src/pages/SimpleProgram/SimpleProgram.module.css

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/* ---------- Layout ---------- */
+
+.container {
+  height: 100%;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  background: #1e1e1e;
+  color: #f5f5f5;
+}
+
+.header {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: clamp(0.75rem, 2vw, 1.25rem);
+  background: #2a2a2a;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #3a3a3a;
+}
+
+.header h2 {
+  font-size: clamp(1rem, 2.2vw, 1.4rem);
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.controls button {
+  margin-left: 0.5rem;
+  padding: 0.4rem 0.9rem;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  border: none;
+  background: #111;
+  color: white;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.controls button:disabled {
+  opacity: 0.4;
+  cursor: not-allowed;
+}
+
+/* ---------- Content ---------- */
+
+.content {
+  flex: 1;
+  padding: 2%;
+}
+
+/* ---------- Grid ---------- */
+
+.phaseGrid {
+  height: 100%;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  grid-template-rows: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  gap: 2%;
+}
+
+/* ---------- Box ---------- */
+
+.box {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  background: #ffffff;
+  color: #1e1e1e;
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
+}
+
+.boxHeader {
+  padding: 0.6rem 0.9rem;
+  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcdcdc, #e9e9e9);
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  font-size: clamp(0.9rem, 1.5vw, 1.05rem);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #cfcfcf;
+}
+
+.boxContent {
+  flex: 1;
+  padding: 0.8rem 1rem;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+
+/* ---------- Lists ---------- */
+
+.iconList {
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.iconList li {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.6rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+  font-size: clamp(0.85rem, 1.3vw, 1rem);
+}
+
+.bulletList {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding-left: 1.2rem;
+}
+
+.bulletList li {
+  margin-bottom: 0.4rem;
+}
+
+/* ---------- Icons ---------- */
+
+.successIcon,
+.failIcon {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  min-width: 1.5rem;
+  height: 1.5rem;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: white;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.successIcon {
+  background: #3cb371;
+}
+
+.failIcon {
+  background: #e5533d;
+}
+
+/* ---------- Empty ---------- */
+
+.empty {
+  opacity: 0.55;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+}
+
+/* ---------- Responsive ---------- */
+
+@media (max-width: 900px) {
+  .phaseGrid {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+    grid-template-rows: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
+    gap: 1rem;
+  }
+}
+
+.leftControls {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+
+.backButton {
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 1px solid #555;
+  color: #ddd;
+  padding: 0.35rem 0.75rem;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.backButton:hover {
+  background: #333;
+}

src/pages/SimpleProgram/SimpleProgram.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import React from "react";
+import styles from "./SimpleProgram.module.css";
+import useProgramStore from "../../utils/programStore.ts";
+
+/**
+ * Generic container box with a header and content area.
+ */
+type BoxProps = {
+  title: string;
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+};
+
+const Box: React.FC<BoxProps> = ({ title, children }) => (
+  <div className={styles.box}>
+    <div className={styles.boxHeader}>{title}</div>
+    <div className={styles.boxContent}>{children}</div>
+  </div>
+);
+
+/**
+ * Renders a list of goals for a phase.
+ * Expects goal-like objects from the program store.
+ */
+const GoalList: React.FC<{ goals: unknown[] }> = ({ goals }) => {
+  if (!goals.length) {
+    return <p className={styles.empty}>No goals defined.</p>;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <ul className={styles.iconList}>
+      {goals.map((g, idx) => {
+        const goal = g as {
+          id?: string;
+          description?: string;
+          achieved?: boolean;
+        };
+
+        return (
+          <li key={goal.id ?? idx}>
+            <span
+              className={
+                goal.achieved ? styles.successIcon : styles.failIcon
+              }
+            >
+              {goal.achieved ? "✔" : "✖"}
+            </span>
+            {goal.description ?? "Unnamed goal"}
+          </li>
+        );
+      })}
+    </ul>
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ * Renders a list of triggers for a phase.
+ */
+const TriggerList: React.FC<{ triggers: unknown[] }> = ({ triggers }) => {
+  if (!triggers.length) {
+    return <p className={styles.empty}>No triggers defined.</p>;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <ul className={styles.iconList}>
+      {triggers.map((t, idx) => {
+        const trigger = t as {
+          id?: string;
+          label?: string;
+        };
+
+        return (
+          <li key={trigger.id ?? idx}>
+            <span className={styles.failIcon}>✖</span>
+            {trigger.label ?? "Unnamed trigger"}
+          </li>
+        );
+      })}
+    </ul>
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ * Renders a list of norms for a phase.
+ */
+const NormList: React.FC<{ norms: unknown[] }> = ({ norms }) => {
+  if (!norms.length) {
+    return <p className={styles.empty}>No norms defined.</p>;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <ul className={styles.bulletList}>
+      {norms.map((n, idx) => {
+        const norm = n as {
+          id?: string;
+          norm?: string;
+        };
+
+        return <li key={norm.id ?? idx}>{norm.norm ?? "Unnamed norm"}</li>;
+      })}
+    </ul>
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ * Displays all phase-related information in a grid layout.
+ */
+type PhaseGridProps = {
+  norms: unknown[];
+  goals: unknown[];
+  triggers: unknown[];
+};
+
+const PhaseGrid: React.FC<PhaseGridProps> = ({
+  norms,
+  goals,
+  triggers,
+}) => (
+  <div className={styles.phaseGrid}>
+    <Box title="Norms">
+      <NormList norms={norms} />
+    </Box>
+
+    <Box title="Triggers">
+      <TriggerList triggers={triggers} />
+    </Box>
+
+    <Box title="Goals">
+      <GoalList goals={goals} />
+    </Box>
+
+    <Box title="Conditional Norms">
+      <p className={styles.empty}>No conditional norms defined.</p>
+    </Box>
+  </div>
+);
+
+/**
+ * Main program viewer.
+ * Reads all data from the program store and allows
+ * navigating between phases.
+ */
+const SimpleProgram: React.FC = () => {
+  const getPhaseIds = useProgramStore((s) => s.getPhaseIds);
+  const getNormsInPhase = useProgramStore((s) => s.getNormsInPhase);
+  const getGoalsInPhase = useProgramStore((s) => s.getGoalsInPhase);
+  const getTriggersInPhase = useProgramStore((s) => s.getTriggersInPhase);
+
+  const phaseIds = getPhaseIds();
+  const [phaseIndex, setPhaseIndex] = React.useState(0);
+
+  if (phaseIds.length === 0) {
+    return <p className={styles.empty}>No program loaded.</p>;
+  }
+
+  const phaseId = phaseIds[phaseIndex];
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.container}>
+      <header className={styles.header}>
+        <h2>
+          Phase {phaseIndex + 1} / {phaseIds.length}
+        </h2>
+
+        <div className={styles.controls}>
+          <button
+            disabled={phaseIndex === 0}
+            onClick={() => setPhaseIndex((i) => i - 1)}
+          >
+            ◀ Prev
+          </button>
+
+          <button
+            disabled={phaseIndex === phaseIds.length - 1}
+            onClick={() => setPhaseIndex((i) => i + 1)}
+          >
+            Next ▶
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      </header>
+
+      <div className={styles.content}>
+        <PhaseGrid
+          norms={getNormsInPhase(phaseId)}
+          goals={getGoalsInPhase(phaseId)}
+          triggers={getTriggersInPhase(phaseId)}
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default SimpleProgram;

src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.tsx

@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ import {
   MarkerType,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
-import {useEffect} from "react";
+import {useEffect, useState} from "react";
 import {useShallow} from 'zustand/react/shallow';
+import useProgramStore from "../../utils/programStore.ts";
 import {DndToolbar} from './visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx';
 import useFlowStore from './visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
 import type {FlowState} from './visualProgrammingUI/VisProgTypes.tsx';
 import styles from './VisProg.module.css'
 import { NodeReduces, NodeTypes } from './visualProgrammingUI/NodeRegistry.ts';
 import SaveLoadPanel from './visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.tsx';
+import SimpleProgram from "../SimpleProgram/SimpleProgram.tsx";
 
 // --| config starting params for flow |--
 
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ function VisualProgrammingUI() {
 }
 
 // currently outputs the prepared program to the console
-function runProgram() {
+function runProgramm() {
   const phases = graphReducer();
   const program = {phases}
   console.log(JSON.stringify(program, null, 2));
@@ -152,6 +154,10 @@ function runProgram() {
   ).then((res) => {
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error("Failed communicating with the backend.")
     console.log("Successfully sent the program to the backend.");
+
+    // store reduced program in global program store for further use in the UI
+    // when the program was sent to the backend successfully:
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(structuredClone(program));
   }).catch(() => console.log("Failed to send program to the backend."));
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +180,27 @@ function graphReducer() {
  * @constructor
  */
 function VisProgPage() {
+  const [showSimpleProgram, setShowSimpleProgram] = useState(false);
+  const setProgramState = useProgramStore((state) => state.setProgramState);
+
+  const runProgram = () => {
+    const phases = graphReducer();       // reduce graph
+    setProgramState({ phases });          // <-- save to store
+    setShowSimpleProgram(true);          // show SimpleProgram
+    runProgramm();                        // send to backend if needed
+  };
+
+  if (showSimpleProgram) {
+    return (
+    <div>
+      <button onClick={() => setShowSimpleProgram(false)}>
+        Back to Editor ◀ 
+      </button>
+      <SimpleProgram/>
+    </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
       <VisualProgrammingUI/>

src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const initialNodes : Node[] = [
     createNode('start', 'start', {x: 100, y: 100}, {label: "Start"}, false),
     createNode('end', 'end', {x: 500, y: 100}, {label: "End"}, false),
     createNode('phase-1', 'phase',  {x:200, y:100}, {label: "Phase 1", children : []}),
-    createNode('norms-1', 'norm',  {x:-200, y:100}, {label: "Initial Norms", normList: ["Be a robot", "get good"]}),     
+    createNode('norms-1', 'norm',  {x:-200, y:100}, {label: "Initial Norms", normList: ["Be a robot", "get good"], critical:false}),     
 ];
 
 // * Initial edges * /

src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.default.ts

@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ export const NormNodeDefaults: NormNodeData = {
   droppable: true,
   norm: "",
   hasReduce: true,
+  critical: false,
 };

src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.tsx

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type NormNodeData = {
   droppable: boolean;
   norm: string;
   hasReduce: boolean;
+  critical: boolean;
 };
 
 export type NormNode = Node<NormNodeData>
@@ -35,11 +36,16 @@ export default function NormNode(props: NodeProps<NormNode>) {
   const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
 
   const text_input_id = `norm_${props.id}_text_input`;
+  const checkbox_id = `goal_${props.id}_checkbox`;
 
   const setValue = (value: string) => {
     updateNodeData(props.id, {norm: value});
   }
 
+  const setCritical = (value: boolean) => {
+    updateNodeData(props.id, {...data, critical: value});
+  }
+
   return <>
     <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
     <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeNorm}`}>
@@ -52,6 +58,15 @@ export default function NormNode(props: NodeProps<NormNode>) {
           placeholder={"Pepper should ..."}
         />
       </div>
+      <div className={"flex-row gap-md align-center"}>
+        <label htmlFor={checkbox_id}>Critical:</label>
+        <input
+          id={checkbox_id}
+          type={"checkbox"}
+          checked={data.critical || false}
+          onChange={(e) => setCritical(e.target.checked)}
+        />
+      </div>
       <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="norms"/>
     </div>
   </>;
@@ -69,6 +84,7 @@ export function NormReduce(node: Node, _nodes: Node[]) {
       id: node.id,
       label: data.label,
       norm: data.norm,
+      critical: data.critical,
     }
 }
 

src/utils/programStore.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import {create} from "zustand";
+
+// the type of a reduced program
+export type ReducedProgram = { phases: Record<string, unknown>[] };
+
+/**
+ * the type definition of the programStore
+ */
+export type ProgramState = {
+  // Basic store functionality:
+  currentProgram: ReducedProgram;
+  setProgramState: (state: ReducedProgram) => void;
+  getProgramState: () => ReducedProgram;
+
+  // Utility functions:
+  // to avoid having to manually go through the entire state for every instance where data is required
+  getPhaseIds: () => string[];
+  getNormsInPhase: (currentPhaseId: string) => Record<string, unknown>[];
+  getGoalsInPhase: (currentPhaseId: string) => Record<string, unknown>[];
+  getTriggersInPhase: (currentPhaseId: string) => Record<string, unknown>[];
+  // if more specific utility functions are needed they can be added here:
+}
+
+/**
+ * the ProgramStore can be used to access all information of the most recently sent program,
+ * it contains basic functions to set and get the current program.
+ * And it contains some utility functions that allow you to easily gain access
+ * to the norms, triggers and goals of a specific phase.
+ */
+const useProgramStore = create<ProgramState>((set, get) => ({
+  currentProgram: { phases: [] as Record<string, unknown>[]},
+  /**
+   * sets the current program by cloning the provided program using a structuredClone
+   */
+  setProgramState: (program: ReducedProgram) => set({currentProgram: structuredClone(program)}),
+  /**
+   * gets the current program
+   */
+  getProgramState: () => get().currentProgram,
+
+  // utility functions:
+  /**
+   * gets the ids of all phases in the program
+   */
+  getPhaseIds: () => get().currentProgram.phases.map(entry => entry["id"] as string),
+  /**
+   * gets the norms for the provided phase
+   */
+  getNormsInPhase: (currentPhaseId) => {
+    const program = get().currentProgram;
+    const phase = program.phases.find(val => val["id"] === currentPhaseId);
+    if (phase) {
+      return phase["norms"] as Record<string, unknown>[];
+    }
+    throw new Error(`phase with id:"${currentPhaseId}" not found`)
+  },
+  /**
+   * gets the goals for the provided phase
+   */
+  getGoalsInPhase: (currentPhaseId) => {
+    const program = get().currentProgram;
+    const phase = program.phases.find(val => val["id"] === currentPhaseId);
+    if (phase) {
+      return phase["goals"] as Record<string, unknown>[];
+    }
+    throw new Error(`phase with id:"${currentPhaseId}" not found`)
+  },
+  /**
+   * gets the triggers for the provided phase
+   */
+  getTriggersInPhase: (currentPhaseId) => {
+    const program = get().currentProgram;
+    const phase = program.phases.find(val => val["id"] === currentPhaseId);
+    if (phase) {
+      return phase["triggers"] as Record<string, unknown>[];
+    }
+    throw new Error(`phase with id:"${currentPhaseId}" not found`)
+  }
+}));
+
+export default useProgramStore;

test/pages/simpleProgram/SimpleProgram.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { render, screen, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
+import SimpleProgram from "../../../src/pages/SimpleProgram/SimpleProgram";
+import useProgramStore from "../../../src/utils/programStore";
+
+/**
+ * Helper to preload the program store before rendering.
+ */
+function loadProgram(phases: Record<string, unknown>[]) {
+  useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState({ phases });
+}
+
+describe("SimpleProgram", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    loadProgram([]);
+  });
+
+  test("shows empty state when no program is loaded", () => {
+    render(<SimpleProgram />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("No program loaded.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test("renders first phase content", () => {
+    loadProgram([
+      {
+        id: "phase-1",
+        norms: [{ id: "n1", norm: "Be polite" }],
+        goals: [{ id: "g1", description: "Finish task", achieved: true }],
+        triggers: [{ id: "t1", label: "Keyword trigger" }],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    render(<SimpleProgram />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Phase 1 / 1")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Be polite")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Finish task")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Keyword trigger")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test("allows navigating between phases", () => {
+    loadProgram([
+      {
+        id: "phase-1",
+        norms: [],
+        goals: [],
+        triggers: [],
+      },
+      {
+        id: "phase-2",
+        norms: [{ id: "n2", norm: "Be careful" }],
+        goals: [],
+        triggers: [],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    render(<SimpleProgram />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Phase 1 / 2")).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Next ▶"));
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Phase 2 / 2")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Be careful")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test("prev button is disabled on first phase", () => {
+    loadProgram([
+      { id: "phase-1", norms: [], goals: [], triggers: [] },
+    ]);
+
+    render(<SimpleProgram />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("◀ Prev")).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  test("next button is disabled on last phase", () => {
+    loadProgram([
+      { id: "phase-1", norms: [], goals: [], triggers: [] },
+    ]);
+
+    render(<SimpleProgram />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Next ▶")).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+});

test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.test.tsx

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ describe('NormNode', () => {
           droppable: true,
           norm: '',
           hasReduce: true,
+          critical: false
         },
       };
 
@@ -627,6 +628,54 @@ describe('NormNode', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should properly update the store when editing critical checkbox', async () => {
+      const mockNode: Node = {
+        id: 'norm-1',
+        type: 'norm',
+        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+        data: {
+          label: 'Test Norm',
+          droppable: true,
+          norm: '',
+          hasReduce: true,
+          critical: false,
+        },
+      };
+
+      useFlowStore.setState({
+        nodes: [mockNode],
+        edges: [],
+      });
+
+      renderWithProviders(
+        <NormNode
+          id={mockNode.id}
+          type={mockNode.type as string}
+          data={mockNode.data as any}
+          selected={false}
+          isConnectable={true}
+          zIndex={0}
+          dragging={false}
+          selectable={true}
+          deletable={true}
+          draggable={true}
+          positionAbsoluteX={0}
+          positionAbsoluteY={0}
+        />
+      );
+
+      const checkbox = screen.getByLabelText('Critical:');
+      await user.click(checkbox);
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        const state = useFlowStore.getState();
+        expect(state.nodes).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(state.nodes[0].id).toBe('norm-1');
+        expect(state.nodes[0].data.norm).toBe('');
+        expect(state.nodes[0].data.critical).toBe(true);
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should not affect other nodes when updating one norm node', async () => {
       const norm1: Node = {
         id: 'norm-1',

test/setupFlowTests.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
 import { cleanup } from '@testing-library/react';
 import useFlowStore from '../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
 
+if (!globalThis.structuredClone) {
+  globalThis.structuredClone = (obj: any) => {
+    return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
+  };
+}
 
 // To make sure that the tests are working, it's important that you are using
 // this implementation of ResizeObserver and DOMMatrixReadOnly

test/utils/programStore.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import useProgramStore, {type ReducedProgram} from "../../src/utils/programStore.ts";
+
+
+describe('useProgramStore', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Reset store before each test
+    useProgramStore.setState({
+      currentProgram: { phases: [] },
+    });
+  });
+
+  const mockProgram: ReducedProgram = {
+    phases: [
+      {
+        id: 'phase-1',
+        norms: [{ id: 'norm-1' }],
+        goals: [{ id: 'goal-1' }],
+        triggers: [{ id: 'trigger-1' }],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'phase-2',
+        norms: [{ id: 'norm-2' }],
+        goals: [{ id: 'goal-2' }],
+        triggers: [{ id: 'trigger-2' }],
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+
+  it('should set and get the program state', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const program = useProgramStore.getState().getProgramState();
+    expect(program).toEqual(mockProgram);
+  });
+
+  it('should return the ids of all phases in the program', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const phaseIds = useProgramStore.getState().getPhaseIds();
+    expect(phaseIds).toEqual(['phase-1', 'phase-2']);
+  });
+
+  it('should return all norms for a given phase', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const norms = useProgramStore.getState().getNormsInPhase('phase-1');
+    expect(norms).toEqual([{ id: 'norm-1' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('should return all goals for a given phase', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const goals = useProgramStore.getState().getGoalsInPhase('phase-2');
+    expect(goals).toEqual([{ id: 'goal-2' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('should return all triggers for a given phase', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const triggers = useProgramStore.getState().getTriggersInPhase('phase-1');
+    expect(triggers).toEqual([{ id: 'trigger-1' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('throws if phase does not exist when getting norms', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    expect(() =>
+      useProgramStore.getState().getNormsInPhase('missing-phase')
+    ).toThrow('phase with id:"missing-phase" not found');
+  });
+
+  it('throws if phase does not exist when getting goals', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    expect(() =>
+      useProgramStore.getState().getGoalsInPhase('missing-phase')
+    ).toThrow('phase with id:"missing-phase" not found');
+  });
+
+  it('throws if phase does not exist when getting triggers', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    expect(() =>
+      useProgramStore.getState().getTriggersInPhase('missing-phase')
+    ).toThrow('phase with id:"missing-phase" not found');
+  });
+
+  // this test should be at the bottom to avoid conflicts with the previous tests
+  it('should clone program state when setting it (no shared references should exist)', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const storedProgram = useProgramStore.getState().getProgramState();
+
+    // mutate original
+    (mockProgram.phases[0].norms as any[]).push({ id: 'norm-mutated' });
+
+    // store should NOT change
+    expect(storedProgram.phases[0]['norms']).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});