diff --git a/tests/video-modal-accessibility.test.mjs b/tests/video-modal-accessibility.test.mjs
index 96bcdad5..a0f04e3e 100644
--- a/tests/video-modal-accessibility.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/video-modal-accessibility.test.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const modalMarkupPromise = readFile(
   "utf8"
 );
 
-async function setupModal({ lazyLoad = false } = {}) {
+export async function setupModal({ lazyLoad = false } = {}) {
   const markup = await modalMarkupPromise;
   const modalMarkup = lazyLoad ? "" : markup;
   const dom = new JSDOM(
diff --git a/tests/video-modal-tags.test.mjs b/tests/video-modal-tags.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fac10932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/video-modal-tags.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+
+import { setupModal } from "./video-modal-accessibility.test.mjs";
+
+test("VideoModal renders tag metadata and toggles visibility", async (t) => {
+  const { document, modal, cleanup } = await setupModal();
+  t.after(() => {
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
+  const tagsRoot = document.getElementById("videoTags");
+  assert.ok(tagsRoot, "#videoTags element should exist");
+  assert.strictEqual(tagsRoot.getAttribute("aria-hidden"), "true");
+  assert.ok(tagsRoot.hasAttribute("hidden"));
+
+  modal.updateMetadata({ tags: ["nostr", "Bitvid", "alpha"] });
+
+  assert.strictEqual(tagsRoot.getAttribute("aria-hidden"), "false");
+  assert.ok(!tagsRoot.hasAttribute("hidden"));
+  assert.ok(!tagsRoot.classList.contains("hidden"));
+
+  const tagButtons = Array.from(tagsRoot.querySelectorAll("button"));
+  assert.strictEqual(tagButtons.length, 3, "tag strip should render all tags");
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(
+    tagButtons.map((button) => button.textContent),
+    ["#alpha", "#Bitvid", "#nostr"],
+    "tag labels should be normalized and sorted alphabetically",
+  );
+
+  modal.updateMetadata({ tags: [] });
+
+  assert.strictEqual(tagsRoot.getAttribute("aria-hidden"), "true");
+  assert.ok(tagsRoot.hasAttribute("hidden"));
+  assert.ok(tagsRoot.classList.contains("hidden"));
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    tagsRoot.querySelectorAll("button").length,
+    0,
+    "tag strip should be cleared when metadata tags are empty",
+  );
+});