diff --git a/tests/control_plane_ts/local_authority_runtime.test.ts b/tests/control_plane_ts/local_authority_runtime.test.ts
index bb41d86f22..f0f16d9b1b 100644
--- a/tests/control_plane_ts/local_authority_runtime.test.ts
+++ b/tests/control_plane_ts/local_authority_runtime.test.ts
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ for (const native of [false, true]) {
   });
 }
 
-test("receipt-only claims require head CAS and recover a lost commit response", async () => {
+test("receipt-only claims revalidate CAS contention and recover a lost commit response", async () => {
   for (const fault of ["conflict", "lost_response"] as const) {
     const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "loopx-claim-no-change-fault-"));
     const directory = join(root, "authority", "file-v0");
@@ -1335,8 +1335,13 @@ test("receipt-only claims require head CAS and recover a lost commit response",
       claimed_by: "agent-a", actor_agent_id: "agent-a", registered_agents: ["agent-a"],
       operation_id: "no-change", observed_at: "2026-09-05T04:30:00Z", dry_run: false,
     }, {createStore: () => new FaultStore(directory, "goal-a")});
-    assert.equal(result.changed, false);
-    assert.equal(result.status, fault === "conflict" ? "conflict" : "recovered");
+    if (fault === "conflict") {
+      assert.equal(result.status, "failed");
+      assert.equal(result.reason_code, "claim_owner_mismatch");
+    } else {
+      assert.equal(result.changed, false);
+      assert.equal(result.status, "recovered");
+    }
     const receipt = await store.readReceipt("no-change");
     assert.equal(receipt.status, fault === "conflict" ? "missing" : "found");
     const after = await store.loadAuthority();