From f3fe25fd67d3afcda29a0ec2541ce9bbcbdb3ce9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:50:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Import: test that an animated GIF imported from disk plays
 (#651)

Animated GIFs came in as one still frame in 0.7.0; bfbdadd3 (after that
release) probes them as movies. This end-to-end test imports a GIF file
through the wired session into a comp and checks the layer shows each of
its frames at its time, the path the viewer and exports share.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QiAJeFttZp83Fh7YuzAR5f
---
 Cargo.lock             |  1 +
 crates/host/Cargo.toml |  1 +
 crates/host/src/lib.rs | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cfab570d..4f6d9c87 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1350,6 +1350,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "effectcraft-svg",
  "effectcraft-time",
  "exr",
+ "gif",
  "image",
  "rayon",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/crates/host/Cargo.toml b/crates/host/Cargo.toml
index 13fcb87a..344d5433 100644
--- a/crates/host/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/host/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ effectcraft-raster = { workspace = true }
 effectcraft-time = { workspace = true }
 effectcraft-interchange = { workspace = true }
 image = { workspace = true }
+gif = { workspace = true }
 exr = { workspace = true }
 rayon = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/host/src/lib.rs b/crates/host/src/lib.rs
index 7f2d1a5c..cf5661a1 100644
--- a/crates/host/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/host/src/lib.rs
@@ -257,6 +257,38 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(red * 20 > img.data.len(), "red cube pixels: {red} of {}", img.data.len());
     }
 
+    /// #651: an animated GIF imported from disk plays: the layer shows each frame at its time,
+    /// in the viewer's renders and in exports alike.
+    #[test]
+    fn an_imported_animated_gif_plays() {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("ec-gif-{}", std::process::id()));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        let path = dir.join("anim.gif");
+        let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+        {
+            let mut enc = gif::Encoder::new(&mut bytes, 4, 4, &[]).unwrap();
+            for rgb in [[255u8, 0, 0], [0, 255, 0], [0, 0, 255]] {
+                let mut f = gif::Frame::from_rgb(4, 4, &rgb.repeat(16));
+                f.delay = 10;
+                enc.write_frame(&f).unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+        std::fs::write(&path, bytes).unwrap();
+        let mut s = super::session();
+        s.execute("comp.new", json!({"name": "G", "width": 4, "height": 4, "frameRate": 30, "duration": 1})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("file.import", json!({"paths": [path.to_string_lossy()], "addToComp": true})).unwrap();
+        let cid = s.active_comp_id().unwrap();
+        let rgb = |t: f64| {
+            let img = s.render(cid, effectcraft_time::Tick::from_seconds_f64(t), effectcraft_engine::render::RenderOpts::default());
+            let p = img.data[5];
+            [p[0].round(), p[1].round(), p[2].round()]
+        };
+        assert_eq!(rgb(0.05), [1.0, 0.0, 0.0]);
+        assert_eq!(rgb(0.15), [0.0, 1.0, 0.0]);
+        assert_eq!(rgb(0.25), [0.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir);
+    }
+
     /// The web app's path: outputs go to a sink (downloads), never to the file system.
     #[test]
     fn render_queue_exports_to_a_sink() {