diff --git a/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py b/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py
index ef1c3c0..72ad0d6 100644
--- a/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py
+++ b/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py
@@ -360,10 +360,18 @@ async def test_telemetry_uses_its_own_source():
          patch.object(pc, "record_retrieval", rec), \
          patch.object(pc, "owner_names_for", AsyncMock(return_value={})):
         await pc.build_write_path_hint(1, "src/x.py", code=REAL_CODE, project_id=4)
-    rec.assert_called_once()
-    assert rec.call_args.kwargs["source"] == "write_path"
-    assert rec.call_args.kwargs["source"] != "auto_inject"
-    assert rec.call_args.kwargs["project_id"] == 4
+    sources = [c.kwargs["source"] for c in rec.call_args_list]
+    assert sources.count("write_path") == 1, sources
+    assert "auto_inject" not in sources
+
+    note_arm = next(c for c in rec.call_args_list if c.kwargs["source"] == "write_path")
+    assert note_arm.kwargs["project_id"] == 4
+
+    # The rule arm rides along on the same hint and logs its own call even when
+    # it finds nothing (#3497). This assertion used to be `assert_called_once`,
+    # which passed only because that row was never written — the test encoded
+    # the defect. The second row is the point of having two sources.
+    assert "write_path_rule" in sources, sources
 
 
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