From 5a36b583ead7abdc532ba2baf1e3c1e7b5adbe3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PJ <ipriyanshujain@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:13:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] test(verifier): an unreadable committed fixture fails, it
 does not skip

The comment said the round trip always runs. A skip on a fixture that is
committed turns a missing or truncated file into a green.
---
 internal/verifier/ax_integration_test.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/verifier/ax_integration_test.go b/internal/verifier/ax_integration_test.go
index 23522b5..aadddeb 100644
--- a/internal/verifier/ax_integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/verifier/ax_integration_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestStateAxObjectSelectorTestTagAlias(t *testing.T) {
 func TestStateAxFindWorks(t *testing.T) {
 	jsonText, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/ax_find_tree.json")
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Skip("ax_find_tree.json fixture unreadable")
+		t.Fatalf("committed fixture unreadable, so the round trip never ran: %v", err)
 	}
 	tree, err := hierarchy.Parse(string(jsonText))
 	if err != nil {