diff --git a/tests/lifecycle/bats/fedimint.bats b/tests/lifecycle/bats/fedimint.bats
index 74d9c877..1c6338ae 100644
--- a/tests/lifecycle/bats/fedimint.bats
+++ b/tests/lifecycle/bats/fedimint.bats
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ fedimint_skip_if_absent() {
   local total known
   total=$(podman ps -a --format '{{.Names}}' \
     | grep -Ec '^(fedimint|fedimintd|fedimint-gateway)' || true)
+  # `fedimint-clientd` (the dual-ecash HTTP bridge) is a legitimate, known
+  # container — and the unanchored `total` regex above counts it (it starts
+  # with "fedimint"). It must therefore be in the known set too, or every node
+  # running fedimint-clientd false-fails this orphan check.
   known=$(podman ps -a --format '{{.Names}}' \
-    | grep -Ec '^(fedimint|fedimint-gateway)$' || true)
+    | grep -Ec '^(fedimint|fedimint-clientd|fedimint-gateway)$' || true)
   [ "$total" -eq "$known" ]
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/lifecycle/bats/immich.bats b/tests/lifecycle/bats/immich.bats
index 3ee6b60e..b3779875 100644
--- a/tests/lifecycle/bats/immich.bats
+++ b/tests/lifecycle/bats/immich.bats
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ teardown_file() {
   [[ "${ARCHY_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE:-0}" == "1" ]] || skip "ARCHY_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE not set"
   run rpc_result package.restart '{"id":"immich"}'
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-  run wait_for_container_status immich running 120
+  # Restart = ordered stop+start of the whole 3-container stack (postgres→redis→
+  # server, with the server doing DB-readiness + migrations on boot), so it needs
+  # at least as long as `start` (180s) — more, since it stops first. The old 120s
+  # was inconsistent with the start test and false-failed on heavily-loaded nodes.
+  run wait_for_container_status immich running 240
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }