1 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/internal/storage/db_test.go b/internal/storage/db_test.go
index b53234a..3adf17f 100644
--- a/internal/storage/db_test.go
+++ b/internal/storage/db_test.go
@@ -1057,6 +1057,71 @@ func TestCreateTask_Project_RoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCreateTask_AcceptanceCriteria_RoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	db := testDB(t)
+	now := time.Now().UTC().Truncate(time.Second)
+
+	tk := &task.Task{
+		ID:                 "ac-1",
+		Name:               "Task With Criteria",
+		Agent:              task.AgentConfig{Type: "claude", Instructions: "do it"},
+		Priority:           task.PriorityNormal,
+		Tags:               []string{},
+		DependsOn:          []string{},
+		AcceptanceCriteria: []string{"tests pass", "no new lint warnings"},
+		Retry:              task.RetryConfig{MaxAttempts: 1, Backoff: "linear"},
+		State:              task.StatePending,
+		CreatedAt:          now,
+		UpdatedAt:          now,
+	}
+	if err := db.CreateTask(tk); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("creating task: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := db.GetTask("ac-1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("getting task: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(got.AcceptanceCriteria) != 2 || got.AcceptanceCriteria[0] != "tests pass" || got.AcceptanceCriteria[1] != "no new lint warnings" {
+		t.Errorf("AcceptanceCriteria: want [tests pass, no new lint warnings], got %+v", got.AcceptanceCriteria)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestCreateTask_AcceptanceCriteria_DefaultsEmpty proves a task created
+// without AcceptanceCriteria round-trips as an empty (not nil) slice, the
+// same "never null" convention story.Story.AcceptanceCriteria already uses.
+func TestCreateTask_AcceptanceCriteria_DefaultsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	db := testDB(t)
+	now := time.Now().UTC().Truncate(time.Second)
+
+	tk := &task.Task{
+		ID:        "ac-2",
+		Name:      "Task Without Criteria",
+		Agent:     task.AgentConfig{Type: "claude", Instructions: "do it"},
+		Priority:  task.PriorityNormal,
+		Tags:      []string{},
+		DependsOn: []string{},
+		Retry:     task.RetryConfig{MaxAttempts: 1, Backoff: "linear"},
+		State:     task.StatePending,
+		CreatedAt: now,
+		UpdatedAt: now,
+	}
+	if err := db.CreateTask(tk); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("creating task: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := db.GetTask("ac-2")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("getting task: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got.AcceptanceCriteria == nil {
+		t.Error("AcceptanceCriteria: want empty slice, got nil")
+	}
+	if len(got.AcceptanceCriteria) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("AcceptanceCriteria: want empty, got %+v", got.AcceptanceCriteria)
+	}
+}
+
 // ── Push subscription tests ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 func TestPushSubscription_SaveAndList(t *testing.T) {