diff --git a/anchor/MANIFEST-sha256.txt b/anchor/MANIFEST-sha256.txt
index 4093c4c..2842c3c 100644
--- a/anchor/MANIFEST-sha256.txt
+++ b/anchor/MANIFEST-sha256.txt
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ addba40c0d931a3ecfa3b2f0179311dacaa604884e3ebb1d79f958bd913f72e2  consensus/comm
 b6c9ecbf3cd2ee73111984cd04a89c32ee56a1cc699a197b65ef7c10001b8cbc  consensus/common/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/blockcreation/BftBlockCreatorFactory.java
 5c8861eba1ea697d8deb88139d92c6ea6636b29d76c881b13e7f6c841ba2324f  consensus/common/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/blockcreation/PqAnchorProducer.java
 6ace00e18914a1558563e689b7427654b5e6226a31447bef1d0416d993f78840  consensus/common/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/tools/PqRegistryHashTool.java
-fab7a67ca190e6cb2469bac842112116208ea5e84e47b064d6617c36be14ae23  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D078ThresholdReachabilityTest.java
+2620bb98485e5d5649b58d331d1a35031bef56cab8bd18d1e7f9050e61bc09de  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D078ThresholdReachabilityTest.java
 5534cfab3bd59968823265655351491abef8ea73f594677a62bf47c8e88deb54  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D078ValidatorSetChangeTest.java
 da249c59f356e06928f73543d5529ae1911e4613a8125477f475b1dd54daed62  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D079ForkArmingTest.java
 9a794d7a4010ff5c561008229cb2ae97d5f79367641190c97cde8802b83daa72  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D081RegistryRotationTest.java
-a4c979fcd296f974c58b372d763b2bbf7fa96997f0fd52d66e5ac14185d5b8ab  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D140FleetRestartArmingTest.java
+9ab9918f4e5bef6485fef1251a07504e32b8b2d42393d3fcbb35d7e1241a7deb  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D140FleetRestartArmingTest.java
 2e81e02a419cdb2053b67e2bc9e699af1366955fa18d351178637b64a48a27be  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D141SealPersistenceTest.java
 42dd6396583aa19475e23c9781f568958d9789f0dba084dc63ac9833203f3f1f  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D146ArmingGateTest.java
 75fca200a2ac9e7226c70d96916a4ae33201a8acb466d0fdc591576e09edb3fc  consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D147InertBinaryTest.java
diff --git a/anchor/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D078ThresholdReachabilityTest.java b/anchor/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D078ThresholdReachabilityTest.java
index 8b040bc..c64af47 100644
--- a/anchor/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D078ThresholdReachabilityTest.java
+++ b/anchor/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D078ThresholdReachabilityTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
 
+import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.bft.blockcreation.PqAnchorProducer;
+
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -128,8 +130,7 @@ public class D078ThresholdReachabilityTest {
     // fixtures into AERE-PQC-REG-ARM-02 refusals, green alone, red in the suite, identical sources.
     // The twin (PqForkThresholdReachabilityTest) has carried this line since 2026-08-11 with the
     // same story; this class was forked before that fix and never received it.
-    org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.bft.blockcreation.PqAnchorProducer.useConfigForTesting(
-        null);
+    PqAnchorProducer.useConfigForTesting(null);
     resetFalconSingleton();
   }
 
@@ -352,3 +353,4 @@ public class D078ThresholdReachabilityTest {
     f.set(null, null);
   }
 }
+
diff --git a/anchor/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D140FleetRestartArmingTest.java b/anchor/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D140FleetRestartArmingTest.java
index d2b0217..0399191 100644
--- a/anchor/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D140FleetRestartArmingTest.java
+++ b/anchor/consensus/common/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/common/bft/D140FleetRestartArmingTest.java
@@ -114,6 +114,21 @@ public class D140FleetRestartArmingTest {
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    // ADDED 2026-08-29 (finding D-293), and it was MISSING here while its twin had carried it since
+    // 2026-08-20. That is the whole danger of keeping two copies of a test: a repair lands in one
+    // and not the other, and nothing fails to say so. This class never arms the certificate anchor,
+    // but FalconSealSupport's constructor consults it (anchorArmedFrom() -> PqAnchorProducer.config(),
+    // a per-JVM cache): a neighbouring class that leaves an ARMED config cached turns every
+    // proof-less fixture below into an AERE-PQC-REG-ARM-02 refusal. Measured on the production tree:
+    // alone 5/5 green, inside the full suite the same 5 red, identical sources. Clearing the
+    // properties does not clear the caches.
+    for (final String p : System.getProperties().stringPropertyNames()) {
+      if (p.startsWith("aere.pq.")) {
+        System.clearProperty(p);
+      }
+    }
+    org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.bft.blockcreation.PqAnchorProducer.useConfigForTesting(
+        null);
     resetFalconSingleton();
 
     final SecureRandom rnd = SecureRandomProvider.createSecureRandom();