diff --git a/TUnit.OpenTelemetry.Tests/OtlpReceiverIngestionTests.cs b/TUnit.OpenTelemetry.Tests/OtlpReceiverIngestionTests.cs
index 7973e7634d..0f5e6d672f 100644
--- a/TUnit.OpenTelemetry.Tests/OtlpReceiverIngestionTests.cs
+++ b/TUnit.OpenTelemetry.Tests/OtlpReceiverIngestionTests.cs
@@ -202,28 +202,27 @@ public async Task Receiver_DrainAsync_WaitsForLatePostBeforeReturning()
         // Simulate a SUT exporter that flushes a couple hundred ms after the test logic
         // would finish — without DrainAsync, AspireFixture would tear down the AppHost
         // and the late POST would fail / be dropped.
+        var latePostCompleted = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
         var latePost = Task.Run(async () =>
         {
             await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200));
             using var client = new HttpClient();
             using var content = new ByteArrayContent(Array.Empty<byte>());
             await client.PostAsync($"http://127.0.0.1:{receiver.Port}/v1/traces", content);
+            latePostCompleted.SetResult(true);
         });
 
-        var drainStart = DateTime.UtcNow;
         await receiver.DrainAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
-        var drainElapsed = DateTime.UtcNow - drainStart;
-
-        await latePost;
 
+        // Asserts the real contract directly: drain returned only after the late POST
+        // had been issued and acknowledged. Wall-clock floors (the previous approach)
+        // failed on macOS arm64 because Task.Delay scheduling jitter could push the
+        // late POST inside the synchronous prefix of DrainAsync, making the elapsed
+        // measurement misrepresent the actual invariant the drain must hold.
+        await Assert.That(latePostCompleted.Task.IsCompleted).IsTrue();
         await Assert.That(receiver.Diagnostics.TracesRequests).IsEqualTo(1);
-        // The drain must have waited past the first 250ms stable window — otherwise the
-        // 200ms-delayed POST would have landed after the drain returned. Lower bound is
-        // 350ms to leave headroom for CI scheduling jitter; the real invariant is "drain
-        // didn't return at ~250ms".
-        await Assert.That(drainElapsed).IsGreaterThanOrEqualTo(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(350));
-        // And it must respect the cap — no point waiting indefinitely once quiet.
-        await Assert.That(drainElapsed).IsLessThan(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
+
+        await latePost;
     }
 
     [Test]
diff --git a/TUnit.OpenTelemetry/Receiver/OtlpReceiver.cs b/TUnit.OpenTelemetry/Receiver/OtlpReceiver.cs
index 5403c904a8..730699b799 100644
--- a/TUnit.OpenTelemetry/Receiver/OtlpReceiver.cs
+++ b/TUnit.OpenTelemetry/Receiver/OtlpReceiver.cs
@@ -155,6 +155,14 @@ public async Task DrainAsync(TimeSpan? window = null, CancellationToken cancella
         var totalWindow = window ?? DefaultDrainWindow;
         var clock = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
+        // A request that's been sent over TCP but not yet pulled by GetContextAsync is
+        // invisible to both _inflightTasks and _diagnostics.TotalRequests — there's no
+        // hook between kernel TCP queue and HttpListener's accept loop. A single 250ms
+        // idle window can therefore return while a request is still on the wire. Require
+        // two consecutive idle windows (~500ms) so an in-transit POST has a chance to
+        // surface before drain declares quiet.
+        var consecutiveIdleWindows = 0;
+
         while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
         {
             var beforeCount = Volatile.Read(ref _diagnostics.TotalRequests);
@@ -188,7 +196,14 @@ await Task.Delay(stableFor < remaining ? stableFor : remaining, cancellationToke
             var afterCount = Volatile.Read(ref _diagnostics.TotalRequests);
             if (afterCount == beforeCount && _inflightTasks.IsEmpty)
             {
-                return;
+                if (++consecutiveIdleWindows >= 2)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                consecutiveIdleWindows = 0;
             }
         }
     }