diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.test.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.test.ts
index 62367dfc2c9..6ecbf1911b9 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.test.ts
@@ -65,55 +65,7 @@ function buildProps(result: SessionsListResult): SessionsProps {
 }
 
 describe("sessions view", () => {
-  it("renders verbose=full without falling back to inherit", async () => {
-    const container = document.createElement("div");
-    render(
-      renderSessions(
-        buildProps(
-          buildResult({
-            key: "agent:main:main",
-            kind: "direct",
-            updatedAt: Date.now(),
-            verboseLevel: "full",
-          }),
-        ),
-      ),
-      container,
-    );
-    await Promise.resolve();
-
-    const selects = container.querySelectorAll("select");
-    const verbose = selects[2] as HTMLSelectElement | undefined;
-    expect(verbose?.value).toBe("full");
-    expect(Array.from(verbose?.options ?? []).some((option) => option.value === "full")).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("keeps unknown stored values selectable instead of forcing inherit", async () => {
-    const container = document.createElement("div");
-    render(
-      renderSessions(
-        buildProps(
-          buildResult({
-            key: "agent:main:main",
-            kind: "direct",
-            updatedAt: Date.now(),
-            reasoningLevel: "custom-mode",
-          }),
-        ),
-      ),
-      container,
-    );
-    await Promise.resolve();
-
-    const selects = container.querySelectorAll("select");
-    const reasoning = selects[3] as HTMLSelectElement | undefined;
-    expect(reasoning?.value).toBe("custom-mode");
-    expect(
-      Array.from(reasoning?.options ?? []).some((option) => option.value === "custom-mode"),
-    ).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("renders explicit fast mode without falling back to inherit", async () => {
+  it("keeps explicit and unknown session setting values selectable", async () => {
     const container = document.createElement("div");
     render(
       renderSessions(
@@ -123,6 +75,8 @@ describe("sessions view", () => {
             kind: "direct",
             updatedAt: Date.now(),
             fastMode: true,
+            verboseLevel: "full",
+            reasoningLevel: "custom-mode",
           }),
         ),
       ),
@@ -132,7 +86,15 @@ describe("sessions view", () => {
 
     const selects = container.querySelectorAll("select");
     const fast = selects[1] as HTMLSelectElement | undefined;
+    const verbose = selects[2] as HTMLSelectElement | undefined;
+    const reasoning = selects[3] as HTMLSelectElement | undefined;
     expect(fast?.value).toBe("on");
+    expect(verbose?.value).toBe("full");
+    expect(Array.from(verbose?.options ?? []).some((option) => option.value === "full")).toBe(true);
+    expect(reasoning?.value).toBe("custom-mode");
+    expect(
+      Array.from(reasoning?.options ?? []).some((option) => option.value === "custom-mode"),
+    ).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("deselects only the current page from the header checkbox", async () => {
diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/skills.test.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/skills.test.ts
index f222d884cf8..52011095f3b 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/views/skills.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/skills.test.ts
@@ -98,34 +98,14 @@ describe("renderSkills", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("opens the skill detail dialog as a modal", async () => {
+  it("opens the skill detail dialog as a modal and routes close events", async () => {
     const container = document.createElement("div");
+    const onDetailClose = vi.fn();
     const showModal = vi.fn(function (this: HTMLDialogElement) {
       this.setAttribute("open", "");
     });
+
     installDialogMethod("showModal", showModal);
-
-    render(
-      renderSkills(
-        createProps({
-          detailKey: "repo-skill",
-        }),
-      ),
-      container,
-    );
-    await Promise.resolve();
-
-    expect(showModal).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(container.querySelector("dialog")?.hasAttribute("open")).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("closes the skill detail dialog through the dialog close event", async () => {
-    const container = document.createElement("div");
-    const onDetailClose = vi.fn();
-
-    installDialogMethod("showModal", function (this: HTMLDialogElement) {
-      this.setAttribute("open", "");
-    });
     installDialogMethod("close", function (this: HTMLDialogElement) {
       this.removeAttribute("open");
       this.dispatchEvent(new Event("close"));
@@ -142,6 +122,9 @@ describe("renderSkills", () => {
     );
     await Promise.resolve();
 
+    expect(showModal).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(container.querySelector("dialog")?.hasAttribute("open")).toBe(true);
+
     container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".md-preview-dialog__header .btn")?.click();
 
     expect(onDetailClose).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);