diff --git a/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/rstest.config.ts b/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/rstest.config.ts
index 9f7777633..ee62079f1 100644
--- a/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/rstest.config.ts
+++ b/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/rstest.config.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import { defineConfig } from '@rstest/core';
 import { timeScale } from './tests/support/time-scale.ts';
 
 export default defineConfig({
+  // Route-unit proofs need the framework-generated configuration
+  // (rstest.route-unit.config.ts via `pnpm test:routes`), so they are not
+  // swept into this plain Node pool where no test manifest is registered.
+  exclude: ['tests/route-unit/**'],
   include: ['tests/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}'],
   pool: { maxWorkers: 1 },
   testEnvironment: 'node',
diff --git a/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/tests/dev-provider.integration.test.ts b/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/tests/dev-provider.integration.test.ts
index eda04178e..e9c2b2f9a 100644
--- a/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/tests/dev-provider.integration.test.ts
+++ b/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/tests/dev-provider.integration.test.ts
@@ -375,12 +375,16 @@ test('declares an optional runtime while keeping Claude and Codex artifacts buil
       provider: './src/dev/provider.ts',
       servers: [expect.objectContaining({ name: 'timeline', transport: 'stdio' })],
     });
-    // One prebuilt hook declaration per host, each carrying its own `--host`
-    // argument.
-    expect(prepared.model?.hooks).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
-      expect.objectContaining({ prebuiltPath: 'runtime/hook/index.js', targets: ['claude'] }),
-      expect.objectContaining({ prebuiltPath: 'runtime/hook/index.js', targets: ['codex'] }),
-    ]));
+    // The example declares one semantic event route (src/events/tool/after.tsx)
+    // that serves both hosts through the generated native wrappers.
+    expect(prepared.model?.hooks).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        event: 'afterTool',
+        eventRoute: expect.objectContaining({ event: 'tool/after' }),
+        id: 'hook:event-route:tool-after',
+        targets: ['claude', 'codex'],
+      }),
+    ]);
 
     const artifact = await new ArtifactService({ epochStore: new EpochStore({ projectRoot: root }) }).build(prepared);
     if (artifact.outcome !== 'succeeded') throw new Error(JSON.stringify(artifact.diagnostics));
diff --git a/packages/agent-bundle/tests/hooks.test.ts b/packages/agent-bundle/tests/hooks.test.ts
index 11f5151e0..b1356b9a1 100644
--- a/packages/agent-bundle/tests/hooks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-bundle/tests/hooks.test.ts
@@ -1306,13 +1306,15 @@ it('normalizes a mixed hook fixture and reports malformed hook declarations', as
       targets: hook.targets,
       timeout: hook.timeout,
       tools: hook.tools,
+    // Normalization orders hooks by their stable id, not by declaration
+    // order, so mixed configured and conventional hooks emit deterministically.
     }))).toEqual([
       {
-        event: 'sessionStart',
-        name: 'session-start-session-start-7ab7e8a5',
+        event: 'afterTool',
+        name: 'after-tool-record-87785f02',
         targets: ['claude', 'codex'],
         timeout: undefined,
-        tools: [],
+        tools: ['file.write', 'shell'],
       },
       {
         event: 'beforeTool',
@@ -1329,11 +1331,11 @@ it('normalizes a mixed hook fixture and reports malformed hook declarations', as
         tools: ['shell'],
       },
       {
-        event: 'afterTool',
-        name: 'after-tool-record-87785f02',
+        event: 'sessionStart',
+        name: 'session-start-session-start-7ab7e8a5',
         targets: ['claude', 'codex'],
         timeout: undefined,
-        tools: ['file.write', 'shell'],
+        tools: [],
       },
       {
         event: 'stop',
diff --git a/packages/workbench/tests/runtime-playground.e2e.test.ts b/packages/workbench/tests/runtime-playground.e2e.test.ts
index 3dcfa39fb..d042897df 100644
--- a/packages/workbench/tests/runtime-playground.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/workbench/tests/runtime-playground.e2e.test.ts
@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ e2e('renders the capability-gated Runtime sibling in the real RSC workbench', {
     await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Inspector' })).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: browserTimeout });
     await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Runtime' })).toBeVisible({ timeout: browserTimeout });
 
-    // The example's hooks are prebuilt payload commands packaged like native
-    // hooks, so no simulatable hook wrappers exist and the Hooks and
-    // Playground capability pages stay hidden alongside them.
-    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Hooks' })).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: browserTimeout });
+    // The example declares a semantic event route rendered through generated
+    // native wrappers, so the simulatable Hooks capability page is available.
+    await expect(page.getByRole('link', { exact: true, name: 'Hooks' })).toBeVisible({ timeout: browserTimeout });
     for (const sibling of ['artifacts', 'logs'] as const) {
       await page.goto(workbenchUrl(fixture.url, sibling));
       await expect(page.locator(`#${sibling}`)).toBeVisible({ timeout: browserTimeout });