diff --git a/test/help-modal-shortcuts.test.ts b/test/help-modal-shortcuts.test.ts
index a08f36a6..4fd3dcea 100644
--- a/test/help-modal-shortcuts.test.ts
+++ b/test/help-modal-shortcuts.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ function extractElementById(html: string, id: string): string {
   const start = html.lastIndexOf('<', idIndex);
   expect(start, `expected #${id} start tag`).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
 
-  const nextSection = html.indexOf('<!-- Monitor Panel', idIndex);
+  // Bound at the next HTML comment (every following section is comment-labeled) so
+  // sections inserted between this element and any fixed marker don't leak into the
+  // slice — the cron modal's "Run At" text false-positived the stale-shortcut check.
+  const nextSection = html.indexOf('<!--', idIndex);
   expect(nextSection, `expected section marker after #${id}`).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
 
   const end = nextSection;
diff --git a/test/run-mode-ui.test.ts b/test/run-mode-ui.test.ts
index 380df455..7e308511 100644
--- a/test/run-mode-ui.test.ts
+++ b/test/run-mode-ui.test.ts
@@ -271,10 +271,9 @@ describe('case selector refresh', () => {
             }),
           };
         }
-        if (url === '/api/sessions') {
-          return { json: async () => ({ success: true, data: { session: { id: 'sess-1' } } }) };
+        if (url === '/api/quick-start') {
+          return { json: async () => ({ success: true, data: { sessionId: 'sess-1' } }) };
         }
-        if (url === '/api/sessions/sess-1/shell') return { json: async () => ({ success: true }) };
         throw new Error(`unexpected fetch: ${url}`);
       },
       console,
@@ -292,11 +291,15 @@ describe('case selector refresh', () => {
 
     await app.runShell();
 
-    expect(requests.find((req) => req.url === '/api/sessions')?.body).toMatchObject({
+    // Remote cases must ride /api/quick-start (which resolves the remote case and
+    // launches over ssh) — POST /api/sessions stat-validates workingDir locally and
+    // its schema has no caseName, so the remote display path must never reach it.
+    expect(requests.find((req) => req.url === '/api/quick-start')?.body).toMatchObject({
       caseName: 'gpu-work',
       mode: 'shell',
     });
-    expect(requests.find((req) => req.url === '/api/sessions')?.body).not.toHaveProperty('workingDir');
+    expect(requests.find((req) => req.url === '/api/quick-start')?.body).not.toHaveProperty('workingDir');
+    expect(requests.some((req) => req.url === '/api/sessions')).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('removes a deleted selected case from the dropdown and blurs the native picker', async () => {