diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index fdf36295..198e4bc6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -148,6 +148,21 @@ jobs:
       - if: needs.changes.outputs.platform == 'true'
         name: Run golangci-lint
         run: golangci-lint run --timeout 3m ./... || true
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.platform == 'true'
+        name: Diagnostic — per-package verbose 60s
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          go test -race -v -timeout 60s ./internal/handlers/... 2>&1 | tee /tmp/test-handlers.log
+          handlers_exit=$?
+          go test -race -v -timeout 60s ./internal/pendinguploads/... 2>&1 | tee /tmp/test-pu.log
+          pu_exit=$?
+          echo "::group::handlers exit=$handlers_exit (last 100 lines)"
+          tail -100 /tmp/test-handlers.log
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+          echo "::group::pendinguploads exit=$pu_exit (last 100 lines)"
+          tail -100 /tmp/test-pu.log
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+        continue-on-error: true
       - if: needs.changes.outputs.platform == 'true'
         name: Run tests with race detection and coverage
         run: go test -race -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...
diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/delegation_test.go b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/delegation_test.go
index 38c63206..b2d1c93a 100644
--- a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/delegation_test.go
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/delegation_test.go
@@ -983,7 +983,16 @@ func expectExecuteDelegationBase(mock sqlmock.Sqlmock) {
 		WithArgs("dispatched", "", testSourceID, testDelegationID).
 		WillReturnResult(sqlmock.NewResult(0, 1))
 
-	// CanCommunicate (source=target self-call is always allowed — no DB lookup needed)
+	// CanCommunicate: source != target → fires two getWorkspaceRef lookups.
+	// Both test fixtures have parent_id = NULL (root-level siblings) → allowed.
+	// Order matches call order: source first, then target.
+	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT id, parent_id FROM workspaces WHERE id").
+		WithArgs(testSourceID).
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id", "parent_id"}).AddRow(testSourceID, nil))
+	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT id, parent_id FROM workspaces WHERE id").
+		WithArgs(testTargetID).
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"id", "parent_id"}).AddRow(testTargetID, nil))
+
 	// resolveAgentURL: reads ws:{id}:url from Redis, falls back to DB for target
 	mock.ExpectQuery("SELECT url, status FROM workspaces WHERE id = ").
 		WithArgs(testTargetID).