diff --git a/keep/api/core/tests/wave10_alert_fingerprint_test.py b/keep/api/core/tests/wave10_alert_fingerprint_test.py
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+import unittest
+import hashlib
+
+class TestWave10AlertFingerprintNormalization(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_alert_fingerprint_generation(self):
+        source = "prometheus"
+        service = "payment-gateway"
+        severity = "critical"
+
+        raw_key = f"{source}:{service}:{severity}"
+        fingerprint = hashlib.sha256(raw_key.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(fingerprint), 64)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(fingerprint, str))
+
+    def test_incident_grouping_window(self):
+        window_seconds = 600 # 10 min window
+        time_elapsed_secs = 450
+        is_grouped = time_elapsed_secs <= window_seconds
+        self.assertTrue(is_grouped)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()