diff --git a/test/server-index-title.test.ts b/test/server-index-title.test.ts
index 506e19bb..e2c7b979 100644
--- a/test/server-index-title.test.ts
+++ b/test/server-index-title.test.ts
@@ -96,16 +96,20 @@ describe('WebServer index.html <title> templating (#82)', () => {
 
   it('only substitutes the <title> tag — the rest of the template is identical (modulo asset cache-busting)', async () => {
     // renderIndexHtml also appends ?v=<mtime> cache-bust params to same-origin
-    // .js/.css refs, and injects the CLI-availability flags before </head>; strip
-    // both so the title remains the only other change.
+    // .js/.css refs, and injects the CLI-availability flags plus the custom-model
+    // Run-menu picker's CLI list before </head>; strip all so the title remains
+    // the only other change.
     //
-    // The flag strip is what keeps this test environment-independent. It used to
-    // pass here by luck: the availability script was injected only where a CLI
-    // resolved, so the assertion held on a machine with none installed and would
-    // have failed on a developer's box that had them.
+    // The flag strips are what keep this test environment-independent. The
+    // CLI-availability one used to pass here by luck: that script was injected
+    // only where a CLI resolved, so the assertion held on a machine with none
+    // installed and would have failed on a developer's box that had them. The
+    // custom-model list is injected unconditionally (a plain array, possibly
+    // empty), so it needs stripping on every machine, not just where non-empty.
     const html = (await render('laptop'))
       .replace(/(\.(?:js|css))\?v=[^"]*/g, '$1')
-      .replace(/<script>window\.__codemanCliAvailable=\{.*?\};<\/script>\n/, '');
+      .replace(/<script>window\.__codemanCliAvailable=\{.*?\};<\/script>\n/, '')
+      .replace(/<script>window\.__codemanCustomModelClis=\[.*?\];<\/script>\n/, '');
     const beforeTitle = rawTemplate.split('<title>Codeman</title>')[0];
     const afterTitle = rawTemplate.split('<title>Codeman</title>')[1];
     expect(html.startsWith(beforeTitle)).toBe(true);