diff --git a/testing/chaos/sim/nodes.py b/testing/chaos/sim/nodes.py
index db59e69a..2a69f7c3 100644
--- a/testing/chaos/sim/nodes.py
+++ b/testing/chaos/sim/nodes.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class NodeManager:
         and so the `protect_connectivity` guard, and the shared
         `down_nodes` set that netem, links and traffic all skip. Returning
         before the mutation keeps the model equal to the mesh and lets the
-        next churn tick retry the node. See ISSUE-2026-0081.
+        next churn tick retry the node.
         """
         container = self.topology.container_name(node_id)
         docker_exec_quiet(container, "kill 1", timeout=5)  # SIGTERM to PID 1
diff --git a/testing/chaos/sim/runner.py b/testing/chaos/sim/runner.py
index ad41f6fc..75993411 100644
--- a/testing/chaos/sim/runner.py
+++ b/testing/chaos/sim/runner.py
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ class SimRunner:
         project before the stragglers have registered, finds nothing to
         remove, and says so successfully. Nothing downstream looks at what
         survived, so the leak is invisible at the one moment it is cheap to
-        see. See ISSUE-2026-0079.
+        see.
         """
         log.info("Stopping containers...")
         docker_compose(self.compose_file, ["down"], check=False)
diff --git a/testing/lib/wait-converge-test.sh b/testing/lib/wait-converge-test.sh
index 5ad50dfb..48763531 100755
--- a/testing/lib/wait-converge-test.sh
+++ b/testing/lib/wait-converge-test.sh
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ unset -f docker
 
 # --- Case 6: the verdict discriminates non-convergence from connectivity --
 #
-# This is the break-what-it-guards check for ISSUE-2026-0069. The recorded
+# This is the break-what-it-guards check for the verdict itself. The recorded
 # failure exited 1 while reporting "20 passed, 0 failed": every connectivity
 # pair passed and only the tree fell short, and nothing in the summary told
 # the two apart. The gate now names its verdict, so drive it into each
diff --git a/testing/static/scripts/rekey-test.sh b/testing/static/scripts/rekey-test.sh
index b999482b..1e774c40 100755
--- a/testing/static/scripts/rekey-test.sh
+++ b/testing/static/scripts/rekey-test.sh
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ results_line() {
         line+=" relationships, $CONVERGE_OUTCOME)"
     fi
     echo "$line ==="
+    return 0
 }
 
 phase_result() {