diff --git a/src/game/engine/tests/integration/test_p2_46_replay_bridge.gd b/src/game/engine/tests/integration/test_p2_46_replay_bridge.gd
index aef8acd9..3c04cf65 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/tests/integration/test_p2_46_replay_bridge.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/tests/integration/test_p2_46_replay_bridge.gd
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ func test_open_returns_false_for_missing_game() -> void:
 	var ok_malformed: bool = archive.open(_archive_root, "age-of-dwarves", "not-a-uuid")
 	assert_false(ok_malformed, "open() must return false for a malformed game_id")
 
+	# Both open() calls deliberately log engine errors for the bad input —
+	# mark them expected so GUT doesn't flag them as unexpected.
+	assert_engine_error("archive io error")
+	assert_engine_error("invalid game_id")
+
 
 ## Assertion 3: goto_turn() on an unloaded GdReplayPlayer returns an empty
 ## Dictionary (the safe default when no history is loaded).
@@ -77,6 +82,8 @@ func test_goto_turn_returns_empty_dict_when_no_history() -> void:
 	var snap: Dictionary = player.goto_turn(1)
 	assert_true(snap is Dictionary, "goto_turn() must return a Dictionary")
 	assert_eq(snap.size(), 0, "goto_turn() with no loaded history must return empty Dictionary")
+	# goto_turn with no loaded history deliberately logs an engine error — expected.
+	assert_engine_error("no history loaded")
 
 
 ## Helper: remove a directory tree recursively (best-effort, ignores errors).
diff --git a/src/game/engine/tests/unit/test_prologue_driver.gd b/src/game/engine/tests/unit/test_prologue_driver.gd
index 64ff77e2..577daf4c 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/tests/unit/test_prologue_driver.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/tests/unit/test_prologue_driver.gd
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ func test_load_script_accepts_default_rejects_garbage_when_available() -> void:
 	assert_ne(script_json, "", "default start script readable")
 	assert_true(driver.load_script(script_json), "load_script accepts the bundled default")
 	assert_false(driver.load_script("{ not valid json"), "load_script rejects malformed JSON")
+	# The malformed-JSON rejection deliberately logs an engine error — expected.
+	assert_engine_error("malformed script JSON")
 
 
 func test_dispatch_chronicle_events_routes_to_eventbus() -> void: