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+import os
+import httpx
+import pytest
+import uuid
+
+BASE_URL = os.getenv("SYNC_TEST_BASE_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:8002/api/v1")
+
+def _get_user_id() -> str:
+    """Gets the active super-admin or test runner user ID."""
+    return os.getenv("SYNC_TEST_USER_ID", "c4401d34-8784-4d6e-93a0-c702bd202b66")
+
+def _headers():
+    return {"X-User-ID": _get_user_id(), "Authorization": os.getenv("SYNC_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN", "")}
+
+def test_node_registration_flow():
+    """
+    Tests the Node Registration API flow from an Administrator standpoint.
+    1. Registers a new test node with a unique ID and proper skill configurations.
+    2. Verifies an invite token is generated strictly successfully.
+    3. Confirms the Node metadata correctly persists and is accessible via the admin listing endpoint.
+    """
+    user_id = _get_user_id()
+    node_id = f"test-integration-node-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
+    display_name = f"Integration {node_id}"
+
+    payload = {
+        "node_id": node_id,
+        "display_name": display_name,
+        "is_active": True,
+        "skill_config": {"shell": {"enabled": True}, "sync": {"enabled": True}}
+    }
+
+    with httpx.Client(timeout=15.0) as client:
+        # Step 1: Register New Node
+        r_node = client.post(
+            f"{BASE_URL}/nodes/admin",
+            params={"admin_id": user_id},
+            json=payload,
+            headers=_headers()
+        )
+        
+        assert r_node.status_code == 200, f"Node registration failed unexpectedly: {r_node.text}"
+        
+        node_data = r_node.json()
+        assert node_data["node_id"] == node_id, "Payload collision: Returned node ID parameter does not match registration generation."
+        assert "invite_token" in node_data, "Critcal field drop: Invite token completely absent in valid creation serialization response"
+        assert len(node_data["invite_token"]) > 0, "Invite token string resolved fully blank."
+
+        # Step 2: Ensure Node exists natively in the database via the admin nodes listing
+        r_list = client.get(
+            f"{BASE_URL}/nodes/admin",
+            params={"admin_id": user_id},
+            headers=_headers()
+        )
+        assert r_list.status_code == 200, "Node listing retrieval critically failed."
+        
+        node_list = r_list.json()
+        # Find our freshly pushed node in the complete node listing array map
+        matched_node = next((n for n in node_list if n["node_id"] == node_id), None)
+        
+        assert matched_node is not None, "Node completely failed to persist across DB contexts despite positive returned 200 serialization creation code."
+        assert matched_node["display_name"] == display_name, "Node display name persisted to DB unaligned."
+        assert matched_node["is_active"] is True, "Node default is_active flag failed persistence"