diff --git a/src/channels/allow-from.test.ts b/src/channels/allow-from.test.ts
index 2288d126b1e..78bc69ee572 100644
--- a/src/channels/allow-from.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/allow-from.test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe("resolveGroupAllowFromSources", () => {
         groupAllowFrom: [],
         fallbackToAllowFrom: false,
       }),
-    ).toEqual([]);
+    ).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/channels/bundled-channel-catalog-read.fail-soft.test.ts b/src/channels/bundled-channel-catalog-read.fail-soft.test.ts
index 6cc95c3ca8d..f775384cc7d 100644
--- a/src/channels/bundled-channel-catalog-read.fail-soft.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/bundled-channel-catalog-read.fail-soft.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ describe("listBundledChannelCatalogEntries discovery failures", () => {
       "./bundled-channel-catalog-read.js?scope=discovery-fail-soft",
     );
 
-    expect(catalog.listBundledChannelCatalogEntries()).toEqual([]);
+    expect(catalog.listBundledChannelCatalogEntries()).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/channels/channel-config.test.ts b/src/channels/channel-config.test.ts
index 4ab021d19d4..bf8cb1fccd1 100644
--- a/src/channels/channel-config.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/channel-config.test.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe("resolveChannelMatchConfig", () => {
 describe("validateSenderIdentity", () => {
   it("allows direct messages without sender fields", () => {
     const ctx: MsgContext = { ChatType: "direct" };
-    expect(validateSenderIdentity(ctx)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(validateSenderIdentity(ctx)).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("requires some sender identity for non-direct chats", () => {
diff --git a/src/channels/mention-gating.test.ts b/src/channels/mention-gating.test.ts
index 4a9fff45d98..ad58daebe39 100644
--- a/src/channels/mention-gating.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/mention-gating.test.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe("resolveInboundMentionDecision", () => {
       },
     });
     expect(res.implicitMention).toBe(false);
-    expect(res.matchedImplicitMentionKinds).toEqual([]);
+    expect(res.matchedImplicitMentionKinds).toStrictEqual([]);
     expect(res.effectiveWasMentioned).toBe(false);
     expect(res.shouldSkip).toBe(true);
   });
@@ -263,6 +263,6 @@ describe("implicitMentionKindWhen", () => {
   });
 
   it("returns an empty list when disabled", () => {
-    expect(implicitMentionKindWhen("reply_to_bot", false)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(implicitMentionKindWhen("reply_to_bot", false)).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/channels/turn/kernel.test.ts b/src/channels/turn/kernel.test.ts
index 2a9c4049608..dfcee7641b3 100644
--- a/src/channels/turn/kernel.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/turn/kernel.test.ts
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ describe("channel turn kernel", () => {
       },
     });
 
-    expect(historyMap.get("room-1")).toEqual([]);
+    expect(historyMap.get("room-1")).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("cleans up pre-created dispatchers when session recording fails", async () => {
diff --git a/src/talk/agent-consult-runtime.test.ts b/src/talk/agent-consult-runtime.test.ts
index ac6e10ccba4..310ea13140e 100644
--- a/src/talk/agent-consult-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/talk/agent-consult-runtime.test.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe("realtime voice agent consult runtime", () => {
     expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultTools("safe-read-only")).toEqual([
       expect.objectContaining({ name: REALTIME_VOICE_AGENT_CONSULT_TOOL_NAME }),
     ]);
-    expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultTools("none")).toEqual([]);
+    expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultTools("none")).toStrictEqual([]);
     expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultToolsAllow("safe-read-only")).toEqual([
       "read",
       "web_search",
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe("realtime voice agent consult runtime", () => {
       "memory_get",
     ]);
     expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultToolsAllow("owner")).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultToolsAllow("none")).toEqual([]);
+    expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultToolsAllow("none")).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("runs an embedded agent using the shared session and prompt contract", async () => {
diff --git a/src/talk/agent-consult-tool.test.ts b/src/talk/agent-consult-tool.test.ts
index 71344486e3f..0b61a3321ab 100644
--- a/src/talk/agent-consult-tool.test.ts
+++ b/src/talk/agent-consult-tool.test.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe("realtime voice agent consult tool", () => {
     expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultTools("safe-read-only")).toEqual([
       expect.objectContaining({ name: REALTIME_VOICE_AGENT_CONSULT_TOOL_NAME }),
     ]);
-    expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultTools("none")).toEqual([]);
+    expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultTools("none")).toStrictEqual([]);
     expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultToolsAllow("safe-read-only")).toEqual([
       "read",
       "web_search",
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe("realtime voice agent consult tool", () => {
       "memory_get",
     ]);
     expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultToolsAllow("owner")).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultToolsAllow("none")).toEqual([]);
+    expect(resolveRealtimeVoiceAgentConsultToolsAllow("none")).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("keeps the shared consult tool ahead of custom realtime tools and dedupes by name", () => {