diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_real_integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_real_integration_test.go
index 78a5a8f6..05175e99 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_real_integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/test_real_integration_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ func TestUnitLevelRunsTheRealGoOnTheFixtureRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 		"tagged":  {passed: true, noTests: true},
 		"empty":   {passed: true, noTests: true},
 		"slow":    {passed: true},
-		"broken":  {failed: "."}, // go vet, before the tests since R4g (ADR 0529 §1), names the directory and the compiler's line
+		// go vet, the lint step beside the tests (ADR 0542 §2), names the directory and the compiler's line; the test run
+		// of the package that does not compile fails beside it
+		"broken": {failed: "."},
 	}
 	for name, w := range want {
 		home := t.TempDir()
@@ -84,14 +86,16 @@ func TestUnitLevelRunsTheRealGoOnTheFixtureRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("%s: %v", name, err)
 		}
-		if res.Passed != w.passed || res.NoTests != w.noTests || (w.failed != "" && (len(res.Failed) != 1 || res.Failed[0].Package != w.failed)) {
+		lintFirst := w.failed != "." || (len(res.Failed) >= 1 && res.Failed[0].Step == StepLint)
+		if res.Passed != w.passed || res.NoTests != w.noTests || !lintFirst ||
+			(w.failed != "" && (len(res.Failed) == 0 || res.Failed[0].Package != w.failed)) {
 			t.Errorf("%s: result = %+v", name, res)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-// 1887/D7-go against the real go: a tree holding an unformatted file fails the unit level naming the file, before any
-// test runs, and the level's result carries the lint's time.
+// 1887/D7-go against the real go: a tree holding an unformatted file fails the check naming the file, as the lint step's
+// failure (ADR 0542 §2), and the level's result carries the lint's time.
 func TestAnUnformattedFileFailsTheRealUnitLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	needTools(t, "the unit level's gofmt and vet", "go", "git", "bwrap")
 	home := t.TempDir()
@@ -111,8 +115,9 @@ func TestAnUnformattedFileFailsTheRealUnitLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if res.Passed || len(res.Failed) == 0 || res.Failed[0].Test != "gofmt" || !strings.Contains(res.Failed[0].Output, "ugly.go") || res.Tests != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("result = %+v, want the level failed by gofmt naming ugly.go and no test run", res)
+	if res.Passed || len(res.Failed) == 0 || res.Failed[0].Test != "gofmt" || res.Failed[0].Step != StepLint ||
+		!strings.Contains(res.Failed[0].Output, "ugly.go") || res.Lint <= 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("result = %+v, want the lint step failed by gofmt naming ugly.go, with its time", res)
 	}
 }