diff --git a/tests/unit/gateway/test_choreographer_qa.py b/tests/unit/gateway/test_choreographer_qa.py
index 7f731c29..508bc3a5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/gateway/test_choreographer_qa.py
+++ b/tests/unit/gateway/test_choreographer_qa.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ async def test_claim_review_returns_evidence_inline() -> None:
     work_svc = AsyncMock()
     git_svc = AsyncMock()
     git_svc.diff_and_files.return_value = ("+++ diff content", ["README.md"])
+    _stub_empty_ledger(task_svc.session)
     deps = _make_deps(task=task_svc, work_session=work_svc, git=git_svc)
     c = Choreographer(deps)
 
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ async def test_claim_review_marks_evidence_inspected() -> None:
     task_svc.qa_claim.return_value = t_claimed
     git_svc = AsyncMock()
     git_svc.diff_and_files.return_value = ("", [])
+    _stub_empty_ledger(task_svc.session)
     deps = _make_deps(task=task_svc, git=git_svc)
     c = Choreographer(deps)
 
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ async def test_claim_review_returns_gateway_timeout_on_slow_evidence(
         return "+++ diff content", ["README.md"]
 
     git_svc.diff_and_files.side_effect = _slow_diff_and_files
+    _stub_empty_ledger(task_svc.session)
     deps = _make_deps(task=task_svc, work_session=work_svc, git=git_svc)
     c = Choreographer(deps)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/gateway/test_content_actions.py b/tests/unit/gateway/test_content_actions.py
index 96108e40..3c803709 100644
--- a/tests/unit/gateway/test_content_actions.py
+++ b/tests/unit/gateway/test_content_actions.py
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ def _make_deps(**overrides: AsyncMock) -> ContentActionsDeps:
     )
 
 
+def _stub_empty_ledger(session: MagicMock) -> None:
+    """Configure a mock session's ``execute`` so ``ReviewFindingsRepository``
+    finds no rows — covers evidence()'s findings-ledger read, which a bare
+    ``AsyncMock`` session doesn't configure and leaves unawaited coroutines."""
+    session.execute = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=MagicMock(
+            scalars=MagicMock(return_value=MagicMock(all=MagicMock(return_value=[])))
+        )
+    )
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # commit
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -647,6 +658,7 @@ async def test_evidence_valid_task_returns_ok_with_pr_diff() -> None:
     )
     task_svc = AsyncMock()
     task_svc.get.return_value = task_obj
+    _stub_empty_ledger(task_svc.session)
     git_svc = AsyncMock()
     git_svc.diff_and_files.return_value = (
         "diff --git a/foo.py b/foo.py\n+added line",
@@ -711,6 +723,7 @@ async def test_evidence_returns_gateway_timeout_on_slow_git(
     )
     task_svc = AsyncMock()
     task_svc.get.return_value = task_obj
+    _stub_empty_ledger(task_svc.session)
 
     async def _slow_diff_and_files(**_kwargs: object) -> tuple[str, list[str]]:
         await asyncio.sleep(1)
@@ -755,6 +768,7 @@ async def test_evidence_returns_gateway_timeout_on_slow_db_read(
     )
     task_svc = AsyncMock()
     task_svc.get.return_value = task_obj
+    _stub_empty_ledger(task_svc.session)
     git_svc = AsyncMock()
     git_svc.diff_and_files.return_value = ("diff", ["f.py"])
     workspace_svc = AsyncMock()