diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/syncflow/FullSyncEngineTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/syncflow/FullSyncEngineTest.kt
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+++ b/app/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/syncflow/FullSyncEngineTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+package com.syncflow
+
+import androidx.room.Room
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
+import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry
+import com.syncflow.data.db.SyncDatabase
+import com.syncflow.data.db.entities.CloudAccountEntity
+import com.syncflow.data.db.entities.SyncPairEntity
+import com.syncflow.data.db.entities.toDomain
+import com.syncflow.data.providers.nextcloud.NextcloudProvider
+import com.syncflow.domain.model.*
+import com.syncflow.domain.sync.SyncEngine
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assert.*
+import org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import java.io.File
+import java.time.Instant
+
+/**
+ * Full-matrix end-to-end test of the REAL SyncEngine against a live Nextcloud, on the device:
+ * in-memory Room DB, a real local folder per test, and the real NextcloudProvider over TLS.
+ * Covers every direction, every delete behavior, updates, nested/recursive, filters, and conflicts.
+ *
+ * Creds via instrumentation args: -e ncUrl ... -e ncUser ... -e ncPass ...
+ */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
+class FullSyncEngineTest {
+
+    private val ctx = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().targetContext
+    private val args = InstrumentationRegistry.getArguments()
+    private val url get() = args.getString("ncUrl")
+    private val user get() = args.getString("ncUser")
+    private val pass get() = args.getString("ncPass")
+
+    private lateinit var db: SyncDatabase
+    private lateinit var engine: SyncEngine
+    private lateinit var provider: NextcloudProvider
+    private var accountId = 0L
+    private val remoteRoot = "SyncFlowFull_${System.currentTimeMillis()}"
+    private val localDirs = mutableListOf<File>()
+
+    @Before fun setUp() = runBlocking {
+        assumeTrue("ncUrl/ncUser/ncPass required", url != null && user != null && pass != null)
+        db = Room.inMemoryDatabaseBuilder(ctx, SyncDatabase::class.java).build()
+        val account = CloudAccount(0, "IT", user, ProviderType.NEXTCLOUD,
+            """{"username":"$user","password":"$pass"}""", url, null)
+        accountId = db.cloudAccountDao().insert(
+            CloudAccountEntity(0, account.displayName, account.email, account.providerType,
+                account.credentialJson, account.serverUrl, account.port))
+        provider = NextcloudProvider(account)
+        engine = SyncEngine(db.syncPairDao(), db.syncFileStateDao(), db.syncConflictDao(), db.syncEventDao(), ctx)
+        provider.createDirectory(remoteRoot).getOrThrow()
+    }
+
+    @After fun tearDown() = runBlocking {
+        runCatching { provider.deleteFile(remoteRoot) }
+        localDirs.forEach { it.deleteRecursively() }
+        if (::db.isInitialized) db.close()
+    }
+
+    // ── helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private suspend fun newPair(
+        name: String,
+        dir: SyncDirection = SyncDirection.TWO_WAY,
+        delete: DeleteBehavior = DeleteBehavior.MIRROR,
+        conflict: ConflictStrategy = ConflictStrategy.KEEP_NEWEST,
+        recursive: Boolean = true,
+        excludeExtensions: String = "",
+        excludePatterns: String = "",
+        skipHidden: Boolean = false,
+        maxKb: Long = 0L,
+    ): Triple<SyncPair, File, String> {
+        val local = File(ctx.cacheDir, "synctest_${name}_${System.currentTimeMillis()}").apply { mkdirs() }
+        localDirs += local
+        val remote = "$remoteRoot/$name"
+        provider.createDirectory(remote).getOrThrow()
+        val id = db.syncPairDao().insert(SyncPairEntity(
+            id = 0, name = name, localPath = local.absolutePath, remotePath = remote, accountId = accountId,
+            syncDirection = dir, conflictStrategy = conflict, deleteBehavior = delete, recursive = recursive,
+            scheduleType = ScheduleType.MANUAL, scheduleIntervalMinutes = 30, scheduleDailyTime = null, scheduleWeekdays = 0,
+            wifiOnly = false, wifiSsid = "", chargingOnly = false, minBatteryPct = 0,
+            excludePatterns = excludePatterns, includeExtensions = "", excludeExtensions = excludeExtensions,
+            skipHiddenFiles = skipHidden, minFileSizeKb = 0, maxFileSizeKb = maxKb,
+            notifyOnComplete = false, notifyOnError = false,
+            isEnabled = true, lastSyncAt = null, lastSyncResult = SyncStatus.IDLE, pendingConflicts = 0,
+        ))
+        return Triple(db.syncPairDao().getById(id)!!.toDomain(), local, remote)
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun sync(pair: SyncPair) = engine.sync(pair, provider)
+    private fun write(dir: File, rel: String, content: String) =
+        File(dir, rel).apply { parentFile?.mkdirs() }.writeText(content)
+    private suspend fun remoteNames(remote: String) =
+        provider.listFiles(remote).getOrThrow().map { it.name }
+    private suspend fun remoteText(path: String): String {
+        val out = ByteArrayOutputStream(); provider.downloadFile(path, out).getOrThrow(); return out.toString("UTF-8")
+    }
+    private suspend fun putRemote(remote: String, name: String, content: String) {
+        val b = content.toByteArray()
+        provider.uploadFile(ByteArrayInputStream(b), "$remote/$name", b.size.toLong()).getOrThrow()
+    }
+
+    // ── 1. Upload-only backup: delete on phone keeps the cloud copy (KEEP) ────
+    @Test fun uploadOnly_keep_localDeleteKeepsCloud() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("ul_keep", SyncDirection.UPLOAD_ONLY, DeleteBehavior.KEEP)
+        write(local, "a.txt", "hello")
+        assertEquals(1, sync(pair).uploaded)
+        assertTrue("a.txt" in remoteNames(remote))
+        File(local, "a.txt").delete()
+        val r = sync(pair)
+        assertEquals("KEEP must not delete remotely", 0, r.deleted)
+        assertTrue("cloud copy must survive", "a.txt" in remoteNames(remote))
+    }
+
+    // ── 2. Upload-only + MIRROR: local delete removes the cloud copy ──────────
+    @Test fun uploadOnly_mirror_localDeleteRemovesCloud() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("ul_mirror", SyncDirection.UPLOAD_ONLY, DeleteBehavior.MIRROR)
+        write(local, "a.txt", "hello"); assertEquals(1, sync(pair).uploaded)
+        File(local, "a.txt").delete()
+        assertEquals(1, sync(pair).deleted)
+        assertFalse("a.txt" in remoteNames(remote))
+    }
+
+    // ── 3. Upload-only + ARCHIVE: deleted file moved to _Deleted/ ─────────────
+    @Test fun uploadOnly_archive_movesToDeleted() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("ul_archive", SyncDirection.UPLOAD_ONLY, DeleteBehavior.ARCHIVE)
+        write(local, "a.txt", "keepme"); sync(pair)
+        File(local, "a.txt").delete(); sync(pair)
+        assertFalse("a.txt" in remoteNames(remote))
+        assertTrue("archived copy expected", "a.txt" in remoteNames("$remote/_Deleted"))
+    }
+
+    // ── 4. Two-way initial sync: each side gets the other's files ─────────────
+    @Test fun twoWay_initial_mergesBothSides() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("tw_init", SyncDirection.TWO_WAY)
+        write(local, "local.txt", "L")
+        putRemote(remote, "remote.txt", "R")
+        val r = sync(pair)
+        assertEquals(1, r.uploaded); assertEquals(1, r.downloaded)
+        assertTrue(File(local, "remote.txt").exists())
+        assertTrue("local.txt" in remoteNames(remote) && "remote.txt" in remoteNames(remote))
+    }
+
+    // ── 5. Two-way: a local edit propagates to the remote ─────────────────────
+    @Test fun twoWay_localEdit_updatesRemote() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("tw_edit", SyncDirection.TWO_WAY)
+        write(local, "f.txt", "v1"); sync(pair)
+        Thread.sleep(1100) // cross the 1s mtime resolution
+        write(local, "f.txt", "v2-updated"); val r = sync(pair)
+        assertEquals(1, r.uploaded)
+        assertEquals("v2-updated", remoteText("$remote/f.txt"))
+    }
+
+    // ── 6. Two-way + MIRROR: deleting locally removes it remotely ─────────────
+    @Test fun twoWay_mirror_localDeletePropagates() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("tw_mirror", SyncDirection.TWO_WAY, DeleteBehavior.MIRROR)
+        write(local, "f.txt", "x"); sync(pair)
+        File(local, "f.txt").delete()
+        assertEquals(1, sync(pair).deleted)
+        assertFalse("f.txt" in remoteNames(remote))
+    }
+
+    // ── 7. Download-only: pulls remote, never uploads local-only files ────────
+    @Test fun downloadOnly_pullsRemoteIgnoresLocal() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("dl_only", SyncDirection.DOWNLOAD_ONLY)
+        putRemote(remote, "cloud.txt", "from-cloud")
+        write(local, "phoneonly.txt", "P")
+        val r = sync(pair)
+        assertEquals(1, r.downloaded); assertEquals(0, r.uploaded)
+        assertEquals("from-cloud", File(local, "cloud.txt").readText())
+        assertFalse("local-only file must NOT upload", "phoneonly.txt" in remoteNames(remote))
+    }
+
+    // ── 8. Recursive: nested directory structure is preserved ─────────────────
+    @Test fun recursive_uploadsNestedTree() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("rec_on", SyncDirection.UPLOAD_ONLY, recursive = true)
+        write(local, "sub/deep/n.txt", "nested")
+        assertEquals(1, sync(pair).uploaded)
+        assertTrue("n.txt" in remoteNames("$remote/sub/deep"))
+    }
+
+    // ── 9. recursive=false: subfolders are skipped ────────────────────────────
+    @Test fun nonRecursive_skipsSubfolders() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("rec_off", SyncDirection.UPLOAD_ONLY, recursive = false)
+        write(local, "top.txt", "T")
+        write(local, "sub/deep.txt", "D")
+        assertEquals(1, sync(pair).uploaded)
+        assertTrue("top.txt" in remoteNames(remote))
+        assertTrue("subfolder must be skipped", remoteNames(remote).none { it == "sub" })
+    }
+
+    // ── 10. Filters: excluded extension + hidden file are not uploaded ─────────
+    @Test fun filters_excludeExtensionAndHidden() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("filters", SyncDirection.UPLOAD_ONLY,
+            excludeExtensions = "tmp", skipHidden = true)
+        write(local, "keep.txt", "k")
+        write(local, "skip.tmp", "s")
+        write(local, ".hidden", "h")
+        sync(pair)
+        val names = remoteNames(remote)
+        assertTrue("keep.txt" in names)
+        assertFalse("skip.tmp" in names)
+        assertFalse(".hidden" in names)
+    }
+
+    // ── 11. Conflict: both sides changed (ASK) → conflict recorded, no clobber ─
+    @Test fun twoWay_bothChanged_recordsConflict() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("conflict", SyncDirection.TWO_WAY, conflict = ConflictStrategy.ASK)
+        write(local, "c.txt", "base"); sync(pair)                  // upload
+        sync(pair)                                                 // reconcile: record remote baseline (etag/mtime)
+        Thread.sleep(1100)
+        write(local, "c.txt", "LOCAL-change")                       // change local
+        putRemote(remote, "c.txt", "REMOTE-change")                // change remote out-of-band
+        val r = sync(pair)
+        assertEquals("a conflict must be detected", 1, r.conflicts)
+        // ASK must not silently overwrite either side
+        assertEquals("LOCAL-change", File(local, "c.txt").readText())
+        assertEquals("REMOTE-change", remoteText("$remote/c.txt"))
+    }
+
+    // ── 12. Conflict KEEP_NEWEST: newer local wins and uploads ────────────────
+    @Test fun twoWay_keepNewest_newerLocalWins() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("newest", SyncDirection.TWO_WAY, conflict = ConflictStrategy.KEEP_NEWEST)
+        write(local, "n.txt", "base"); sync(pair)
+        putRemote(remote, "n.txt", "remote-older")
+        Thread.sleep(1100)
+        write(local, "n.txt", "local-newer")                       // local is newer than remote
+        sync(pair)
+        assertEquals("newer local must win", "local-newer", remoteText("$remote/n.txt"))
+    }
+
+    // ── 13. Content integrity: binary-ish bytes round-trip exactly ────────────
+    @Test fun contentIntegrity_roundTrip() = runBlocking {
+        val (pair, local, remote) = newPair("integrity", SyncDirection.TWO_WAY)
+        val payload = (0..5000).joinToString("") { "Ω$it·" }
+        write(local, "big.txt", payload); sync(pair)
+        assertEquals(payload, remoteText("$remote/big.txt"))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/SyncEngine.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/SyncEngine.kt
index 9f32ba3..0a5b7c6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/SyncEngine.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/syncflow/domain/sync/SyncEngine.kt
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ class SyncEngine @Inject constructor(
                                 if (pair.deleteBehavior == DeleteBehavior.ARCHIVE) {
                                     val archivePath = "${pair.remotePath}/_Deleted/$rel"
                                     runCatching {
+                                        // Create the _Deleted base itself first — ensureRemoteDirs only
+                                        // makes sub-parents of rel, so for a top-level file the MOVE
+                                        // would otherwise fail with a missing-parent error.
+                                        provider.createDirectory("${pair.remotePath}/_Deleted")
                                         ensureRemoteDirs(provider, "${pair.remotePath}/_Deleted", rel)
                                         provider.moveFile("${pair.remotePath}/$rel", archivePath).getOrThrow()
                                     }.onFailure { e -> Timber.e(e, "SyncEngine: ARCHIVE failed for $rel") }