diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index e8361c4..86f89ee 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -27,5 +27,14 @@ let package = Package(
             dependencies: ["ShotdeckCore"],
             swiftSettings: [.swiftLanguageMode(.v6)]
         ),
+        // Exercises the real Shotdeck-app-target wiring (AppDelegate.makeLaunchModel(),
+        // AppModel.bootstrap()) via @testable import — logic ShotdeckCoreTests cannot
+        // reach because it only depends on ShotdeckCore, not the Shotdeck executable
+        // target itself. See ReturnWatcherLaunchWiringTests.swift.
+        .testTarget(
+            name: "ShotdeckTests",
+            dependencies: ["Shotdeck", "ShotdeckCore"],
+            swiftSettings: [.swiftLanguageMode(.v6)]
+        ),
     ]
 )
diff --git a/Tests/ShotdeckTests/LaunchWiringTests.swift b/Tests/ShotdeckTests/LaunchWiringTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68df70f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/ShotdeckTests/LaunchWiringTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import AppKit
+import Foundation
+import PDFKit
+import Testing
+import ShotdeckCore
+@testable import Shotdeck
+
+/// Coverage gap closed (adversarial review, round 3): the Core-level regression tests
+/// in ShotdeckCoreTests hand-replicate what `AppDelegate.makeLaunchModel()` and
+/// `AppModel.bootstrap()` do, rather than calling them — so a future revert of
+/// `makeLaunchModel()` back to the AirDrop-only resolver, or a dropped
+/// `updateWatchFolder` call inside `bootstrap()`, would NOT fail `swift test`. This
+/// test goes through the real, unmodified call sites in the `Shotdeck` executable
+/// target via `@testable import`, which `ShotdeckCoreTests` cannot reach (it only
+/// depends on `ShotdeckCore`) — hence this separate `ShotdeckTests` target.
+@MainActor
+@Test("Real wiring: AppDelegate.makeLaunchModel() + AppModel.bootstrap() detect a marked OneDrive return")
+func realLaunchModelAndBootstrapDetectAMarkedOneDriveReturn() async throws {
+    let fm = FileManager.default
+
+    // UserDefaults.standard is the ONLY defaults instance makeLaunchModel()/bootstrap()
+    // actually read — there is no defaults-threading through AppModel/AppDelegate (the
+    // same reasoning documented in PickerSelfTest.swift's ONEDRIVE-SELFTEST phase).
+    // "Isolated" here means snapshot-and-restore around the real keys, not a separate
+    // UserDefaults(suiteName:) instance that these real, unmodified call sites would
+    // never actually consult.
+    let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
+    let previousTransport = defaults.string(forKey: TransportSettings.transportDefaultsKey)
+    let previousFolder = defaults.string(forKey: TransportSettings.oneDriveFolderDefaultsKey)
+    defer {
+        if let previousTransport {
+            defaults.set(previousTransport, forKey: TransportSettings.transportDefaultsKey)
+        } else {
+            defaults.removeObject(forKey: TransportSettings.transportDefaultsKey)
+        }
+        if let previousFolder {
+            defaults.set(previousFolder, forKey: TransportSettings.oneDriveFolderDefaultsKey)
+        } else {
+            defaults.removeObject(forKey: TransportSettings.oneDriveFolderDefaultsKey)
+        }
+    }
+
+    let oneDriveFolderRaw = fm.temporaryDirectory
+        .appendingPathComponent("shotdeck-real-wiring-onedrive-\(UUID().uuidString)", isDirectory: true)
+    try fm.createDirectory(at: oneDriveFolderRaw, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+    defer { try? fm.removeItem(at: oneDriveFolderRaw) }
+    // FileManager's directory enumeration (inside the real ReturnWatcher/AppSupportPaths
+    // call sites this test exercises) can canonicalize /var -> /private/var for a path
+    // that actually exists; resolve here so every comparison below agrees.
+    let oneDriveFolder = oneDriveFolderRaw.resolvingSymlinksInPath()
+
+    let appSupportRoot = fm.temporaryDirectory
+        .appendingPathComponent("shotdeck-real-wiring-approot-\(UUID().uuidString)", isDirectory: true)
+    defer { try? fm.removeItem(at: appSupportRoot) }
+
+    TransportSettings.setTransport(.oneDrive, defaults: defaults)
+    TransportSettings.setOneDriveFolder(oneDriveFolder, defaults: defaults)
+
+    // Best-effort: keeps AppModel.bootstrap()'s real update-check schedule (a real
+    // HTTP GET after 10s, plus a RunLoop timer) from starting during this test.
+    // ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment on Darwin reads `environ` fresh each call,
+    // so a setenv() here is visible to bootstrap()'s own check immediately.
+    setenv("SHOTDECK_ONEDRIVE_SELFTEST", "1", 1)
+    defer { unsetenv("SHOTDECK_ONEDRIVE_SELFTEST") }
+
+    // The REAL, unmodified call sites — not a reimplementation. This is exactly what
+    // launching Redline with OneDrive as the persisted transport does.
+    let model = AppDelegate.makeLaunchModel(appSupportRoot: appSupportRoot)
+    // bootstrap() registers a REAL, process-wide Carbon global hotkey (capture combo,
+    // e.g. Option-Shift-2). Carbon registrations are not scoped to this test/model —
+    // they must be released before this test ends, or ShotdeckCoreTests'
+    // HotkeyCenterCarbonTests (a separate test target, same test process) can find the
+    // combo already taken / the global hotkey table in an unexpected state.
+    defer { model.hotkeys.unregisterAll() }
+
+    #expect(model.transport == .oneDrive)
+    #expect(model.watchFolderURL.path == oneDriveFolder.path)
+
+    await model.bootstrap()
+
+    // Drop a marked-up Redline PDF into the folder in place — what OneDrive syncing
+    // down an already-marked copy after a relaunch looks like.
+    let pdfURL = oneDriveFolder.appendingPathComponent("Redline-realwiring-\(UUID().uuidString).pdf")
+    let document = PDFDocument()
+    let page = PDFPage()
+    page.setBounds(CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 612, height: 792), for: .mediaBox)
+    document.insert(page, at: 0)
+    document.documentAttributes = [
+        PDFDocumentAttribute.creatorAttribute: "Redline",
+        PDFDocumentAttribute.subjectAttribute: UUID().uuidString,
+    ]
+    let ink = PDFAnnotation(
+        bounds: CGRect(x: 20, y: 20, width: 60, height: 60), forType: .ink, withProperties: nil
+    )
+    let stroke = NSBezierPath()
+    stroke.move(to: NSPoint(x: 20, y: 20))
+    stroke.line(to: NSPoint(x: 80, y: 80))
+    ink.add(stroke)
+    page.addAnnotation(ink)
+    let written = document.write(to: pdfURL)
+    #expect(written)
+    guard written else { return }
+
+    // .resolvingSymlinksInPath().path — not plain URL equality — matching how the rest
+    // of the suite compares a temp-dir-derived expected URL against a returned one.
+    let expectedPath = pdfURL.resolvingSymlinksInPath().path
+    let found = try await model.watcher.scanNow()
+    #expect(found.first(where: { $0.fileURL.resolvingSymlinksInPath().path == expectedPath })?.isCommented == true)
+
+    let commented = try await model.ledger.commented()
+    #expect(commented.contains(where: { $0.fileURL.resolvingSymlinksInPath().path == expectedPath }))
+
+    await model.watcher.stop()
+}