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+---
+summary: Add two more integration scenarios -- network aliases (long-form `networks: {aliases: [...]}`, a distinct code path from the hostname/container_name case already covered) and `depends_on` with no condition (defaults to `service_started`, the weakest guarantee: no wait, no completion gate) -- reusing the existing `run_pod` fixture unchanged.
+---
+
+# Design: grow the integration scenario set (network aliases, depends_on default)
+
+## Summary
+
+Two more scenarios in `tests/integration/`, continuing the growth from
+`planning/changes/2026-07-13.02-grow-integration-scenarios.md` and
+`.03-grow-integration-scenarios-env.md`. Both reuse the `run_pod` fixture
+unchanged -- no harness, `conftest.py`, `pyproject.toml`, or CI changes. Both
+are behavioral probes (script exit code + stdout).
+
+## Motivation
+
+Two remaining gaps in the harness, ranked lower than the prior rounds' but
+still real: network aliases (`networks: {default: {aliases: [...]}}`) exit
+through a genuinely different code branch than `hostname`/`container_name`
+(`graph.py:_host_names`'s networks-dict extraction), even though the
+downstream `--add-host` emission is already proven twice over. `depends_on`
+with no `condition` key (defaults to `service_started`, per
+`graph.py:depends_on`) is the one dependency condition with zero
+synchronization -- unlike `service_healthy` (`wait_healthy`) and
+`service_completed_successfully` (blocking `--rm`), it is never directly
+exercised, only implicitly present as the absence of a gate in every other
+scenario.
+
+## Design
+
+**Scenario 1 -- network aliases** (`test_network_aliases.py`): one service
+declares `networks: {"default": {"aliases": ["cache-alias"]}}`. Command:
+`grep cache-alias /etc/hosts && grep 127.0.0.1 /etc/hosts`. Mirrors
+`test_pod_level_options.py`'s grep-based style exactly, isolating the
+aliases-extraction branch of `_host_names` specifically.
+
+**Scenario 2 -- `depends_on` default condition** (`test_depends_on_default.py`):
+`helper` (busybox, mounts a shared bind volume) runs `sleep 1; echo started >
+/shared/flag`, emitted as plain `podman run -d` (verified via local
+`emit_script` generation: no `wait_healthy`, no `--rm` blocking -- confirming
+this condition genuinely provides no gate). `app` declares
+`depends_on: {"helper": {}}` (no `condition` key, defaults to
+`service_started`) and polls for the marker with a bounded retry loop
+(`for i in $(seq 1 20); do [ -f /shared/flag ] && cat /shared/flag && exit 0;
+sleep 1; done; exit 1`) rather than checking once -- because `podman run -d`
+returns once the container *launches*, not once its command finishes, a
+single immediate check would be a coin-flip race. The retry loop is not a
+test-hygiene compromise; it is the correct shape for testing a condition
+whose entire point is "no synchronization is provided, the caller must
+provide their own." Command-substitution syntax (`$(seq ...)`) was verified
+locally (via direct `emit_script` generation, learning from the immediately
+prior round's `$`-interpolation bug) to survive compose2pod's own
+`${VAR}`/`$VAR` interpolation untouched -- parentheses don't match that
+regex, matching the already-proven `test_resource_limits.py`'s `$(ulimit -n)`
+precedent.
+
+Both files: no `pytestmark`, `Callable[..., PodRun]` typing, matching every
+existing scenario file.
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- Long-form `networks:` mapping value shapes beyond `aliases` (e.g.
+  `ipv4_address`) -- unsupported by compose2pod entirely, not a gap in this
+  harness.
+- `depends_on` list form (`depends_on: ["helper"]`, which also defaults to
+  `service_started`) -- already unit-tested (`graph.py:depends_on`'s list
+  branch); the mapping-form-with-empty-dict shape is what needs a real-podman
+  proof, since it is the one that reaches `spec.get("condition", ...)`.
+- Tuning the retry loop's interval/count for maximum tightness -- 20x1s is a
+  generous, cheap budget; not worth over-optimizing.
+
+## Testing
+
+`uv run --no-sync pytest -m integration --collect-only -q` collects 10 (the
+8 existing scenarios plus these 2). `just test-ci` stays at 100% with all 10
+deselected. `just lint-ci` and `just check-planning` clean. Real signal: the
+`integration` CI job green against real podman.
+
+## Risk
+
+- **Retry loop flaking under CI load** (low x low): 20 seconds of budget is
+  generous relative to the 1-second sleep it is bridging; a slower runner
+  would need to be dramatically slower to exhaust it.
+- **Aliases scenario proving an already-proven mechanism** (acknowledged, not
+  a defect): the downstream `--add-host` emission is shared with the
+  hostname/container_name/extra_hosts cases already covered; this scenario's
+  marginal value is isolating the one untested branch that FEEDS that
+  mechanism (`_host_names`'s aliases extraction), not the mechanism itself.
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_depends_on_default.py b/tests/integration/test_depends_on_default.py
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+"""depends_on with no condition (defaults to service_started): the one condition with no gate.
+
+Unlike service_healthy (wait_healthy) and service_completed_successfully (blocking
+--rm), service_started provides zero synchronization -- helper is started detached
+(-d) and app runs immediately after, with no wait. A single immediate check of
+helper's side effect would be a race (podman run -d returns once the container
+LAUNCHES, not once its command finishes), so app polls with a bounded retry loop
+instead -- the correct shape for testing a condition whose entire point is "the
+caller must provide their own synchronization."
+"""
+
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from tests.integration.conftest import PodRun
+
+
+def test_depends_on_default_condition_is_service_started(run_pod: Callable[..., PodRun], tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    (tmp_path / "shared").mkdir()
+    compose = {
+        "services": {
+            "helper": {
+                "image": "busybox:1.36",
+                "volumes": ["./shared:/shared"],
+                "command": ["sh", "-c", "sleep 1; echo started > /shared/flag"],
+            },
+            "app": {
+                "image": "busybox:1.36",
+                "volumes": ["./shared:/shared"],
+                "depends_on": {"helper": {}},  # no condition key -> defaults to service_started
+                "command": [
+                    "sh",
+                    "-c",
+                    "for i in $(seq 1 20); do [ -f /shared/flag ] && cat /shared/flag && exit 0; sleep 1; done; exit 1",
+                ],
+            },
+        },
+    }
+    run = run_pod(compose, target="app", project_dir=tmp_path)
+    # Exit 0 + "started" in stdout proves startup ordering (helper's podman run -d
+    # line is emitted before app's) AND that this condition provides no built-in
+    # wait -- app had to poll for it itself.
+    assert run.returncode == 0, run.stderr
+    assert "started" in run.stdout
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_network_aliases.py b/tests/integration/test_network_aliases.py
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+"""Long-form networks: aliases -- a distinct code path from hostname/container_name."""
+
+from collections.abc import Callable
+
+from tests.integration.conftest import PodRun
+
+
+def test_network_alias_lands_on_the_pod(run_pod: Callable[..., PodRun]) -> None:
+    compose = {
+        "services": {
+            "app": {
+                "image": "busybox:1.36",
+                "networks": {"default": {"aliases": ["cache-alias"]}},
+                "command": ["sh", "-c", "grep cache-alias /etc/hosts && grep 127.0.0.1 /etc/hosts"],
+            },
+        },
+    }
+    run = run_pod(compose, target="app")
+    # Exit 0 proves the long-form networks.aliases entry (a distinct code path
+    # from hostname/container_name in graph.py's _host_names) reaches the
+    # pod-level --add-host set, resolving to 127.0.0.1 like every other alias.
+    assert run.returncode == 0, run.stderr