diff --git a/apps/cli/tests/web-agent-presets.e2e.ts b/apps/cli/tests/web-agent-presets.e2e.ts
index 6c2ac3db7b..557cabe74a 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tests/web-agent-presets.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tests/web-agent-presets.e2e.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ async function bootWeb(
     // skills test below proves it reaches preset-composed agents.
     { id: 'skill-badge', disabled: false },
     { id: 'modules', disabled: true },
+    // The physical Connection row owns the disabled HTTP server. bootWeb
+    // supplies only its in-process registries so Host services still prove
+    // their shipped dependency graph without binding a port.
     { id: 'connection', disabled: true },
     // Export owns a Connection Fetch route, so this Host-only composition
     // disables it with the transport service above.
@@ -139,6 +142,10 @@ async function bootWeb(
   const rootConfig = join(profileDir, 'cordis.yml')
   await writeFile(rootConfig, '[]\n')
   return await boot('dsh-test', rootConfig, [...bundlePatches, ...overrides], (bootCtx) => {
+    bootCtx.provide('connection', {
+      fetch: { register: () => () => {} },
+      rpc: { intercept: () => () => {} },
+    } as never)
     provideCmdline(bootCtx, { args: [], exit: () => {} })
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/session-controller/tests/test-remote.ts b/packages/api/session-controller/tests/test-remote.ts
index ece2ad1512..f48527161f 100644
--- a/packages/api/session-controller/tests/test-remote.ts
+++ b/packages/api/session-controller/tests/test-remote.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { SessionLogOffset } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
 import type { Context } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
 import type { ModelSelection as AgentModelSelection } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
+import type { AdmittedPromptContentPart, AttachmentAdmissionPart } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-attachment'
 import type { SessionEvent, SessionHeader, SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
 import {
   SessionPersistenceNotFoundError,
@@ -236,6 +237,20 @@ function installControllers(
       },
     } as never)
   }
+  if (ctx.get('attachments') === undefined) {
+    ctx.provide('attachments', {
+      admitPromptContent: async (
+        content: readonly AttachmentAdmissionPart[],
+      ): Promise<AdmittedPromptContentPart[]> => {
+        const admitted: AdmittedPromptContentPart[] = []
+        for (const part of content) {
+          if (part.type === 'image') throw new Error('test did not configure image persistence')
+          admitted.push(part)
+        }
+        return admitted
+      },
+    } as never)
+  }
   if (ctx.get('fileUploads') === undefined) {
     ctx.provide('fileUploads', {
       registerAgentResolver: () => () => {},