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+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import EmberDebug from 'ember-debug/main';
+import { setupApplicationTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import EmberObject from '@ember/object';
+
+class Adapter extends EmberObject {
+  watchModelTypes() {}
+}
+
+module('Ember Debug - Data', function (hooks) {
+  setupApplicationTest(hooks);
+
+  hooks.beforeEach(function () {
+    this.owner.register('data-adapter:main', Adapter);
+    EmberDebug.setProperties({
+      isTesting: true,
+      owner: this.owner,
+    });
+    EmberDebug.start();
+  });
+
+  hooks.after(() => {
+    EmberDebug.destroyContainer();
+    EmberDebug.clear();
+  });
+
+  test('data adapter sends models, even if there are none or no respone from ember data', function (assert) {
+    let called = false;
+    EmberDebug.get('dataDebug').modelTypesAdded = () => {
+      called = true;
+    };
+    EmberDebug.get('dataDebug.messages.getModelTypes').bind(
+      EmberDebug.get('dataDebug')
+    )();
+    assert.true(called);
+  });
+});