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+"""Tests for proxy pool functionality.
+
+Tests cover:
+- Loading proxy pool from YAML file
+- Loading proxy from environment variable (backward compatibility)
+- Round-robin proxy rotation
+- Empty pool handling
+- Single proxy handling
+"""
+
+import os
+import pytest
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+# Import will fail until proxy_pool module is implemented (RED phase)
+from kb_workflow.crawler.proxy_pool import ProxyPool, ProxyEntry, ProxyPoolConfig
+
+
+class TestLoadFromYaml:
+    """Tests for loading proxy pool from YAML file."""
+
+    def test_load_from_yaml(self, tmp_path: Path):
+        """Test loading proxy pool from YAML file with multiple proxies."""
+        # Create temporary YAML file
+        yaml_content = """
+proxies:
+  - "http://127.0.0.1:7890"
+  - "http://user:pass@proxy.example.com:8080"
+  - "socks5://127.0.0.1:1080"
+cooldown_seconds: 300
+max_fail_count: 3
+"""
+        yaml_file = tmp_path / ".kb_proxies.yaml"
+        yaml_file.write_text(yaml_content)
+
+        # Load proxy pool
+        pool = ProxyPool.from_yaml(yaml_file)
+
+        # Verify
+        assert pool.has_proxies()
+        assert pool.config.cooldown_seconds == 300
+        assert pool.config.max_fail_count == 3
+
+    def test_load_from_yaml_not_found(self, tmp_path: Path):
+        """Test loading from non-existent YAML file returns empty pool."""
+        non_existent = tmp_path / "non_existent.yaml"
+        pool = ProxyPool.from_yaml(non_existent)
+
+        # Should return empty pool, not raise exception
+        assert not pool.has_proxies()
+
+    def test_load_from_yaml_empty_file(self, tmp_path: Path):
+        """Test loading from empty YAML file returns empty pool."""
+        empty_file = tmp_path / "empty.yaml"
+        empty_file.write_text("")
+
+        pool = ProxyPool.from_yaml(empty_file)
+        assert not pool.has_proxies()
+
+
+class TestLoadFromEnv:
+    """Tests for loading proxy from environment variable."""
+
+    def test_load_from_env_https_proxy(self):
+        """Test loading proxy from HTTPS_PROXY environment variable."""
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, {"HTTPS_PROXY": "http://127.0.0.1:7890"}, clear=False):
+            pool = ProxyPool.from_env_fallback()
+            assert pool.has_proxies()
+
+    def test_load_from_env_http_proxy(self):
+        """Test loading proxy from HTTP_PROXY environment variable (fallback)."""
+        # Clear HTTPS_PROXY if set
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env.pop("HTTPS_PROXY", None)
+        env["HTTP_PROXY"] = "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True):
+            pool = ProxyPool.from_env_fallback()
+            assert pool.has_proxies()
+
+    def test_load_from_env_no_proxy(self):
+        """Test loading without any proxy environment variable."""
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env.pop("HTTPS_PROXY", None)
+        env.pop("HTTP_PROXY", None)
+
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True):
+            pool = ProxyPool.from_env_fallback()
+            assert not pool.has_proxies()
+
+
+class TestRoundRobin:
+    """Tests for round-robin proxy rotation."""
+
+    def test_round_robin(self):
+        """Test round-robin rotation with multiple proxies."""
+        config = ProxyPoolConfig(
+            proxies=[
+                "http://proxy-a:8080",
+                "http://proxy-b:8080",
+                "http://proxy-c:8080",
+            ]
+        )
+        pool = ProxyPool(config)
+
+        # Call get_next_proxy 6 times, should cycle A-B-C-A-B-C
+        results = []
+        for _ in range(6):
+            proxy = pool.get_next_proxy()
+            if proxy:
+                results.append(proxy.url)
+
+        expected = [
+            "http://proxy-a:8080",
+            "http://proxy-b:8080",
+            "http://proxy-c:8080",
+            "http://proxy-a:8080",
+            "http://proxy-b:8080",
+            "http://proxy-c:8080",
+        ]
+        assert results == expected
+
+    def test_round_robin_consistency(self):
+        """Test that round-robin is consistent across multiple cycles."""
+        config = ProxyPoolConfig(
+            proxies=[
+                "http://proxy-1:8080",
+                "http://proxy-2:8080",
+            ]
+        )
+        pool = ProxyPool(config)
+
+        # First cycle
+        first_cycle = [pool.get_next_proxy().url for _ in range(2)]
+        # Second cycle
+        second_cycle = [pool.get_next_proxy().url for _ in range(2)]
+
+        assert first_cycle == second_cycle
+
+
+class TestEmptyPool:
+    """Tests for empty proxy pool handling."""
+
+    def test_empty_pool(self):
+        """Test that get_next_proxy returns None for empty pool."""
+        config = ProxyPoolConfig(proxies=[])
+        pool = ProxyPool(config)
+
+        assert pool.get_next_proxy() is None
+        assert not pool.has_proxies()
+
+
+class TestSingleProxy:
+    """Tests for single proxy handling."""
+
+    def test_single_proxy(self):
+        """Test that single proxy is always returned."""
+        config = ProxyPoolConfig(proxies=["http://single-proxy:8080"])
+        pool = ProxyPool(config)
+
+        # Should always return the same proxy
+        for _ in range(5):
+            proxy = pool.get_next_proxy()
+            assert proxy.url == "http://single-proxy:8080"
+
+
+class TestProxyEntry:
+    """Tests for ProxyEntry class."""
+
+    def test_proxy_entry_defaults(self):
+        """Test ProxyEntry default values."""
+        entry = ProxyEntry(url="http://proxy:8080")
+
+        assert entry.url == "http://proxy:8080"
+        assert entry.fail_count == 0
+        assert entry.last_fail_time is None
+        assert entry.is_available is True