diff --git a/temporal/t.connect/tests/conftest.py b/temporal/t.connect/tests/conftest.py
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+"""
+Fixtures for t.connect pytest suite.
+"""
+
+import os
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import pytest
+
+import grass.script as gs
+from grass.tools import Tools
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def t_connect_session(tmp_path_factory):
+    """Start an isolated session for t.connect tests.
+
+    Returns a SimpleNamespace containing the session.
+    """
+    tmp_path = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("t_connect_test")
+    project = tmp_path / "test_project"
+    gs.create_project(project)
+
+    with gs.setup.init(project, env=os.environ.copy()) as session:
+        tools = Tools(session=session)
+
+        db_path = "$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/tgis/sqlite.db"
+        tools.t_connect(driver="sqlite", database=db_path)
+
+        yield SimpleNamespace(session=session)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def empty_session(tmp_path_factory):
+    """Start an isolated session with no connection."""
+    tmp_path = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("t_connect_empty")
+    project = tmp_path / "test_project_empty"
+    gs.create_project(project)
+
+    with gs.setup.init(project, env=os.environ.copy()) as session:
+        yield SimpleNamespace(session=session)
diff --git a/temporal/t.connect/tests/test_t_connect.py b/temporal/t.connect/tests/test_t_connect.py
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+"""Test current baseline functionality of t.connect"""
+
+from grass.tools import Tools
+
+
+def test_no_connection(empty_session):
+    """Check that printing an uninitialized connection returns empty fields."""
+    tools = Tools(session=empty_session.session)
+    result = tools.t_connect(flags="pg")
+
+    lines = result.text_split("\n")
+
+    assert lines == ["driver=", "database="]
+
+
+def test_print_plain(t_connect_session):
+    """Check that the -p flag prints the plain text layout."""
+    tools = Tools(session=t_connect_session.session)
+
+    result = tools.t_connect(flags="p")
+    lines = result.text_split("\n")
+
+    assert lines[0] == "driver:sqlite"
+    assert lines[1] == "database:$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/tgis/sqlite.db"
+
+
+def test_print_shell(t_connect_session):
+    """Check that the shell format prints correctly."""
+    tools = Tools(session=t_connect_session.session)
+
+    result = tools.t_connect(flags="pg")
+    lines = result.text_split("\n")
+
+    assert "driver=sqlite" in lines
+    assert "database=$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/tgis/sqlite.db" in lines