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+import {createLocalVue, shallowMount} from '@vue/test-utils';
+import VueI18n from 'vue-i18n';
+
+import CytomineDescriptionModal from '@/components/description/CytomineDescriptionModal';
+import CytomineModalCard from '@/components/utils/CytomineModalCard';
+
+jest.mock('@/components/utils/CytomineModalCard', () => ({
+  name: 'cytomine-modal-card',
+  template: '<div><slot></slot></div>'
+}));
+
+jest.mock('@/components/form/CytomineQuillEditor', () => ({
+  name: 'cytomine-quill-editor',
+  template: '<div><slot></slot></div>',
+  props: ['value', 'placeholder']
+}));
+
+describe('CytomineDescriptionModal', () => {
+  const localVue = createLocalVue();
+  localVue.use(VueI18n);
+
+  let wrapper;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    wrapper = shallowMount(CytomineDescriptionModal, {
+      localVue,
+      mocks: {
+        $t: (message) => message,
+        $notify: jest.fn()
+      },
+      propsData: {
+        description: {data: 'Test description'},
+        edit: false
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should render the component correctly', () => {
+    expect(wrapper.findComponent(CytomineModalCard).exists()).toBe(true);
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ql-editor.preview').exists()).toBe(true);
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain('description');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/units/components/description/cytomine-description.test.js b/tests/units/components/description/cytomine-description.test.js
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+import {createLocalVue, shallowMount} from '@vue/test-utils';
+import Buefy from 'buefy';
+import Vuex from 'vuex';
+
+import CytomineDescription from '@/components/description/CytomineDescription';
+
+jest.mock('cytomine-client', () => ({
+  Description: {
+    fetch: jest.fn()
+  }
+}));
+
+jest.mock('@/utils/constants.js', () => ({
+  STOP_PREVIEW_KEYWORD: 'STOP_PREVIEW'
+}));
+
+describe('CytomineDescription.vue', () => {
+  const localVue = createLocalVue();
+  localVue.use(Buefy);
+  localVue.use(Vuex);
+
+  let actions;
+  let store;
+  let wrapper;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    actions = {
+      fetchDescription: jest.fn()
+    };
+    store = new Vuex.Store({
+      actions
+    });
+
+    wrapper = shallowMount(CytomineDescription, {
+      localVue,
+      store,
+      mocks: {
+        $t: (message) => message
+      },
+      propsData: {
+        object: {id: 1},
+        canEdit: true,
+        maxPreviewLength: 100
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    wrapper.destroy();
+  });
+
+  it('should render the component correctly', () => {
+    expect(wrapper.exists()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should render a loading spinner when loading is true', () => {
+    wrapper.setData({loading: true});
+
+    expect(wrapper.findComponent({name: 'b-loading'}).exists()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should display description content when available', async () => {
+    wrapper.setData({
+      loading: false,
+      description: {data: 'This is a sample description text.'}
+    });
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick();
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ql-editor').exists()).toBe(true);
+    expect(wrapper.find('.ql-editor').html()).toContain('This is a sample description text.');
+  });
+
+  it('should display "no-description" message when description is not available', () => {
+    wrapper.setData({loading: false, description: null});
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('em').text()).toBe('no-description');
+  });
+
+  it('should display "add" button when description is not available and canEdit is true', () => {
+    wrapper.setData({loading: false, description: null});
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('.button.is-small.margin').exists()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should compute previewDescription correctly', () => {
+    wrapper.setData({
+      description: {data: 'Short description text'}
+    });
+    expect(wrapper.vm.previewDescription).toBe('Short description text');
+
+    wrapper.setData({
+      description: {data: 'A very long description text that exceeds the preview length limit...'}
+    });
+    expect(wrapper.vm.previewDescription).toBe('A very long description text that exceeds the preview length limit...');
+  });
+});