diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/scenario-catalog-channels.test.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/scenario-catalog-channels.test.ts
index 057a4091925d..d991a3dda237 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/scenario-catalog-channels.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/scenario-catalog-channels.test.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ describe("qa scenario catalog channel contracts", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("keeps the memory channel-context proof on the internal QA channel", () => {
+    expect(readQaScenarioById("memory-tools-channel-context").execution.channel).toBe("qa-channel");
+  });
+
   it("marks live transport modules as live-driver-only", () => {
     for (const scenarioId of [
       "matrix-approval-exec-metadata-single-event",
diff --git a/qa/scenarios/memory/memory-tools-channel-context.yaml b/qa/scenarios/memory/memory-tools-channel-context.yaml
index ac9135327dd0..b80896bd28bf 100644
--- a/qa/scenarios/memory/memory-tools-channel-context.yaml
+++ b/qa/scenarios/memory/memory-tools-channel-context.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ scenario:
     - extensions/qa-lab/src/suite.ts
   execution:
     kind: flow
+    channel: qa-channel
     summary: Verify the agent uses memory tools in a shared channel when the answer lives only in memory files, not the live transcript.
     config:
       channelId: qa-memory-room