diff --git a/test/helpers/third-party-actions.ts b/test/helpers/third-party-actions.ts
index e2c7774b9..725b60610 100644
--- a/test/helpers/third-party-actions.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/third-party-actions.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ export function asideDriveOptions(text: string): string[] {
       /\b(?:I|we)(?:['’]ll| will) (?:re[- ]?ask|ask again)(?: (?:you|this question))? with (?:the )?(?:"[^"]+"|“[^”]+”|[\w -]+?) option(?: included)?\b/gi,
       '',
     );
-    return /\bAside\b/i.test(option) && /\b(?:drive|driving|browse|browsing|navigate|click)\b/i.test(currentOffer);
+    return /\bAside\b/.test(option) && /\b(?:drive|driving|browse|browsing|navigate|click)\b/i.test(currentOffer);
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/third-party-actions.test.ts b/test/third-party-actions.test.ts
index 49a589ad3..23055df59 100644
--- a/test/third-party-actions.test.ts
+++ b/test/third-party-actions.test.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ D) Defer
 
   test('allows recovery questions but rejects conditional drive consent', () => {
     expect(asideDriveOptions('A) Open the Aside app so I can re-run the probe.')).toEqual([]);
+    // Captured tpa-absent-linux answer (paid run 38988927989): the English idiom is not the Aside browser.
+    expect(asideDriveOptions('D) Defer. I set this aside and mark it blocked on you, with no browsing now.')).toEqual([]);
+    expect(asideDriveOptions('D) Defer, or I drive it in Aside later.')).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(asideDriveOptions('A) Open the Aside app; if READY, I drive the dashboard.')).toHaveLength(1);
   });