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+import type { FakeGithub } from './fakeGithub'
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { prCommentEvent } from '../utils/ownersFixtures'
+import { start } from './fakeGithub'
+import { helpersFor, repo, token } from './helpers'
+import { runBundle } from './runBundle'
+
+vi.setConfig({ testTimeout: 30_000 })
+
+// An OWNERS `filters` section (owners.ts parseOwners) is accepted but ignored, as
+// docs/prow-for-your-org.md and docs/commands.md state: the top-level roles alone
+// authorize, and the debug log notes the ignored key. Driven through dist/index.js
+// with `/approve` on a pull request, like the OWNERS suites in bundle.test.ts.
+describe('dist/index.js OWNERS filters are ignored', () => {
+  // alice approves at the top level; bob only inside a filter, which Prow-style
+  // filters would honour but this action does not
+  const ownersFiles: Record<string, string> = {
+    OWNERS: 'approvers:\n- alice\nfilters:\n  ".*":\n    approvers:\n    - bob\n',
+  }
+  const ignored = 'OWNERS at OWNERS: filters are not supported; ignoring'
+  let gh: FakeGithub
+  const { routeOwners } = helpersFor(() => gh)
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    gh = await start()
+  })
+  afterEach(() => gh.reset())
+  afterAll(() => gh.close())
+
+  function routeApprove(comments: unknown[] = []) {
+    routeOwners(ownersFiles, ['src/file1.txt'])
+    gh.route('GET', `${repo}/issues/1/comments`, { status: 200, body: comments })
+    gh.route('GET', `${repo}/pulls/1/reviews`, { status: 200, body: [] })
+    gh.route('GET', `${repo}/labels`, { status: 200, body: [{ name: 'approved' }, { name: 'lgtm' }] })
+    gh.route('POST', `${repo}/issues/1/labels`, { status: 200, body: [] })
+    gh.route('POST', `${repo}/issues/1/comments`, { status: 201, body: {} })
+  }
+
+  function runApprove(commenter: string) {
+    return runBundle({
+      eventName: 'issue_comment',
+      payload: prCommentEvent('/approve', commenter),
+      inputs: { ...token, 'prow-commands': '/approve' },
+      apiUrl: gh.url,
+    })
+  }
+
+  it('a top-level approver still approves, and the ignored filters are debug-logged', async () => {
+    routeApprove([{ id: 1, body: '/approve', user: { login: 'alice', type: 'User' }, created_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:01Z' }])
+
+    const result = await runApprove('alice')
+
+    expect(result.status, result.stdout).toBe(0)
+    expect(result.errors).toEqual([])
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain(ignored)
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain('approve: #1 is approved by alice')
+    expect(gh.requestsMatching('POST', /\/issues\/1\/labels$/).map(r => r.body)).toEqual([{ labels: ['approved'] }])
+  })
+})