diff --git a/SharepointToolbox.Tests/Services/Export/UserAccessHtmlExportServiceTests.cs b/SharepointToolbox.Tests/Services/Export/UserAccessHtmlExportServiceTests.cs
index 30aaf57..026e57b 100644
--- a/SharepointToolbox.Tests/Services/Export/UserAccessHtmlExportServiceTests.cs
+++ b/SharepointToolbox.Tests/Services/Export/UserAccessHtmlExportServiceTests.cs
@@ -141,4 +141,97 @@ public class UserAccessHtmlExportServiceTests
         var html = svc.BuildHtml(new[] { DefaultEntry }, MakeBranding(msp: true));
         Assert.Contains("data:image/png;base64,bXNw", html);
     }
+
+    // ── Consolidation tests (RPT-03-b through RPT-03-e) ──────────────────────
+
+    // Shared test data: 3 entries where 2 share the same consolidation key
+    private static IReadOnlyList<UserAccessEntry> MakeConsolidationTestEntries()
+    {
+        // Entry 1 + Entry 2: same user/permission/accesstype/grantedthrough, different sites
+        var e1 = MakeEntry(
+            userDisplay: "Bob Jones",
+            userLogin: "bob@contoso.com",
+            siteUrl: "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Alpha",
+            siteTitle: "Alpha Site",
+            permLevel: "Contribute",
+            accessType: AccessType.Direct,
+            grantedThrough: "Direct Permissions");
+
+        var e2 = MakeEntry(
+            userDisplay: "Bob Jones",
+            userLogin: "bob@contoso.com",
+            siteUrl: "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Beta",
+            siteTitle: "Beta Site",
+            permLevel: "Contribute",
+            accessType: AccessType.Direct,
+            grantedThrough: "Direct Permissions");
+
+        // Entry 3: different user — will have 1 location
+        var e3 = MakeEntry(
+            userDisplay: "Carol Davis",
+            userLogin: "carol@contoso.com",
+            siteUrl: "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/Gamma",
+            siteTitle: "Gamma Site",
+            permLevel: "Read",
+            accessType: AccessType.Group,
+            grantedThrough: "Readers Group");
+
+        return new[] { e1, e2, e3 };
+    }
+
+    // RPT-03-b: BuildHtml(entries, mergePermissions: false) is byte-identical to BuildHtml(entries)
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildHtml_mergePermissionsFalse_identical_to_default()
+    {
+        var entries = MakeConsolidationTestEntries();
+        var svc = new UserAccessHtmlExportService();
+
+        var defaultOutput = svc.BuildHtml(entries);
+        var explicitFalse = svc.BuildHtml(entries, mergePermissions: false);
+
+        Assert.Equal(defaultOutput, explicitFalse);
+    }
+
+    // RPT-03-c: BuildHtml(entries, mergePermissions: true) contains "Sites" column header and consolidated content
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildHtml_mergePermissionsTrue_contains_sites_column()
+    {
+        var entries = MakeConsolidationTestEntries();
+        var svc = new UserAccessHtmlExportService();
+
+        var html = svc.BuildHtml(entries, mergePermissions: true);
+
+        Assert.Contains("Sites", html);
+        // Consolidated rows present for both users
+        Assert.Contains("Bob Jones", html);
+        Assert.Contains("Carol Davis", html);
+    }
+
+    // RPT-03-d: 2+ locations produce [N sites] badge with toggleGroup and hidden sub-rows
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildHtml_mergePermissionsTrue_multiLocation_has_badge_and_subrows()
+    {
+        var entries = MakeConsolidationTestEntries();
+        var svc = new UserAccessHtmlExportService();
+
+        var html = svc.BuildHtml(entries, mergePermissions: true);
+
+        // Badge with onclick
+        Assert.Contains("onclick=\"toggleGroup('loc", html);
+        // Hidden sub-rows
+        Assert.Contains("data-group=\"loc", html);
+    }
+
+    // RPT-03-e: mergePermissions=true omits "By Site" button and view-site div
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildHtml_mergePermissionsTrue_omits_bysite_view()
+    {
+        var entries = MakeConsolidationTestEntries();
+        var svc = new UserAccessHtmlExportService();
+
+        var html = svc.BuildHtml(entries, mergePermissions: true);
+
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("btn-site", html);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("view-site", html);
+    }
 }