diff --git a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/system-prompt-admission.spec.ts b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/system-prompt-admission.spec.ts
index 716d0e2156..3a7bfa09ba 100644
--- a/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/system-prompt-admission.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/agent-loop/tests/system-prompt-admission.spec.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,22 @@ describe('prepared-route prompt admission', () => {
     expect(systemTexts(h.capable.requests[0]!)).toEqual([
       [{ type: 'text', text: 'prompt one' }], [{ type: 'text', text: 'prompt two' }],
     ])
-    expect(h.capable.requests[0]!.messages.map(message => message.role)).toEqual(['system', 'user', 'assistant', 'system', 'user'])
+    const messages = h.capable.requests[0]!.messages
+    expect(messages.map(message => message.role)).toEqual(['system', 'user', 'assistant', 'system', 'user', 'user'])
+    const notice = [{
+      type: 'text',
+      text: '[model changed: assistant turns above this point were generated by plain/model; the session continues with capable/model]',
+    }]
+    expect(messages.slice(-2).map(message => message.content)).toEqual([
+      [{ type: 'text', text: 'second' }], notice,
+    ])
+    const notices = h.agent.session.snapshotEvents().filter(event => event.type === 'user/message'
+      && event.data.source.kind === 'plugin' && event.data.source.plugin === 'model-selection')
+    expect(notices).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(notices[0]!.data).toMatchObject({
+      content: notice,
+      source: { kind: 'plugin', plugin: 'model-selection', form: 'notice', summary: 'plain/model → capable/model' },
+    })
   })
 
   it.each([false, true])('resumes capable history with first pre-step replacement=%s', async (replace) => {