diff --git a/config/scripts/ci-unit-selection.test.mjs b/config/scripts/ci-unit-selection.test.mjs
index 69370a675f6..936b8874f65 100644
--- a/config/scripts/ci-unit-selection.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/ci-unit-selection.test.mjs
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ describe('conservative unit selection', () => {
         count: FULL_SHARD_COUNT
       }))
     )
-    expect(FULL_SHARD_COUNT).toBe(5)
   })
 
   it('records failures that would have been missed while shadow runs remain full', () => {
diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-session-dictation-capture.test.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-session-dictation-capture.test.mjs
index 1ec672f1127..1c97d515f2e 100644
--- a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-session-dictation-capture.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-session-dictation-capture.test.mjs
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@ const DICTATION_GRANTS = ['native.audio.start', 'native.audio.read', 'native.aud
  *  web builds are a denied microphone and a no-op screen lock. */
 const NATIVE_AUDIO_MODULES = ['@orca/expo-two-way-audio', 'expo-keep-awake']
 
-/**
- * How many of their modules re-enter the session closure when the seam's web half is moved aside.
- *
- * Recorded rather than measured here, because measuring it means walking the closure a second time
- * against a mutated tree. Five from `@orca/expo-two-way-audio` (its module, `core`, `events`,
- * `hooks` and the index) and three from `expo-keep-awake`. The docstring above carries the run.
- */
-const NATIVE_AUDIO_MODULES_BEHIND_THE_SEAM = 8
-
 const SESSION_PATHNAME = '/h/[hostId]/session/[worktreeId]'
 const SESSION = 'app/h/[hostId]/session/[worktreeId].tsx'
 
@@ -216,11 +207,6 @@ describe('the census rule itself', () => {
     expect(dictationGrantsNeeded({ local: ['src/platform/media-picker.web.ts'] })).toEqual([])
   })
 
-  it('records what the seam keeps out, in the number that was measured', () => {
-    expect(NATIVE_AUDIO_MODULES_BEHIND_THE_SEAM).toBe(8)
-    expect(NATIVE_AUDIO_MODULES).toHaveLength(2)
-  })
-
   /**
    * Gated on the mobile install, not merely deferred behind `import()`.
    *
diff --git a/mobile/src/hooks/mobile-dictation-pending-audio-budget.test.ts b/mobile/src/hooks/mobile-dictation-pending-audio-budget.test.ts
index 249f923c33f..7f210226546 100644
--- a/mobile/src/hooks/mobile-dictation-pending-audio-budget.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/hooks/mobile-dictation-pending-audio-budget.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import {
-  MOBILE_DICTATION_MAX_PENDING_AUDIO_BYTES,
-  MobileDictationPendingAudioBudget
-} from './mobile-dictation-pending-audio-budget'
+import { MobileDictationPendingAudioBudget } from './mobile-dictation-pending-audio-budget'
 
 describe('MobileDictationPendingAudioBudget', () => {
   it('caps pending raw PCM audio at five seconds', () => {
-    expect(MOBILE_DICTATION_MAX_PENDING_AUDIO_BYTES).toBe(160_000)
-
     const budget = new MobileDictationPendingAudioBudget()
     expect(budget.tryReserve(159_999)).toBe(true)
     expect(budget.tryReserve(1)).toBe(true)
diff --git a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/bridge/bridge-caps.test.ts b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/bridge/bridge-caps.test.ts
index 719b21f54f7..189de6bd85b 100644
--- a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/bridge/bridge-caps.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/bridge/bridge-caps.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   BRIDGE_MAX_PENDING_REQUESTS,
   BRIDGE_MAX_REPLY_BYTES,
   BRIDGE_MAX_REPLY_PARTS,
-  BRIDGE_DIRECTIONS,
   BRIDGE_MAX_SUBSCRIPTIONS,
   isBridgeExternalLinkUrl,
   readBridgeExternalLinkUrl,
@@ -179,10 +178,6 @@ describe('derived caps', () => {
 })
 
 describe('parseBridgeMessage direction', () => {
-  it('names both directions and nothing else', () => {
-    expect(BRIDGE_DIRECTIONS).toEqual(['page-to-shell', 'shell-to-page'])
-  })
-
   it('lets a reply past the node cap through, and refuses the same document from the page', () => {
     const raw = listingReply(5_000)
     expect(utf8ByteLength(raw)).toBeLessThan(BRIDGE_MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES)
diff --git a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/media-handle-registry.test.ts b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/media-handle-registry.test.ts
index 4a96fc955a4..a41c900f5a8 100644
--- a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/media-handle-registry.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/media-handle-registry.test.ts
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ function refusalOf(run: () => unknown): string | null {
   throw new Error('that call was expected to refuse and did not')
 }
 
-describe('the lifetime this registry states', () => {
-  it('sweeps a staged file five minutes after the last touch', () => {
-    // A literal, because five minutes is the number the body claims and the docstring derives.
-    expect(MEDIA_HANDLE_TTL_MS).toBe(5 * 60 * 1000)
-    expect(MEDIA_HANDLE_TTL_MS).toBe(300_000)
-  })
-})
-
 describe('minting handles', () => {
   let clock = 1_000
   let deleted: string[] = []
diff --git a/mobile/src/notifications/desktop-notification-channel.test.ts b/mobile/src/notifications/desktop-notification-channel.test.ts
index 283f3f668d4..01ae373b34c 100644
--- a/mobile/src/notifications/desktop-notification-channel.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/notifications/desktop-notification-channel.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import * as Notifications from 'expo-notifications'
 import { Platform } from 'react-native'
-import {
-  DESKTOP_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID,
-  ensureDesktopNotificationChannel
-} from './desktop-notification-channel'
+import { ensureDesktopNotificationChannel } from './desktop-notification-channel'
 
 vi.mock('expo-notifications', () => ({
   AndroidImportance: { HIGH: 'high' },
@@ -30,7 +27,6 @@ describe('ensureDesktopNotificationChannel', () => {
       'orca-desktop',
       expect.objectContaining({ importance: 'high' })
     )
-    expect(DESKTOP_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID).toBe('orca-desktop')
   })
 
   it('does nothing on iOS, which has no notification channels', () => {
diff --git a/mobile/src/platform/dictation-capture-bridge-budget.test.tsx b/mobile/src/platform/dictation-capture-bridge-budget.test.tsx
index 4568fbed910..5bc267d82a9 100644
--- a/mobile/src/platform/dictation-capture-bridge-budget.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/platform/dictation-capture-bridge-budget.test.tsx
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ describe('what one dictation spends of the bridge', () => {
   }, 60_000)
 
   it('ships the batched drain, not the native event rate', () => {
-    expect(DICTATION_CAPTURE_DRAIN_INTERVAL_MS).toBe(500)
     expect(DICTATION_CAPTURE_DRAIN_INTERVAL_MS).toBeGreaterThan(DICTATION_NATIVE_EVENT_INTERVAL_MS)
   })
 })
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/mobile-tab-close-selection.test.ts b/mobile/src/session/mobile-tab-close-selection.test.ts
index 992e0074884..cac9f181a32 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/mobile-tab-close-selection.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/mobile-tab-close-selection.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { BULK_TAB_CLOSE_ACTIONS, selectBulkCloseTabs } from './mobile-tab-close-selection'
+import { selectBulkCloseTabs } from './mobile-tab-close-selection'
 
 const tab = (id: string, isDirty?: boolean, isPinned?: boolean) => ({
   id,
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ const tab = (id: string, isDirty?: boolean, isPinned?: boolean) => ({
 describe('selectBulkCloseTabs', () => {
   const tabs = [tab('a'), tab('b'), tab('c'), tab('d')]
 
-  it('offers only close-others and close-left actions', () => {
-    expect(BULK_TAB_CLOSE_ACTIONS).toEqual([
-      { mode: 'others', label: 'Close Other Tabs' },
-      { mode: 'left', label: 'Close Tabs to the Left' }
-    ])
-  })
-
   it('selects every tab except the anchor for mode "others"', () => {
     expect(selectBulkCloseTabs(tabs, 'b', 'others').map((t) => t.id)).toEqual(['a', 'c', 'd'])
   })
diff --git a/mobile/src/test-support/bridged-parity/divergence-classes.test.ts b/mobile/src/test-support/bridged-parity/divergence-classes.test.ts
index ac5fd17cb70..e262157ac2a 100644
--- a/mobile/src/test-support/bridged-parity/divergence-classes.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/test-support/bridged-parity/divergence-classes.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   classifyBridgedParity,
   BRIDGED_PARITY_BASELINE,
   BRIDGED_PARITY_EXCLUSIONS,
-  BRIDGED_PARITY_FLAG,
   BRIDGED_PARITY_MEMBERS,
   BRIDGED_PARITY_OFF,
   BRIDGED_PARITY_NAMEABLE,
@@ -37,12 +36,7 @@ const droppedUndefinedKey: BridgedParityEvidence = {
 }
 
 describe('the bridged-parity flag', () => {
-  it('is the name the suite and the pin both spell', () => {
-    expect(BRIDGED_PARITY_FLAG).toBe('RPC_FOUNDATION_BRIDGE')
-  })
-
   it('skips on one value only, so an unset or mistyped variable still runs the gate', () => {
-    expect(BRIDGED_PARITY_OFF).toBe('0')
     const skips = (value: string | undefined): boolean => value === BRIDGED_PARITY_OFF
     expect([undefined, '', '1', 'false', 'off'].filter(skips)).toEqual([])
     expect(skips('0')).toBe(true)
diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-powershell-hook-launcher.test.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-powershell-hook-launcher.test.ts
index df307d87035..6be74f65bbf 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-powershell-hook-launcher.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-powershell-hook-launcher.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ describe('windows PowerShell hook launcher', () => {
     // it. Restoring either denied switch re-breaks every hook on an AV host.
     const command = wrapWindowsPowerShellEncodedCommand('exit 0')
 
-    expect(WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_HOOK_SWITCHES).toBe('-NoProfile')
     expect(command).toMatch(/ -NoProfile -EncodedCommand [A-Za-z0-9+/=]+$/)
   })
 
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-authority-replacement.test.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-authority-replacement.test.ts
index 9068f26f30f..5630b022c55 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-authority-replacement.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-authority-replacement.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { BROWSER_CLIENT_HOST_AUTHORITY_MISMATCH_CODE } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
 import { isBrowserClientHostAuthorityReplaced } from './browser-client-host-authority-replacement'
-import {
-  BrowserClientHostAuthorityReplacementWait,
-  DEFAULT_AUTHORITY_REPLACEMENT_GRACE_MS
-} from './browser-client-host-authority-replacement-wait'
+import { BrowserClientHostAuthorityReplacementWait } from './browser-client-host-authority-replacement-wait'
 
 function errorWithCode(message: string, code: unknown): Error {
   return Object.assign(new Error(message), { code })
@@ -164,10 +161,4 @@ describe('BrowserClientHostAuthorityReplacementWait', () => {
     }).not.toThrow()
     expect(wait.armed).toBe(false)
   })
-
-  // The grace has to outlast a real restart, or the environment is torn down before the replacement
-  // runtime finishes coming up.
-  it('defaults the grace to 45 seconds', () => {
-    expect(DEFAULT_AUTHORITY_REPLACEMENT_GRACE_MS).toBe(45_000)
-  })
 })
diff --git a/src/main/codex/codex-session-index-heal-state.test.ts b/src/main/codex/codex-session-index-heal-state.test.ts
index 92270911dfe..25189fdbf1b 100644
--- a/src/main/codex/codex-session-index-heal-state.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/codex/codex-session-index-heal-state.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { appendFileSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import {
-  CODEX_SESSION_INDEX_HEAL_VERSION,
   appendHealLedgerRecord,
   collectPendingHealThreads,
   isHealMarkerCurrent,
@@ -149,6 +148,5 @@ describe('codex session index heal state', () => {
     expect(await collectPendingHealThreads(paths)).toEqual([
       expect.objectContaining({ threadId: THREAD_ID })
     ])
-    expect(CODEX_SESSION_INDEX_HEAL_VERSION).toBe(3)
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/main/crash-reporting/expected-teardown-state.test.ts b/src/main/crash-reporting/expected-teardown-state.test.ts
index ccfc729092b..781ccce6b33 100644
--- a/src/main/crash-reporting/expected-teardown-state.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/crash-reporting/expected-teardown-state.test.ts
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 describe('expected teardown state', () => {
-  it('uses a product-chosen five-second harm bound, not a Windows lifetime guarantee', () => {
-    // Restart Manager may wait 30s; tree-kills after this bound remain reportable by design.
-    expect(WINDOWS_SESSION_END_CRASH_SUPPRESSION_WINDOW_MS).toBe(5_000)
-  })
-
   it('uses the production monotonic clock by default', () => {
     vi.spyOn(performance, 'now').mockReturnValueOnce(1_000).mockReturnValue(1_001)
     vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValueOnce(10_000).mockReturnValue(15_000)
diff --git a/src/main/crash-reporting/gpu-crash-fallback-decision.test.ts b/src/main/crash-reporting/gpu-crash-fallback-decision.test.ts
index b4c4e1210ed..7dda535d0af 100644
--- a/src/main/crash-reporting/gpu-crash-fallback-decision.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/crash-reporting/gpu-crash-fallback-decision.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
-  DEFAULT_GPU_CRASH_FALLBACK_THRESHOLD,
-  DEFAULT_GPU_CRASH_FALLBACK_WINDOW_MS,
   GpuCrashFallbackTracker,
   isGpuChildProcessType,
   isGpuFallbackCrashCandidate
@@ -121,11 +119,6 @@ describe('GpuCrashFallbackTracker', () => {
     expect(isGpuChildProcessType('Utility')).toBe(false)
     expect(isGpuChildProcessType(undefined)).toBe(false)
   })
-
-  it('ships conservative defaults', () => {
-    expect(DEFAULT_GPU_CRASH_FALLBACK_WINDOW_MS).toBe(30_000)
-    expect(DEFAULT_GPU_CRASH_FALLBACK_THRESHOLD).toBe(3)
-  })
 })
 
 describe('isGpuFallbackCrashCandidate', () => {
diff --git a/src/main/crash-reporting/renderer-recovery-circuit-breaker.test.ts b/src/main/crash-reporting/renderer-recovery-circuit-breaker.test.ts
index eab933e9b8f..1b096cd5ea2 100644
--- a/src/main/crash-reporting/renderer-recovery-circuit-breaker.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/crash-reporting/renderer-recovery-circuit-breaker.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import {
-  DEFAULT_RENDERER_RECOVERY_MAX_RECOVERIES,
-  DEFAULT_RENDERER_RECOVERY_WINDOW_MS,
-  RendererRecoveryCircuitBreaker
-} from './renderer-recovery-circuit-breaker'
+import { RendererRecoveryCircuitBreaker } from './renderer-recovery-circuit-breaker'
 
 describe('RendererRecoveryCircuitBreaker', () => {
   it('allows recoveries up to the limit, then opens', () => {
@@ -57,9 +53,4 @@ describe('RendererRecoveryCircuitBreaker', () => {
     breaker.reset()
     expect(breaker.registerRecoveryAttempt(200).allowed).toBe(true)
   })
-
-  it('ships conservative defaults', () => {
-    expect(DEFAULT_RENDERER_RECOVERY_WINDOW_MS).toBe(60_000)
-    expect(DEFAULT_RENDERER_RECOVERY_MAX_RECOVERIES).toBe(3)
-  })
 })
diff --git a/src/main/git/command-runner/git-command-timeout.test.ts b/src/main/git/command-runner/git-command-timeout.test.ts
index 1768198a81a..30b5f93d64a 100644
--- a/src/main/git/command-runner/git-command-timeout.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/command-runner/git-command-timeout.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import {
-  GIT_READ_TIMEOUT_MS,
-  GitCommandTimeoutError,
-  gitCommandTimeoutMs
-} from './git-command-timeout'
+import { GitCommandTimeoutError, gitCommandTimeoutMs } from './git-command-timeout'
 
 describe('gitCommandTimeoutMs', () => {
-  it('pins the production read deadline', () => {
-    expect(GIT_READ_TIMEOUT_MS).toBe(120_000)
-  })
-
   it.each([
     [['status', '--porcelain=v2'], 120_000],
     [['show', 'HEAD:file'], 120_000],
diff --git a/src/main/git/command-runner/git-subprocess-admission.test.ts b/src/main/git/command-runner/git-subprocess-admission.test.ts
index 0e5bfa808ee..1ad55a05135 100644
--- a/src/main/git/command-runner/git-subprocess-admission.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/command-runner/git-subprocess-admission.test.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
   GENERAL_CAP,
   GitAdmissionScheduler,
-  MAX_GIT_CHILDREN,
-  NETWORK_CAP,
   _gitAdmissionSnapshotForTests,
   _resetGitAdmissionForTests,
   acquireGitAdmission
@@ -33,11 +31,9 @@ afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 describe('GitAdmissionScheduler', () => {
-  it('pins the global base budgets and absolute maximum', () => {
+  it('pins the global base budget bounds', () => {
     expect(GENERAL_CAP).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2)
     expect(GENERAL_CAP).toBeLessThanOrEqual(4)
-    expect(NETWORK_CAP).toBe(3)
-    expect(MAX_GIT_CHILDREN).toBe(10)
   })
 
   it('keeps base and headroom counters separate and grants interactive all-headroom', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/git/remote-url-probe.test.ts b/src/main/git/remote-url-probe.test.ts
index f9e0348c3ac..0df6ffd6ca8 100644
--- a/src/main/git/remote-url-probe.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/remote-url-probe.test.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ describe('remote URL probe', () => {
       cwd: '/repo',
       timeout: REMOTE_URL_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS
     })
-    expect(REMOTE_URL_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS).toBe(30_000)
   })
 
   it('bounds the SSH remote read with the same deadline as the local one', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/git/worktree-add-timeout-override.test.ts b/src/main/git/worktree-add-timeout-override.test.ts
index 97666c09d4a..50aa4e59db1 100644
--- a/src/main/git/worktree-add-timeout-override.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/worktree-add-timeout-override.test.ts
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ vi.mock('../worktree-trash', () => ({
   scheduleWorktreeTrashDeletion: vi.fn()
 }))
 
-import {
-  resolveWorktreeAddTimeoutMs,
-  WORKTREE_ADD_TIMEOUT_MAX_MS,
-  WORKTREE_ADD_TIMEOUT_MS
-} from './worktree'
+import { resolveWorktreeAddTimeoutMs, WORKTREE_ADD_TIMEOUT_MS } from './worktree'
 import { registerWorktreeSuiteHooks } from './worktree-test-harness'
 
 registerWorktreeSuiteHooks()
@@ -46,12 +42,6 @@ describe('resolveWorktreeAddTimeoutMs', () => {
     warnSpy.mockRestore()
   })
 
-  // Why: pin the literals so a future edit to either bound has to be deliberate.
-  it('bounds the override to [180s, 30min]', () => {
-    expect(WORKTREE_ADD_TIMEOUT_MS).toBe(180_000)
-    expect(WORKTREE_ADD_TIMEOUT_MAX_MS).toBe(1_800_000)
-  })
-
   it('falls back to the default when the override is unset, blank, or unparseable', () => {
     expect(resolveWorktreeAddTimeoutMs({})).toBe(WORKTREE_ADD_TIMEOUT_MS)
     expect(resolveWorktreeAddTimeoutMs({ ORCA_WORKTREE_ADD_TIMEOUT_MS: '   ' })).toBe(
diff --git a/src/main/git/worktree-graph-listing.test.ts b/src/main/git/worktree-graph-listing.test.ts
index b626718de69..eecfffe1753 100644
--- a/src/main/git/worktree-graph-listing.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/worktree-graph-listing.test.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,5 @@ branch refs/heads/main
       cwd: '/repo',
       timeout: 5_000
     })
-    expect(WORKTREE_LIST_TIMEOUT_MS).toBe(30_000)
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-failure-text.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-failure-text.test.ts
index fcebdda7726..ccef42f57bd 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-failure-text.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-failure-text.test.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ describe('structuredAgentSessionStartFailure', () => {
   })
 
   it("holds any provider detail to the lease record's cap", () => {
-    expect(MAX_PROVIDER_DIAGNOSTIC_CHARS).toBe(512)
     expect(MAX_UNEXPECTED_EXIT_REASON_CHARS).toBe(MAX_PROVIDER_DIAGNOSTIC_CHARS)
     const long = 'x'.repeat(4_000)
     // However the caller built the detail, the fact stores at most the cap.
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/client-hosted-page-reconciliation-window.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/client-hosted-page-reconciliation-window.test.ts
index b52335dadf6..d263c7a0742 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/client-hosted-page-reconciliation-window.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/client-hosted-page-reconciliation-window.test.ts
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ describe('ClientHostedPageReconciliationWindow', () => {
     expect(window.isUnreconciled(DEVICE_A, OPENED_AT + 99)).toBe(true)
     expect(window.isUnreconciled(DEVICE_A, OPENED_AT + 100)).toBe(false)
   })
-
-  // This bound is what stops a host that never returns from holding client-hosted rows open forever.
-  it('bounds the default hold at 45 seconds', () => {
-    expect(DEFAULT_CLIENT_HOSTED_RECONCILIATION_WINDOW_MS).toBe(45_000)
-  })
 })
 
 describe('holdFor', () => {
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/mobile-web-bundle-read-concurrency.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/mobile-web-bundle-read-concurrency.test.ts
index 9d628182083..1e23163efe9 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/mobile-web-bundle-read-concurrency.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/mobile-web-bundle-read-concurrency.test.ts
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 describe('chunk reads in flight on one connection', () => {
-  // Pinned as a literal because every other case here is written in terms of the constant, so the
-  // budget itself would otherwise move silently with it.
-  it('budgets four', () => {
-    expect(MAX_CONCURRENT_MOBILE_WEB_BUNDLE_READS).toBe(4)
-  })
-
   it('admits four and refuses the fifth, then admits it once one finishes', async () => {
     gate.hold()
     const inFlight = Array.from({ length: MAX_CONCURRENT_MOBILE_WEB_BUNDLE_READS }, () =>
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/rpc/terminal-multiplex-pty-wait-capacity.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/rpc/terminal-multiplex-pty-wait-capacity.test.ts
index a5b40b2f1eb..9a8cc77af3e 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/rpc/terminal-multiplex-pty-wait-capacity.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/rpc/terminal-multiplex-pty-wait-capacity.test.ts
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ describe('terminal multiplex RPC', () => {
         )!
       )
     }
-    expect(TERMINAL_MULTIPLEX_MAX_ACTIVE_STREAMS_PER_CONNECTION).toBe(128)
     for (
       let streamId = 1;
       streamId <= TERMINAL_MULTIPLEX_MAX_ACTIVE_STREAMS_PER_CONNECTION + 1;
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-connection-utils.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-connection-utils.test.ts
index 00abeeb2052..296c89b1d98 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-connection-utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-connection-utils.test.ts
@@ -29,36 +29,12 @@ import {
   shellEscape,
   findDefaultKeyFile,
   buildConnectConfig,
-  resolveAgentSocket,
-  CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS,
-  INITIAL_RETRY_ATTEMPTS,
-  INITIAL_RETRY_DELAY_MS,
-  RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS
+  resolveAgentSocket
 } from './ssh-connection-utils'
 import { resolveEffectiveProxy } from './ssh-proxy-command'
 import type { SshTarget } from '../../shared/ssh-types'
 import type { SshResolvedConfig } from './ssh-config-parser'
 
-// ── Constants ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-describe('SSH connection constants', () => {
-  it('CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS is 30 seconds (matches VS Code)', () => {
-    expect(CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS).toBe(30_000)
-  })
-
-  it('INITIAL_RETRY_ATTEMPTS is 5', () => {
-    expect(INITIAL_RETRY_ATTEMPTS).toBe(5)
-  })
-
-  it('INITIAL_RETRY_DELAY_MS is 2 seconds', () => {
-    expect(INITIAL_RETRY_DELAY_MS).toBe(2000)
-  })
-
-  it('RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS has 9 entries', () => {
-    expect(RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS).toHaveLength(9)
-  })
-})
-
 // ── isTransientError ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe('isTransientError', () => {
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-reconnect-ladder.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-reconnect-ladder.test.ts
index c43d4e9e6e9..8010ebd96a5 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-reconnect-ladder.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-reconnect-ladder.test.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ describe('SshReconnectLadder', () => {
         now += decision.delayMs
       }
     }
-    expect(FLAP_DELAY_CAP_MS).toBe(5_000)
   })
 
   it('keeps the uncapped table for a host whose handshakes fail', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/StateIndicatorTooltip.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/StateIndicatorTooltip.test.tsx
index 70bb8272425..819588f8969 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/StateIndicatorTooltip.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/StateIndicatorTooltip.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { STATE_INDICATOR_TOOLTIP_DELAY_MS, StateIndicatorTooltip } from './StateIndicatorTooltip'
+import { StateIndicatorTooltip } from './StateIndicatorTooltip'
 
 vi.mock('@/components/ui/tooltip', () => ({
   Tooltip: ({ delayDuration, children }: { delayDuration: number; children: ReactNode }) => (
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ describe('StateIndicatorTooltip', () => {
       </StateIndicatorTooltip>
     )
 
-    expect(STATE_INDICATOR_TOOLTIP_DELAY_MS).toBe(200)
     expect(markup).toContain('data-delay-duration="200"')
     expect(markup).toContain('data-tooltip-content=""')
     expect(markup).toContain('data-side="top"')
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/artifacts/artifact-list-windowing.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/artifacts/artifact-list-windowing.test.tsx
index ca8a4a916c0..4199d2a7a77 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/artifacts/artifact-list-windowing.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/artifacts/artifact-list-windowing.test.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ vi.mock('./ArtifactListRow', async (importOriginal) => {
 const { ArtifactCollection } = await import('./ArtifactCollection')
 const { TooltipProvider } = await import('@/components/ui/tooltip')
 const { ARTIFACTS_TABLE_ROW_HEIGHT_PX } = await import('./artifacts-table-layout')
-const { LIST_TABLE_ROW_DIVIDER_CLASS } = await import('@/lib/list-table-layout')
 
 const VIEWPORT_HEIGHT_PX = 600
 /**
@@ -698,12 +697,6 @@ describe('artifacts list windowing — above the threshold', () => {
     )
   })
 
-  // Why exact: an added token is as damaging as a removed one — `mb-px` alone pushes the real row
-  // to 54px and invalidates the estimate above, and an opacity token restyles every hairline.
-  it('pins the row divider to the one bottom hairline', () => {
-    expect(LIST_TABLE_ROW_DIVIDER_CLASS).toBe('border-b border-border/50')
-  })
-
   it('mounts only a bounded window for a 500-artifact list', () => {
     renderCollection({ items: artifacts(500) })
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/automations/automation-list-search.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/automations/automation-list-search.test.ts
index 3a9b3844164..1e1b88cfcab 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/automations/automation-list-search.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/automations/automation-list-search.test.ts
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@ describe('automation-list-search', () => {
     expect(automationListSearchIndexMatches(index, 'unknown')).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  it('caps the searchable prompt at the first 2,048 characters', () => {
-    // Design doc: the bound is a hard requirement, not a tuning knob.
-    expect(AUTOMATION_LIST_SEARCH_PROMPT_MAX_CODE_UNITS).toBe(2048)
-  })
-
   it('bounds every indexed field, so no axis grows with its source', () => {
     const index = buildAutomationListSearchIndex({
       name: 'n'.repeat(10_000),
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/restored-client-hosted-recovery-window.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/restored-client-hosted-recovery-window.test.tsx
index 80bd51508c7..08959ac271f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/restored-client-hosted-recovery-window.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/restored-client-hosted-recovery-window.test.tsx
@@ -267,13 +267,9 @@ describe('restored client-hosted recovery window', () => {
     expect(noticeShown()).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  // Why the number is asserted and not only derived from: every boundary case above stays green if
-  // the window shrinks to a millisecond, and a window shorter than one creation attempt would call
-  // the first batch of recoveries dead. The first batch is all this bounds — recovery runs four
-  // pages at a time and each awaits a create and then a navigate, so with 9+ restored tabs a page
-  // can see the notice while its turn has not come. Widening to the batched bound is ledgered.
+  // A window shorter than one creation attempt would call the first batch of recoveries dead, and
+  // every boundary case above stays green if the window shrinks to a millisecond.
   it('waits longer than the runtime spends creating one client page in the first batch', () => {
-    expect(RESTORED_CLIENT_HOSTED_RECOVERY_WINDOW_MS).toBe(45_000)
     // Imported, not copied: a locally re-declared ceiling makes raising the runtime's own timeout
     // invisible here, which is the one change that could turn this window into a false verdict.
     expect(RESTORED_CLIENT_HOSTED_RECOVERY_WINDOW_MS).toBeGreaterThan(
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-runtime-send.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-runtime-send.test.ts
index 0071b73b21d..79c28599858 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-runtime-send.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-runtime-send.test.ts
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ describe('sendNativeChatMessage', () => {
     expect(sendRuntimePtyInput).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
-  it('matches orca-runtime writeTerminalAction Enter gap (500ms)', () => {
-    expect(NATIVE_CHAT_SUBMIT_DELAY_MS).toBe(500)
-  })
-
   it('serializes rapid sends on the same PTY so bodies cannot glue before Enter', async () => {
     sendNativeChatMessage(SETTINGS, PTY, 'tell me a joke')
     sendNativeChatMessage(SETTINGS, PTY, 'continue')
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/smart-workspace-source-popover-focus.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/smart-workspace-source-popover-focus.test.ts
index 3b9cd543dbe..26dad28d3f5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/smart-workspace-source-popover-focus.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/smart-workspace-source-popover-focus.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 
-import {
-  isComposerFieldToFieldFocus,
-  WORKSPACE_COMPOSER_ROOT_SELECTOR
-} from './smart-workspace-source-popover-focus'
+import { isComposerFieldToFieldFocus } from './smart-workspace-source-popover-focus'
 
 describe('isComposerFieldToFieldFocus', () => {
   it('returns true when focus moves between fields inside the composer root', () => {
@@ -58,8 +55,4 @@ describe('isComposerFieldToFieldFocus', () => {
       })
     ).toBe(false)
   })
-
-  it('exports the composer root selector used by the card', () => {
-    expect(WORKSPACE_COMPOSER_ROOT_SELECTOR).toBe('[data-workspace-composer-root="true"]')
-  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/SourceControl.compare-summary.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/SourceControl.compare-summary.test.ts
index e740362f60d..100880d4581 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/SourceControl.compare-summary.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/SourceControl.compare-summary.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import {
-  BRANCH_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS,
   CompareSummary,
   CompareSummaryToolbarButton,
   refreshSourceControlAfterRemoteAction,
@@ -411,10 +410,6 @@ describe('SourceControl compare summary', () => {
     expect(collectCompareSummaryToolbarLabels(node)).toEqual(['Change base ref', 'Retry'])
   })
 
-  it('keeps a 30 second branch compare fallback refresh', () => {
-    expect(BRANCH_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS).toBe(30_000)
-  })
-
   it('refreshes branch compare when git status observes a new head for the same base', () => {
     expect(
       shouldRefreshBranchCompareForStatusHead(
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/ai-vault-scope-state.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/ai-vault-scope-state.test.ts
index dfeedfcfb00..8f9ae01339e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/ai-vault-scope-state.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/ai-vault-scope-state.test.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
-  DEFAULT_AI_VAULT_SCOPE,
   getRestorableAiVaultScope,
   normalizeAiVaultScopeForContext,
   shouldRestoreDefaultAiVaultScope
 } from './ai-vault-scope-state'
 
-describe('DEFAULT_AI_VAULT_SCOPE', () => {
-  it('defaults the session history scope to workspace', () => {
-    expect(DEFAULT_AI_VAULT_SCOPE).toBe('workspace')
-  })
-})
-
 describe('normalizeAiVaultScopeForContext', () => {
   it('falls back from project to all when no active project is available', () => {
     expect(
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/pr-comment-presentation.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/pr-comment-presentation.test.ts
index 5df8debe7c8..2eac61c545c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/pr-comment-presentation.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/pr-comment-presentation.test.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ import {
 } from './pr-comment-presentation'
 
 describe('pr-comment-presentation', () => {
-  it('defaults to cards layout', () => {
-    expect(DEFAULT_PR_COMMENT_PRESENTATION_VARIANT).toBe('cards')
-  })
-
   it('returns card layout tokens for cards and focus variants', () => {
     const cards = getPRCommentPresentationClasses('cards')
     expect(cards.useCardLayout).toBe(true)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/right-sidebar-titlebar-drag-regions.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/right-sidebar-titlebar-drag-regions.test.ts
index 6a98ae936ea..82074ad38e7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/right-sidebar-titlebar-drag-regions.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/right-sidebar-titlebar-drag-regions.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,4 @@ describe('right sidebar titlebar drag regions', () => {
       RIGHT_SIDEBAR_HEADER_NO_DRAG_CLASS_NAME
     )
   })
-
-  it('keeps a shared no-drag class for interactive header controls', () => {
-    expect(RIGHT_SIDEBAR_HEADER_NO_DRAG_CLASS_NAME).toBe('right-sidebar-header-no-drag')
-  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-list/rows/indentation.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-list/rows/indentation.test.ts
index b2a5c45297a..4382330f038 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-list/rows/indentation.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-list/rows/indentation.test.ts
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ describe('worktree list indentation', () => {
   })
 
   it('derives the lineage parent-child step from the pre-refactor grouped-card anchor', () => {
-    expect(LINEAGE_IMMEDIATE_PARENT_STEP).toBe(20)
     expect(LINEAGE_CHILDREN_INLINE_OFFSET).toBe(
       LINEAGE_IMMEDIATE_PARENT_STEP - WORKTREE_CARD_SURFACE_MARGIN - FLUSH_CARD_MIN_CONTENT_INSET
     )
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.test.ts
index f57380b09b1..d9730fadbcc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-group/useTabDragSplit.test.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ afterEach(() => {
 
 describe('tab drag activation distance', () => {
   it('uses the named threshold for enabled tab drags', () => {
-    expect(TAB_DRAG_ACTIVATION_DISTANCE_PX).toBe(12)
     expect(getTabDragActivationDistance(true)).toBe(TAB_DRAG_ACTIVATION_DISTANCE_PX)
   })
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-terminal-mouse-wheel.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-terminal-mouse-wheel.test.ts
index 0e2bfb5053d..9e1458bda84 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-terminal-mouse-wheel.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-terminal-mouse-wheel.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import {
-  TERMINAL_TUI_MOUSE_WHEEL_MULTIPLIER,
   attachTerminalMouseWheelMultiplier,
   createTerminalTuiMouseWheelDistanceState,
   normalizeTerminalTuiMouseWheelMultiplier,
@@ -79,10 +78,6 @@ describe('terminal mouse wheel multiplier', () => {
     vi.unstubAllGlobals()
   })
 
-  it('uses a one-report multiplier for TUI mouse wheel scrolling', () => {
-    expect(TERMINAL_TUI_MOUSE_WHEEL_MULTIPLIER).toBe(1)
-  })
-
   it('normalizes TUI wheel multipliers to the supported report range', () => {
     expect(normalizeTerminalTuiMouseWheelMultiplier(undefined)).toBe(1)
     expect(normalizeTerminalTuiMouseWheelMultiplier(0)).toBe(1)
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-status-types.test.ts b/src/shared/agent-status-types.test.ts
index 39b44ee4092..cf76f6d3acd 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-status-types.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-status-types.test.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ Fix dispatch fallback preview for normalized status prompts`
       JSON.stringify({ state: 'waiting', interactivePrompt: long })
     )
     expect(result!.interactivePrompt).toHaveLength(AGENT_STATUS_INTERACTIVE_PROMPT_MAX_LENGTH)
-    expect(AGENT_STATUS_INTERACTIVE_PROMPT_MAX_LENGTH).toBe(16000)
   })
 
   it('leaves interactivePrompt undefined when absent or non-string', () => {
diff --git a/src/shared/commit-message-agent-spec.test.ts b/src/shared/commit-message-agent-spec.test.ts
index 26f239e1a41..553f734a971 100644
--- a/src/shared/commit-message-agent-spec.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/commit-message-agent-spec.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import {
   COMMIT_MESSAGE_AGENT_SPECS,
   CUSTOM_AGENT_ID,
-  DEFAULT_COMMIT_MESSAGE_AGENT_ID,
   getCommitMessageAgentCapability,
   getCommitMessageAgentSpec,
   getCommitMessageModel,
@@ -140,10 +139,6 @@ describe('COMMIT_MESSAGE_AGENT_SPECS', () => {
     ])
   })
 
-  it('defaults the agent picker to Claude', () => {
-    expect(DEFAULT_COMMIT_MESSAGE_AGENT_ID).toBe('claude')
-  })
-
   it('treats disabled default agents as unavailable for implicit Source Control AI choices', () => {
     expect(resolveCommitMessageAgentChoice(null, 'codex', ['codex'])).toBe('claude')
     expect(resolveCommitMessageAgentChoice(null, null, ['claude'])).toBeNull()
diff --git a/src/shared/feature-interactions.test.ts b/src/shared/feature-interactions.test.ts
index 260925c8b3b..04113088ed1 100644
--- a/src/shared/feature-interactions.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/feature-interactions.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import { join, relative } from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
   FEATURE_INTERACTIONS,
-  FEATURE_INTERACTION_CATEGORIES,
   FEATURE_INTERACTION_CATEGORY_BY_ID,
-  FEATURE_INTERACTION_USAGE_BUCKETS,
   getFeatureInteractionUsageBucket,
   hasFeatureInteraction,
   normalizeFeatureInteractionTelemetryBuckets,
@@ -129,19 +127,6 @@ describe('feature interactions', () => {
   })
 
   it('maps interaction counts to the exact top-coded telemetry buckets', () => {
-    expect(FEATURE_INTERACTION_USAGE_BUCKETS).toEqual([
-      'count_1',
-      'count_2',
-      'count_3_4',
-      'count_5_9',
-      'count_10_19',
-      'count_20_49',
-      'count_50_99',
-      'count_100_199',
-      'count_200_499',
-      'count_500_999',
-      'count_1000_plus'
-    ])
     expect(getFeatureInteractionUsageBucket(0)).toBeNull()
     expect(getFeatureInteractionUsageBucket(1)).toBe('count_1')
     expect(getFeatureInteractionUsageBucket(2)).toBe('count_2')
@@ -154,23 +139,6 @@ describe('feature interactions', () => {
   })
 
   it('covers every feature id with a telemetry category', () => {
-    expect(FEATURE_INTERACTION_CATEGORIES).toEqual([
-      'workspace',
-      'agent',
-      'browser',
-      'launcher',
-      'task_management',
-      'notes',
-      'review',
-      'setup',
-      'settings',
-      'automation',
-      'terminal',
-      'collaboration',
-      'resource_management',
-      'voice',
-      'source_control'
-    ])
     expect(Object.keys(FEATURE_INTERACTION_CATEGORY_BY_ID).sort()).toEqual(
       FEATURE_INTERACTIONS.map((feature) => feature.id).sort()
     )
diff --git a/src/shared/image-paste-following-text.test.ts b/src/shared/image-paste-following-text.test.ts
index ef46c4c7a9e..f115fbbc9d2 100644
--- a/src/shared/image-paste-following-text.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/image-paste-following-text.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import {
-  IMAGE_PASTE_FOLLOWING_TEXT_SEPARATOR,
-  imagePasteWritesFollowedByText
-} from './image-paste-following-text'
+import { imagePasteWritesFollowedByText } from './image-paste-following-text'
 
 const IMAGE_A = '\x1b[200~/tmp/orca-paste-a.png\x1b[201~'
 const IMAGE_B = '\x1b[200~/tmp/orca-paste-b.png\x1b[201~'
@@ -10,7 +7,6 @@ const IMAGE_B = '\x1b[200~/tmp/orca-paste-b.png\x1b[201~'
 describe('imagePasteWritesFollowedByText', () => {
   it('separates an attachment path from following prompt text by a single space', () => {
     expect(imagePasteWritesFollowedByText([IMAGE_A], true)).toEqual([`${IMAGE_A} `])
-    expect(IMAGE_PASTE_FOLLOWING_TEXT_SEPARATOR).toBe(' ')
   })
 
   it('keeps an attachment-only send as the framed path with no trailing separator', () => {
diff --git a/src/shared/orca-session-address.test.ts b/src/shared/orca-session-address.test.ts
index 0d9875f936d..37ce908707c 100644
--- a/src/shared/orca-session-address.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/orca-session-address.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
-  ORCA_SESSION_ADDRESS_PREFIX,
   formatOrcaSessionAddress,
   isOrcaSessionId,
   parseOrcaSessionAddress
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ const ADDRESS = `session:${SESSION_ID}`
 
 describe('Orca session address', () => {
   it('addresses an Orca session id as session:<id> and parses the bare id back', () => {
-    expect(ORCA_SESSION_ADDRESS_PREFIX).toBe('session:')
     expect(formatOrcaSessionAddress(SESSION_ID)).toBe(ADDRESS)
     expect(parseOrcaSessionAddress(ADDRESS)).toBe(SESSION_ID)
     const parsed = parseOrcaSessionAddress(ADDRESS)
diff --git a/src/shared/repo-search-limits.test.ts b/src/shared/repo-search-limits.test.ts
index e0151f54fbc..4ca302a055a 100644
--- a/src/shared/repo-search-limits.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/repo-search-limits.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
 
 describe('repository ref-search limits', () => {
   it('accepts normal UI and CLI limits and adds one bounded probe row', () => {
-    expect(REPO_SEARCH_REFS_DEFAULT_LIMIT).toBe(25)
     expect(isRepoSearchRefsLimit(20)).toBe(true)
     expect(isRepoSearchRefsLimit(REPO_SEARCH_REFS_DEFAULT_LIMIT)).toBe(true)
     expect(isRepoSearchRefsLimit(600)).toBe(true)
diff --git a/src/shared/setup-agent-sequencing.test.ts b/src/shared/setup-agent-sequencing.test.ts
index 908ea149cef..5a8adc6312b 100644
--- a/src/shared/setup-agent-sequencing.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/setup-agent-sequencing.test.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ import {
   SETUP_AGENT_SEQUENCE_STARTUP_COMMAND_ENV,
   SETUP_AGENT_SEQUENCE_STARTUP_SCRIPT_ENV
 } from './setup-agent-sequencing'
-import {
-  DEFAULT_SETUP_AGENT_STARTUP_POLICY,
-  shouldWaitForSetupBeforeAgentStartup
-} from './setup-agent-startup-policy'
+import { shouldWaitForSetupBeforeAgentStartup } from './setup-agent-startup-policy'
 
 const TEMP_DIRS: string[] = []
 const WINDOWS_PROCESS_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ afterEach(() => {
 
 describe('createSequencedSetupAgentCommands', () => {
   it('defaults agent startup to immediate unless the wait policy is explicit', () => {
-    expect(DEFAULT_SETUP_AGENT_STARTUP_POLICY).toBe('start-immediately')
     expect(getDefaultRepoHookSettings().setupAgentStartupPolicy).toBe('start-immediately')
     expect(shouldWaitForSetupBeforeAgentStartup(undefined)).toBe(false)
     expect(shouldWaitForSetupBeforeAgentStartup('start-immediately')).toBe(false)
diff --git a/src/shared/terminal-scrollback-policy.test.ts b/src/shared/terminal-scrollback-policy.test.ts
index 26187b11f77..52414ababee 100644
--- a/src/shared/terminal-scrollback-policy.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/terminal-scrollback-policy.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
-  DESKTOP_TERMINAL_SCROLLBACK_ROW_PRESETS,
-  DESKTOP_TERMINAL_SCROLLBACK_ROWS_DEFAULT,
-  DESKTOP_TERMINAL_SCROLLBACK_ROWS_MAX,
-  DESKTOP_TERMINAL_SCROLLBACK_ROWS_MIN,
   legacyTerminalScrollbackBytesToRows,
   normalizeDesktopTerminalScrollbackRows,
   normalizeDesktopTerminalSnapshotRows,
@@ -12,13 +8,6 @@ import {
 } from './terminal-scrollback-policy'
 
 describe('terminal scrollback policy', () => {
-  it('exports the desktop row defaults and presets', () => {
-    expect(DESKTOP_TERMINAL_SCROLLBACK_ROWS_DEFAULT).toBe(5_000)
-    expect(DESKTOP_TERMINAL_SCROLLBACK_ROWS_MIN).toBe(1_000)
-    expect(DESKTOP_TERMINAL_SCROLLBACK_ROWS_MAX).toBe(50_000)
-    expect(DESKTOP_TERMINAL_SCROLLBACK_ROW_PRESETS).toEqual([5_000, 10_000, 25_000, 50_000])
-  })
-
   it('normalizes persisted desktop rows without string coercion', () => {
     expect(normalizeDesktopTerminalScrollbackRows(undefined)).toBe(5_000)
     expect(normalizeDesktopTerminalScrollbackRows('25000')).toBe(5_000)
diff --git a/src/shared/windows-transient-lock-removal.test.ts b/src/shared/windows-transient-lock-removal.test.ts
index 32b527ebfe6..0babb644d3f 100644
--- a/src/shared/windows-transient-lock-removal.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/windows-transient-lock-removal.test.ts
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ describe('transient lock removal options', () => {
     })
   })
 
-  it('matches the repo policy of eight attempts', () => {
-    expect(WINDOWS_RM_MAX_RETRIES).toBe(8)
-  })
-
   it('asks for no retries where removal is not raced by the OS', () => {
     for (const platform of ['darwin', 'linux'] as const) {
       withPlatform(platform)
diff --git a/src/shared/worktree/card-properties.test.ts b/src/shared/worktree/card-properties.test.ts
index 45bc50e24a9..520de369094 100644
--- a/src/shared/worktree/card-properties.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/worktree/card-properties.test.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ describe('worktree card properties', () => {
     expect(getWorktreeCardModeProperties('Default')).toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining(TASK_WORKTREE_CARD_PROPERTIES)
     )
-    expect(TASK_WORKTREE_CARD_PROPERTIES).toEqual(['issue', 'linear-issue', 'jira-issue'])
   })
 
   it('normalizes fixed and legacy properties while preserving selected properties', () => {