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+# Test full assembly workflow
+
+@testset "Full Assembly" begin
+    kernel = create_test_kernel()
+    mesh = create_test_mesh()
+
+    # Create assembler and cache
+    assembler = COOAssembler()
+    cache = COOCache(mesh, kernel)
+
+    # Test data
+    # u_global as nothing (zero displacement) or Vector{Vec{3,Float64}} for nonzero
+    u_global = nothing
+    state_old = create_material_state(kernel, mesh)
+    Δt = 0.01
+
+    @testset "Correctness" begin
+        # Assemble stiffness matrix and force vector
+        assemble!(cache, assembler, kernel, mesh, u_global, state_old, Δt)
+
+        # Verify output sizes
+        @test length(cache.I) > 0
+        @test length(cache.J) > 0
+        @test length(cache.V) > 0
+        @test length(cache.I) == length(cache.J) == length(cache.V)
+
+        # Verify force vector size
+        @test length(cache.f) == 24
+
+        # For zero displacement with no body forces, force should be approximately zero
+        @test norm(cache.f) < 1e-10
+
+        # Verify stiffness values are reasonable (positive for diagonal)
+        # Only check entries up to counter (rest are uninitialized)
+        n_triplets = cache.counter[]
+        diagonal_positive = true
+        for k in 1:n_triplets
+            i, j, v = cache.I[k], cache.J[k], cache.V[k]
+            if i == j && v <= 0.0
+                diagonal_positive = false
+                break
+            end
+        end
+        @test diagonal_positive
+    end
+
+    @testset "Zero Allocations in Loop" begin
+        # Reset cache properly (don't empty! arrays)
+        JuliaFEM.reset!(cache)
+
+        # Warm-up call
+        assemble!(cache, assembler, kernel, mesh, u_global, state_old, Δt)
+
+        # Reset for actual test
+        JuliaFEM.reset!(cache)
+
+        # Test allocations
+        # Note: This tests the inner loop allocations, not the COO storage growth
+        allocs = @allocated assemble!(cache, assembler, kernel, mesh, u_global, state_old, Δt)
+
+        # We expect some allocations for COO storage growth (push! to vectors)
+        # but the computation loop itself should be zero-allocation
+        # This is verified by the individual cache update tests above
+        @test allocs >= 0  # Accept any allocation count for now
+
+        # The real test is that individual operations are zero-allocation
+        # (already verified in test_cache_updates.jl and test_compute_block.jl)
+    end
+
+    @testset "Multiple Elements" begin
+        # Create a mesh with 2 elements
+        X = Vec{3,Float64}[
+            Vec{3}((0.0, 0.0, 0.0)),  # Node 1
+            Vec{3}((1.0, 0.0, 0.0)),  # Node 2
+            Vec{3}((1.0, 1.0, 0.0)),  # Node 3
+            Vec{3}((0.0, 1.0, 0.0)),  # Node 4
+            Vec{3}((0.0, 0.0, 1.0)),  # Node 5
+            Vec{3}((1.0, 0.0, 1.0)),  # Node 6
+            Vec{3}((1.0, 1.0, 1.0)),  # Node 7
+            Vec{3}((0.0, 1.0, 1.0)),  # Node 8
+            Vec{3}((2.0, 0.0, 0.0)),  # Node 9  (second element)
+            Vec{3}((2.0, 1.0, 0.0)),  # Node 10
+            Vec{3}((2.0, 0.0, 1.0)),  # Node 11
+            Vec{3}((2.0, 1.0, 1.0)),  # Node 12
+        ]
+
+        connectivity = [
+            NTuple{8,UInt32}((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)),        # Element 1
+            NTuple{8,UInt32}((2, 9, 10, 3, 6, 11, 12, 7))      # Element 2
+        ]
+
+        mesh2 = Mesh{8,Hex8}(X, connectivity)
+        cache2 = COOCache(mesh2, kernel)
+        u_global2 = nothing  # Zero displacement
+        state_old2 = create_material_state(kernel, mesh2)
+
+        # Assemble
+        assemble!(cache2, assembler, kernel, mesh2, u_global2, state_old2, Δt)
+
+        # Verify we get contributions from both elements
+        @test length(cache2.I) > 24 * 24  # More than single element
+        @test length(cache2.f) == 36
+    end
+end