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+import types
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+import pytest
+
+from cognee.modules.search.types import SearchType
+
+
+def _make_user(user_id: str = "u1", tenant_id=None):
+    return types.SimpleNamespace(id=user_id, tenant_id=tenant_id)
+
+
+def _make_dataset(*, name="ds", tenant_id="t1", dataset_id=None, owner_id=None):
+    return types.SimpleNamespace(
+        id=dataset_id or uuid4(),
+        name=name,
+        tenant_id=tenant_id,
+        owner_id=owner_id or uuid4(),
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def search_mod():
+    import importlib
+
+    return importlib.import_module("cognee.modules.search.methods.search")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _patch_side_effect_boundaries(monkeypatch, search_mod):
+    """
+    Keep production logic; patch only unavoidable side-effect boundaries.
+    """
+
+    async def dummy_log_query(_query_text, _query_type, _user_id):
+        return types.SimpleNamespace(id="qid-1")
+
+    async def dummy_log_result(*_args, **_kwargs):
+        return None
+
+    async def dummy_prepare_search_result(search_result):
+        if isinstance(search_result, tuple) and len(search_result) == 3:
+            result, context, datasets = search_result
+            return {"result": result, "context": context, "graphs": {}, "datasets": datasets}
+        return {"result": None, "context": None, "graphs": {}, "datasets": []}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(search_mod, "send_telemetry", lambda *a, **k: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(search_mod, "log_query", dummy_log_query)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(search_mod, "log_result", dummy_log_result)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(search_mod, "prepare_search_result", dummy_prepare_search_result)
+
+    yield
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_search_access_control_returns_dataset_shaped_dicts(monkeypatch, search_mod):
+    user = _make_user()
+    ds = _make_dataset(name="ds1", tenant_id="t1")
+
+    async def dummy_authorized_search(**kwargs):
+        assert kwargs["dataset_ids"] == [ds.id]
+        return [("r", ["ctx"], [ds])]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(search_mod, "backend_access_control_enabled", lambda: True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(search_mod, "authorized_search", dummy_authorized_search)
+
+    out_non_verbose = await search_mod.search(
+        query_text="q",
+        query_type=SearchType.CHUNKS,
+        dataset_ids=[ds.id],
+        user=user,
+        verbose=False,
+    )
+
+    assert out_non_verbose == [
+        {
+            "search_result": ["r"],
+            "dataset_id": ds.id,
+            "dataset_name": "ds1",
+            "dataset_tenant_id": "t1",
+        }
+    ]
+
+    out_verbose = await search_mod.search(
+        query_text="q",
+        query_type=SearchType.CHUNKS,
+        dataset_ids=[ds.id],
+        user=user,
+        verbose=True,
+    )
+
+    assert out_verbose == [
+        {
+            "search_result": ["r"],
+            "dataset_id": ds.id,
+            "dataset_name": "ds1",
+            "dataset_tenant_id": "t1",
+            "graphs": {},
+        }
+    ]