Tech Debt: refactor the tests `TestNewEntrantDataApi` to not contain hardcoded IDs
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Description
#### Description of the Tech Debt
Hardcoding IDs in the test makes it brittle to database considerations (order of tests, sequence initialization). To avoid random failures, we should change the expectations to validate the records themselves, not the IDs
#### Tech Debt Triage
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| Business Area Risk - Risk of business area visibility / damage to user experience | 0 | 0 |
| Developer Fault Risk - How likely will this tech debt cause a future error related to coding on top of it | 0 | 0 |
| System Fault Risk - Risk of system errors or application downtime | 0 | 0 |
| Time Scale Risk - Compound risk effect if left alone. How much more difficult to fix or dangerous will this become over time? | 0 | 0 |
| Time Sink Risk - How much will this tech debt slow the development process down | 0 | 0 |
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Research direction
Locate the test named TestNewEntrantDataApi and inspect its hardcoded ID expectations and related fixtures. Replace ID-dependent assertions with checks on the returned records, then run this test to confirm it no longer depends on database ordering or sequence initialization.
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Assessment
- Domain
- database, testing
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100