diff --git a/tests/api/v1/test_reasoning_heartbeat_liveness.py b/tests/api/v1/test_reasoning_heartbeat_liveness.py
index 2fc843ab..a1b198f7 100644
--- a/tests/api/v1/test_reasoning_heartbeat_liveness.py
+++ b/tests/api/v1/test_reasoning_heartbeat_liveness.py
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class TestHeartbeatPumpsDuringReasoning:
             assert msg_id is not None
 
             # Drain the rest, snapshotting the row's heartbeat after each frame.
-            for _frame in gen:
+            for _ in gen:
                 with pg_engine.connect() as conn:
                     observed.append(_row(conn, str(msg_id)))
 
diff --git a/tests/api/v1/test_v1_continuation_ownership.py b/tests/api/v1/test_v1_continuation_ownership.py
index 757e5396..45b590e7 100644
--- a/tests/api/v1/test_v1_continuation_ownership.py
+++ b/tests/api/v1/test_v1_continuation_ownership.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class TestForeignConversationOwnership:
         # write was rejected before any persistence.
         with pg_engine.connect() as conn:
             rows_after = _row_count(conn, conv_id)
-        assert rows_after == rows_before == 1
+        assert rows_after == rows_before
 
     def test_owner_can_continue_into_own_conversation(self, pg_engine, monkeypatch):
         """Control: the SAME continuation into the caller's OWN conversation