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+"""Unit tests for esphome.dashboard.status.mdns module."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+
+import pytest
+from zeroconf import AddressResolver, IPVersion
+
+from esphome.dashboard.status.mdns import MDNSStatus
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from esphome.dashboard.core import ESPHomeDashboard
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_dashboard() -> Mock:
+    """Create a mock dashboard."""
+    dashboard = Mock(spec=ESPHomeDashboard)
+    dashboard.entries = Mock()
+    dashboard.entries.async_all.return_value = []
+    dashboard.stop_event = Mock()
+    dashboard.stop_event.is_set.return_value = True
+    dashboard.ping_request = Mock()
+    return dashboard
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mdns_status(mock_dashboard: Mock) -> MDNSStatus:
+    """Create an MDNSStatus instance."""
+    return MDNSStatus(mock_dashboard)
+
+
+def test_get_cached_addresses_no_zeroconf(mdns_status: MDNSStatus) -> None:
+    """Test get_cached_addresses when no zeroconf instance is available."""
+    mdns_status.aiozc = None
+    result = mdns_status.get_cached_addresses("device.local")
+    assert result is None
+
+
+def test_get_cached_addresses_not_in_cache(mdns_status: MDNSStatus) -> None:
+    """Test get_cached_addresses when address is not in cache."""
+    mdns_status.aiozc = Mock()
+    mdns_status.aiozc.zeroconf = Mock()
+
+    with patch("esphome.dashboard.status.mdns.AddressResolver") as mock_resolver:
+        mock_info = Mock(spec=AddressResolver)
+        mock_info.load_from_cache.return_value = False
+        mock_resolver.return_value = mock_info
+
+        result = mdns_status.get_cached_addresses("device.local")
+        assert result is None
+        mock_info.load_from_cache.assert_called_once_with(mdns_status.aiozc.zeroconf)
+
+
+def test_get_cached_addresses_found_in_cache(mdns_status: MDNSStatus) -> None:
+    """Test get_cached_addresses when address is found in cache."""
+    mdns_status.aiozc = Mock()
+    mdns_status.aiozc.zeroconf = Mock()
+
+    with patch("esphome.dashboard.status.mdns.AddressResolver") as mock_resolver:
+        mock_info = Mock(spec=AddressResolver)
+        mock_info.load_from_cache.return_value = True
+        mock_info.parsed_scoped_addresses.return_value = ["192.168.1.10", "fe80::1"]
+        mock_resolver.return_value = mock_info
+
+        result = mdns_status.get_cached_addresses("device.local")
+        assert result == ["192.168.1.10", "fe80::1"]
+        mock_info.load_from_cache.assert_called_once_with(mdns_status.aiozc.zeroconf)
+        mock_info.parsed_scoped_addresses.assert_called_once_with(IPVersion.All)
+
+
+def test_get_cached_addresses_with_trailing_dot(mdns_status: MDNSStatus) -> None:
+    """Test get_cached_addresses with hostname having trailing dot."""
+    mdns_status.aiozc = Mock()
+    mdns_status.aiozc.zeroconf = Mock()
+
+    with patch("esphome.dashboard.status.mdns.AddressResolver") as mock_resolver:
+        mock_info = Mock(spec=AddressResolver)
+        mock_info.load_from_cache.return_value = True
+        mock_info.parsed_scoped_addresses.return_value = ["192.168.1.10"]
+        mock_resolver.return_value = mock_info
+
+        result = mdns_status.get_cached_addresses("device.local.")
+        assert result == ["192.168.1.10"]
+        # Should normalize to device.local. for zeroconf
+        mock_resolver.assert_called_once_with("device.local.")
+
+
+def test_get_cached_addresses_uppercase_hostname(mdns_status: MDNSStatus) -> None:
+    """Test get_cached_addresses with uppercase hostname."""
+    mdns_status.aiozc = Mock()
+    mdns_status.aiozc.zeroconf = Mock()
+
+    with patch("esphome.dashboard.status.mdns.AddressResolver") as mock_resolver:
+        mock_info = Mock(spec=AddressResolver)
+        mock_info.load_from_cache.return_value = True
+        mock_info.parsed_scoped_addresses.return_value = ["192.168.1.10"]
+        mock_resolver.return_value = mock_info
+
+        result = mdns_status.get_cached_addresses("DEVICE.LOCAL")
+        assert result == ["192.168.1.10"]
+        # Should normalize to device.local. for zeroconf
+        mock_resolver.assert_called_once_with("device.local.")
+
+
+def test_get_cached_addresses_simple_hostname(mdns_status: MDNSStatus) -> None:
+    """Test get_cached_addresses with simple hostname (no domain)."""
+    mdns_status.aiozc = Mock()
+    mdns_status.aiozc.zeroconf = Mock()
+
+    with patch("esphome.dashboard.status.mdns.AddressResolver") as mock_resolver:
+        mock_info = Mock(spec=AddressResolver)
+        mock_info.load_from_cache.return_value = True
+        mock_info.parsed_scoped_addresses.return_value = ["192.168.1.10"]
+        mock_resolver.return_value = mock_info
+
+        result = mdns_status.get_cached_addresses("device")
+        assert result == ["192.168.1.10"]
+        # Should append .local. for zeroconf
+        mock_resolver.assert_called_once_with("device.local.")
+
+
+def test_get_cached_addresses_ipv6_only(mdns_status: MDNSStatus) -> None:
+    """Test get_cached_addresses returning only IPv6 addresses."""
+    mdns_status.aiozc = Mock()
+    mdns_status.aiozc.zeroconf = Mock()
+
+    with patch("esphome.dashboard.status.mdns.AddressResolver") as mock_resolver:
+        mock_info = Mock(spec=AddressResolver)
+        mock_info.load_from_cache.return_value = True
+        mock_info.parsed_scoped_addresses.return_value = ["fe80::1", "2001:db8::1"]
+        mock_resolver.return_value = mock_info
+
+        result = mdns_status.get_cached_addresses("device.local")
+        assert result == ["fe80::1", "2001:db8::1"]
+
+
+def test_get_cached_addresses_empty_list(mdns_status: MDNSStatus) -> None:
+    """Test get_cached_addresses returning empty list from cache."""
+    mdns_status.aiozc = Mock()
+    mdns_status.aiozc.zeroconf = Mock()
+
+    with patch("esphome.dashboard.status.mdns.AddressResolver") as mock_resolver:
+        mock_info = Mock(spec=AddressResolver)
+        mock_info.load_from_cache.return_value = True
+        mock_info.parsed_scoped_addresses.return_value = []
+        mock_resolver.return_value = mock_info
+
+        result = mdns_status.get_cached_addresses("device.local")
+        assert result == []
+
+
+def test_async_setup_success(mock_dashboard: Mock) -> None:
+    """Test successful async_setup."""
+    mdns_status = MDNSStatus(mock_dashboard)
+    with patch("esphome.dashboard.status.mdns.AsyncEsphomeZeroconf") as mock_zc:
+        mock_zc.return_value = Mock()
+        result = mdns_status.async_setup()
+        assert result is True
+        assert mdns_status.aiozc is not None
+
+
+def test_async_setup_failure(mock_dashboard: Mock) -> None:
+    """Test async_setup with OSError."""
+    mdns_status = MDNSStatus(mock_dashboard)
+    with patch("esphome.dashboard.status.mdns.AsyncEsphomeZeroconf") as mock_zc:
+        mock_zc.side_effect = OSError("Network error")
+        result = mdns_status.async_setup()
+        assert result is False
+        assert mdns_status.aiozc is None