diff --git a/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_docs.rs b/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_docs.rs
index 69f7a42..a376a8f 100644
--- a/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_docs.rs
+++ b/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_docs.rs
@@ -501,8 +501,27 @@ async fn docs_bridge_preserves_cross_app_isolation() {
         v == ()
     "#
     );
-    let body = run_script(engine, &reader_src, baseline_request(app_b)).await;
-    assert_eq!(body, json!(true));
+    let body = run_script(engine.clone(), &reader_src, baseline_request(app_b)).await;
+    assert_eq!(body, json!(true), "app B must not see app A's document");
+
+    // Positive control — without it this test has no teeth (an execution_id-keyed
+    // bridge would pass the negative above). `baseline_request` mints a fresh
+    // execution_id/script_id per call, so this re-read under app_a is a different
+    // execution than the writer; it must still find A's own doc.
+    let reader_a = format!(
+        r#"
+        let c = docs::collection("shared");
+        let v = c.get("{id_a_str}");
+        if v == () {{ "MISSING" }} else {{ v.data.from }}
+    "#
+    );
+    let body = run_script(engine, &reader_a, baseline_request(app_a)).await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        body,
+        json!("a"),
+        "app A must read back its own document in a later execution — storage is \
+         keyed by app_id, not execution_id/script_id"
+    );
 }
 
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
diff --git a/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_kv.rs b/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_kv.rs
index 775ac1d..a0f8cd9 100644
--- a/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_kv.rs
+++ b/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_kv.rs
@@ -311,6 +311,21 @@ async fn kv_bridge_preserves_cross_app_isolation() {
         let c = kv::collection("shared");
         c.get("k")
     "#;
-    let body = run_script(engine, reader, baseline_request(app_b)).await;
-    assert_eq!(body, Value::Null);
+    let body = run_script(engine.clone(), reader, baseline_request(app_b)).await;
+    assert_eq!(body, Value::Null, "app B must not see app A's value");
+
+    // Positive control — WITHOUT it this test has no teeth. `baseline_request`
+    // mints a fresh execution_id AND script_id each call, so this second run under
+    // app_a is a DIFFERENT execution/script than the writer. A bridge that keyed
+    // storage by execution_id or script_id (instead of app_id) would pass the
+    // negative above AND every single-execution round-trip, while app-scoped
+    // persistence was completely gone. This catches that: app A must still read
+    // back its own value across executions.
+    let body = run_script(engine, reader, baseline_request(app_a)).await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        body,
+        Value::from("from-a"),
+        "app A must read back its own value in a later execution — storage is keyed \
+         by app_id, not execution_id/script_id"
+    );
 }
diff --git a/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_retry.rs b/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_retry.rs
index 9cf950c..288fceb 100644
--- a/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_retry.rs
+++ b/crates/executor-core/tests/sdk_retry.rs
@@ -140,12 +140,40 @@ async fn retry_policy_clamps_visible_at_script_layer() {
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn retry_policy_rejects_bogus_backoff() {
     let engine = build_engine();
+
+    // Pin the REASON. A bare `is_err()` would pass if `retry::policy` were not
+    // registered at all (ErrorFunctionNotFound), or on a typo in the script
+    // source, or if EVERY policy were rejected — none of which is "an invalid
+    // backoff is rejected". The message must name `backoff`.
     let src = r#"retry::policy(#{ backoff: "bogus" });"#.to_string();
     let req = baseline_request(AppId::new());
-    let res = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || engine.execute(&src, req))
+    let err = tokio::task::spawn_blocking({
+        let engine = engine.clone();
+        move || engine.execute(&src, req)
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap()
+    .unwrap_err()
+    .to_string();
+    assert!(
+        err.to_lowercase().contains("backoff"),
+        "the rejection must be about the backoff value specifically, got: {err}"
+    );
+
+    // Control: the SAME call with a VALID backoff succeeds — proving `retry::policy`
+    // is registered and does not reject everything, so the failure above is
+    // specific to the bad value.
+    let ok_src = r#"
+        let p = retry::policy(#{ backoff: "constant", max_attempts: 2, base_ms: 1 });
+        retry::run(p, || 7)
+    "#
+    .to_string();
+    let req = baseline_request(AppId::new());
+    let resp = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || engine.execute(&ok_src, req))
         .await
-        .unwrap();
-    assert!(res.is_err());
+        .unwrap()
+        .expect("a valid backoff must be accepted");
+    assert_eq!(resp.body, serde_json::json!(7));
 }
 
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]