diff --git a/tests/test_patreon_ingester.py b/tests/test_patreon_ingester.py
index 64613cf..5316607 100644
--- a/tests/test_patreon_ingester.py
+++ b/tests/test_patreon_ingester.py
@@ -665,6 +665,19 @@ async def test_backfill_skips_already_captured_post_but_recapture_forces_it(
     )
     assert len(res_recap.post_record_paths) == 1    # gate bypassed → recaptured
     assert downloader2.post_records == 1
+    assert res_recap.files_downloaded == 0          # no media re-download
+    assert downloader2.download_calls == 0
+    # The on-disk media is surfaced as a (path, CDN url) relink pair.
+    assert len(res_recap.relink_source_paths) == 1
+    rel_path, rel_url = res_recap.relink_source_paths[0]
+    assert rel_url == m1.url
+    # Diagnostic summary surfaces the post-record + relink counts (operator reads
+    # this off the event stdout to see what a recapture actually did).
+    assert "1 post-record(s), 1 relinked" in res_recap.stdout
+    # #842: per-post handling is written into the SAME run stdout (reuses the
+    # existing "Raw stdout" panel) — post_type + body length, so an empty body is
+    # self-explanatory by its post_type.
+    assert f"post p1 [image_file] body: {len('<p>body p1</p>')} chars" in res_recap.stdout
 
 
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@@ -689,7 +702,8 @@ async def test_gated_post_skipped_entirely_no_media_no_record(
     # Only the accessible post's media downloaded; the gated post contributed
     # nothing — no file, no post-record.
     assert result.files_downloaded == 1
-    assert [p for p in result.written_paths if "gated" in p] == []
+    # (substring check on the basename only — the tmp dir name contains "gated")
+    assert not any(p.endswith("gated_1.jpg") for p in result.written_paths)
     assert downloader.download_calls == 1
     assert len(result.post_record_paths) == 1     # only the open post
     assert downloader.post_records == 1
@@ -711,19 +725,6 @@ async def test_preview_excludes_gated_posts(source_id, sync_engine, tmp_path):
     preview = ing.preview(source_id, "c1")
     assert preview["total_new"] == 1                       # only the open post
     assert [s for s in preview["sample"] if s["title"] == "gated"] == []
-    assert res_recap.files_downloaded == 0          # no media re-download
-    assert downloader2.download_calls == 0
-    # The on-disk media is surfaced as a (path, CDN url) relink pair.
-    assert len(res_recap.relink_source_paths) == 1
-    rel_path, rel_url = res_recap.relink_source_paths[0]
-    assert rel_url == m1.url
-    # Diagnostic summary surfaces the post-record + relink counts (operator reads
-    # this off the event stdout to see what a recapture actually did).
-    assert "1 post-record(s), 1 relinked" in res_recap.stdout
-    # #842: per-post handling is written into the SAME run stdout (reuses the
-    # existing "Raw stdout" panel) — post_type + body length, so an empty body is
-    # self-explanatory by its post_type.
-    assert f"post p1 [image_file] body: {len('<p>body p1</p>')} chars" in res_recap.stdout
 
 
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