diff --git a/cmuxTests/BrowserConfigTests.swift b/cmuxTests/BrowserConfigTests.swift
index f0bf1742555a..80d5b5c200b9 100644
--- a/cmuxTests/BrowserConfigTests.swift
+++ b/cmuxTests/BrowserConfigTests.swift
@@ -312,6 +312,12 @@ final class CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests: XCTestCase {
                 super.delegate = newValue
             }
         }
+
+        /// macOS 27's NSTextView initializer reads its own `delegate`. Only
+        /// reads after construction belong to the code under test.
+        func resetDelegateReadCount() {
+            delegateReadCount = 0
+        }
     }
 
     private final class FieldEditorProbeTextView: NSTextView {
@@ -329,6 +335,12 @@ final class CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests: XCTestCase {
             }
         }
 
+        /// macOS 27's NSTextView initializer reads its own `delegate`. Only
+        /// reads after construction belong to the code under test.
+        func resetDelegateReadCount() {
+            delegateReadCount = 0
+        }
+
         override var isFieldEditor: Bool {
             get { true }
             set {}
@@ -991,6 +1003,7 @@ final class CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests: XCTestCase {
         window.contentView = container
 
         let textView = DelegateProbeTextView(frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 40))
+        textView.resetDelegateReadCount()
         container.addSubview(textView)
 
         window.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
@@ -1028,6 +1041,7 @@ final class CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests: XCTestCase {
         webView.addSubview(descendant)
 
         let fieldEditor = FieldEditorProbeTextView(frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 20))
+        fieldEditor.resetDelegateReadCount()
 
         window.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
         defer {
diff --git a/cmuxTests/ShortcutAndCommandPaletteTests.swift b/cmuxTests/ShortcutAndCommandPaletteTests.swift
index 8b36c1a963e3..95fc9d47a903 100644
--- a/cmuxTests/ShortcutAndCommandPaletteTests.swift
+++ b/cmuxTests/ShortcutAndCommandPaletteTests.swift
@@ -719,6 +719,12 @@ final class CommandPaletteFocusStealerClassificationTests: XCTestCase {
                 super.delegate = newValue
             }
         }
+
+        /// macOS 27's NSTextView initializer reads its own `delegate`. Only
+        /// reads after construction belong to the code under test.
+        func resetDelegateReadCount() {
+            delegateReadCount = 0
+        }
     }
 
     func testTreatsGhosttySurfaceViewAsFocusStealer() {
@@ -748,6 +754,7 @@ final class CommandPaletteFocusStealerClassificationTests: XCTestCase {
 
     func testDoesNotReadTextViewDelegateForFocusStealerClassification() {
         let textView = DelegateTrackingTextView(frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 120, height: 24))
+        textView.resetDelegateReadCount()
 
         XCTAssertFalse(textView.isCommandPaletteFocusStealingTerminalOrBrowser)
         XCTAssertEqual(
diff --git a/cmuxTests/TerminalAndGhosttyTests.swift b/cmuxTests/TerminalAndGhosttyTests.swift
index 35707e40954e..b59a88628b74 100644
--- a/cmuxTests/TerminalAndGhosttyTests.swift
+++ b/cmuxTests/TerminalAndGhosttyTests.swift
@@ -2984,6 +2984,12 @@ final class GhosttyResponderResolutionTests: XCTestCase {
                 super.delegate = newValue
             }
         }
+
+        /// macOS 27's NSTextView initializer reads its own `delegate`. Only
+        /// reads after construction belong to the code under test.
+        func resetDelegateReadCount() {
+            delegateReadCount = 0
+        }
     }
 
     func testResolvesGhosttyViewFromDescendantResponder() {
@@ -3044,6 +3050,7 @@ final class GhosttyResponderResolutionTests: XCTestCase {
 
     func testDoesNotReadTextViewDelegateForGhosttyResponderResolution() {
         let textView = DelegateTrackingTextView(frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 40, height: 40))
+        textView.resetDelegateReadCount()
 
         XCTAssertNil(textView.cmuxStrictOwningGhosttyView())
         XCTAssertEqual(