diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host.IntegrationTests/DriverReconnectE2eTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host.IntegrationTests/DriverReconnectE2eTests.cs
index 0eba864a..ca9abb80 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host.IntegrationTests/DriverReconnectE2eTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host.IntegrationTests/DriverReconnectE2eTests.cs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public sealed class DriverReconnectE2eTests
             List<DriverHealthChanged> snapshot;
             lock (captureLock) snapshot = captured.Where(c => c.DriverInstanceId == DriverId).ToList();
 
-            HasReconnectThenHealthy(captured).ShouldBeTrue(
+            HasReconnectThenHealthy(snapshot).ShouldBeTrue(
                 "Expected a Reconnecting push followed by a later Healthy push for the deployed driver. " +
                 $"States seen: [{string.Join(", ", snapshot.Select(c => c.State))}]");
 
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ public sealed class DriverReconnectE2eTests
         await db.SaveChangesAsync(Ct);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Polls <paramref name="condition"/> every 100 ms until it returns true or
+    /// <paramref name="timeout"/> elapses (then throws <see cref="TimeoutException"/>).</summary>
     private static async Task WaitForAsync(Func<Task<bool>> condition, TimeSpan timeout)
     {
         var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow + timeout;
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host.IntegrationTests/Fakes/FakeReconnectDriverFactory.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host.IntegrationTests/Fakes/FakeReconnectDriverFactory.cs
index bad9995f..ceec98f6 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host.IntegrationTests/Fakes/FakeReconnectDriverFactory.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host.IntegrationTests/Fakes/FakeReconnectDriverFactory.cs
@@ -96,13 +96,16 @@ public sealed class FakeReconnectDriver : IDriver
     /// <summary>Timestamp of the most recent successful initialize; surfaced as the last successful read.</summary>
     private DateTime _lastSuccess = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
+    /// <summary>Backing field for <see cref="InitializeCount"/>; mutated via <see cref="Interlocked"/>.</summary>
+    private int _initializeCount;
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Number of times <see cref="InitializeAsync"/> has been invoked. Read by the test to prove a
     ///     reconnect genuinely re-initialised the driver through the full cluster path (≥ 2 means the
-    ///     initial connect plus at least one reconnect retry). Mutated via <see cref="Interlocked"/> since
-    ///     the actor's retry path runs on a thread-pool thread.
+    ///     initial connect plus at least one reconnect retry). The actor's retry path runs on a thread-pool
+    ///     thread, so the increment is <see cref="Interlocked"/> and the read is <see cref="Volatile"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    public int InitializeCount;
+    public int InitializeCount => Volatile.Read(ref _initializeCount);
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Marks the driver as having lost its connection so the next <see cref="GetHealth"/> poll reports
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ public sealed class FakeReconnectDriver : IDriver
     /// <returns>A completed task — initialization always succeeds.</returns>
     public Task InitializeAsync(string driverConfigJson, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        Interlocked.Increment(ref InitializeCount);
+        Interlocked.Increment(ref _initializeCount);
         _lastSuccess = DateTime.UtcNow;
         _reconnecting = false;
         return Task.CompletedTask;
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ public sealed class FakeReconnectDriver : IDriver
     /// <returns>A <see cref="DriverHealth"/> reflecting the controllable connection state.</returns>
     public DriverHealth GetHealth() => _reconnecting
         ? new DriverHealth(DriverState.Reconnecting, _lastSuccess, null)
-        : new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
+        : new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, _lastSuccess, null);
 
     /// <summary>Returns a zero memory footprint (the fake holds no driver-attributable caches).</summary>
     /// <returns>Always <c>0</c>.</returns>