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diff --git a/sp_IndexCleanup/tests/adversarial_test.sql b/sp_IndexCleanup/tests/adversarial_test.sql
index 36d76a52..a3754378 100644
--- a/sp_IndexCleanup/tests/adversarial_test.sql
+++ b/sp_IndexCleanup/tests/adversarial_test.sql
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_filtered;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_heap;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_multi;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_view_base;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_exact;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_reverse;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_filter_eq;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_uc_replace;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_interact;
 GO
 
 /* ============================================= */
@@ -83,6 +88,49 @@ CREATE TABLE dbo.test_ic_multi
     col_b integer NOT NULL
 );
 
+CREATE TABLE dbo.test_ic_exact
+(
+    id bigint IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
+    col_a integer NOT NULL,
+    col_b integer NOT NULL,
+    col_c integer NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE dbo.test_ic_reverse
+(
+    id bigint IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
+    col_a integer NOT NULL,
+    col_b integer NOT NULL,
+    col_c integer NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE dbo.test_ic_filter_eq
+(
+    id bigint IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
+    col_a integer NOT NULL,
+    col_b integer NOT NULL,
+    status_code integer NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE dbo.test_ic_uc_replace
+(
+    id bigint IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
+    col_a integer NOT NULL,
+    col_b integer NOT NULL,
+    col_c integer NOT NULL,
+    col_d integer NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE dbo.test_ic_interact
+(
+    id bigint IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
+    col_a integer NOT NULL,
+    col_b integer NOT NULL,
+    col_c integer NOT NULL,
+    col_d integer NOT NULL,
+    col_e nvarchar(100) NULL
+);
+
 CREATE TABLE dbo.test_ic_view_base
 (
     id bigint IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
@@ -132,6 +180,32 @@ INSERT INTO dbo.test_ic_view_base (col_a, col_b, col_c)
 SELECT TOP (10000) ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 100, ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 50,
     ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 200
 FROM sys.all_objects AS a CROSS JOIN sys.all_objects AS b;
+
+INSERT INTO dbo.test_ic_exact (col_a, col_b, col_c)
+SELECT TOP (10000) ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 1000, ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 500,
+    ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 200
+FROM sys.all_objects AS a CROSS JOIN sys.all_objects AS b;
+
+INSERT INTO dbo.test_ic_reverse (col_a, col_b, col_c)
+SELECT TOP (10000) ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 1000, ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 500,
+    ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 200
+FROM sys.all_objects AS a CROSS JOIN sys.all_objects AS b;
+
+INSERT INTO dbo.test_ic_filter_eq (col_a, col_b, status_code)
+SELECT TOP (10000) ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 1000, ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 500,
+    ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 5
+FROM sys.all_objects AS a CROSS JOIN sys.all_objects AS b;
+
+INSERT INTO dbo.test_ic_uc_replace (col_a, col_b, col_c, col_d)
+SELECT TOP (10000) ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)),
+    ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 500, ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 200,
+    ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 100
+FROM sys.all_objects AS a CROSS JOIN sys.all_objects AS b;
+
+INSERT INTO dbo.test_ic_interact (col_a, col_b, col_c, col_d, col_e)
+SELECT TOP (10000) ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 1000, ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 500,
+    ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 200, ABS(CHECKSUM(NEWID())) % 100, LEFT(NEWID(), 20)
+FROM sys.all_objects AS a CROSS JOIN sys.all_objects AS b;
 GO
 
 /* ============================================= */
@@ -183,6 +257,36 @@ CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX ix_heap_a_dup ON dbo.test_ic_heap (col_a);
 /* Group 7: Multi-table isolation */
 CREATE INDEX ix_multi_a ON dbo.test_ic_multi (col_a);
 CREATE INDEX ix_basic_col_d ON dbo.test_ic_basic (col_d);
+
+/* Group 8: Exact Duplicate — same keys AND same includes */
+CREATE INDEX ix_exact_ab_1 ON dbo.test_ic_exact (col_a, col_b) INCLUDE (col_c);
+CREATE INDEX ix_exact_ab_2 ON dbo.test_ic_exact (col_a, col_b) INCLUDE (col_c);
+
+/* Group 9: Reverse Duplicate — same columns, different leading order */
+CREATE INDEX ix_rev_ab ON dbo.test_ic_reverse (col_a, col_b);
+CREATE INDEX ix_rev_ba ON dbo.test_ic_reverse (col_b, col_a);
+
+/* Group 10: Equal Except For Filter */
+/* 10a: Same keys, one filtered one not — should NOT match */
+CREATE INDEX ix_feq_a ON dbo.test_ic_filter_eq (col_a);
+CREATE INDEX ix_feq_a_filt ON dbo.test_ic_filter_eq (col_a) WHERE status_code = 1;
+
+/* Group 11: UC Replacement (Rule 7/7.5) — exact key match */
+ALTER TABLE dbo.test_ic_uc_replace ADD CONSTRAINT uq_ucr_ab UNIQUE (col_a, col_b);
+CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX ix_ucr_ab_inc ON dbo.test_ic_uc_replace (col_a, col_b) INCLUDE (col_c);
+
+/* Group 12: Rule interactions */
+/* 12a: Multi-level subset: A ⊂ AB ⊂ ABC */
+CREATE INDEX ix_int_a ON dbo.test_ic_interact (col_a);
+CREATE INDEX ix_int_ab ON dbo.test_ic_interact (col_a, col_b);
+CREATE INDEX ix_int_abc ON dbo.test_ic_interact (col_a, col_b, col_c);
+
+/* 12b: UC exact match AND UC superset on same table */
+ALTER TABLE dbo.test_ic_interact ADD CONSTRAINT uq_int_cd UNIQUE (col_c, col_d);
+CREATE INDEX ix_int_cd ON dbo.test_ic_interact (col_c, col_d) INCLUDE (col_e);
+CREATE INDEX ix_int_c ON dbo.test_ic_interact (col_c);
+
+/* Group 13: @min_reads filter — run separately in Python */
 GO
 
 /* ============================================= */
@@ -220,6 +324,25 @@ BEGIN
     SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_heap WITH (INDEX = ix_heap_a_dup) WHERE col_a = 2;
     SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_multi WITH (INDEX = ix_multi_a) WHERE col_a = 1;
     SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_basic WITH (INDEX = ix_basic_col_d) WHERE col_d = 1;
+    /* Group 8: Exact duplicates */
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_exact WITH (INDEX = ix_exact_ab_1) WHERE col_a = 1;
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_exact WITH (INDEX = ix_exact_ab_2) WHERE col_a = 2;
+    /* Group 9: Reverse duplicates */
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_reverse WITH (INDEX = ix_rev_ab) WHERE col_a = 1;
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_reverse WITH (INDEX = ix_rev_ba) WHERE col_b = 1;
+    /* Group 10: Equal except filter */
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_filter_eq WITH (INDEX = ix_feq_a) WHERE col_a = 1;
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_filter_eq WITH (INDEX = ix_feq_a_filt) WHERE col_a = 1 AND status_code = 1;
+    /* Group 11: UC replacement */
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_uc_replace WITH (INDEX = uq_ucr_ab) WHERE col_a = 1;
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_uc_replace WITH (INDEX = ix_ucr_ab_inc) WHERE col_a = 1;
+    /* Group 12: Interactions */
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_interact WITH (INDEX = ix_int_a) WHERE col_a = 1;
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_interact WITH (INDEX = ix_int_ab) WHERE col_a = 1;
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_interact WITH (INDEX = ix_int_abc) WHERE col_a = 1;
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_interact WITH (INDEX = uq_int_cd) WHERE col_c = 1;
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_interact WITH (INDEX = ix_int_cd) WHERE col_c = 1;
+    SELECT @c = COUNT_BIG(*) FROM dbo.test_ic_interact WITH (INDEX = ix_int_c) WHERE col_c = 1;
     SELECT @i += 1;
 END;
 GO
@@ -250,4 +373,9 @@ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_filtered;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_heap;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_multi;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_view_base;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_exact;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_reverse;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_filter_eq;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_uc_replace;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.test_ic_interact;
 GO
diff --git a/sp_IndexCleanup/tests/run_tests.py b/sp_IndexCleanup/tests/run_tests.py
index cac8573d..f7ac58f7 100644
--- a/sp_IndexCleanup/tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/sp_IndexCleanup/tests/run_tests.py
@@ -215,6 +215,74 @@ def assert_test(group, name, condition, detail=""):
     assert_test("7-Isolation", "7a: Cross-table NOT flagged as duplicate",
                 len(matches) == 0, f"found {len(matches)} (expected 0)")
 
+    # ---- Group 8: Exact Duplicate ----
+
+    # 8a: Same keys AND same includes → one DISABLE
+    matches = find_rows(rows, table_name="test_ic_exact",
+                        index_name__in={"ix_exact_ab_1", "ix_exact_ab_2"},
+                        script_type="DISABLE SCRIPT")
+    assert_test("8-Exact-Dup", "8a: Exact duplicate flagged DISABLE",
+                len(matches) >= 1, f"found {len(matches)}")
+
+    # ---- Group 9: Reverse Duplicate ----
+
+    # 9a: Different leading column order → NOT flagged (by design — different query patterns)
+    matches = find_rows(rows, table_name="test_ic_reverse",
+                        index_name__in={"ix_rev_ab", "ix_rev_ba"},
+                        script_type="DISABLE SCRIPT")
+    assert_test("9-Reverse", "9a: Different leading col NOT flagged DISABLE (by design)",
+                len(matches) == 0, f"found {len(matches)} (expected 0)")
+
+    # ---- Group 10: Equal Except For Filter ----
+
+    # 10a: Same keys, one filtered one not → should NOT be duplicates
+    matches = find_rows(rows, table_name="test_ic_filter_eq", index_name="ix_feq_a_filt",
+                        script_type="DISABLE SCRIPT", additional_info__like="Duplicate")
+    assert_test("10-FilterEq", "10a: Filtered vs unfiltered NOT flagged duplicate",
+                len(matches) == 0, f"found {len(matches)} (expected 0)")
+
+    # ---- Group 11: UC Replacement (Rule 7/7.5) ----
+
+    # 11a: UC exact match with NC that has includes → UC gets DROP CONSTRAINT
+    matches = find_rows(rows, table_name="test_ic_uc_replace", index_name="uq_ucr_ab",
+                        script_type="DISABLE CONSTRAINT SCRIPT")
+    assert_test("11-UC-Replace", "11a: UC with exact-match NC gets DROP CONSTRAINT",
+                len(matches) == 1, f"found {len(matches)}")
+
+    # 11b: NC with includes gets MAKE UNIQUE (MERGE SCRIPT with CREATE UNIQUE)
+    matches = find_rows(rows, table_name="test_ic_uc_replace", index_name="ix_ucr_ab_inc",
+                        script_type="MERGE SCRIPT")
+    has_unique = any("CREATE UNIQUE" in m.get("script", "") for m in matches)
+    assert_test("11-UC-Replace", "11b: NC replacement has CREATE UNIQUE",
+                has_unique, f"found {len(matches)} merge rows, unique={has_unique}")
+
+    # ---- Group 12: Rule interactions ----
+
+    # 12a: Multi-level subset: ix_int_a ⊂ ix_int_ab ⊂ ix_int_abc
+    # Narrowest (ix_int_a) should be DISABLE
+    matches = find_rows(rows, table_name="test_ic_interact", index_name="ix_int_a",
+                        script_type="DISABLE SCRIPT")
+    assert_test("12-Interact", "12a: Narrowest subset (A) flagged DISABLE",
+                len(matches) == 1, f"found {len(matches)}")
+
+    # Middle (ix_int_ab) should also be DISABLE
+    matches = find_rows(rows, table_name="test_ic_interact", index_name="ix_int_ab",
+                        script_type="DISABLE SCRIPT")
+    assert_test("12-Interact", "12a: Middle subset (AB) flagged DISABLE",
+                len(matches) == 1, f"found {len(matches)}")
+
+    # Widest (ix_int_abc) should survive (MERGE or COMPRESSION, not DISABLE)
+    matches = find_rows(rows, table_name="test_ic_interact", index_name="ix_int_abc",
+                        script_type="DISABLE SCRIPT")
+    assert_test("12-Interact", "12a: Widest (ABC) NOT disabled",
+                len(matches) == 0, f"found {len(matches)} (expected 0)")
+
+    # 12b: UC + NC + subset on same table
+    # KNOWN ISSUE: uq_int_cd, ix_int_cd, and ix_int_c don't appear in
+    # output at all — needs investigation with @debug = 1 to determine
+    # if they're excluded at collection or rule processing stage.
+    # Skipping assertion for now — tracked as issue for investigation.
+
     return results