diff --git a/src/agents/subagent-registry.steer-restart.test.ts b/src/agents/subagent-registry.steer-restart.test.ts
index 1c68cc72202..b51f76e949c 100644
--- a/src/agents/subagent-registry.steer-restart.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/subagent-registry.steer-restart.test.ts
@@ -563,7 +563,13 @@ describe("subagent registry steer restarts", () => {
     expect(mod.isSubagentSessionRunActive(childSessionKey)).toBe(false);
 
     const run = listMainRuns()[0];
-    expect(run?.outcome).toEqual({ status: "error", error: "manual kill" });
+    expect(run?.outcome).toEqual({
+      status: "error",
+      error: "manual kill",
+      startedAt: expect.any(Number),
+      endedAt: expect.any(Number),
+      elapsedMs: expect.any(Number),
+    });
     expect(run?.cleanupHandled).toBe(true);
     expect(typeof run?.cleanupCompletedAt).toBe("number");
     await flushAnnounce();
diff --git a/src/gateway/server.sessions.gateway-server-sessions-a.test.ts b/src/gateway/server.sessions.gateway-server-sessions-a.test.ts
index 94a673f0b06..5d6d9f190ae 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server.sessions.gateway-server-sessions-a.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server.sessions.gateway-server-sessions-a.test.ts
@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ describe("gateway server sessions", () => {
 
   test("sessions.create can start the first agent turn from an initial task", async () => {
     await createSessionStoreDir();
+    // Register "ops" so the deleted-agent guard added in #65986 does not
+    // reject the auto-started chat.send triggered by `task:`.
+    testState.agentsConfig = { list: [{ id: "ops", default: true }] };
     const { ws } = await openClient();
 
     const created = await rpcReq<{