diff --git a/packages/bus/tests/gitea-grant.test.mjs b/packages/bus/tests/gitea-grant.test.mjs
index f4c4b787e..c76d34d20 100644
--- a/packages/bus/tests/gitea-grant.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/bus/tests/gitea-grant.test.mjs
@@ -412,10 +412,11 @@ test('X-G6 and X-G8: the user and mint steps are written before their calls, and
     'user-create': { step: true, call: true, result: false },
     'token-create': { step: true, call: true, result: false },
   });
-  // Every result carries the status Gitea gave.
+  // Every result carries the HTTP status Gitea gave (user-get and fork-get answer 404 on a first grant).
   const results = f.grantEvents().filter((e) => e.action === 'grant.result');
   assert.ok(results.length > 0);
-  for (const e of results) assert.ok(Number.isInteger(e.status) && e.status >= 200 && e.status < 300, JSON.stringify(e));
+  for (const e of results) assert.ok(Number.isInteger(e.status) && e.status >= 100 && e.status < 600, JSON.stringify(e));
+  assert.ok(results.some((e) => e.status === 404));
 });
 
 test('X-G4: a fork by the seat user of another repository than the project refuses fork-foreign', async (t) => {