diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/cli-integration/remote-queries/variant-analysis-submission-integration.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/cli-integration/remote-queries/variant-analysis-submission-integration.test.ts
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+import * as path from 'path';
+
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+
+import { commands, extensions, TextDocument, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
+import * as Octokit from '@octokit/rest';
+import { retry } from '@octokit/plugin-retry';
+
+import { CodeQLExtensionInterface } from '../../../extension';
+import * as config from '../../../config';
+import { Credentials } from '../../../authentication';
+import { MockGitHubApiServer } from '../../../mocks/mock-gh-api-server';
+
+const mockServer = new MockGitHubApiServer();
+before(() => mockServer.startServer());
+afterEach(() => mockServer.unloadScenario());
+after(() => mockServer.stopServer());
+
+async function showQlDocument(name: string): Promise<TextDocument> {
+  const folderPath = workspace.workspaceFolders![0].uri.fsPath;
+  const documentPath = path.resolve(folderPath, name);
+  const document = await workspace.openTextDocument(documentPath);
+  await window.showTextDocument(document!);
+  return document;
+}
+
+describe('Variant Analysis Submission Integration', function() {
+  this.timeout(10_000);
+
+  let sandbox: sinon.SinonSandbox;
+  let quickPickSpy: sinon.SinonStub;
+  let inputBoxSpy: sinon.SinonStub;
+  let executeCommandSpy: sinon.SinonStub;
+  let showErrorMessageSpy: sinon.SinonStub;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
+
+    sandbox.stub(config, 'isCanary').returns(true);
+    sandbox.stub(config, 'isVariantAnalysisLiveResultsEnabled').returns(true);
+
+    const mockCredentials = {
+      getOctokit: () => Promise.resolve(new Octokit.Octokit({ retry })),
+    } as unknown as Credentials;
+    sandbox.stub(Credentials, 'initialize').resolves(mockCredentials);
+
+    await config.setRemoteControllerRepo('github/vscode-codeql');
+
+    quickPickSpy = sandbox.stub(window, 'showQuickPick').resolves(undefined);
+    inputBoxSpy = sandbox.stub(window, 'showInputBox').resolves(undefined);
+
+    executeCommandSpy = sandbox.stub(commands, 'executeCommand').callThrough();
+    showErrorMessageSpy = sandbox.stub(window, 'showErrorMessage').resolves(undefined);
+
+    try {
+      await extensions.getExtension<CodeQLExtensionInterface | Record<string, never>>('GitHub.vscode-codeql')!.activate();
+    } catch (e) {
+      fail(e as Error);
+    }
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sandbox.restore();
+  });
+
+  describe('Successful scenario', () => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await mockServer.loadScenario('problem-query-success');
+    });
+
+    it('opens the variant analysis view', async () => {
+      await showQlDocument('query.ql');
+
+      // Select a repository list
+      quickPickSpy.onFirstCall().resolves({
+        useCustomRepo: true,
+      });
+      // Enter a GitHub repository
+      inputBoxSpy.onFirstCall().resolves('github/codeql');
+      // Select target language for your query
+      quickPickSpy.onSecondCall().resolves('javascript');
+
+      await commands.executeCommand('codeQL.runVariantAnalysis');
+
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(executeCommandSpy, 'codeQL.openVariantAnalysisView', 146);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Missing controller repo', () => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await mockServer.loadScenario('missing-controller-repo');
+    });
+
+    it('shows the error message', async () => {
+      await showQlDocument('query.ql');
+
+      // Select a repository list
+      quickPickSpy.onFirstCall().resolves({
+        useCustomRepo: true,
+      });
+      // Enter a GitHub repository
+      inputBoxSpy.onFirstCall().resolves('github/codeql');
+
+      await commands.executeCommand('codeQL.runVariantAnalysis');
+
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(showErrorMessageSpy, sinon.match('Controller repository "github/vscode-codeql" not found'), sinon.match.string);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Submission failure', () => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await mockServer.loadScenario('submission-failure');
+    });
+
+    it('shows the error message', async () => {
+      await showQlDocument('query.ql');
+
+      // Select a repository list
+      quickPickSpy.onFirstCall().resolves({
+        useCustomRepo: true,
+      });
+      // Enter a GitHub repository
+      inputBoxSpy.onFirstCall().resolves('github/codeql');
+      // Select target language for your query
+      quickPickSpy.onSecondCall().resolves('javascript');
+
+      await commands.executeCommand('codeQL.runVariantAnalysis');
+
+      sinon.assert.calledWith(showErrorMessageSpy, sinon.match('No repositories could be queried.'), sinon.match.string);
+    });
+  });
+});