diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/cursor-native-evidence.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/cursor-native-evidence.test.ts
index 48b83d0670..9b91cae5ee 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/cursor-native-evidence.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/cursor-native-evidence.test.ts
@@ -126,8 +126,11 @@ it("requires a correlated failed semantic finalization after the delivered denia
   const input = { runId: "run", turnId: "turn", requestId: "request", issue: { id: "issue", status: "in_progress" },
     run: { id: "run", nativeIssueId: "issue", runtimeMode: "native", status: "failed", errorCode: "native_session_interrupted", error: "native_finalization_missing: session returned no semantic result" }, events: [evidence, terminal] };
   expect(hasCursorDeniedTurnTerminal(input)).toBe(true);
-  const declined = { ...input, issue: { ...input.issue, status: "blocked" }, run: { ...input.run, errorCode: "native_permission_declined", error: "native_finalization_missing: session returned no semantic result; Cursor permission was declined; explicit direction is required" } };
+  const declined = { ...input, issue: { ...input.issue, status: "blocked" }, run: { ...input.run, errorCode: "native_permission_declined", error: "native_finalization_missing: session returned no semantic result; provider permission was declined; explicit direction is required" } };
   expect(hasCursorDeniedTurnTerminal(declined)).toBe(true);
+  expect(hasCursorDeniedTurnTerminal({ ...declined, run: { ...declined.run, error: declined.run.error.replace("provider permission", "Cursor permission") } })).toBe(true);
+  expect(hasCursorDeniedTurnTerminal({ ...declined, run: { ...declined.run, error: "unrelated failure" } })).toBe(false);
+  expect(hasCursorDeniedTurnTerminal({ ...declined, issue: { ...declined.issue, status: "done" } })).toBe(false);
   expect(hasCursorDeniedTurnTerminal({ ...declined, events: [terminal] })).toBe(false);
   for (const status of ["succeeded", "cancelled", "timed_out", "running"]) expect(hasCursorDeniedTurnTerminal({ ...input, run: { ...input.run, status } })).toBe(false);
   expect(hasCursorDeniedTurnTerminal({ ...input, issue: { ...input.issue, status: "done" } })).toBe(false);
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/cursor-native-evidence.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/cursor-native-evidence.ts
index f905c63e6b..3cdefe5a5c 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/cursor-native-evidence.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/cursor-native-evidence.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ export function hasCursorDeniedTurnTerminal(input: {
 }): boolean {
   const run = rec(input.run), issue = rec(input.issue);
   const missingResult = run.errorCode === "native_session_interrupted" && run.error === "native_finalization_missing: session returned no semantic result";
-  const declined = run.errorCode === "native_permission_declined" && run.error === "native_finalization_missing: session returned no semantic result; Cursor permission was declined; explicit direction is required";
+  const declined = run.errorCode === "native_permission_declined" && [
+    "native_finalization_missing: session returned no semantic result; provider permission was declined; explicit direction is required",
+    // Retained results from before the provider lifecycle boundary cleanup.
+    "native_finalization_missing: session returned no semantic result; Cursor permission was declined; explicit direction is required",
+  ].includes(run.error);
   if (!id(input.runId) || !id(input.turnId) || !id(input.requestId) || run.id !== input.runId || run.nativeIssueId !== issue.id
     || run.status !== "failed" || run.runtimeMode !== "native" || issue.status !== (declined ? "blocked" : "in_progress")
     || (!missingResult && !declined)) return false;