diff --git a/tests/test_series_from_post.py b/tests/test_series_from_post.py
index 11d0a26..e5d5b17 100644
--- a/tests/test_series_from_post.py
+++ b/tests/test_series_from_post.py
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ async def test_add_post_stages_pending(db):
     assert grp["post"]["id"] == post.id
     assert grp["post"]["title"] == "Story pages 9-11"
     assert [pg["image_id"] for pg in grp["pages"]] == imgs
-    assert [pg["stated_page"] for pg in grp["pages"]] == [9, 10, 11]
+    # add_post stamps the post's parsed START (9) on every staged page; the
+    # group surfaces it as start_page (the default for "Place from page N").
+    assert grp["start_page"] == 9
 
 
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