diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/videoFrameExtractor.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/videoFrameExtractor.test.ts
index 513dee00a1..7e5dbf0e25 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/videoFrameExtractor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/videoFrameExtractor.test.ts
@@ -2238,6 +2238,30 @@ describe.skipIf(!HAS_FFMPEG)("extractAllVideoFrames on a VFR source", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   }, 60_000);
 
+  it("keeps a finite SDR past-EOF slot in a mixed HDR timeline", async () => {
+    const SDR_SHORT = await synthCfrClip("sdr-past-eof.mp4", 1);
+    const HDR_SHORT = await synthHdrTaggedClip("hdr-past-eof-peer.mp4", 1);
+    const outputDir = join(FIXTURE_DIR, "out-hdr-past-eof");
+    mkdirSync(outputDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    const result = await extractAllVideoFrames(
+      [
+        cfrClipElement("sdr-past-eof", SDR_SHORT, 4, 5),
+        { ...cfrClipElement("hdr-peer", HDR_SHORT, 1), start: 1, end: 2 },
+      ],
+      FIXTURE_DIR,
+      { fps: 30, outputDir },
+    );
+
+    // The SDR slot must survive the mixed-HDR preflight and use the held-tail
+    // path. Reverting its guard to `mediaStart >= playableDuration` records an
+    // out-of-range error here and drops the slot before extraction.
+    expect(result.errors).toEqual([]);
+    expect(result.phaseBreakdown.hdrPreflightCount).toBe(1);
+    expect(extractedFor(result, "sdr-past-eof").totalFrames).toBe(1);
+    expect(extractedFor(result, "hdr-peer").totalFrames).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  }, 60_000);
+
   it("keeps SDR→HDR cache entries distinct from plain SDR entries", async () => {
     const CACHE_DIR = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "hf-extract-hdr-cache-test-"));
     const SDR = await synthCfrClip("cache-hdr-sdr.mp4", 1);
diff --git a/packages/lint/src/project.test.ts b/packages/lint/src/project.test.ts
index 8a2ec42468..7c7159cb1b 100644
--- a/packages/lint/src/project.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lint/src/project.test.ts
@@ -655,10 +655,9 @@ describe("video_media_start_at_or_past_eof", () => {
       <video src="https://cdn.example.com/clip.mp4" data-start="0" data-duration="6" data-media-start="5" muted></video>
       <video src="missing.mp4" data-start="0" data-duration="6" data-media-start="5" muted></video>
     `);
-    mockExecFile.mockImplementation((_file, _args, _options, callback) => {
-      callback(new Error("ffprobe failed"), Buffer.alloc(0), Buffer.alloc(0));
-      return new ChildProcess();
-    });
+    // Every locally addressable source receives a successful duration probe;
+    // each listed attribute/path boundary, not a probe failure, must exclude it.
+    mockDurationProbe(2);
 
     expect(await mediaStartFindings(project)).toEqual([]);
   });