diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-plugin-routine-context.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-plugin-routine-context.test.ts
index 69585c27310..d28c617b51c 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-plugin-routine-context.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-plugin-routine-context.test.ts
@@ -54,3 +54,9 @@ it.each(["foreign-reader", "denied-reader", "changed-routine", "new-run", "wrong
   if (kind === "existing-description") c.source.description = "Prior context";
   await expect(prepareManagedRoutineContext(c.ctx, r.plugin, r.routine)).rejects.toThrow(); expect(c.evidence).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 });
+it("accepts the CEO's read when only the reader-specific canChangeResponsibleUser flag differs", async () => {
+  const r = resources(), c = context();
+  const boardRead = { ...r.routine, canChangeResponsibleUser: true } as RoutineDetail;
+  reads.routine = { ...r.routine, canChangeResponsibleUser: false };
+  await expect(prepareManagedRoutineContext(c.ctx, r.plugin, boardRead)).resolves.toMatchObject({ ceoRoutineStatus: 200 });
+});
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-plugin-routine.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-plugin-routine.ts
index 63bd3648b1f..59c79e129f2 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-plugin-routine.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-plugin-routine.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ export function managedRoutineContext(companyId: string, issuePrefix: string, pl
     plugin: { id: plugin.id, key: plugin.manifestJson.id, name: plugin.manifestJson.displayName, url: `/${issuePrefix}/plugins/${plugin.id}` },
   }, null, 2)}`;
 }
+/** The routine as every viewer sees it: `canChangeResponsibleUser` answers for
+ * the reader (true for the board, false for an agent), not for the routine. */
+export function viewerIndependentRoutine(routine: RoutineDetail) {
+  const { canChangeResponsibleUser: _viewer, ...rest } = routine as RoutineDetail & { canChangeResponsibleUser?: unknown };
+  return rest;
+}
 export async function prepareManagedRoutineContext(ctx: ChatCatalogContext, plugin: PluginRecord, routine: RoutineDetail) {
   const company = ctx.input.fixtures.company;
   const prefix = company.issuePrefix;
@@ -82,7 +88,7 @@ export async function prepareManagedRoutineContext(ctx: ChatCatalogContext, plug
   if (visibleSource.status !== 200 || readSource?.id !== source.id || readSource.companyId !== company.id
     || readSource.assigneeAgentId !== ctx.input.fixtures.agent.id || readSource.description !== description
     || visibleRoutine.status !== 200 || !readRoutine || managedRoutineContext(company.id, prefix, plugin, readRoutine) !== description
-    || !isDeepStrictEqual(readRoutine, routine)
+    || !isDeepStrictEqual(viewerIndependentRoutine(readRoutine), viewerIndependentRoutine(routine))
     || (await comments()).length !== 0 || (await ctx.allRuns()).length !== 0) {
     throw new Error("CEO could not independently read the unchanged selected routine and source context before work");
   }