diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/test/JReactHostInspectorTargetTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/test/JReactHostInspectorTargetTest.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#include <react/runtime/jni/JReactHostInspectorTarget.h>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace facebook::react {
+namespace {
+
+TEST(
+    JReactHostInspectorTargetTest,
+    testTracingStartedRejectsUnsupportedTracingMode) {
+  TracingDelegate tracingDelegate;
+  constexpr auto kUnsupportedTracingMode =
+      static_cast<jsinspector_modern::tracing::Mode>(-1);
+
+  EXPECT_THROW(
+      tracingDelegate.onTracingStarted(
+          kUnsupportedTracingMode, /*screenshotsCategoryEnabled=*/true),
+      std::logic_error);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace facebook::react