diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/android.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/android.yml
index 4a063e6..ab86392 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/android.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/android.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           if [ -n "${ANDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64:-}" ]; then
             printf '%s' "$ANDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64" | base64 -d > /tmp/thoughtsync-release.jks
             echo "variant=Release" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "label=release" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             # DEBUG profile, in a release APK, deliberately — see the note above
             # the cargoNdk task. The release profile strips the symbols uniffi
             # reads its metadata out of, so `generateUniffiBindings` fails
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "::warning::No ANDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64 secret. Building an UNSIGNED DEBUG APK: it cannot be installed over a signed build and cannot self-update."
             echo "variant=Debug" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "label=debug" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "profile=debug" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "keystore=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "apk=android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -140,7 +142,13 @@ jobs:
         # runtime to load the .so, so those are instrumented tests and belong on
         # an emulator, not here — the Rust side is covered by the workspace
         # tests in the desktop lane.
-        run: ./gradlew test${{ steps.build.outputs.variant }}UnitTest -PTHOUGHTSYNC_CARGO_PROFILE=${{ steps.build.outputs.profile }}
+        #
+        # DEBUG regardless of what is being packaged: AGP creates unit-test tasks
+        # only for `testBuildType`, which is debug, so `testReleaseUnitTest` does
+        # not exist (run 4082). It costs one extra Kotlin compile and buys the
+        # type-check on the debug variant, which is the one an emulator build
+        # would use.
+        run: ./gradlew testDebugUnitTest -PTHOUGHTSYNC_CARGO_PROFILE=${{ steps.build.outputs.profile }}
 
       - name: Assemble the APK
         env:
@@ -174,6 +182,8 @@ jobs:
         # owner/repo to github.com. See Scribe issues 2255 / 2270.
         uses: https://git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/upload-artifact@cb8afe72b42edc798abfb8fcb556cf660d894245
         with:
-          name: thoughtsync-android-${{ steps.build.outputs.profile }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          # The APK's variant, NOT the Cargo profile — those are the same word
+          # for different things and the profile is pinned to debug (#2810).
+          name: thoughtsync-android-${{ steps.build.outputs.label }}-${{ github.sha }}
           path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.apk }}
           if-no-files-found: error