
+        await engine._process_request(request)
+
+        assert engine.stats.items_scraped == 1
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: _task_wrapper
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestTaskWrapper:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_decrements_active_tasks(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+        engine._active_tasks = 1
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        await engine._task_wrapper(request)
+
+        assert engine._active_tasks == 0
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_decrements_even_on_error(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        sm = SessionManager()
+        sm.add("default", ErrorSession())
+        engine = CrawlerEngine(spider, sm)
+        engine._active_tasks = 1
+
+        request = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+        await engine._task_wrapper(request)
+
+        assert engine._active_tasks == 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: request_pause
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestRequestPause:
+    def test_first_call_sets_pause_requested(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+
+        engine.request_pause()
+
+        assert engine._pause_requested is True
+        assert engine._force_stop is False
+
+    def test_second_call_sets_force_stop(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+
+        engine.request_pause()  # first
+        engine.request_pause()  # second
+
+        assert engine._pause_requested is True
+        assert engine._force_stop is True
+
+    def test_third_call_after_force_stop_is_noop(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+
+        engine.request_pause()
+        engine.request_pause()
+        engine.request_pause()  # should not raise
+
+        assert engine._force_stop is True
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: checkpoint methods
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestCheckpointMethods:
+    def test_is_checkpoint_time_false_when_disabled(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()  # no crawldir
+        assert engine._is_checkpoint_time() is False
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_save_and_restore_checkpoint(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            spider = MockSpider()
+            engine = _make_engine(spider=spider, crawldir=tmpdir)
+
+            # Enqueue a request so snapshot has data
+            req = Request("https://example.com", sid="default")
+            engine._normalize_request(req)
+            await engine.scheduler.enqueue(req)
+
+            await engine._save_checkpoint()
+
+            # Verify checkpoint file exists
+            checkpoint_path = Path(tmpdir) / "checkpoint.pkl"
+            assert checkpoint_path.exists()
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_restore_when_no_checkpoint_returns_false(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            engine = _make_engine(crawldir=tmpdir)
+            result = await engine._restore_from_checkpoint()
+            assert result is False
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_restore_from_checkpoint_raises_when_disabled(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()  # no crawldir → checkpoint disabled
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+            await engine._restore_from_checkpoint()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: crawl
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestCrawl:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_basic_crawl_returns_stats(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert isinstance(stats, CrawlStats)
+        assert stats.requests_count >= 1
+        assert stats.items_scraped >= 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_calls_on_start_and_on_close(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert len(spider.on_start_calls) == 1
+        assert spider.on_start_calls[0]["resuming"] is False
+        assert spider.on_close_calls == 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_sets_stats_timing(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert stats.start_time > 0
+        assert stats.end_time > 0
+        assert stats.end_time >= stats.start_time
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_sets_concurrency_stats(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(concurrent_requests=16, concurrent_requests_per_domain=4)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert stats.concurrent_requests == 16
+        assert stats.concurrent_requests_per_domain == 4
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_processes_multiple_start_urls(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+
+        urls = ["https://example.com/1", "https://example.com/2", "https://example.com/3"]
+
+        async def multi_start_requests() -> AsyncGenerator[Request, None]:
+            for url in urls:
+                yield Request(url, sid="default")
+
+        spider.start_requests = multi_start_requests  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert stats.requests_count == 3
+        assert stats.items_scraped == 3
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_follows_yielded_requests(self):
+        """Test that requests yielded from callbacks are processed."""
+        call_count = 0
+
+        async def parse_with_follow(response) -> AsyncGenerator:
+            nonlocal call_count
+            call_count += 1
+            if call_count == 1:
+                yield Request("https://example.com/page2", sid="default")
+            yield {"page": str(response)}
+
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        spider.parse = parse_with_follow  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert stats.requests_count == 2
+        assert stats.items_scraped == 2
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_with_download_delay(self):
+        spider = MockSpider(download_delay=0.01)
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert stats.download_delay == 0.01
+        assert stats.requests_count >= 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_filters_offsite_requests(self):
+        async def parse_offsite(response) -> AsyncGenerator:
+            yield Request("https://other-domain.com/page", sid="default")
+            yield {"url": str(response)}
+
+        spider = MockSpider(allowed_domains={"example.com"})
+        spider.parse = parse_offsite  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert stats.offsite_requests_count == 1
+        assert stats.requests_count == 1  # Only the initial request
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_cleans_up_checkpoint_on_completion(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            spider = MockSpider()
+            engine = _make_engine(spider=spider, crawldir=tmpdir)
+
+            await engine.crawl()
+
+            checkpoint_path = Path(tmpdir) / "checkpoint.pkl"
+            assert not checkpoint_path.exists()  # Cleaned up
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_handles_fetch_error_gracefully(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        sm = SessionManager()
+        sm.add("default", ErrorSession())
+        engine = CrawlerEngine(spider, sm)
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert stats.failed_requests_count == 1
+        assert len(spider.on_error_calls) == 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_log_levels_populated(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert isinstance(stats.log_levels_counter, dict)
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_crawl_resets_state_on_each_run(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        # Run first crawl
+        await engine.crawl()
+        assert engine.stats.requests_count >= 1
+
+        # Run second crawl - stats should reset
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+        # Items are cleared on each crawl
+        assert engine.paused is False
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: items property
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestItemsProperty:
+    def test_items_returns_item_list(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+        assert isinstance(engine.items, ItemList)
+
+    def test_items_initially_empty(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+        assert len(engine.items) == 0
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_items_populated_after_crawl(self):
+        engine = _make_engine()
+        await engine.crawl()
+        assert len(engine.items) >= 1
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: streaming (__aiter__ / _stream)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestStreaming:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_stream_yields_items(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        items = []
+        async for item in engine:
+            items.append(item)
+
+        assert len(items) >= 1
+        assert isinstance(items[0], dict)
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_stream_processes_follow_up_requests(self):
+        call_count = 0
+
+        async def parse_with_follow(response) -> AsyncGenerator:
+            nonlocal call_count
+            call_count += 1
+            if call_count == 1:
+                yield Request("https://example.com/page2", sid="default")
+            yield {"page": call_count}
+
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        spider.parse = parse_with_follow  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        items = []
+        async for item in engine:
+            items.append(item)
+
+        assert len(items) == 2
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_stream_items_not_stored_in_items_list(self):
+        """When streaming, items go to the stream, not to engine._items."""
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        items = []
+        async for item in engine:
+            items.append(item)
+
+        # Items were sent through stream, not appended to _items
+        assert len(items) >= 1
+        assert len(engine.items) == 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests: pause during crawl
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestPauseDuringCrawl:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_pause_stops_crawl_gracefully(self):
+        processed = 0
+
+        async def slow_parse(response) -> AsyncGenerator:
+            nonlocal processed
+            processed += 1
+            # Yield more requests to keep the crawl going
+            if processed <= 2:
+                yield Request(f"https://example.com/p{processed + 1}", sid="default")
+            yield {"n": processed}
+
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        spider.parse = slow_parse  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        # Request pause immediately - the engine will stop as soon as active tasks complete
+        engine._pause_requested = True
+
+        stats = await engine.crawl()
+        # Should stop without processing everything
+        assert engine._running is False
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_pause_with_checkpoint_sets_paused(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            parse_count = 0
+
+            async def parse_and_pause(response) -> AsyncGenerator:
+                nonlocal parse_count
+                parse_count += 1
+                # Request pause after first request, but yield follow-ups
+                if parse_count == 1:
+                    engine.request_pause()
+                    yield Request("https://example.com/p2", sid="default")
+                yield {"n": parse_count}
+
+            spider = MockSpider()
+            spider.parse = parse_and_pause  # type: ignore[assignment]
+            engine = _make_engine(spider=spider, crawldir=tmpdir)
+
+            await engine.crawl()
+
+            assert engine.paused is True
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_pause_without_checkpoint_does_not_set_paused(self):
+        spider = MockSpider()
+        engine = _make_engine(spider=spider)
+
+        engine._pause_requested = True
+
+        await engine.crawl()
+
+        assert engine.paused is False