diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/utility-mobile.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/utility-mobile.test.tsx
index 6840b2030f..387d6724fe 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/utility-mobile.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/utility-mobile.test.tsx
@@ -67,13 +67,19 @@ describe("Utility component mobile adaptations", () => {
   });
 
   it("renders ExecutorStatusBar segments", () => {
+    /*
+    FNXC:DashboardTests 2026-07-22-18:20:
+    ExecutorStatusBar ships Waiting (not Queued) for intake/hold and no longer
+    renders an In Review segment — align mobile utility coverage with ExecutorStatusBar.tsx.
+    */
     render(<ExecutorStatusBar tasks={[]} />);
 
     const bar = screen.getByRole("status");
+    expect(bar).toHaveTextContent("Waiting");
     expect(bar).toHaveTextContent("Running");
     expect(bar).toHaveTextContent("Blocked");
-    expect(bar).toHaveTextContent("Queued");
-    expect(bar).toHaveTextContent("In Review");
+    expect(bar).not.toHaveTextContent("Queued");
+    expect(bar).not.toHaveTextContent("In Review");
   });
 
   it("renders ActiveAgentsPanel grid and cards when agents are provided", () => {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/__tests__/AppearanceSection.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/__tests__/AppearanceSection.test.tsx
index 826f1dc42e..ade3f33009 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/__tests__/AppearanceSection.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/__tests__/AppearanceSection.test.tsx
@@ -71,11 +71,18 @@ describe("AppearanceSection", () => {
     expect(checkbox).not.toBeChecked();
     /*
     FNXC:MobileTaskPopups 2026-07-15-17:35:
-    This assertion tracked copy that FN-7945 deliberately rewrote — the setting became all-viewport, so the help text gained "List row/card" and the popup became "movable" — and it had been failing against the shipped string ever since.
-    Realigned to the copy the section actually renders rather than deleted: the requirement (the help text must state which click targets route to the popup) is still worth asserting, and dropping it would leave the copy uncovered.
+    Help text must state which click targets route to the popup.
+
+    FNXC:DashboardTests 2026-07-22-18:20:
+    AppearanceSection.tsx t() fallback (and FN-8478) documents board task-card deep-tab chips
+    plus List row/card and right-dock Tasks-list → movable task popup. Assert the live help body.
     */
-    expect(screen.getByText(/ordinary board task-card, List row\/card, and right-dock Tasks-list clicks open the existing movable task popup/)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.getByText(/Deep-tab and other task opens keep their current behavior/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText(
+        /board task-card clicks including Changes, Retries, and Workflow chips, plus ordinary List row\/card and right-dock Tasks-list clicks, open the existing movable task popup/,
+      ),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Other task opens keep their current behavior/)).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     fireEvent.click(checkbox);