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+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const SettingsBreadService = require('../../../../../core/server/services/settings/settings-bread-service');
+
+describe('UNIT > Settings BREAD Service:', function () {
+    afterEach(function () {
+        sinon.restore();
+    });
+
+    describe('read', function () {
+        it('returns the setting ', async function () {
+            const defaultSettingsManager = new SettingsBreadService({
+                SettingsModel: {},
+                settingsCache: {
+                    get: sinon
+                        .stub()
+                        .withArgs('version_notifications', {resolve: false})
+                        .returns({
+                            key: 'portal_button_signup_text',
+                            value: 'Subscribe',
+                            group: 'portal'
+                        })
+                },
+                labsService: {}
+            });
+
+            const setting = await defaultSettingsManager.read('version_notifications');
+
+            assert.deepEqual(setting, {
+                version_notifications: {
+                    key: 'portal_button_signup_text',
+                    value: 'Subscribe',
+                    group: 'portal'
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('can read core group with internal context', async function () {
+            const defaultSettingsManager = new SettingsBreadService({
+                SettingsModel: {},
+                settingsCache: {
+                    get: sinon
+                        .stub()
+                        .withArgs('version_notifications', {resolve: false})
+                        .returns({
+                            key: 'version_notifications',
+                            value: '[\'4.0\']',
+                            group: 'core'
+                        })
+                },
+                labsService: {}
+            });
+
+            const setting = await defaultSettingsManager.read('version_notifications', {internal: true});
+
+            assert.deepEqual(setting, {
+                version_notifications: {
+                    group: 'core',
+                    key: 'version_notifications',
+                    value: '[\'4.0\']'
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('throws and error when reading a core group without internal context', async function () {
+            const defaultSettingsManager = new SettingsBreadService({
+                SettingsModel: {},
+                settingsCache: {
+                    get: sinon
+                        .stub()
+                        .withArgs('version_notifications', {resolve: false})
+                        .returns({
+                            key: 'version_notifications',
+                            value: '[\'4.0\']',
+                            group: 'core'
+                        })
+                },
+                labsService: {}
+            });
+
+            try {
+                await defaultSettingsManager.read('version_notifications');
+                throw ('above line should have thrown');
+            } catch (error) {
+                assert.equal(error.errorType, 'NoPermissionError');
+                assert.equal(error.message, 'Attempted to access core setting from external request');
+            }
+        });
+
+        it('throws an error when reading unknown setting', async function () {
+            const defaultSettingsManager = new SettingsBreadService({
+                SettingsModel: {},
+                settingsCache: {
+                    get: sinon
+                        .stub()
+                        .withArgs('unknown_setting', {resolve: false})
+                        .returns(null)
+                },
+                labsService: {}
+            });
+
+            try {
+                await defaultSettingsManager.read('unknown_setting');
+                throw ('above line should have thrown');
+            } catch (error) {
+                assert.equal(error.errorType, 'NotFoundError');
+                assert.equal(error.message, 'Problem finding setting: unknown_setting');
+            }
+        });
+    });
+});