diff --git a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/core_module_identity/vite.config.ts b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/core_module_identity/vite.config.ts
index ac0bb7cb68..b1bfd8b0aa 100644
--- a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/core_module_identity/vite.config.ts
+++ b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/core_module_identity/vite.config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { isRunnableDevEnvironment } from 'vite';
 import { defineConfig, isRunnableDevEnvironment as fromVitePlus } from 'vite-plus';
 
 export default defineConfig({
+  // This fixture serves SSR middleware only; dependency scanning adds timing-dependent logs.
+  optimizeDeps: { noDiscovery: true },
   server: { host: '127.0.0.1', port: 0 },
   plugins: [
     {
diff --git a/crates/vp_migration/src/import_rewriter.rs b/crates/vp_migration/src/import_rewriter.rs
index f731e937a2..fd272760b5 100644
--- a/crates/vp_migration/src/import_rewriter.rs
+++ b/crates/vp_migration/src/import_rewriter.rs
@@ -2878,26 +2878,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(rewrite_imports_in_directory(temp.path()).unwrap().modified_files.is_empty());
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rewrite_import_content_vite() {
-        let vite_config = r#"import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [],
-});"#;
-
-        let result = rewrite_import_content(vite_config, &SkipPackages::default()).unwrap();
-        assert!(result.updated);
-        assert_eq!(
-            result.content,
-            r#"import { defineConfig } from 'vite-plus'
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [],
-});"#
-        );
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_rewrite_import_content_vite_double_quotes() {
         let vite_config = r#"import { defineConfig } from "vite";
@@ -5607,14 +5587,6 @@ const { defineConfig } = require('vite-plus');"#
     // Reference Types Rewriting Tests
     // ====================================
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rewrite_reference_types_vite_client() {
-        let content = r#"/// <reference types="vite/client" />"#;
-        let result = rewrite_import_content(content, &SkipPackages::default()).unwrap();
-        assert!(result.updated);
-        assert_eq!(result.content, r#"/// <reference types="vite-plus/client" />"#);
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_rewrite_reference_types_vite_client_single_quotes() {
         let content = r#"/// <reference types='vite/client' />"#;
@@ -5631,30 +5603,6 @@ const { defineConfig } = require('vite-plus');"#
         assert_eq!(result.content, r#"/// <reference types="vite-plus" />"#);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rewrite_reference_types_bare_vitest() {
-        let content = r#"/// <reference types="vitest" />"#;
-        let result = rewrite_import_content(content, &SkipPackages::default()).unwrap();
-        assert!(result.updated);
-        assert_eq!(result.content, r#"/// <reference types="vite-plus/test" />"#);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rewrite_reference_types_vitest_globals() {
-        let content = r#"/// <reference types="vitest/globals" />"#;
-        let result = rewrite_import_content(content, &SkipPackages::default()).unwrap();
-        assert!(result.updated);
-        assert_eq!(result.content, r#"/// <reference types="vite-plus/test/globals" />"#);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rewrite_reference_types_vitest_config() {
-        let content = r#"/// <reference types="vitest/config" />"#;
-        let result = rewrite_import_content(content, &SkipPackages::default()).unwrap();
-        assert!(result.updated);
-        assert_eq!(result.content, r#"/// <reference types="vite-plus" />"#);
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_rewrite_reference_types_vitest_browser() {
         let content = r#"/// <reference types="vitest/browser" />"#;
@@ -5680,14 +5628,6 @@ const { defineConfig } = require('vite-plus');"#
         }
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rewrite_reference_types_vitest_scoped_browser_context() {
-        let content = r#"/// <reference types="@vitest/browser/context" />"#;
-        let result = rewrite_import_content(content, &SkipPackages::default()).unwrap();
-        assert!(result.updated);
-        assert_eq!(result.content, r#"/// <reference types="vite-plus/test/browser/context" />"#);
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_rewrite_reference_types_vitest_scoped_browser_playwright() {
         let content = r#"/// <reference types="@vitest/browser/providers/playwright" />"#;
diff --git a/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/request.rs b/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/request.rs
index ff21f42134..0d690fe8e4 100644
--- a/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/request.rs
+++ b/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/request.rs
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ mod tests {
         let temp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
         let target_file = temp_dir.path().join("test.txt");
 
-        server.mock(|when, then| {
+        let mock = server.mock(|when, then| {
             when.method(GET).path("/server_error");
             then.status(500).body("Internal Server Error");
         });
@@ -1239,8 +1239,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Should fail after retries
         let result = client.download_file(&url, &target_file, None).await;
-        // println!("result: {:?}", result);
         assert!(result.is_err(), "Expected download to fail with 500 after retries");
+
+        // Should try 3 times, 1 for first request, 2 for retries
+        mock.assert_hits(3);
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -1409,7 +1411,6 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    #[ignore] // Flaky on musl/Alpine — temp file race condition
     async fn test_verify_file_hash_sha1() {
         use sha1::Sha1;
         use sha2::Digest;
@@ -1422,6 +1423,8 @@ mod tests {
         let content = b"Hello, World!";
         let mut file = tokio::fs::File::create(&test_file).await.unwrap();
         file.write_all(content).await.unwrap();
+        // Finish the background write before hashing through another file handle.
+        file.flush().await.unwrap();
 
         // Calculate expected SHA1
         let mut hasher = Sha1::new();
@@ -1430,12 +1433,12 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Test successful verification
         let result = verify_file_hash(&test_file, &expected_hash).await;
-        assert!(result.is_ok());
+        assert!(result.is_ok(), "{result:?}");
 
         // Test failed verification
         let wrong_hash = "sha1.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
         let result = verify_file_hash(&test_file, wrong_hash).await;
-        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(matches!(result, Err(Error::HashMismatch { .. })), "{result:?}");
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -1470,7 +1473,6 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    #[ignore] // Flaky on musl/Alpine — temp file race condition
     async fn test_verify_file_hash_sha224() {
         use sha2::{Digest, Sha224};
         use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
@@ -1482,6 +1484,8 @@ mod tests {
         let content = b"Test content for SHA224";
         let mut file = tokio::fs::File::create(&test_file).await.unwrap();
         file.write_all(content).await.unwrap();
+        // Finish the background write before hashing through another file handle.
+        file.flush().await.unwrap();
 
         // Calculate expected SHA224
         let mut hasher = Sha224::new();
@@ -1490,12 +1494,12 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Test successful verification
         let result = verify_file_hash(&test_file, &expected_hash).await;
-        assert!(result.is_ok());
+        assert!(result.is_ok(), "{result:?}");
 
         // Test failed verification
         let wrong_hash = "sha224.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
         let result = verify_file_hash(&test_file, wrong_hash).await;
-        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(matches!(result, Err(Error::HashMismatch { .. })), "{result:?}");
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/link.rs b/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/link.rs
index feea29e298..79bf0f74d4 100644
--- a/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/link.rs
+++ b/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/link.rs
@@ -79,33 +79,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(command.args, vec!["link", "react"]);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_pnpm_link_directory() {
-        let resolution = resolve(
-            &pnpm("10.0.0"),
-            LinkArgs { package: Some("./packages/utils".to_string()), ..Default::default() },
-        );
-        let command = expect_run(resolution.outcome);
-
-        assert_eq!(command.program, "pnpm");
-        assert_eq!(command.args, vec!["link", "./packages/utils"]);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_pnpm_link_absolute_directory() {
-        let resolution = resolve(
-            &pnpm("10.0.0"),
-            LinkArgs {
-                package: Some("/absolute/path/to/package".to_string()),
-                ..Default::default()
-            },
-        );
-        let command = expect_run(resolution.outcome);
-
-        assert_eq!(command.program, "pnpm");
-        assert_eq!(command.args, vec!["link", "/absolute/path/to/package"]);
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_yarn_link_basic() {
         let resolution = resolve(&yarn("4.0.0"), LinkArgs::default());
@@ -127,18 +100,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(command.args, vec!["link", "react"]);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_yarn_classic_link_package() {
-        let resolution = resolve(
-            &yarn("1.22.0"),
-            LinkArgs { package: Some("react".to_string()), ..Default::default() },
-        );
-        let command = expect_run(resolution.outcome);
-
-        assert_eq!(command.program, "yarn");
-        assert_eq!(command.args, vec!["link", "react"]);
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_npm_link_basic() {
         let resolution = resolve(&npm("11.0.0"), LinkArgs::default());
diff --git a/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/ping.rs b/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/ping.rs
index fbdfac5946..cc3c4e39e3 100644
--- a/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/ping.rs
+++ b/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/ping.rs
@@ -138,13 +138,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(command.program, "npm");
         assert_eq!(command.args, vec!["ping"]);
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_yarn_classic_ping_uses_npm() {
-        let resolution = resolve(&yarn("1.22.0"), PingArgs::default());
-        let command = expect_run(resolution.outcome);
-
-        assert_eq!(command.program, "npm");
-        assert_eq!(command.args, vec!["ping"]);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/unlink.rs b/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/unlink.rs
index 3ccc6aa2a8..9b1575779e 100644
--- a/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/unlink.rs
+++ b/crates/vp_pm_cli/src/resolution/commands/unlink.rs
@@ -147,20 +147,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(command.args, vec!["unlink", "react"]);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_yarn_classic_unlink_package() {
-        let command = expect_run(
-            resolve(
-                &yarn("1.22.0"),
-                UnlinkArgs { package: Some("react".to_string()), ..Default::default() },
-            )
-            .outcome,
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(command.program, "yarn");
-        assert_eq!(command.args, vec!["unlink", "react"]);
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_yarn_unlink_recursive() {
         for version in ["3.0.0", "3.6.0", "4.18.0"] {
diff --git a/crates/vp_setup/src/registry.rs b/crates/vp_setup/src/registry.rs
index 62d8697702..36198ed549 100644
--- a/crates/vp_setup/src/registry.rs
+++ b/crates/vp_setup/src/registry.rs
@@ -188,13 +188,6 @@ mod tests {
         })
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_cli_package_name_construction() {
-        let suffix = "darwin-arm64";
-        let name = format!("{PLATFORM_PACKAGE_SCOPE}/{CLI_PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX}-{suffix}");
-        assert_eq!(name, "@voidzero-dev/vite-plus-cli-darwin-arm64");
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_platform_package_accepts_supported_provenance_predicates() {
         for predicate_type in SUPPORTED_PROVENANCE_PREDICATE_TYPES {
@@ -374,47 +367,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(error.to_string().contains(TEST_PACKAGE_NAME));
         assert!(error.to_string().contains(TEST_VERSION));
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_all_platform_suffixes_match_published_cli_packages() {
-        // These are the actual published CLI package suffixes
-        // (from packages/cli/publish-native-addons.ts RUST_TARGETS keys)
-        let published_suffixes = [
-            "darwin-arm64",
-            "darwin-x64",
-            "linux-arm64-gnu",
-            "linux-arm64-musl",
-            "linux-x64-gnu",
-            "linux-x64-musl",
-            "win32-arm64-msvc",
-            "win32-x64-msvc",
-        ];
-
-        let published_packages: Vec<String> = published_suffixes
-            .iter()
-            .map(|s| format!("{PLATFORM_PACKAGE_SCOPE}/{CLI_PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX}-{s}"))
-            .collect();
-
-        // All known platform suffixes that detect_platform_suffix() can return
-        let detection_suffixes = [
-            "darwin-arm64",
-            "darwin-x64",
-            "linux-arm64-gnu",
-            "linux-x64-gnu",
-            "linux-arm64-musl",
-            "linux-x64-musl",
-            "win32-arm64-msvc",
-            "win32-x64-msvc",
-        ];
-
-        for suffix in &detection_suffixes {
-            let package_name =
-                format!("{PLATFORM_PACKAGE_SCOPE}/{CLI_PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX}-{suffix}");
-            assert!(
-                published_packages.contains(&package_name),
-                "Platform suffix '{suffix}' produces CLI package name '{package_name}' \
-                 which does not match any published CLI package"
-            );
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/vp_static_config/src/lib.rs b/crates/vp_static_config/src/lib.rs
index eb8eaa611b..1e79a3c7e3 100644
--- a/crates/vp_static_config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/vp_static_config/src/lib.rs
@@ -586,24 +586,6 @@ mod tests {
 
     // ── Config file resolution ──────────────────────────────────────────
 
-    #[test]
-    fn resolves_ts_config() {
-        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
-        let dir_path = vt_path::AbsolutePathBuf::new(dir.path().to_path_buf()).unwrap();
-        std::fs::write(dir.path().join("vite.config.ts"), "export default { run: {} }").unwrap();
-        let result = resolve_static_config(&dir_path);
-        assert!(result.get("run").is_some());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn resolves_js_config() {
-        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
-        let dir_path = vt_path::AbsolutePathBuf::new(dir.path().to_path_buf()).unwrap();
-        std::fs::write(dir.path().join("vite.config.js"), "export default { run: {} }").unwrap();
-        let result = resolve_static_config(&dir_path);
-        assert!(result.get("run").is_some());
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn resolves_mts_config() {
         let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();