diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-builder/cmd/mesh-delivery-builder/integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-builder/cmd/mesh-delivery-builder/integration_test.go
index 2e15f614..4f16980b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-builder/cmd/mesh-delivery-builder/integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-builder/cmd/mesh-delivery-builder/integration_test.go
@@ -755,6 +755,16 @@ func TestAFailedKeyIsBuiltAgainAsANewRevisionFromANewModulesValueWithTheSameFing
 // module value naming go1.27.2 (the new fingerprint, computed by the indexer) is built.
 func TestAToolchainChangeDoesNotBuildTheOldFingerprint(t *testing.T) { // 1615/AC4
 	b := startBed(t)
+	// The nodes' word is go1.27.2 when the module comes: the bed's go1.27.1 reports are not left before them on EVENTS, where the
+	// builder's new durable would hear them first and agree on go1.27.1 for a moment, building the old fingerprint if its entry
+	// is heard then (the cause of this test's failures, twice on 2026-11-12).
+	st, err := b.js.Stream(b.ctx, eventsStream)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := st.Purge(b.ctx, jetstream.WithPurgeSubject("mesh.seat.node-build-go.event.toolchain-reported.>")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	b.report(t, "mesh-build-go", "n1", "go", "go1.27.2", "1")
 	b.report(t, "mesh-build-go", "n2", "go", "go1.27.2", "1")
 	b.module(t, "netcheck", "catalogue-a67f0196-netcheck.module.json", "modules/netcheck") // names go1.27.1
@@ -763,6 +773,23 @@ func TestAToolchainChangeDoesNotBuildTheOldFingerprint(t *testing.T) { // 1615/A
 	b.moduleCommit(t, "netcheck2", "catalogue-a67f0196-netcheck.module.json", "modules/netcheck",
 		map[string]builds.ToolchainUsed{"go": {Version: "go1.27.2", Recipe: "1"}, "typescript": {Version: "tsc5", Recipe: "1"}}, commit)
 	b.await(t, "netcheck2", isState(builds.BuildDone))
+	// The builder never agreed on go1.27.1, not for a moment: that is what would build the old fingerprint.
+	info, err := st.Info(b.ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for seq := info.State.FirstSeq; seq <= info.State.LastSeq; seq++ {
+		m, err := st.GetMsg(b.ctx, seq)
+		if errors.Is(err, jetstream.ErrMsgNotFound) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if strings.HasSuffix(m.Subject, ".toolchain-agreed") && strings.Contains(string(m.Data), `"version":"go1.27.1"`) {
+			t.Errorf("the builder said the nodes agree on go1.27.1: %s", m.Data)
+		}
+	}
 	if _, err := b.builds.Get(b.ctx, mustKey(t, "netcheck")); err == nil {
 		t.Error("the old fingerprint, naming go1.27.1, was built with go1.27.2; the log: " + b.out.String())
 	}