diff --git a/tests/agent/test_turn_finalizer_iteration_limit_exit.py b/tests/agent/test_turn_finalizer_iteration_limit_exit.py
index ab09903887b..550302251ef 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_turn_finalizer_iteration_limit_exit.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_turn_finalizer_iteration_limit_exit.py
@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ def test_pending_pre_verify_response_is_preserved_on_budget_exhaustion(monkeypat
     assert agent._handle_max_iterations_called is False
 
 
+def test_empty_pending_verification_response_uses_summary_fallback(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr("hermes_cli.plugins.invoke_hook", lambda *_a, **_kw: [])
+    agent = _LimitAgent()
+
+    result = _finalize(
+        agent,
+        final_response=None,
+        exit_reason="unknown",
+        pending_verification_response="",
+    )
+
+    assert result["final_response"] == "summary from extra call"
+    assert result["turn_exit_reason"] == "max_iterations_reached(60/60)"
+    assert agent._handle_max_iterations_called is True
+
+
 def test_text_response_exit_not_rewritten_at_iteration_limit(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr("hermes_cli.plugins.invoke_hook", lambda *_a, **_kw: [])
     agent = _LimitAgent(budget_remaining=5)
diff --git a/tests/run_agent/test_verification_continuation_budget.py b/tests/run_agent/test_verification_continuation_budget.py
index a71b995a5aa..5c66d442a53 100644
--- a/tests/run_agent/test_verification_continuation_budget.py
+++ b/tests/run_agent/test_verification_continuation_budget.py
@@ -121,3 +121,26 @@ def test_intermediate_ack_uses_summary_instead_of_premature_text(agent, monkeypa
     assert result["final_response"] == "verified summary"
     assert result["turn_exit_reason"] == "max_iterations_reached(1/1)"
     agent._handle_max_iterations.assert_called_once()
+
+
+def test_later_verified_response_supersedes_pending_report(agent, monkeypatch):
+    agent.max_iterations = 2
+    agent.iteration_budget.max_total = 2
+    answers = iter([_response("premature report"), _response("verified final report")])
+    agent._interruptible_api_call = lambda _kwargs: next(answers)
+    agent._handle_max_iterations = MagicMock(return_value="replacement summary")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_VERIFY_ON_STOP", "1")
+
+    with (
+        patch(
+            "agent.verification_stop.build_verify_on_stop_nudge",
+            side_effect=["verify it", None],
+        ),
+        patch("hermes_cli.plugins.invoke_hook", return_value=[]),
+    ):
+        result = agent.run_conversation("edit changed.py")
+
+    assert result["final_response"] == "verified final report"
+    assert result["turn_exit_reason"] == "text_response(finish_reason=stop)"
+    assert result["completed"] is True
+    agent._handle_max_iterations.assert_not_called()