diff --git a/internal/monitoring/broadcast_metrics_snapshot_test.go b/internal/monitoring/broadcast_metrics_snapshot_test.go
index f774d14b72..a6eef3d7af 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/broadcast_metrics_snapshot_test.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/broadcast_metrics_snapshot_test.go
@@ -177,9 +177,16 @@ func TestBroadcastMetricsSnapshotContinuityAndLiveOverlays(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	critical := unifiedresources.EvaluateResourceHealth(host, []unifiedresources.ResourceHealthAlert{{ResourceID: host.ID, Level: "critical", Type: "cpu"}}, now)
-	if critical.Verdict != unifiedresources.HealthCritical {
-		t.Fatal("live alert was hidden by captured data")
+	for _, r := range view.resources {
+		if r.Type != unifiedresources.ResourceTypeVM {
+			continue
+		}
+		baseline := unifiedresources.EvaluateResourceHealth(r, nil, now)
+		critical := unifiedresources.EvaluateResourceHealth(r, []unifiedresources.ResourceHealthAlert{{ResourceID: r.ID, Level: "critical", Type: "cpu"}}, now)
+		cleared := unifiedresources.EvaluateResourceHealth(r, nil, now)
+		if baseline.Verdict != unifiedresources.HealthOK || critical.Verdict != unifiedresources.HealthCritical || !reflect.DeepEqual(cleared, baseline) {
+			t.Fatal("live alert/clear was hidden by captured data")
+		}
 	}
 	if len(adapter.GetAll()) != 2 {
 		t.Fatal("continuity overlay wrote back to the live registry")
diff --git a/internal/monitoring/monitor_host_agents_test.go b/internal/monitoring/monitor_host_agents_test.go
index 695d475395..b7d3708922 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/monitor_host_agents_test.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/monitor_host_agents_test.go
@@ -6763,6 +6763,10 @@ func TestBroadcastProjectionListsRegistryOnceAndKeepsLiveChanges(t *testing.T) {
 	if row == nil || row.CPU.Current != 77 || len(row.Tags) != 1 || row.Tags[0] != "new-tag" {
 		t.Fatalf("mutable row was stale: %#v", row)
 	}
+	var health unifiedresources.ResourceHealth
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(row.Health, &health); err != nil || health.Verdict != unifiedresources.HealthCritical {
+		t.Fatalf("live critical alert did not reach the freshly projected row: %s (%v)", row.Health, err)
+	}
 	if first.Resources[0].CPU.Current != oldCPU {
 		t.Fatal("later projection mutated an accepted baseline")
 	}