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+import defaultProjectGenerator from '../../../src/lib/default-project/index.js';
+
+describe('defaultProject', () => {
+    // This test ensures that the assets referenced in the default project JSON
+    // do not get out of sync with the raw assets that are included alongside.
+    // see https://github.com/LLK/scratch-gui/issues/4844
+    test('assets referenced by the project are included', () => {
+        const translatorFn = () => '';
+        const defaultProject = defaultProjectGenerator(translatorFn);
+        const includedAssetIds = defaultProject.map(obj => obj.id);
+        const projectData = JSON.parse(defaultProject[0].data);
+        projectData.targets.forEach(target => {
+            target.costumes.forEach(costume => {
+                expect(includedAssetIds.includes(costume.assetId)).toBe(true);
+            });
+            target.sounds.forEach(sound => {
+                expect(includedAssetIds.includes(sound.assetId)).toBe(true);
+            });
+        });
+    });
+});