diff --git a/crates/buzz-acp/src/workflow_wake_recovery_tests.rs b/crates/buzz-acp/src/workflow_wake_recovery_tests.rs
index 9e07b11ef6..82a54215e1 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-acp/src/workflow_wake_recovery_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-acp/src/workflow_wake_recovery_tests.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ async fn complete_malformed_authority_body_is_terminal() {
         for body in ["{", "{}"] {
             let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
             let mut request = [0u8; 4096];
-            stream.read(&mut request).await.unwrap();
+            assert!(stream.read(&mut request).await.unwrap() > 0);
             stream
                 .write_all(
                     format!(
diff --git a/crates/buzz-relay/src/workflow_delivery_tests.rs b/crates/buzz-relay/src/workflow_delivery_tests.rs
index e46c9a3708..3d045bc219 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-relay/src/workflow_delivery_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-relay/src/workflow_delivery_tests.rs
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ async fn captured_revision_survives_replacement_but_not_revocation() {
         deletion,
         crate::handlers::ingest::IngestAuth::Nip42 {
             pubkey: f.owner.public_key(),
-            scopes: vec![],
+            scopes: vec![buzz_auth::Scope::MessagesWrite],
             channel_ids: None,
             conn_id: Uuid::new_v4(),
         },