diff --git a/internal/web/handler_test.go b/internal/web/handler_test.go
index 39c4f0b..76968f8 100644
--- a/internal/web/handler_test.go
+++ b/internal/web/handler_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,20 @@ func TestRootServesAtlas(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestAtlasJSON_ServesAtlasWithGeneratedCIStage(t *testing.T) {
+// This asserts the SHAPE the endpoint serves, not the exact CI job names.
+//
+// STAGE 06 has two sources: the embedded workflow (deterministic) and, when the
+// forge is reachable, the live latest run — which overwrites it with real job
+// names and a "▶ run #N" node. The old assertion demanded the workflow-derived
+// names, so it passed on a laptop with no route to Gitea and failed inside CI,
+// where the overlay works exactly as designed. It went red on 2026-08-19 for a
+// commit that only touched atlas.json.
+//
+// The deterministic assertion lives in the atlas package
+// (TestBuild_OverlaysCIStageNodesFromWorkflow), which feeds Build a fixed
+// workflow and no network. Here we check the endpoint serves a usable atlas
+// whichever source won.
+func TestAtlasJSON_ServesAtlasWithPopulatedCIStage(t *testing.T) {
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(NewHandler())
 	defer srv.Close()
 
@@ -51,18 +64,21 @@ func TestAtlasJSON_ServesAtlasWithGeneratedCIStage(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("atlas has no stages")
 	}
 
-	// The generate:ci-jobs stage must be populated from the real cd.yml jobs.
-	got := map[string]bool{}
-	for _, s := range a.Stages {
-		if s.No == "STAGE 06" {
-			for _, n := range s.Nodes {
-				got[n.Title] = true
-			}
+	var ci *atlas.Stage
+	for i := range a.Stages {
+		if a.Stages[i].No == "STAGE 06" {
+			ci = &a.Stages[i]
 		}
 	}
-	for _, want := range []string{"guard", "check", "build", "deploy"} {
-		if !got[want] {
-			t.Fatalf("CI stage missing generated job %q (got %v)", want, got)
+	if ci == nil {
+		t.Fatal("STAGE 06 missing from the served atlas")
+	}
+	if len(ci.Nodes) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("STAGE 06 has no nodes — neither the embedded workflow nor the live run populated it")
+	}
+	for _, n := range ci.Nodes {
+		if n.Title == "" {
+			t.Fatalf("STAGE 06 node with no title: %+v", n)
 		}
 	}
 }