diff --git a/packages/webui/tests/decide-browser.test.mjs b/packages/webui/tests/decide-browser.test.mjs
index 2599ee67a..fd1c65123 100644
--- a/packages/webui/tests/decide-browser.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/webui/tests/decide-browser.test.mjs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // through its reader session. Refresh timers fire after 150 ms.
 import { test } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
@@ -46,12 +47,28 @@ const STUB = `(() => {
   };
 })();`;
 
+// The open grant request, as host-fixtures' grantDecision writes it but with the hostile question.
+// decisions is append-only (migration 3b), so the question goes in with the row, not by an UPDATE.
+function hostileGrant(store, grant) {
+  const id = randomUUID(), at = '2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z';
+  store.run(
+    'INSERT INTO decisions(id,at,business,raised_by_role,raised_by_run,class,action,route_to,question,options,recommendation,blocking) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)',
+    id, at, 'demo', 'chief', 'chief-run', 'gated', 'credential.mint', 'human', `Enroll web1? ${HOSTILE}`,
+    JSON.stringify([{ key: 'yes', text: 'Yes' }, { key: 'no', text: 'No' }]), 'yes', 0,
+  );
+  store.run(
+    "INSERT INTO events(id,at,business,kind,actor_role,actor_run,subject,body) VALUES(?,?,?,'action.allowed',?,?,?,?)",
+    randomUUID(), at, 'demo', 'chief', 'chief-run', id,
+    JSON.stringify({ decision: id, action: 'credential.mint', operation: 'decision.raise', approvalChoice: 'yes', grant }),
+  );
+  return id;
+}
+
 async function setup() {
   const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'webui-decide-browser-'));
   const store = new Store(root), b0 = new Broker({ store, businesses });
   const grant = { method: 'host-enroll', host: 'web1', address: '192.0.2.10', port: 22, user: 'jarvis', sudo: true, fingerprints: [] };
-  const open = grantDecision(store, { grant, close: null });
-  store.run('UPDATE decisions SET question=? WHERE id=?', `Enroll web1? ${HOSTILE}`, open);
+  const open = hostileGrant(store, grant);
   const deploy = grantDecision(store, { action: 'deploy', grant, close: null });
   const bare = grantDecision(store, { close: null });
   const reader = b0.bindReader({ business: 'demo' });
@@ -67,6 +84,8 @@ async function setup() {
   const queue = a => b.evaluate(`window.__answers.push(${JSON.stringify(a)}), true`);
   const click = step => b.evaluate(`document.querySelector('#decide-section [data-decide="${step}"]').click(), true`);
   const page = async (query, id) => {
+    // The same URL again is a same-document hash change, not a load, so load about:blank first (as editor-browser does).
+    await b.navigate('about:blank');
     await b.navigate(`${base}?${query}#/inbox/${id}`);
     await wait('document.querySelector("#bus-view h1")?.textContent.startsWith("Decision") && !document.querySelector("#bus-view [aria-busy]")');
     // The config read redraws once it lands; a refresh tick after it settles the page.