diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-team-conditional.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-team-conditional.test.ts
index 5b3366bde09..dac5669763e 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-team-conditional.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-team-conditional.test.ts
@@ -452,3 +452,21 @@ it.each(["recovered", "missing"] as const)("does not let later collision history
     expect(gradeTeamConditions(o, phase === 0 ? "initial" : "complete").passed).toBe(false);
   }
 });
+
+
+it.each(["recovered", "missing"] as const)("checks a coordinated current assertion after history when state is %s", state => {
+  for (const phase of [0, 1]) {
+    const o = state === "recovered" ? recovered().o : valid();
+    const body = state === "recovered"
+      ? "Launch Checklist was not installed earlier, and it is still missing now."
+      : "Launch Checklist was unavailable earlier, and it is installed now.";
+    o.phaseReplies[phase]!.body = "The existing CTO was preserved and the imported role is CTO 2. "
+      + (state === "missing" ? "Launch Checklist's slug is occupied. " : "") + body;
+    expect(gradeTeamConditions(o, phase === 0 ? "initial" : "complete").passed).toBe(false);
+  }
+});
+it("preserves a fronted historical adverb on the named skill assertion", () => {
+  const { o } = recovered();
+  o.phaseReplies[0]!.body = "The existing CTO was preserved and the imported role is CTO 2. Earlier, Launch Checklist was not installed.";
+  expect(gradeTeamConditions(o, "initial").passed).toBe(true);
+});
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-team-conditional.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-team-conditional.ts
index e3cd1460424..cb29b0f1fe0 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-team-conditional.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-team-conditional.ts
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ function namedTeamSkillClauses(reply: string, skill: Pick<CatalogSkill, "slug" |
   const bound: string[] = [];
   for (const paragraph of reply.split(/\n\s*\n/)) {
     let previousNamesTarget = false;
-    for (const rawClause of paragraph.split(/[.!?;\n]+|(?=\bbut\b)|(?=\band\s+(?:is|are|remains?|has been)\b)/i).map(text => text.trim()).filter(Boolean)) {
+    for (const rawClause of paragraph.split(/[.!?;\n]+|(?=\bbut\b)|(?=\band\s+(?:(?:it|(?:this|that) skill)\s+)?(?:is|are|was|were|remains?|has|have|could|can)\b)/i).map(text => text.trim()).filter(Boolean)) {
       const coordinated = /^(?:but|and)\b/i.test(rawClause);
       const clause = rawClause.replace(/^(?:but|and)\s+/i, "");
       const named = names.some(name => clause.toLowerCase().includes(name));
       const reference = /^(?:it|(?:this|that) skill|(?:the )?(?:collision|conflict|caveat))\b/i;
       const pronoun: boolean = previousNamesTarget && reference.test(clause);
-      const elidedSubject: boolean = coordinated && previousNamesTarget && /^(?:is|are|remains?|has been)\b/i.test(clause);
+      const elidedSubject: boolean = coordinated && previousNamesTarget && /^(?:is|are|was|were|remains?|has|have|could|can)\b/i.test(clause);
       if (named || pronoun || elidedSubject) bound.push(pronoun ? clause.replace(reference, skill.name) : elidedSubject ? skill.name + " " + clause : clause);
       previousNamesTarget = named || continuePronouns && (pronoun || elidedSubject);
     }