diff --git a/src/agents/pi-extensions/compaction-safeguard.test.ts b/src/agents/pi-extensions/compaction-safeguard.test.ts
index 0c4273e9038..c88ce044262 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-extensions/compaction-safeguard.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-extensions/compaction-safeguard.test.ts
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ describe("compaction-safeguard runtime registry", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("wires quality guard retries from config and clamps safeguard runtime usage", () => {
+  it("wires oversized safeguard runtime values when config validation is bypassed", () => {
     const sessionManager = {} as unknown as Parameters<
       typeof buildEmbeddedExtensionFactories
     >[0]["sessionManager"];