diff --git a/tests/test_after_write_hook.py b/tests/test_after_write_hook.py
index 01dfb11..8ac6501 100644
--- a/tests/test_after_write_hook.py
+++ b/tests/test_after_write_hook.py
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ def test_after_write_is_silent_where_it_has_nothing_to_say(tmp_path):
     (loose / "a.css").write_text(".x {\n  color: red;\n}\n")
     assert _run(loose, env, session="s-loose") == ""
     # A change that defines nothing (prose, a call-site edit) → nothing, even
-    # with the server unreachable (port 9 refuses): no definitions, no arms.
+    # with the server unreachable (port 9 refuses): no definitions, no call
+    # owed, so not even the #2932 outage line. (a.css above is removed first:
+    # it DOES define a shape, and an unanswered call for it would rightly speak.)
+    (repo / "a.css").unlink()
     (repo / "README.md").write_text("# notes\n")
     (repo / "b.py").write_text("def one():\n    return one_more()\n")
     assert _run(repo, env, session="s-quiet") == ""
diff --git a/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py b/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py
index e938f4d..8b0c7d6 100644
--- a/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py
+++ b/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py
@@ -1033,24 +1033,26 @@ def test_local_arm_finds_duplicates_in_every_language_family(
     every Go/Kotlin/Rust project, which is exactly where the operator observed
     recording never happening. Each case stages an existing copy and writes the
     same definition to a second file; the hook must prove the duplication and
-    ask for the record."""
-    env = _hook_runtime_env()
-    repo = tmp_path / "repo"
-    repo.mkdir()
-    subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-q"], cwd=repo, check=True, env=env)
-    (repo / fname).write_text(definition)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], cwd=repo, check=True, env=env)
-    ext = fname.rsplit(".", 1)[1]
-    out = subprocess.run(
-        ["bash", str(HOOK)],
-        input=json.dumps({
-            "session_id": f"s-lang-{ext}", "cwd": str(repo),
-            "tool_name": "Write",
-            "tool_input": {"file_path": str(repo / f"copy.{ext}"),
-                           "content": definition},
-        }),
-        capture_output=True, text=True, env=env,
-    )
+    ask for the record (the instance ANSWERS "nothing recorded" — since #2932
+    an unanswered call withholds the nudge, so a sink stands in for it)."""
+    with http_sink(b'{"context":"","note_ids":[],"sync_note_ids":[]}') as (port, _seen):
+        env = dict(_hook_runtime_env(), SCRIBE_URL=f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}")
+        repo = tmp_path / "repo"
+        repo.mkdir()
+        subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-q"], cwd=repo, check=True, env=env)
+        (repo / fname).write_text(definition)
+        subprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], cwd=repo, check=True, env=env)
+        ext = fname.rsplit(".", 1)[1]
+        out = subprocess.run(
+            ["bash", str(HOOK)],
+            input=json.dumps({
+                "session_id": f"s-lang-{ext}", "cwd": str(repo),
+                "tool_name": "Write",
+                "tool_input": {"file_path": str(repo / f"copy.{ext}"),
+                               "content": definition},
+            }),
+            capture_output=True, text=True, env=env,
+        )
     assert out.returncode == 0
     assert out.stdout.strip(), (
         f"hook produced no output for {fname} — the local arm should have "