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+package org.finos.springbot.teams.handlers;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+import org.finos.springbot.teams.MockTeamsConfiguration;
+import org.finos.springbot.teams.TeamsWorkflowConfig;
+import org.finos.springbot.teams.content.TeamsUser;
+import org.finos.springbot.teams.conversations.TeamsConversations;
+import org.finos.springbot.teams.conversations.TeamsErrorResourceResponse;
+import org.finos.springbot.workflow.data.DataHandlerConfig;
+import org.finos.springbot.workflow.response.MessageResponse;
+import org.finos.springbot.workflow.response.handlers.ResponseHandlers;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.MockBean;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+
+import com.microsoft.bot.connector.rest.ErrorResponseException;
+import com.microsoft.bot.schema.Activity;
+import com.microsoft.bot.schema.ResourceResponse;
+
+import okhttp3.MediaType;
+import okhttp3.Protocol;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.ResponseBody;
+
+import retrofit2.Response;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = { MockTeamsConfiguration.class, TeamsWorkflowConfig.class, DataHandlerConfig.class })
+@ActiveProfiles("teams")
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+public class TeamsResponseHandlerTest {
+
+	@MockBean
+	ActivityHandler ah;
+
+	@MockBean
+	ResponseHandlers eh;
+
+	@Autowired
+	TeamsResponseHandler teamsResponseHandler;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testErrorIsReturned() {
+		
+		ArgumentCaptor<Activity> msg = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Activity.class);
+
+		Mockito.when(ah.handleActivity(msg.capture(), Mockito.any())).thenAnswer(a -> {
+			// fails
+			ResponseBody out = ResponseBody.create("{}", MediaType.get("application/json"));
+			Response<ResponseBody> r = Response.error(out,
+					new okhttp3.Response.Builder().code(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value())
+							.message("{\"error\":{\"code\": \"ConversationNotFound\",\"message\":\"Conversation not found.\"}}")
+							.protocol(Protocol.HTTP_1_1).request(new Request.Builder().url("http://localhost/").build())
+							.build());
+			return failed(new ErrorResponseException("Failed", r));
+		});
+
+		TeamsUser tu = new TeamsUser("made", "up", "thing");
+		MessageResponse r = new MessageResponse(tu, "Some object");
+		ResourceResponse rr = teamsResponseHandler.apply(r);
+
+		Assertions.assertTrue(rr instanceof TeamsErrorResourceResponse);
+		Assertions.assertNotNull(((TeamsErrorResourceResponse) rr).getThrowable());
+	}
+
+	public static <R> CompletableFuture<R> failed(Throwable error) {
+		CompletableFuture<R> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+		future.completeExceptionally(error);
+		return future;
+	}
+
+}