diff --git a/test/forge-backends.test.sh b/test/forge-backends.test.sh
index b931563..8e29027 100644
--- a/test/forge-backends.test.sh
+++ b/test/forge-backends.test.sh
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ check "a negative total is refused" 1 "not a non-negative integer" \
 fake_forge '4,9' '[{"number":1},{"number":2}]' '[{"number":3},{"number":4}]'
 check "a total that changes between pages is refused" 1 "changed between pages" \
   forge_api --paginate 'repos/o/r/issues' --jq '.[].number'
-check "...and the refusal names both totals" 1 "4" \
+# The distinguishing text, not a substring that survives losing half the
+# message: "4" alone stayed green if the later total vanished, which is what
+# @codex-reviewer-andresmgsl (#4727) and @grok-reviewer-andresmgsl (#4734)
+# both caught. A test named "names BOTH totals" must fail when one goes.
+check "...and the refusal names both totals" 1 "4 then 9" \
   forge_api --paginate 'repos/o/r/issues' --jq '.[].number'
 
 # A 200 whose body is not a collection. `length` on a non-array counted 0,
diff --git a/test/forge.test.sh b/test/forge.test.sh
index bc73f1b..34b09e5 100644
--- a/test/forge.test.sh
+++ b/test/forge.test.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@ check "forgejo + gh-only client refuses" 1 "cannot speak" \
   preflight_in CEREMONY_FORGE=forgejo CEREMONY_FORGE_CLIENT=gh
 check "the refusal names the forge" 1 "forgejo" \
   preflight_in CEREMONY_FORGE=forgejo CEREMONY_FORGE_CLIENT=gh
-check "the refusal names the client" 1 "gh" \
+# The interpolated client, not the bare string "gh" — which also appears in
+# the explanatory prose ("gh speaks GitHub's /api/v3…"), so the old assertion
+# stayed green even if the client name never reached the message. Same class
+# as the "names both totals" weakness the panel caught in the backend suite
+# (#4727 / #4734); found by auditing this file for the same shape.
+check "the refusal names the client" 1 "the 'gh' client cannot speak it" \
   preflight_in CEREMONY_FORGE=forgejo CEREMONY_FORGE_CLIENT=gh
 # The refusal must be actionable, not merely loud: #188's whole cost was a
 # red check that told nobody what to do.