diff --git a/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/manager_test.go b/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/manager_test.go
index 287c6456..4f8103fb 100644
--- a/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/manager_test.go
+++ b/modules/claude-licence-manager/cmd/claude-licence-manager/manager_test.go
@@ -132,8 +132,13 @@ func TestAManagerWithNoLicenceAdoptsTheNewestLoginThatRefreshesAndNeverExchanges
 	if len(bs) != 2 || mm.state["laptop"].Licence != licence1 || mm.state["server"].Licence != licence1 {
 		t.Fatalf("bindings %v, state %v", bs, mm.state)
 	}
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(strings.Join(mm.events, "|"), "licence.adopted") {
-		t.Fatalf("events %v", mm.events)
+	// The adoption is said, and so is each binding it made (novox/hq issue 625).
+	events := strings.Join(mm.events, "|")
+	for _, want := range []string{"licence.adopted ", `licence.bound {"by":"claude-licence-manager","consumer":"laptop"`,
+		`licence.bound {"by":"claude-licence-manager","consumer":"server"`} {
+		if !strings.Contains(events, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("events lack %s: %v", want, mm.events)
+		}
 	}
 }