# Importing a model or component from a plugin into a custom plugin: tests fail

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-a-model-or-component-from-a-plugin-into-a-custom-plugin-tests-fail/383005
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** testing
**Created:** [September 17, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-a-model-or-component-from-a-plugin-into-a-custom-plugin-tests-fail/383005 "2025-09-17T16:55:32Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-a-model-or-component-from-a-plugin-into-a-custom-plugin-tests-fail/383005/6 "2025-09-26T12:07:44Z")

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You may also be interested in [system specs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/write-end-to-end-system-specs-for-the-discourse-user-interface/325937) for end-to-end testing. That way, the test is run against a real Discourse server, so you don’t have to fake all of the network requests for core & both plugins.

The downside is that they’re much slower. So best to keep any unit/component tests in qunit if you can.

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