diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.ts
index f7bcbdaad40..b3486c6d019 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ export function truthfulTimelineAccount(input: {
   };
   const handoffMatches = (text: string) => {
     if (differentNamedPerson(text) || /\b(?:not|never|no)\b[^.!?]{0,50}\b(?:reassign|assign|hand|handoff)/i.test(text)) return [];
-    const actorUnspecified = [...text.matchAll(passiveHandoffToRepairWorker)].filter(match =>
+    const actorUnspecified = [...text.matchAll(passiveHandoffToRepairWorker), ...text.matchAll(successorOwnership)].filter(match =>
       !/\bby\b/i.test(text.slice(match.index + match[0].length))
       && !/\b(?:automatically|autonomously|self-assigned)\b/i.test(text));
-    return [...text.matchAll(new RegExp(handoffToRepairWorker.source, "gi")), ...actorUnspecified, ...text.matchAll(successorOwnership)].filter(match => {
+    return [...text.matchAll(new RegExp(handoffToRepairWorker.source, "gi")), ...actorUnspecified].filter(match => {
       // An explicit other person's role must not become the current human just
       // because earlier milestones share this sentence.
       if (!/^(?:human|person|user|operator|board)\b/i.test(match[0])) return true;
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-native-milestone.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-native-milestone.test.ts
index c029bd77469..5eee89d72d2 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-native-milestone.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-native-milestone.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ it("accepts the successor's natural ownership transition in the ordered account"
   o.reply = o.reply.replace("Then a human reassigned the task to Riley.", "Then Riley took over the task.");
   expect(gradeWorkTimeline(o).passed).toBe(true);
 });
+it.each(["automatically", "by Morgan"])("keeps unspecified takeover provenance truthful: %s", provenance => {
+  const o = fixture();
+  o.reply = o.reply.replace("Then a human reassigned the task to Riley.", `Then Riley took over the task ${provenance}.`);
+  expect(gradeWorkTimeline(o).passed).toBe(false);
+});
 it.each([
   "Then the task was reassigned to Riley by Morgan.",
   "Then the task was reassigned to Riley by Jordan.",