diff --git a/test/integration/ios-simulator-e2e/live-assertions.ts b/test/integration/ios-simulator-e2e/live-assertions.ts
index ba26e47bd0..f01d909243 100644
--- a/test/integration/ios-simulator-e2e/live-assertions.ts
+++ b/test/integration/ios-simulator-e2e/live-assertions.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const { assertElementText, assertWaitSelector, assertWaitText, capturePng
 
 export type LiveSnapshotNode = {
   depth?: unknown;
+  hittable?: unknown;
   identifier?: unknown;
   index?: unknown;
   label?: unknown;
diff --git a/test/integration/ios-simulator-e2e/live-snapshot-depth-frontier.ts b/test/integration/ios-simulator-e2e/live-snapshot-depth-frontier.ts
index fcee786b44..84997a70d9 100644
--- a/test/integration/ios-simulator-e2e/live-snapshot-depth-frontier.ts
+++ b/test/integration/ios-simulator-e2e/live-snapshot-depth-frontier.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ export async function assertRegularVisibleDepthFrontier(context: LiveContext): P
     regularRoot.index,
     `projected child should be reparented to the presented root: ${JSON.stringify(regular)}`,
   );
+  assert.equal(
+    projectedChild.hittable,
+    true,
+    `on-screen projected child should carry geometric hittability: ${JSON.stringify(regular)}`,
+  );
   assert.ok(
     regularNodes.every((node) => numericDepth(node) <= 1),
     `regular --depth 1 exceeded the presented frontier: ${JSON.stringify(regular)}`,
@@ -123,8 +128,9 @@ function assertSimulatorBridgeSnapshot(result: { json?: any }, description: stri
     undefined,
     `${description} must not carry XCTest tree quality metadata: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`,
   );
-  assert.ok(
-    result.json?.data?.warnings?.includes(MISSING_HITTABILITY_WARNING),
-    `${description} must disclose the Simulator AX bridge evidence gap: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`,
+  assert.equal(
+    result.json?.data?.warnings?.includes(MISSING_HITTABILITY_WARNING) ?? false,
+    false,
+    `${description} reported a viewport, so the AX bridge must derive hittability instead of disclosing it as missing: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`,
   );
 }