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Alexander Brown f2a99adaa3 docs: prefer real createI18n over mocking vue-i18n in tests (#11776)
## Summary

Document that `vue-i18n` should not be mocked in tests — mount with a
real `createI18n` plugin instance instead.

## Changes

- **What**: Expanded `docs/testing/vitest-patterns.md` "Don't Mock
`vue-i18n`" section with a concrete code example (covering both
component and composable tests), guidance for asserting on translation
keys with empty messages, and a real-example link to
`src/components/searchbox/v2/__test__/testUtils.ts`. Added a callout at
the top of `docs/testing/unit-testing.md` "Mocking Composables with
Reactive State" cross-linking the new section, since that section
applies to *owned* composables.

## Review Focus

- The previous `vitest-patterns.md` paragraph pointed at a non-existent
`SearchBox.test.ts`; the new link points to the actual shared `testI18n`
helper.
- The "Mocking Composables with Reactive State" pattern should not be
applied to third-party composables like `useI18n` — the callout makes
that explicit.

Surfaced during review of #11737, where the test file mocked `vue-i18n`
and then accumulated structural workarounds (hoisted aliases, helper
functions, type casts) to interact with the mocked `t`. A real
`createI18n` instance avoids the entire ceremony.

┆Issue is synchronized with this [Notion
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by [Unito](https://www.unito.io)

Co-authored-by: Amp <amp@ampcode.com>
2026-04-30 14:29:11 -07:00
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