diff --git a/roboco/services/self_heal_engine.py b/roboco/services/self_heal_engine.py
index 83638f6d..6f5f5254 100644
--- a/roboco/services/self_heal_engine.py
+++ b/roboco/services/self_heal_engine.py
@@ -176,22 +176,25 @@ class SelfHealEngine(BaseService):
                     description=(
                         f"RoboCo's own CI regressed.\n\n{obs.detail}\n\n"
                         f"Evidence: {obs.raw_ref}\n\n"
-                        "Investigate and fix the regression at its root so CI "
-                        "returns to green. This task was opened automatically by "
-                        "the self-heal loop and is HELD for the CEO's "
-                        "Approve-&-Start — it will not dispatch until the CEO "
-                        "approves it. Once approved, it ships through the normal "
-                        "gates (QA, PR review, and the CEO's merge)."
+                        "This is a Main-PM coordination root: decompose the fix "
+                        "and delegate the code work to a cell dev — the Main PM "
+                        "does not write the fix itself. This task was opened "
+                        "automatically by the self-heal loop and is HELD for the "
+                        "CEO's Approve-&-Start — it will not dispatch until the "
+                        "CEO approves it. Once approved, the delegated fix ships "
+                        "through the normal gates (QA, PR review, and the CEO's "
+                        "merge)."
                     ),
                     acceptance_criteria=[
-                        f"CI on {obs.repo_hint}'s default branch is green again",
-                        "The cause of the failing run is fixed at its root, not "
-                        "masked or skipped",
+                        "The CI regression is decomposed into a code-fix "
+                        "subtask delegated to a cell developer",
+                        f"CI on {obs.repo_hint}'s default branch is green again "
+                        "and the fix merged through the normal gates",
                     ],
                     team=Team.MAIN_PM,
                     assigned_to=_foundation.AGENTS["main-pm"].uuid,
                     created_by=_foundation.AGENTS["system"].uuid,
-                    task_type=TaskType.CODE,
+                    task_type=TaskType.PLANNING,
                     nature=TaskNature.TECHNICAL,
                     estimated_complexity=Complexity.MEDIUM,
                     project_id=cast("UUID", project.id),
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 4a9dc2b3..46d43c4e 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -67,12 +67,24 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Test DB endpoint discovery — env-overridable, default to localhost:5432.
+# Test DB endpoint discovery — env-overridable.
+#
+# Defaults match the project's own running postgres (`roboco-postgres` in
+# `docker-compose.yml`): superuser `roboco`/`roboco`, host-exposed on
+# `localhost:15432` (the container's 5432). `roboco` has CREATEDB, which the
+# session fixture needs to provision/drop an ephemeral per-run test DB.
+#
+# Previously these defaulted to the OS `$USER` with an empty password on
+# `localhost:5432`, which hit a bare system postgres that has no such role —
+# every `db_session` test failed with `InvalidPasswordError: password
+# authentication failed for user "renzof"` instead of running. Defaulting to
+# the project's actual DB makes the integration suite run out of the box; any
+# of these can still be overridden with `ROBOCO_TEST_DB_*`.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 _TEST_DB_HOST = os.environ.get("ROBOCO_TEST_DB_HOST", "localhost")
-_TEST_DB_PORT = int(os.environ.get("ROBOCO_TEST_DB_PORT", "5432"))
-_TEST_DB_USER = os.environ.get("ROBOCO_TEST_DB_USER", os.environ.get("USER", "renzof"))
-_TEST_DB_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("ROBOCO_TEST_DB_PASSWORD", "")
+_TEST_DB_PORT = int(os.environ.get("ROBOCO_TEST_DB_PORT", "15432"))
+_TEST_DB_USER = os.environ.get("ROBOCO_TEST_DB_USER", "roboco")
+_TEST_DB_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("ROBOCO_TEST_DB_PASSWORD", "roboco")
 _TEST_DB_ADMIN_DB = os.environ.get("ROBOCO_TEST_DB_ADMIN_DB", "postgres")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/runtime/test_self_heal_ceo_gate.py b/tests/unit/runtime/test_self_heal_ceo_gate.py
index e76fb45c..1a6c9ad3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/runtime/test_self_heal_ceo_gate.py
+++ b/tests/unit/runtime/test_self_heal_ceo_gate.py
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ async def test_originate_opens_task_held_for_ceo(
     assert req.confirmed_by_human is False  # held for the CEO — the F059 fix
     assert req.status == TaskStatus.PENDING
     assert req.source == SELF_HEAL_SOURCE
-    assert req.task_type == TaskType.CODE
+    # A Main-PM-owned coordination root (not code — the Main PM delegates the
+    # fix to a cell dev). `code` + `main_pm` is rejected by the
+    # main_pm_cannot_own_code guard, so the self-heal root must be `planning`.
+    assert req.task_type == TaskType.PLANNING
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------