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+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from fastapi_startkit.application import Application
+from fastapi_startkit.masoniteorm import SQLiteConfig
+from fastapi_startkit.masoniteorm.connections.factory import ConnectionFactory
+from fastapi_startkit.masoniteorm.connections.manager import DatabaseManager
+from fastapi_startkit.masoniteorm.providers import DatabaseProvider
+
+
+class TestDatabaseManagerConnectionLookup(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Regression test for GH issue #6.
+
+    DatabaseProvider.register() binds the *full* resolved config (with
+    top-level ``default``/``connections``/``migrations`` keys) into
+    DatabaseManager, so connection() must look names up under the nested
+    "connections" key rather than treating the whole config as a flat
+    {connection_name: {...}} dict.
+    """
+
+    def test_connection_resolves_from_nested_connections_dict(self):
+        config = {
+            "default": "sqlite",
+            "connections": {"sqlite": {"driver": "sqlite", "url": "sqlite+aiosqlite:///:memory:"}},
+            "migrations": {"table": "migrations", "directory": "databases/migrations"},
+        }
+        manager = DatabaseManager(ConnectionFactory(), config)
+
+        connection = manager.connection("sqlite")
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(connection)
+
+    def test_default_connection_name_resolved_from_top_level_default(self):
+        config = {
+            "default": "sqlite",
+            "connections": {"sqlite": {"driver": "sqlite", "url": "sqlite+aiosqlite:///:memory:"}},
+            "migrations": {},
+        }
+        manager = DatabaseManager(ConnectionFactory(), config)
+
+        connection = manager.connection()
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(connection)
+        self.assertIn("sqlite", manager.connections)
+
+    def test_missing_connection_raises_value_error_not_key_error(self):
+        config = {"default": "sqlite", "connections": {}, "migrations": {}}
+        manager = DatabaseManager(ConnectionFactory(), config)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            manager.connection("sqlite")
+
+
+class TestDatabaseProviderWiring(unittest.TestCase):
+    """DatabaseProvider.register() must produce a DatabaseManager whose
+    connection() resolves cleanly — this is what `python artisan db:migrate`
+    exercises on boot.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._tmp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.addCleanup(self._tmp_dir.cleanup)
+        self.base_path = Path(self._tmp_dir.name)
+
+    def test_provider_wires_a_resolvable_connection(self):
+        app = Application(
+            base_path=self.base_path,
+            env="testing",
+            providers=[
+                (
+                    DatabaseProvider,
+                    {
+                        "default": "sqlite",
+                        "connections": {
+                            "sqlite": SQLiteConfig(driver="sqlite", url="sqlite+aiosqlite:///:memory:"),
+                        },
+                    },
+                )
+            ],
+        )
+
+        db = app.make("db")
+        connection = db.connection()
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(connection)