diff --git a/test/skill-e2e-plan-ceo-plan-mode.test.ts b/test/skill-e2e-plan-ceo-plan-mode.test.ts
index 1392dca6b..b75f5d6f3 100644
--- a/test/skill-e2e-plan-ceo-plan-mode.test.ts
+++ b/test/skill-e2e-plan-ceo-plan-mode.test.ts
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ describeE2E('plan-ceo-review plan-mode smoke (gate)', () => {
       }
     }
     expect(['asked', 'plan_ready', 'exited']).toContain(obs.outcome);
-    assertReportAtBottomIfPlanWritten(obs);
+    // NOTE: assertReportAtBottomIfPlanWritten is intentionally NOT called
+    // here. This test runs --disallowedTools AskUserQuestion and only
+    // checks "did the question surface" — the model can't run the full
+    // multi-section review without AUQ tools, so no review report exists
+    // to enforce the at-bottom contract against. The contract is
+    // exercised by the periodic finding-count tests, which DO run the
+    // full review.
   }, 360_000);
 });
diff --git a/test/skill-e2e-plan-design-plan-mode.test.ts b/test/skill-e2e-plan-design-plan-mode.test.ts
index 9ac3ee9b6..fcf1fd94b 100644
--- a/test/skill-e2e-plan-design-plan-mode.test.ts
+++ b/test/skill-e2e-plan-design-plan-mode.test.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ describeE2E('plan-design-review plan-mode smoke (gate)', () => {
       );
     }
     expect(['asked', 'plan_ready', 'exited']).toContain(obs.outcome);
-    assertReportAtBottomIfPlanWritten(obs);
+    // NOTE: assertReportAtBottomIfPlanWritten intentionally not called —
+    // see skill-e2e-plan-ceo-plan-mode test 2 for the full rationale. Under
+    // --disallowedTools the model can't run a full review, so the
+    // report-at-bottom contract doesn't apply.
   }, 360_000);
 });