diff --git a/tests/mode-home-no-caveat-footer.test.ts b/tests/mode-home-no-caveat-footer.test.ts
index 7b000b8195..3d70746ad0 100644
--- a/tests/mode-home-no-caveat-footer.test.ts
+++ b/tests/mode-home-no-caveat-footer.test.ts
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ describe("mode homes carry no caveat footer", () => {
 
   it("leaves no caveat copy in the shared-home presentation table", () => {
     // The copy route into the same defect: a mode could carry the line as data
-    // rather than as a component. Every entry is exactly a title and a subtitle.
+    // rather than as a component. The table now also carries starter
+    // suggestions, but it must not grow any caveat/footer field.
     for (const modeId of appModeIds) {
-      expect(Object.keys(sharedHomePresentation[modeId]).sort(), modeId).toEqual(["subtitle", "title"]);
+      expect(Object.keys(sharedHomePresentation[modeId]).sort(), modeId).toEqual(["subtitle", "suggestions", "title"]);
     }
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/shared-home-empty-state.dom.test.tsx b/tests/shared-home-empty-state.dom.test.tsx
index ad68c54ec2..210aa01e6a 100644
--- a/tests/shared-home-empty-state.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/shared-home-empty-state.dom.test.tsx
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ const expectedPresentations = [
   },
   {
     modeId: "therapy-compass",
-    title: "Therapy Compass",
+    title: "Therapy",
     subtitle: "Source-grounded therapy records.",
     iconClass: "lucide-compass",
   },
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ describe("SharedHomeEmptyState", () => {
       expect(icon).toHaveClass(iconClass);
       expect(icon).toHaveAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
 
-      // No mode home carries a caveat line under the composer any more, and no
-      // mode may reintroduce one as filler: the presentation table is exactly a
-      // title and a subtitle.
+      // No mode home carries a caveat line under the composer any more. The
+      // shared-home table now also feeds mode-specific starter suggestions, so
+      // the contract is title + subtitle + suggestions — and nothing else.
       const presentation: SharedHomePresentation = sharedHomePresentation[modeId];
-      expect(Object.keys(presentation).sort()).toEqual(["subtitle", "title"]);
+      expect(Object.keys(presentation).sort()).toEqual(["subtitle", "suggestions", "title"]);
     },
   );