diff --git a/Sources/ShotdeckCore/Returns/ReturnWatcher.swift b/Sources/ShotdeckCore/Returns/ReturnWatcher.swift
index 9cadb4e..36e03cd 100644
--- a/Sources/ShotdeckCore/Returns/ReturnWatcher.swift
+++ b/Sources/ShotdeckCore/Returns/ReturnWatcher.swift
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ public actor ReturnWatcher {
     /// A document that IS commented is always recorded, regardless of this flag.
     public var recordUncommented: Bool = true
 
+    /// The folder this watcher is CURRENTLY seeded to scan/watch — whatever `init`
+    /// last set it to, or `updateWatchFolder` since. Exposed so tests can observe the
+    /// watcher's seeded folder directly (e.g. right after construction, before
+    /// `start()`/`updateWatchFolder()` ever run) rather than only inferring it
+    /// indirectly through `scanNow()`'s behavior.
+    public var currentWatchFolder: URL {
+        watchFolder
+    }
+
     /// Watch folder is `paths.watchFolder`, which production constructs from
     /// `FolderSettings.resolve().watch`. This type never calls FolderSettings;
     /// `updateWatchFolder` is invoked by the UI layer only.
diff --git a/Tests/ShotdeckTests/LaunchWiringTests.swift b/Tests/ShotdeckTests/LaunchWiringTests.swift
index 68df70f..e45d498 100644
--- a/Tests/ShotdeckTests/LaunchWiringTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/ShotdeckTests/LaunchWiringTests.swift
@@ -5,14 +5,26 @@ 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
+/// Coverage gap closed (adversarial review, rounds 3 and 4): 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.
+///
+/// Round 4 correction: the first version of this test asserted only
+/// `model.watchFolderURL`, which `AppModel.init` computes independently via
+/// `TransportSettings.effectiveFolders()` — so it stayed correct (and the test kept
+/// passing) even when `makeLaunchModel()` was reverted to the AirDrop-only resolver,
+/// because `bootstrap()`'s own unconditional `updateWatchFolder` reconcile papered
+/// over the reverted resolver. That made the "verified this catches the blocker"
+/// claim in the previous round's commit message empirically false. This version
+/// asserts `model.paths`/the watcher's `currentWatchFolder` BEFORE `bootstrap()` runs,
+/// which actually depends on what `makeLaunchModel()` built — see this file's git
+/// history (or the round-4 commit message) for the verbatim before/after
+/// `swift test --filter` output proving it now discriminates correctly.
 @MainActor
 @Test("Real wiring: AppDelegate.makeLaunchModel() + AppModel.bootstrap() detect a marked OneDrive return")
 func realLaunchModelAndBootstrapDetectAMarkedOneDriveReturn() async throws {
@@ -73,6 +85,22 @@ func realLaunchModelAndBootstrapDetectAMarkedOneDriveReturn() async throws {
     // combo already taken / the global hotkey table in an unexpected state.
     defer { model.hotkeys.unregisterAll() }
 
+    // PRE-bootstrap assertions — this is the actual proof of the launch RESOLVER
+    // (AppDelegate.makeLaunchModel() -> TransportSettings.resolvedAppSupportPaths()),
+    // independent of bootstrap()'s own reconcile. `model.watchFolderURL` alone does
+    // NOT prove this: AppModel.init computes it separately via
+    // TransportSettings.effectiveFolders(), so it would read as correct even if
+    // makeLaunchModel's `paths` were built by the AirDrop-only resolver — which is
+    // exactly how the first version of this test was empirically shown to be vacuous
+    // for the launch-resolver path (see this commit's message). `model.paths` is
+    // `internal` on AppModel, so @testable import already exposes it without any
+    // production API change; `currentWatchFolder` is the one new (internal-facing,
+    // `public` on the actor) seam added to ReturnWatcher for this purpose.
+    #expect(model.paths.watchFolder.path == oneDriveFolder.path)
+    #expect(model.paths.outbox.path == oneDriveFolder.path)
+    let seededWatchFolder = await model.watcher.currentWatchFolder
+    #expect(seededWatchFolder.path == oneDriveFolder.path)
+
     #expect(model.transport == .oneDrive)
     #expect(model.watchFolderURL.path == oneDriveFolder.path)