From 46a52a0638ed07a99197ceaffdf462f87536b7a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "paseo-bot[bot]" <266920839+paseo-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 20:39:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] test(app): reproduce relative times staying English in other
 languages

Failing reproduction for #6238. Not a fix.
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 .../app/src/i18n/relative-time.repro.test.ts  | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/app/src/i18n/relative-time.repro.test.ts

diff --git a/packages/app/src/i18n/relative-time.repro.test.ts b/packages/app/src/i18n/relative-time.repro.test.ts
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+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { i18n } from "@/i18n/i18next";
+import { formatAge } from "@/git/pull-request-panel/data";
+import { formatCompactTimeAgo, formatTimeAgo } from "@/utils/time";
+
+// Reproduction for https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/issues/6238: relative times stay English
+// when the app runs in another language.
+describe("relative times in French", () => {
+  const now = Date.UTC(2026, 0, 1, 12, 0, 0);
+  const sixHoursAgo = now - 6 * 60 * 60_000;
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await i18n.changeLanguage("en");
+  });
+
+  it("translates the PR panel's own just-now key", async () => {
+    await i18n.changeLanguage("fr");
+    expect(i18n.t("workspace.git.pr.time.justNow")).not.toBe("just now");
+  });
+
+  it("words the PR panel activity age in French", async () => {
+    await i18n.changeLanguage("fr");
+    expect(formatAge(sixHoursAgo, now)).not.toBe("6h ago");
+    expect(formatAge(now - 20_000, now)).not.toBe("just now");
+  });
+
+  it("words the shared relative time in French", async () => {
+    await i18n.changeLanguage("fr");
+    expect(formatTimeAgo(new Date(sixHoursAgo), new Date(now))).not.toBe("6h ago");
+    expect(formatCompactTimeAgo(new Date(now - 20_000), new Date(now))).not.toBe("now");
+  });
+});