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+"""Regression tests for JSON export progress reporting (CI vs TTY)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import io
+
+import pytest
+
+from pykotor.tools.resource_json import _ExportProgressReporter, _supports_live_progress
+
+
+class _FakeTTYStream:
+    """stderr-like stream that claims to be a TTY (common in some CI containers)."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.writes: list[str] = []
+
+    def isatty(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+    def write(self, s: str) -> None:
+        self.writes.append(s)
+
+    def flush(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+
+class _CaptureInfoLogger:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.messages: list[str] = []
+
+    def info(self, message: str, *args) -> None:
+        self.messages.append(message % args if args else message)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("env_name", "env_value"),
+    (
+        ("CI", "true"),
+        ("CI", "1"),
+        ("GITHUB_ACTIONS", "yes"),
+        ("GITHUB_ACTIONS", "TRUE"),
+    ),
+)
+def test_supports_live_progress_false_when_automation_env_set(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, env_name: str, env_value: str
+) -> None:
+    """Live \\r progress must be off in CI so milestones go through the logger."""
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CI", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv(env_name, env_value)
+    stream = _FakeTTYStream()
+    assert _supports_live_progress(stream) is False
+
+
+def test_supports_live_progress_true_for_tty_when_not_ci(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CI", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", raising=False)
+    stream = _FakeTTYStream()
+    assert _supports_live_progress(stream) is True
+
+
+def test_supports_live_progress_false_for_non_tty_stream(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("CI", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS", raising=False)
+    assert _supports_live_progress(io.StringIO()) is False
+
+
+def test_export_progress_reporter_logs_via_logger_in_ci_not_stream(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """When CI is set, progress must not write carriage-return frames to the stream."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CI", "true")
+    stream = _FakeTTYStream()
+    logger = _CaptureInfoLogger()
+    reporter = _ExportProgressReporter(logger, total_resources=2, stream=stream)
+    assert reporter.live_updates is False
+
+    reporter.update(1, "first.res")
+    reporter.update(2, "second.res")
+    reporter.finish()
+
+    assert not stream.writes
+    assert any("50.00% Writing first.res" in m for m in logger.messages)
+    assert any("100.00% Writing second.res" in m for m in logger.messages)