diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18116e276..449770ff4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 ### Tests
 - `test/honesty-kernel.test.ts` no longer requires the Step 16 pointer. It now rejects any `Step <n>` cross-reference in the kernel, which every skill renders.
-- `test/resolver-ask-user-format.test.ts` checks that item 1 states the unattended pending set with no section or block pointer (no "Unattended session block", no "per its printed"). It also checks that the failure fallback's `unattended` branch keeps destructive or irreversible options pending, and that the hook's unattended directive says the same. `test/gstack-skill-start.test.ts` checks that the block gstack-skill-start actually prints keeps destructive or irreversible options pending for every skill it samples. `test/auq-error-fallback-hook.test.ts` asserts the hook's unattended directive no longer says "Unattended session block".
+- `test/resolver-ask-user-format.test.ts` checks that item 1 states the unattended pending set with no section or block pointer, in any spelling of the unattended-session block or "per its printed". It also checks that the failure fallback's `unattended` branch keeps destructive or irreversible options pending, and that the hook's unattended directive says the same. `test/gstack-skill-start.test.ts` checks that the block gstack-skill-start actually prints keeps destructive or irreversible options pending for every skill it samples. `test/auq-error-fallback-hook.test.ts` asserts the hook's unattended directive no longer says "Unattended session block".
 - `test/plan-reality.test.ts` checks that the reality-rows block for the eng and ceo phases says its `gstack-plan-reality check` line prints `PLAN_REALITY`.
 - 89 pins in `test/fixtures/skill-md-size-allowlist.json` were moved to their new exact sizes, and every pin went down. 78 went down by 62 characters. The 11 non-Claude plan-eng-review pins went down by 38, because they also inline the 24-character "prints `PLAN_REALITY`" pointer from `review-sections.md`. Both figures already include the destructive/irreversible carve-out the fallback branch keeps. The /ship goldens were regenerated.
 
diff --git a/test/auq-error-fallback-hook.test.ts b/test/auq-error-fallback-hook.test.ts
index 9c94ccec5..8f6556697 100644
--- a/test/auq-error-fallback-hook.test.ts
+++ b/test/auq-error-fallback-hook.test.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe('directiveFor — per-session-kind instruction', () => {
     // fails_when=the literal "Unattended session block" pointer returns; why_new=CQ3 checks the resolver prose only,
     // not this hook; seam=none; no_claim=model behaviour after the injection, and other session-block pointers such as
     // the spawned one (pure function; unit only)
-    expect(d).not.toContain('Unattended session block');
+    expect(d).not.toMatch(/unattended[- ]session[`'\s]*block/i);
   });
 
   test('spawned directive carries a self-contained destructive carve-out (#2733 review)', () => {
diff --git a/test/resolver-ask-user-format.test.ts b/test/resolver-ask-user-format.test.ts
index 0be455295..8da25f584 100644
--- a/test/resolver-ask-user-format.test.ts
+++ b/test/resolver-ask-user-format.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import { generateAskUserFormat } from '../scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-as
 import { directiveFor } from '../hosts/claude/hooks/auq-error-fallback-hook.ts';
 import { expectMentions, expectTokens } from './helpers/prompt-structure';
 
+const UNATTENDED_POINTER = /unattended[- ]session[`'\s]*block|per its printed/i;
+
 function makeCtx(): TemplateContext {
   return {
     skillName: 'test-skill',
@@ -223,8 +225,7 @@ describe('generateAskUserFormat — runtime-failure prose fallback', () => {
       // Value: protects=the failure fallback's unattended branch states its rule with no pointer to a section the reader
       // never sees; fails_when=the "(Unattended session block)" pointer returns to that branch; why_new=CQ3 reads item 1
       // only and the hook test reads the hook only; seam=none; no_claim=model behaviour after an AUQ failure (unit only)
-      expect(unattended).not.toContain('Unattended session block');
-      expect(unattended).not.toContain('per its printed');
+      expect(unattended).not.toMatch(UNATTENDED_POINTER);
     }
   });
 
@@ -377,8 +378,7 @@ describe('CQ3 — Tool resolution item 1 states the unattended rule with no sect
       const item1 = out.split('\n').find(line => line.startsWith('1. **\`SESSION_KIND: spawned\` echoed**')) ?? '';
       expect(item1, 'Tool resolution item 1 must exist').not.toBe('');
       expectMentions(item1, [['unattended', 'consent', 'unrecommended question', 'approval gate', 'pending']], `${skillName} item 1`);
-      expect(item1).not.toContain('Unattended session block');
-      expect(item1).not.toContain('per its printed');
+      expect(item1).not.toMatch(UNATTENDED_POINTER);
     });
   }
 });