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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import React from "react";
+import type { Logger } from "../../../common/logger";
+import loggerInjectable from "../../../common/logger.injectable";
+import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../getDiForUnitTesting";
+import type { DiRender } from "../test-utils/renderFor";
+import { renderFor } from "../test-utils/renderFor";
+import { Icon } from "./icon";
+
+describe("<Icon> href technical tests", () => {
+  let render: DiRender;
+  let logger: jest.MockedObject<Logger>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const di = getDiForUnitTesting();
+
+    logger = {
+      debug: jest.fn(),
+      error: jest.fn(),
+      info: jest.fn(),
+      silly: jest.fn(),
+      warn: jest.fn(),
+    };
+
+    di.override(loggerInjectable, () => logger);
+
+    render = renderFor(di);
+  });
+
+  it("should render an <Icon> with http href", () => {
+    const result = render((
+      <Icon
+        data-testid="my-icon"
+        href="http://localhost"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    expect(result.queryByTestId("my-icon")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("should render an <Icon> with https href", () => {
+    const result = render((
+      <Icon
+        data-testid="my-icon"
+        href="https://localhost"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    expect(result.queryByTestId("my-icon")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("should warn about ws hrefs", () => {
+    const result = render((
+      <Icon
+        data-testid="my-icon"
+        href="ws://localhost"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    expect(result.queryByTestId("my-icon")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(logger.warn).toBeCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("should warn about javascript: hrefs", () => {
+    const result = render((
+      <Icon
+        data-testid="my-icon"
+        href="javascript:void 0"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    expect(result.queryByTestId("my-icon")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(logger.warn).toBeCalled();
+  });
+});