diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-confirmation-workflows.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-confirmation-workflows.test.ts
index 0686a689512..eac541f8517 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-confirmation-workflows.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-confirmation-workflows.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import { answerContinuationCompleted, confirmationWorkflowIdentityCases, gradeCo
 import * as api from "../api.js";
 import type { ChatCatalogContext } from "../chat-catalog-contract.js";
 import type { IdentityObservation, Interaction } from "./identity-support.js";
+vi.mock("../chat-flow.js", () => ({ sendChatMessage: vi.fn() }));
 function valid(id: string): IdentityObservation {
   const task = { id: "draft", companyId: "acorn", title: "Acorn launch checklist n42", description: "Draft checklist for later", status: "backlog" };
-  const original: Interaction = { id: "request", kind: "request_confirmation", status: "pending", payload: { prompt: "Create the named checklist?" } };
+  const original: Interaction = { id: "request", companyId: "acorn", issueId: "source", kind: "request_confirmation", status: "pending", payload: { prompt: "Create the named checklist?" } };
   const o: IdentityObservation = { scenarioId: id, origin: "http://fixture.test", companyId: "acorn", leadId: "ceo", company: { id: "acorn" }, companies: [], agents: [], interactions: [],
     tasks: [task], projects: [], goals: [], comments: [], documents: [], revisions: [], activity: [], links: ["/ACO/issues/draft"], runs: [], reply: "Created the linked draft.", humanQueries: [], state: { original } };
   if (id === "questions-and-approvals.accept-one-proposal") {
@@ -118,3 +119,36 @@ describe("answer continuation and ordinary deliverable custody", () => {
     } finally { clock.mockRestore(); poll.mockRestore(); }
   });
 });
+
+function deferredFallback() {
+  const o = valid("questions-and-approvals.duplicate-answer");
+  const delivery = o.activity.find(row => row.id === "delivery")!;
+  Object.assign(delivery.details!, { targetRunId: null, deliveryStatus: "fallback_queued", deliveryMode: "wake_fallback" });
+  Object.assign(o.runs[1]!.contextSnapshot!, { source: "issue.interaction.respond", interactionKind: "ask_user_questions", interactionStatus: "answered", sourceRunId: null });
+  return o;
+}
+it("accepts a durable fallback recorded before its unique actual answer-bound successor existed", () => {
+  const o = deferredFallback();
+  expect(answerContinuationCompleted(o)).toBe(true);
+  expect(gradeConfirmationWorkflow(o).passed).toBe(true);
+});
+it.each(["wrong source", "wrong status", "wrong kind", "missing target field", "missing delivery", "duplicate delivery", "extra continuation", "wrong human", "missing human", "wrong answer", "cancelled continuation", "cancelled canonical", "wrong source run", "unfinished successor", "delivered null target"])("does not infer a completed fallback from %s", invalid => {
+  const o = deferredFallback(), delivery = o.activity.find(row => row.id === "delivery")!, continuation = o.runs[1]!;
+  if (invalid === "wrong source") continuation.contextSnapshot!.source = "other.event";
+  if (invalid === "wrong status") continuation.contextSnapshot!.interactionStatus = "pending";
+  if (invalid === "wrong kind") continuation.contextSnapshot!.interactionKind = "request_confirmation";
+  if (invalid === "missing target field") delete delivery.details!.targetRunId;
+  if (invalid === "missing delivery") o.activity = o.activity.filter(row => row.id !== "delivery");
+  if (invalid === "duplicate delivery") o.activity.push({ ...structuredClone(delivery), id: "ambiguous-delivery" });
+  if (invalid === "extra continuation") o.runs.push({ ...structuredClone(continuation), id: "duplicate-continuation" });
+  if (invalid === "wrong human") o.interactions[0]!.resolvedByUserId = "other-human";
+  if (invalid === "missing human") { delete o.state.humanId; delete o.interactions[0]!.resolvedByUserId; }
+  if (invalid === "wrong answer") o.interactions[0]!.result!.answers![0]!.otherText = "Different product";
+  if (invalid === "cancelled continuation") continuation.status = "cancelled";
+  if (invalid === "cancelled canonical") o.runs[0]!.status = "cancelled";
+  if (invalid === "wrong source run") continuation.contextSnapshot!.sourceRunId = "unrelated-source";
+  if (invalid === "unfinished successor") continuation.status = "running";
+  if (invalid === "delivered null target") delivery.details!.deliveryStatus = "delivered";
+  expect(answerContinuationCompleted(o)).toBe(false);
+  expect(gradeConfirmationWorkflow(o).passed).toBe(false);
+});
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-confirmation-workflows.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-confirmation-workflows.ts
index bbccc96f3ba..4ce2e4efee7 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-confirmation-workflows.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/identity-confirmation-workflows.ts
@@ -10,23 +10,45 @@ import { identityDefinition, identityObservation, identityWorker, observeIdentit
 interface SourceComment extends Entity { authorType?: string }
 const tabs = new WeakMap<ChatCatalogContext, Page>();
 const sources = ["chat-catalog-domains/identity-confirmation-workflows.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/identity-support.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/internal-support.ts", "chat-scenarios/questions-and-approvals.yaml"];
+function savedProductAnswerMatches(o: IdentityObservation): boolean {
+  const original = o.state.original as Interaction | undefined;
+  const current = o.interactions.find(row => row.id === original?.id), answers = current?.result?.answers;
+  return !!original && original.status === "pending" && !original.result
+    && original.kind === "ask_user_questions" && current?.kind === original.kind
+    && typeof o.state.humanId === "string" && !!o.state.humanId
+    && original.companyId === o.companyId && current.companyId === o.companyId
+    && original.issueId === o.state.sourceIssueId && current.issueId === o.state.sourceIssueId
+    && current.status === "answered" && current.resolvedByUserId === o.state.humanId && !current.resolvedByAgentId
+    && answers?.length === 1 && answers[0]?.questionId === "product" && answers[0].otherText === "Acorn"
+    && JSON.stringify(current.payload) === JSON.stringify(original.payload);
+}
 export function answerContinuationCompleted(o: IdentityObservation): boolean {
   const original = o.state.original as Interaction | undefined;
   const current = o.interactions.find(row => row.id === original?.id);
   const resolvedAt = Date.parse(current?.resolvedAt ?? "");
   const continuations = o.runs.filter(run => run.contextSnapshot?.interactionId === original?.id);
   const continuation = continuations[0];
-  return !!original && typeof o.state.sourceIssueId === "string" && typeof o.state.canonicalCommentId === "string" && o.state.sourceConversationState === "waiting"
-    && continuations.length === 1 && !!continuation && continuation.companyId === o.companyId && continuation.agentId === o.leadId
-    && continuation.contextSnapshot?.issueId === o.state.sourceIssueId && continuation.status === "succeeded"
-    && Number.isFinite(resolvedAt) && Number.isFinite(Date.parse(continuation.startedAt ?? ""))
-    && Date.parse(continuation.startedAt!) >= resolvedAt
-    && o.runs.some(run => run.id !== continuation.id && run.companyId === o.companyId && run.agentId === o.leadId
-      && run.status === "succeeded" && !!run.startedAt && run.contextSnapshot?.issueId === o.state.sourceIssueId
-      && run.contextSnapshot?.commentId === o.state.canonicalCommentId)
-    && o.activity.some(row => row.action === "issue.question_response_delivered" && row.entityId === o.state.sourceIssueId
-      && row.actorType === "system" && row.actorId === "question-response-delivery" && row.details?.interactionId === original.id
-      && row.details.targetRunId === continuation.id && ["delivered", "fallback_queued"].includes(String(row.details.deliveryStatus)));
+  if (!original || !savedProductAnswerMatches(o) || typeof o.state.sourceIssueId !== "string"
+    || !o.state.sourceIssueId || typeof o.state.canonicalCommentId !== "string" || !o.state.canonicalCommentId || o.state.sourceConversationState !== "waiting"
+    || continuations.length !== 1 || !continuation || continuation.companyId !== o.companyId || continuation.agentId !== o.leadId
+    || continuation.contextSnapshot?.issueId !== o.state.sourceIssueId || continuation.status !== "succeeded"
+    || !Number.isFinite(resolvedAt) || !Number.isFinite(Date.parse(continuation.startedAt ?? ""))
+    || Date.parse(continuation.startedAt!) < resolvedAt
+    || !o.runs.some(run => run.id !== continuation.id && run.companyId === o.companyId && run.agentId === o.leadId
+      && run.status === "succeeded" && Number.isFinite(Date.parse(run.startedAt ?? "")) && Date.parse(run.startedAt!) <= resolvedAt
+      && run.contextSnapshot?.issueId === o.state.sourceIssueId && run.contextSnapshot?.commentId === o.state.canonicalCommentId)) return false;
+  const deliveries = o.activity.filter(row => row.action === "issue.question_response_delivered" && row.entityId === o.state.sourceIssueId
+    && row.actorType === "system" && row.actorId === "question-response-delivery" && row.details?.interactionId === original.id);
+  if (deliveries.length !== 1) return false;
+  const details = deliveries[0]!.details!;
+  if (!["delivered", "fallback_queued"].includes(String(details.deliveryStatus))) return false;
+  if (details.targetRunId === continuation.id) return true;
+  // A durable wake may be recorded before its run exists. Require the real,
+  // unique completed successor's server-produced answer context, never a queued receipt alone.
+  return details.deliveryStatus === "fallback_queued" && details.deliveryMode === "wake_fallback" && details.targetRunId === null
+    && continuation.contextSnapshot?.source === "issue.interaction.respond"
+    && continuation.contextSnapshot?.interactionKind === "ask_user_questions" && continuation.contextSnapshot?.interactionStatus === "answered"
+    && continuation.contextSnapshot?.sourceRunId === (original.sourceRunId ?? null);
 }
 export function gradeConfirmationWorkflow(value: unknown) {
   const c = checks(); const o = identityObservation(value);
@@ -47,10 +69,7 @@ export function gradeConfirmationWorkflow(value: unknown) {
     c.add("repeat-did-not-replace-decision", o.state.afterRepeatResolvedCommentId === o.state.canonicalCommentId && o.humanQueries.length === 2
       && o.humanQueries.every(query => query.trim() === "Yes, go ahead with that."), "Repeating the actual human reply does not replace the saved decision or create a duplicate instruction side effect.");
   } else if (o.scenarioId === "questions-and-approvals.duplicate-answer") {
-    const answers = current?.result?.answers;
-    c.add("one-real-human-answer", current?.status === "answered" && current.resolvedByUserId === o.state.humanId && !current.resolvedByAgentId
-      && answers?.length === 1 && answers[0]?.questionId === "product" && answers[0].otherText === "Acorn"
-      && JSON.stringify(current.payload) === JSON.stringify(original?.payload), "Both real browser tabs target the same original question and only one saved human answer exists.");
+    c.add("one-real-human-answer", savedProductAnswerMatches(o), "Both real browser tabs target the same original company/task question and only one saved human answer exists.");
     c.add("real-simultaneous-conflict", o.state.actualSubmitRequests === 2 && Array.isArray(o.state.submitStatuses) && [...o.state.submitStatuses].sort().join(",") === "200,409"
       && o.state.noTaskBeforeAnswers === true && o.state.bothTabsResolved === true,
       "Both actual visible submit controls race, yielding one accepted response and one real conflict; both views converge on the same saved receipt.");
@@ -144,7 +163,7 @@ export const confirmationWorkflowIdentityCases: readonly ChatCatalogCase[] = [
     await expect(other.getByTestId("task-chat-composer-takeover")).toBeVisible();
     return { original, humanId: session.user.id, worker };
   }, gradeConfirmationWorkflow, {
-    authentication: "human-session", sourceFiles: sources, expectedRunCount: 4, minimumRunCount: 2, runPolicy: { kind: "source-settled-with-active-work", maximumActiveWorkerRuns: 1 }, attemptTimeoutMs: 600_000,
+    authentication: "human-session", sourceFiles: sources, oracleVersion: "paperclip.chat-catalog.answer-delivery.v2", expectedRunCount: 4, minimumRunCount: 2, runPolicy: { kind: "source-settled-with-active-work", maximumActiveWorkerRuns: 1 }, attemptTimeoutMs: 600_000,
     observe: observeWorkflow,
     async act(ctx, state) {
       const other = tabs.get(ctx); if (!other) throw new Error("The second real browser tab is missing");