diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a27085b1..88b23bba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ All notable changes to vouch are documented here. Format follows
 - **sandbox docker argv on Windows** (#582): omit `--user uid:gid` when
   `os.getuid` / `os.getgid` are unavailable so sandboxed dual-solve no
   longer raises `AttributeError` while building the docker command.
-- **`kb.session_transcript` handler test needs a KB** : `test_handler_returns_degraded_when_absent` now chdirs into a temp KB and points Claude/Codex search roots at empty dirs, so the handler can return the degraded payload instead of raising `KBNotFoundError`.
-)
+- **`kb.session_transcript`'s degraded-path test no longer depends on an
+  ambient KB**: it called `handle_request` against whatever `.vouch/` the
+  cwd happened to sit under, so it passed on a developer checkout and
+  failed in CI — where `.vouch/` is gitignored — with an `internal_error`
+  from `_store()`. it now chdirs into a fixture KB and points both
+  transcript locators at empty dirs, so the absence it asserts is the
+  raw transcript's.
 - **`kb.search` excludes retracted claims and archived pages** (#581):
   `search_kb` now drops `ARCHIVED` / `SUPERSEDED` / `REDACTED` claims and
   `ARCHIVED` pages the same way `kb.context` already does, so lifecycle
diff --git a/tests/test_session_transcript.py b/tests/test_session_transcript.py
index 5af1a244..0dba7d1d 100644
--- a/tests/test_session_transcript.py
+++ b/tests/test_session_transcript.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def test_handler_returns_degraded_when_absent(
         "id": "3", "method": "kb.session_transcript",
         "params": {"session_id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111"},
     })
-    assert resp["ok"] is True
+    assert resp["ok"] is True, resp
     assert resp["result"]["available"] is False