diff --git a/tests/review_authorship.sh b/tests/review_authorship.sh
index f814ea6..bd44a3b 100755
--- a/tests/review_authorship.sh
+++ b/tests/review_authorship.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ cat >"$tmp/bin/codex" <<'STUB'
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 cat >/dev/null   # consume the stdin prompt like the real CLI; never actually invoked in this test
 sleep "${CODEX_STUB_SLEEP:-0}"
-printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: stub review verdict passes the authorship fixture.\nVerified evidence: The local reviewer stub produced this review round.\nOpen findings: None.\nVERDICT: PASS\n'
+printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: stub review verdict passes the authorship fixture.\nVerified evidence: The local reviewer stub produced this review round.\nOpen findings: None.\nPASS\n'
 STUB
 chmod +x "$tmp/bin/codex"
 
diff --git a/tests/review_cap.sh b/tests/review_cap.sh
index 0db2504..0d6f0c3 100755
--- a/tests/review_cap.sh
+++ b/tests/review_cap.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ cat >"$tmp/bin/codex" <<'STUB'
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 cat >/dev/null   # consume the stdin prompt like the real CLI
 sleep "${CODEX_STUB_SLEEP:-0}"
-printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: stub review verdict passes the cap fixture.\nVerified evidence: The local reviewer stub produced this review round.\nOpen findings: None.\nVERDICT: PASS\n'
+printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: stub review verdict passes the cap fixture.\nVerified evidence: The local reviewer stub produced this review round.\nOpen findings: None.\nPASS\n'
 STUB
 chmod +x "$tmp/bin/codex"
 
diff --git a/tests/review_kimi.sh b/tests/review_kimi.sh
index b774354..949970e 100755
--- a/tests/review_kimi.sh
+++ b/tests/review_kimi.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ chmod u+w "$tmp/repo/scripts/models.json"
 cat >"$tmp/bin/codex" <<'STUB'
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 cat >/dev/null
-printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: stub codex verdict passes the routing fixture.\nVerified evidence: The Codex reviewer path returned this substantive review body.\nOpen findings: None.\nVERDICT: PASS\n'
+printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: stub codex verdict passes the routing fixture.\nVerified evidence: The Codex reviewer path returned this substantive review body.\nOpen findings: None.\nPASS\n'
 STUB
 chmod +x "$tmp/bin/codex"
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ cat >"$tmp/bin/kimi" <<'STUB'
 [[ -z ${KIMI_INVOKED_MARKER:-} ]] || : >"$KIMI_INVOKED_MARKER"
 # consume all flags; the real kimi accepts -p/-m/--output-format but we ignore them here
 printf '{"role":"user","content":"prompt"}\n'
-printf '{"role":"assistant","content":"## BLUF\\nBottom line: stub kimi verdict passes the routing fixture.\\nVerified evidence: The Kimi reviewer path returned this substantive review body.\\nOpen findings: None.\\nVERDICT: PASS"}\n'
+printf '{"role":"assistant","content":"## BLUF\\nBottom line: stub kimi verdict passes the routing fixture.\\nVerified evidence: The Kimi reviewer path returned this substantive review body.\\nOpen findings: None.\\nPASS"}\n'
 STUB
 chmod +x "$tmp/bin/kimi"
 
diff --git a/tests/review_plan_authorship.sh b/tests/review_plan_authorship.sh
index 4f6db10..fa95350 100755
--- a/tests/review_plan_authorship.sh
+++ b/tests/review_plan_authorship.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ cat >"$tmp/bin/codex" <<'STUB'
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 cat >/dev/null   # consume the stdin prompt like the real CLI
 sleep "${CODEX_STUB_SLEEP:-0}"
-printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: stub review verdict passes the plan-authorship fixture.\nVerified evidence: The local reviewer stub produced this review round.\nOpen findings: None.\nVERDICT: PASS\n'
+printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: stub review verdict passes the plan-authorship fixture.\nVerified evidence: The local reviewer stub produced this review round.\nOpen findings: None.\nPASS\n'
 STUB
 chmod +x "$tmp/bin/codex"
 
diff --git a/tests/vendor_cli_parity.sh b/tests/vendor_cli_parity.sh
index b361b3e..56b140c 100755
--- a/tests/vendor_cli_parity.sh
+++ b/tests/vendor_cli_parity.sh
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ run_review() {
 }
 
 rm -rf "$tmp/review-base/.orchestrator" "$tmp/review-cli/.orchestrator"
-printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: The Codex review fixture passes.\nVerified evidence: The parity path returned this substantive review body.\nOpen findings: None.\nVERDICT: PASS\n' >"$tmp/codex-review-output"
-printf '{"role":"assistant","content":"## BLUF\\nBottom line: The Kimi review fixture passes.\\nVerified evidence: The parity path returned this substantive review body.\\nOpen findings: None.\\nVERDICT: PASS"}\n' >"$tmp/kimi-review-output"
+printf '## BLUF\nBottom line: The Codex review fixture passes.\nVerified evidence: The parity path returned this substantive review body.\nOpen findings: None.\nPASS\n' >"$tmp/codex-review-output"
+printf '{"role":"assistant","content":"## BLUF\\nBottom line: The Kimi review fixture passes.\\nVerified evidence: The parity path returned this substantive review body.\\nOpen findings: None.\\nPASS"}\n' >"$tmp/kimi-review-output"
 
 # With high effort, Codex argv, stdin, recovered answer, and observable status stay byte-identical.
 configure_review codex high