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+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+
+import { renderMenubarFormat, type PeriodData } from '../../src/menubar.js'
+
+const ESC = '\u001b'
+
+function period(name: string): PeriodData {
+  return {
+    label: 'x',
+    cost: 0.01,
+    calls: 1,
+    inputTokens: 1,
+    outputTokens: 1,
+    cacheReadTokens: 0,
+    cacheWriteTokens: 0,
+    categories: [{ name, cost: 0.01, turns: 1, editTurns: 0, oneShotTurns: 1 }],
+    models: [{ name, cost: 0.01, calls: 1 }],
+  }
+}
+
+function linesWithToken(output: string, token: string): string[] {
+  return output.split('\n').filter(l => l.includes(token))
+}
+
+describe('MEDIUM-2 menubar directive separator injection', () => {
+  it('strips pipe separators from model names', () => {
+    const p = period('foo | href=https://attacker.example/pwn')
+    const out = renderMenubarFormat(p, p, p, p)
+    for (const line of linesWithToken(out, 'foo')) {
+      expect(line.split('|').length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(2)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('strips ANSI escapes from model names', () => {
+    const p = period(`foo${ESC}[31mMODEL${ESC}[0m`)
+    const out = renderMenubarFormat(p, p, p, p)
+    expect(out).not.toContain(ESC)
+  })
+
+  it('strips pipe separators from category names', () => {
+    const p = period('cat | color=red')
+    const out = renderMenubarFormat(p, p, p, p)
+    for (const line of linesWithToken(out, 'cat')) {
+      expect(line.split('|').length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(2)
+    }
+  })
+})