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+import { createPinia, setActivePinia } from 'pinia'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { nextTick, ref } from 'vue'
+
+import { useAssetBrowser } from '@/platform/assets/composables/useAssetBrowser'
+import type { AssetItem } from '@/platform/assets/schemas/assetSchema'
+import * as assetMetadataUtils from '@/platform/assets/utils/assetMetadataUtils'
+
+vi.mock('vue-i18n', () => ({
+  useI18n: () => ({
+    t: (key: string) => key
+  })
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/i18n', () => ({
+  t: (key: string) => key,
+  d: (date: Date) => date.toLocaleDateString()
+}))
+
+const ASSET_COUNT = 200
+const CATEGORIES = ['inputs', 'outputs'] as const
+const TAB_SWITCHES = 6
+
+function makeAsset(index: number): AssetItem {
+  const category = CATEGORIES[index % CATEGORIES.length]
+  return {
+    id: `asset-${index}`,
+    name: `asset-${index}.safetensors`,
+    asset_hash: `blake3:${index}`,
+    size: 1024,
+    mime_type: 'application/octet-stream',
+    tags: ['models', category],
+    created_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+    updated_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+    last_access_time: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+    is_immutable: false
+  }
+}
+
+describe('useAssetBrowser - filter tab switching perf (FE-229)', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setActivePinia(createPinia())
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it('does not re-transform every asset on each filter tab switch', async () => {
+    const assets = Array.from({ length: ASSET_COUNT }, (_, i) => makeAsset(i))
+    const filenameSpy = vi.spyOn(assetMetadataUtils, 'getAssetFilename')
+
+    const { selectedNavItem, filteredAssets } = useAssetBrowser(ref(assets))
+
+    // Initial materialization of the 'all' tab.
+    void filteredAssets.value
+    await nextTick()
+    const baselineCalls = filenameSpy.mock.calls.length
+
+    // Simulate the user clicking back and forth between All / Inputs / Outputs.
+    const tabs: ('all' | 'inputs' | 'outputs')[] = [
+      'inputs',
+      'outputs',
+      'all',
+      'inputs',
+      'outputs',
+      'all'
+    ]
+    expect(tabs).toHaveLength(TAB_SWITCHES)
+
+    for (const tab of tabs) {
+      selectedNavItem.value = tab
+      void filteredAssets.value
+      await nextTick()
+    }
+
+    const switchCalls = filenameSpy.mock.calls.length - baselineCalls
+
+    // Naive (no memoization) cost is approximately:
+    //   inputs (100) + outputs (100) + all (200) + inputs (100) + outputs (100) + all (200) = 800.
+    // With per-asset memoization the same asset object should never be transformed twice,
+    // so total work across all tab switches must stay within a small multiple of ASSET_COUNT.
+    const budget = ASSET_COUNT * 2
+    expect(switchCalls).toBeLessThanOrEqual(budget)
+  })
+
+  it('returns identical display item references for unchanged assets across tab switches', async () => {
+    const assets = Array.from({ length: ASSET_COUNT }, (_, i) => makeAsset(i))
+
+    const { selectedNavItem, filteredAssets } = useAssetBrowser(ref(assets))
+
+    const firstAllSnapshot = new Map(
+      filteredAssets.value.map((item) => [item.id, item])
+    )
+    await nextTick()
+
+    selectedNavItem.value = 'inputs'
+    void filteredAssets.value
+    await nextTick()
+
+    selectedNavItem.value = 'all'
+    const secondAll = filteredAssets.value
+    await nextTick()
+
+    // If transformAssetForDisplay is memoized per asset, the display items for
+    // the unchanged underlying assets should be the very same object identity
+    // when we navigate back to 'all'. Without memoization every re-render
+    // produces brand-new objects, which forces downstream components
+    // (AssetGrid / AssetCard) to re-render every card.
+    const reusedReferences = secondAll.filter(
+      (item) => firstAllSnapshot.get(item.id) === item
+    ).length
+
+    expect(reusedReferences).toBe(ASSET_COUNT)
+  })
+})