diff --git a/src/server/sessions/authService.test.ts b/src/server/sessions/authService.test.ts
index f4fb9bc..2cb00ce 100644
--- a/src/server/sessions/authService.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/sessions/authService.test.ts
@@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ describe("createModelRuntimeForAgentDir", () => {
   it("keeps runtime-owned refreshes local so request paths cannot stall", async () => {
     // reloadConfig() is the request-path call site that regressed: it refreshes
     // with allowNetwork = the construction-time network flag and no abort signal.
+    // The ambient PI_OFFLINE=1 stub has to go, or the runtime would be offline
+    // whether or not the helper forces it and this would assert nothing.
+    vi.stubEnv("PI_OFFLINE", undefined);
     const agentDir = await tempAgentDir();
     const runtime = await createModelRuntimeForAgentDir(agentDir);
     const refresh = vi.spyOn(runtime, "refresh");
diff --git a/src/server/sessions/modelCatalogRefresher.ts b/src/server/sessions/modelCatalogRefresher.ts
index a3c191e..b3d9f29 100644
--- a/src/server/sessions/modelCatalogRefresher.ts
+++ b/src/server/sessions/modelCatalogRefresher.ts
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ const noopLogger: ModelCatalogRefresherLogger = {
  * own refreshes never touch the network and stay fast on request paths. This
  * refresher is the single place that deliberately performs network refreshes —
  * bounded by an abort timeout, serialized through one in-flight run, stopped by
- * `dispose()` even mid-flight, and off any request path. `requestRefresh()` additionally asks for a prompt forced
- * refresh after events that change what should be listed, such as provider
- * logins, where the cached catalog is known to be wrong.
+ * `dispose()` even mid-flight, and off any request path. `requestRefresh()`
+ * additionally asks for a prompt forced refresh after events that change what
+ * should be listed, such as provider logins, where the cached catalog is known
+ * to be wrong.
  *
  * When the operator asked for offline behavior (`PI_OFFLINE` / `PI_WEB_OFFLINE`),
  * the refresher performs no network I/O at all and the cached catalogs in