diff --git a/tests/integration/test_deck_vector_search.py b/tests/integration/test_deck_vector_search.py
index 3f6433bc..7524816f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_deck_vector_search.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_deck_vector_search.py
@@ -207,10 +207,13 @@ async def test_deck_card_chunk_context(nc_client):
 
         # Fetch chunk context (simulates viz UI request)
         # The chunk spans the title, so start=0 and end=len(card_title)
+        # doc_id is str — keyword-indexed in Qdrant payload; the real
+        # callers (viz_routes.py from URL path; server/semantic.py from
+        # str(result.id)) all stringify before reaching this entry point.
         context = await get_chunk_with_context(
             nc_client=nc_client,
             user_id=nc_client.username,
-            doc_id=card.id,
+            doc_id=str(card.id),
             doc_type="deck_card",
             chunk_start=0,
             chunk_end=len(card_title),
diff --git a/tests/server/login_flow/test_login_flow_integration.py b/tests/server/login_flow/test_login_flow_integration.py
index f2db50ba..262be92d 100644
--- a/tests/server/login_flow/test_login_flow_integration.py
+++ b/tests/server/login_flow/test_login_flow_integration.py
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ class TestLoginFlowAuthTools:
         data = json.loads(result.content[0].text)
         assert data["status"] == "provisioned"
         assert data["username"] is not None
-        assert data["scopes"] is not None
+        # ``scopes`` may legitimately be ``None`` — per ProvisionStatusResponse
+        # in models/auth.py, ``None`` is the documented sentinel for "all
+        # scopes granted" and is what the web provisioning path
+        # (``provision_routes.py``, used by Astrolabe's "Enable Semantic
+        # Search" flow) stores. So accept either a non-empty list or None;
+        # the field's *presence* in the payload is what we care about here.
+        assert data["scopes"] is None or len(data["scopes"]) > 0
         logger.info(f"Provisioned as: {data['username']}, scopes: {data['scopes']}")
 
     async def test_provision_access_already_provisioned(
diff --git a/tests/unit/vector/test_qdrant_client.py b/tests/unit/vector/test_qdrant_client.py
index 146b1f89..9479acdc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/vector/test_qdrant_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit/vector/test_qdrant_client.py
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ async def test_ensure_payload_indexes_logs_and_returns_when_get_collection_raise
 
     async def _get_collection_raises(*args, **kwargs):
         # See _scroll_raises in the backfill section for why this is async.
-        await anyio.sleep(0)
+        await anyio.lowlevel.checkpoint()
         raise RuntimeError("connection refused")
 
     client.get_collection.side_effect = _get_collection_raises
@@ -494,11 +494,11 @@ async def test_backfill_logs_and_returns_when_scroll_raises(mocker, caplog):
     # An async-callable side_effect lets AsyncMock await the coroutine
     # before the exception propagates; assigning a bare exception class
     # leaks an un-awaited coroutine and trips RuntimeWarning at gc time.
-    # The `await anyio.sleep(0)` is a no-op event-loop yield that
+    # The `await anyio.lowlevel.checkpoint()` is a no-op event-loop yield that
     # satisfies static analysis ("async function uses no async features")
     # without changing observable behavior.
     async def _scroll_raises(*args, **kwargs):
-        await anyio.sleep(0)
+        await anyio.lowlevel.checkpoint()
         raise RuntimeError("boom")
 
     client.scroll.side_effect = _scroll_raises
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ async def test_backfill_logs_warning_when_sentinel_upsert_fails(mocker, caplog):
 
     async def _upsert_raises(*args, **kwargs):
         # See _scroll_raises above for why this is async + sleep(0).
-        await anyio.sleep(0)
+        await anyio.lowlevel.checkpoint()
         raise RuntimeError("sentinel write blip")
 
     client.upsert.side_effect = _upsert_raises
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ async def test_ensure_payload_indexes_summarises_failed_fields(mocker, caplog):
 
     async def _create_index(*args, **kwargs):
         # See _scroll_raises above for why this is async + sleep(0).
-        await anyio.sleep(0)
+        await anyio.lowlevel.checkpoint()
         call_count["n"] += 1
         if call_count["n"] != 2:
             raise _make_unexpected(500, b'{"status":{"error":"boom"}}')