some "push to get dev working" stuff, and possibly found the problem test

vitest.config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /// <reference types="vitest" />
+// vitest.config.ts
 import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
 
 export default defineConfig({
@@ -6,12 +7,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
     globals: true,
     environment: 'jsdom',
     // This setup file is where we can add global test configurations
-    setupFiles: [
-      './src/tests/setup/tests-setup-unit.ts',
-      './src/tests/setup/mockHooks.ts',
-      './src/tests/setup/mockComponents.tsx'
-    ],
+    setupFiles: ['./src/tests/setup/tests-setup-unit.ts'],
+    // , './src/tests/setup/mockHooks.ts'
+    // removed this from above:       './src/tests/setup/mockComponents.tsx'
+
     // This line is the key fix: it tells Vitest to include the type definitions
-    include: ['src/**/*.test.tsx'],
+    include: ['src/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}'],
   },
-});
+});