diff --git a/tests/release-demo.test.js b/tests/release-demo.test.js
index 9bf5cae..c403ba3 100644
--- a/tests/release-demo.test.js
+++ b/tests/release-demo.test.js
@@ -168,9 +168,13 @@ test('release demo states the declared release delta on camera and proves it wit
   assert.match(demo, /TIMMY_RELEASE_DEMO_DELTA/);
   assert.match(demo, /This release: \$\{releaseDelta\}/);
   assert.match(demo, /no new feature is claimed/);
-  // A caption alone is not evidence; the demo must emit a machine-readable receipt of what rendered.
+  // A caption string alone is not evidence; each caption must be measured as a painted bar, and the
+  // receipt must carry that per-caption measurement.
   assert.match(demo, /TIMMY_DEMO_CAPTIONS_OUT/);
   assert.match(demo, /captionsShown\.push\(text\)/);
+  assert.match(demo, /captionsVerified: captionEvidence/);
+  assert.match(demo, /Caption is not an on-screen bar/);
+  assert.match(demo, /Caption painted nothing into the caption band/);
   assert.match(demo, /writeFile\(captionsOut/);
 });
 
@@ -207,8 +211,10 @@ test('release demo exercises the photo lifecycle on camera without showing an im
   // Delete-all is actually performed, not just pointed at.
   assert.match(demo, /tap\('#delete-all'/);
   assert.match(demo, /no photo bytes may survive delete-all|JSON\.stringify\(localStorage\)\.includes\('data:image'\)/);
-  // Synthetic bytes only: a committed 1x1 PNG constant, never a real photo.
+  // Synthetic bytes only: a committed test-card PNG constant, never a real photo. A blank 1x1 pixel
+  // rendered as an empty white box on camera, which read as a broken image instead of a saved photo.
   assert.match(demo, /const SYNTHETIC_PHOTO = 'data:image\/png;base64,/);
+  assert.match(demo, /synthetic test card/);
 });
 
 test('release builder refuses to publish without the on-camera delta receipt', async () => {
@@ -219,10 +225,24 @@ test('release builder refuses to publish without the on-camera delta receipt', a
   assert.match(builder, /Release demo produced no on-camera caption receipt/);
   assert.match(builder, /Release demo did not state the declared release delta on camera/);
   assert.match(builder, /Release demo is missing a required on-camera caption/);
+  assert.match(builder, /Release demo caption never painted on screen/);
+  assert.match(builder, /recorded\.get\("captionsVerified"\)/);
   assert.match(builder, /"release_delta_visible_on_camera": "passed"/);
   assert.match(builder, /"release_delta": release_delta/);
 });
 
+test('caption styling survives the demo reloads instead of dying with the first document', async () => {
+  const demo = await readFile(demoPath, 'utf8');
+
+  // A stylesheet belongs to one document; the demo reloads the page, which stripped caption and touch
+  // styling and left later captions as clipped body text. Both now carry inline styles per node.
+  assert.doesNotMatch(demo, /page\.addStyleTag/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(demo, /addInitScript/);
+  assert.match(demo, /In a stylesheet belongs to one document|a stylesheet belongs to one document/);
+  assert.match(demo, /node\.style\.cssText = 'position:fixed;left:16px;right:16px;top:14px;z-index:20000;'/);
+  assert.match(demo, /ring\.style\.cssText = 'position:fixed;z-index:20001/);
+});
+
 test('release demo captions expire and the contact sheet spans the whole recording', async () => {
   const demo = await readFile(demoPath, 'utf8');
   const builder = await readFile(builderPath, 'utf8');