diff --git a/src/outbound-fetch-policy.ts b/src/outbound-fetch-policy.ts
index f3cf72fdc..4a18b1669 100644
--- a/src/outbound-fetch-policy.ts
+++ b/src/outbound-fetch-policy.ts
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ export function isTrustedCredentialEgressRequest(
   if (!authorization) {
     return url.href === TRUSTED_GITHUB_API_META
       && method === "GET"
-      && !bodyPresent;
+      && !bodyPresent
+      && hasNoHeaders(headers);
   }
   const rawAuthorization = rawHeaderValueFromInit(init?.headers, "authorization");
   if (
@@ -573,7 +574,7 @@ export function ensureGlobalOutboundFetchPolicy(
 /**
  * Restores an installed fetch host during tests while leaving production policy installation one-way for normal operation.
  * @param host Mutable fetch host whose test-only installation state should be removed.
- * @returns Nothing; cleanup is best-effort and never masks the security behavior being tested.
+ * @returns Nothing; cleanup is best-effort and never masks the security behavior under examination.
  */
 export function resetGlobalOutboundFetchPolicy(
   host: FetchHost = globalThis,
diff --git a/test/outbound-fetch-anonymous-authority.test.ts b/test/outbound-fetch-anonymous-authority.test.ts
index 35bcd7cc3..9ab3f2636 100644
--- a/test/outbound-fetch-anonymous-authority.test.ts
+++ b/test/outbound-fetch-anonymous-authority.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@ describe("anonymous GitHub API egress authority", () => {
     expect(response.headers.get("x-noema-egress-policy")).toBe("blocked-request-policy");
   });
 
+  it("rejects reviewed headers on the anonymous /meta diagnostic", async () => {
+    const metaUrl = "https://api.github.com/meta";
+    const request = {
+      method: "GET",
+      headers: { accept: "application/vnd.github+json" },
+    } satisfies RequestInit;
+
+    expect(isTrustedCredentialEgressRequest(metaUrl, request)).toBe(false);
+
+    const rawFetch = vi.fn<FetchLike>(async () => new Response(null, { status: 204 }));
+    const wrapped = createFailClosedFetch(rawFetch);
+    const response = await wrapped(metaUrl, request);
+
+    expect(rawFetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(response.status).toBe(502);
+    expect(response.headers.get("x-noema-egress-policy")).toBe("blocked-request-policy");
+  });
+
   it("rejects arbitrary anonymous GitHub REST destinations outside reviewed operations", async () => {
     const unreviewedUrl = "https://api.github.com/repos/ContextualWisdomLab/noema/issues";
 
diff --git a/test/outbound-fetch-preaborted-signal.test.ts b/test/outbound-fetch-preaborted-signal.test.ts
index 38fc18292..562be4a45 100644
--- a/test/outbound-fetch-preaborted-signal.test.ts
+++ b/test/outbound-fetch-preaborted-signal.test.ts
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ describe("credential-egress caller cancellation authority", () => {
     );
     await pullStarted;
     caller.abort(reason);
-    releaseBody();
 
     await expect(pending).rejects.toBe(reason);
+    releaseBody();
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/patch-validator-static-runtime.test.ts b/test/patch-validator-static-runtime.test.ts
index 429031b20..89b560726 100644
--- a/test/patch-validator-static-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/test/patch-validator-static-runtime.test.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ describe("patch-validator static scratch runtime", () => {
     expect(dockerfile).toContain("ARG NODE_VERSION=24.19.0");
     expect(dockerfile).toContain(`ARG NODE_SOURCE_SHA256=${nodeSourceSha256}`);
     expect(dockerfile).toContain(
-      '"https://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/node-v${NODE_VERSION}.tar.xz"',
+      [
+        "    download_exact \\",
+        '      "https://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/node-v${NODE_VERSION}.tar.xz" \\',
+        '      "$NODE_SOURCE_SHA256" \\',
+        "      /tmp/node.tar.xz; \\",
+      ].join("\n"),
     );
-    expect(dockerfile).toContain('"$NODE_SOURCE_SHA256"');
     expect(dockerfile).toContain("sha256sum --check --strict");
     expect(dockerfile).toContain("timeout --signal=TERM --kill-after=30s 5m");
     expect(dockerfile).toContain("--connect-timeout 20");
@@ -80,4 +84,4 @@ describe("patch-validator static scratch runtime", () => {
     expect(workflow).toContain("--severity MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL");
     expect(workflow).toContain("--exit-code 1");
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});