diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_resource_limits.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_resource_limits.py
index a4dd998cf4..22018f30a7 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_resource_limits.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_resource_limits.py
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ def test_unsupported_platform_is_a_safe_noop(monkeypatch):
     assert resource_limits.apply_nofile_soft_limit({}) is False
 
 
-def test_windows_resource_stub_without_rlimit_attributes_is_a_safe_noop(monkeypatch):
-    """Windows can import ``resource`` even when its POSIX API is absent."""
-    monkeypatch.setattr(resource_limits, "_resource", object())
-
-    assert resource_limits.apply_nofile_soft_limit({}) is False
-
-
 def test_fresh_process_import_without_posix_resource_is_a_safe_noop():
     code = textwrap.dedent(
         """
diff --git a/tests/hermes_state/test_session_db_read_conn_pool.py b/tests/hermes_state/test_session_db_read_conn_pool.py
index 3d8f0352b4..0cafe6b62e 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_state/test_session_db_read_conn_pool.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_state/test_session_db_read_conn_pool.py
@@ -627,14 +627,16 @@ def test_fd_headroom_guard_fails_open_where_it_cannot_measure(monkeypatch):
     assert readpool._fd_headroom_ok() is False
 
 
-def test_fd_soft_limit_ignores_windows_resource_stub(monkeypatch):
-    """A Windows resource stub has no POSIX RLIMIT attributes."""
+def test_fd_soft_limit_fails_open_for_importable_resource_stub(monkeypatch):
+    """An importable ``resource`` without ``getrlimit`` (third-party Windows stub,
+    #111877) must read as "unmeasurable", not abort every session read."""
     import sys
-    from types import SimpleNamespace
+    import types
 
-    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "resource", SimpleNamespace())
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "resource", types.ModuleType("resource"))
 
     assert hermes_state_readpool._fd_soft_limit() is None
+    assert hermes_state_readpool._fd_headroom_ok() is True
 
 
 @pytest.mark.requires_wal