diff --git a/tests/agent/lsp/test_client_e2e.py b/tests/agent/lsp/test_client_e2e.py
index f24e276b99..a42cb1f4bb 100644
--- a/tests/agent/lsp/test_client_e2e.py
+++ b/tests/agent/lsp/test_client_e2e.py
@@ -154,15 +154,26 @@ async def test_docs_cache_is_lru_bounded_and_reopens_evicted(tmp_path: Path, mon
     monkeypatch.setattr(client_mod, "MAX_TRACKED_FILES", 3)
     files = [tmp_path / f"f{i}.py" for i in range(5)]
     for f in files:
-        f.write_text("print('hi')\n")
+        f.write_text("print('hi')\n", encoding="utf-8")
 
     client = _client(tmp_path, "errors")
+    real_send = client._send_notification
+    sent: list = []
+
+    async def _spy(method, params):
+        sent.append((method, params))
+        await real_send(method, params)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(client, "_send_notification", _spy)
     await client.start()
     try:
         for f in files:
             await client.open_file(str(f), language_id="python")
         assert len(client._docs) == 3
         assert str(files[0]) not in client._docs  # least recently touched went first
+        # The server releases its mirror too: every evicted doc got a didClose on the wire.
+        closed = [p["textDocument"]["uri"] for m, p in sent if m == "textDocument/didClose"]
+        assert closed == [client_mod.file_uri(str(files[0])), client_mod.file_uri(str(files[1]))]
         version = await client.open_file(str(files[0]), language_id="python")
         assert version == 0  # fresh didOpen, not a didChange against dropped state
         assert len(client._docs) == 3
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_tool_log_mode.py b/tests/gateway/test_tool_log_mode.py
index 03c6dc1a5f..0b6bcf96ec 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_tool_log_mode.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_tool_log_mode.py
@@ -39,55 +39,6 @@ class TestLogBranchSemantics:
         assert q.empty()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_write_tool_log_writes_and_rotates_handler(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
-    """The writer coroutine drains the queue into logs/tool_calls.log."""
-    import gateway.run as gateway_run
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(gateway_run, "_hermes_home", tmp_path)
-
-    log_queue: queue.Queue = queue.Queue()
-    log_queue.put("2026-07-02 10:00:00  terminal: \"echo hi\"")
-    log_queue.put("2026-07-02 10:00:01  read_file: \"foo.py\"")
-
-    # Minimal inline copy of write_tool_log wiring (the real coroutine is a
-    # closure inside _run_agent); exercise the same handler configuration.
-    import logging
-    from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
-
-    from agent.redact import RedactingFormatter
-
-    log_dir = tmp_path / "logs"
-    log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    handler = RotatingFileHandler(
-        log_dir / "tool_calls.log", maxBytes=5 * 1024 * 1024, backupCount=3,
-        encoding="utf-8",
-    )
-    handler.setFormatter(RedactingFormatter("%(message)s"))
-    tool_logger = logging.getLogger(f"hermes.tool_calls.test.{id(log_queue)}")
-    tool_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-    tool_logger.propagate = False
-    tool_logger.addHandler(handler)
-    try:
-        while True:
-            try:
-                tool_logger.info("%s", log_queue.get_nowait())
-            except queue.Empty:
-                break
-    finally:
-        tool_logger.removeHandler(handler)
-        handler.flush()
-        handler.close()
-
-    content = (log_dir / "tool_calls.log").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-    assert "terminal" in content
-    assert "read_file" in content
-    assert content.count("\n") == 2
-    await asyncio.sleep(0)  # keep the asyncio marker honest
-
-
-
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_write_tool_log_shares_one_logger_across_turns(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     """Two turns with distinct queues register no new Logger (loggerDict is process-lifetime) and