diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/discover/xtream-discover-route.component.spec.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/discover/xtream-discover-route.component.spec.ts
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+import { signal } from '@angular/core';
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ActivatedRoute, provideRouter } from '@angular/router';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { XtreamStore } from '@iptvnator/portal/xtream/data-access';
+import {
+    CatalogTitleMatchService,
+    DiscoverTitle,
+    TmdbEnrichmentService,
+} from '@iptvnator/services';
+import { XtreamDiscoverRouteComponent } from './xtream-discover-route.component';
+
+/**
+ * The cold-load contract: a Discover page must not state that a title is
+ * missing from a catalog that has not finished loading. TMDB routinely
+ * answers before a cold import does, and the content gate renders this
+ * route while that runs.
+ */
+describe('XtreamDiscoverRouteComponent — catalog readiness', () => {
+    const isLoadingContent = signal(false);
+    const isLoadingCategories = signal(false);
+    const isImporting = signal(false);
+    const vodStreams = signal<unknown[]>([]);
+    const serialStreams = signal<unknown[]>([]);
+
+    let resolveDiscover: (titles: DiscoverTitle[] | null) => void;
+    let discoverTitles: jest.Mock;
+
+    /** Creates the component and flushes the effect that starts the load */
+    function createComponent(): XtreamDiscoverRouteComponent {
+        const component = TestBed.runInInjectionContext(
+            () => new XtreamDiscoverRouteComponent()
+        );
+        TestBed.tick();
+        return component;
+    }
+
+    /** Lets the pending TMDB request settle and effects flush */
+    async function settle(): Promise<void> {
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        TestBed.tick();
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        isLoadingContent.set(true);
+        isLoadingCategories.set(true);
+        isImporting.set(false);
+        vodStreams.set([]);
+        serialStreams.set([]);
+
+        discoverTitles = jest.fn().mockImplementation(
+            () =>
+                new Promise<DiscoverTitle[] | null>((resolve) => {
+                    resolveDiscover = resolve;
+                })
+        );
+
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            providers: [
+                provideRouter([]),
+                {
+                    provide: ActivatedRoute,
+                    useValue: {
+                        queryParams: of({ type: 'movie', year: '1990' }),
+                        snapshot: {
+                            queryParams: { type: 'movie', year: '1990' },
+                            pathFromRoot: [],
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+                {
+                    provide: XtreamStore,
+                    useValue: {
+                        isLoadingContent,
+                        isLoadingCategories,
+                        isImporting,
+                        vodStreams,
+                        serialStreams,
+                        currentPlaylist: () => ({ id: 'pl-1' }),
+                    },
+                },
+                {
+                    provide: TmdbEnrichmentService,
+                    useValue: { discoverTitles },
+                },
+                {
+                    provide: CatalogTitleMatchService,
+                    useValue: { isAvailable: false, matchTitles: jest.fn() },
+                },
+            ],
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('keeps loading while the catalog is still importing', async () => {
+        const component = createComponent();
+
+        // TMDB wins the race a cold import always loses
+        resolveDiscover([
+            {
+                tmdbId: 1,
+                mediaType: 'movie',
+                title: 'Goodfellas',
+                originalTitle: null,
+                year: 1990,
+                posterUrl: null,
+            },
+        ]);
+        await settle();
+
+        // Before the fix the spinner dropped here and every card claimed
+        // the title was missing from the (still empty) catalog
+        expect(component.isLoading()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('publishes results once the catalog finishes loading', async () => {
+        const component = createComponent();
+        resolveDiscover([
+            {
+                tmdbId: 1,
+                mediaType: 'movie',
+                title: 'Goodfellas',
+                originalTitle: null,
+                year: 1990,
+                posterUrl: null,
+            },
+        ]);
+        await settle();
+
+        isLoadingContent.set(false);
+        isLoadingCategories.set(false);
+        await settle();
+
+        expect(component.isLoading()).toBe(false);
+        expect(component.items()).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
+    it('settles when the catalog load fails instead of spinning forever', async () => {
+        const component = createComponent();
+        resolveDiscover(null);
+        await settle();
+
+        // A failed import clears the in-flight flags without ever marking
+        // the catalog initialized — the page must still settle
+        isLoadingContent.set(false);
+        isLoadingCategories.set(false);
+        isImporting.set(false);
+        await settle();
+
+        expect(component.isLoading()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps loading while an import is still running', async () => {
+        const component = createComponent();
+        resolveDiscover([]);
+        await settle();
+
+        isLoadingContent.set(false);
+        isLoadingCategories.set(false);
+        isImporting.set(true);
+        await settle();
+
+        expect(component.isLoading()).toBe(true);
+    });
+});