diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientStaleSessionRaceTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientStaleSessionRaceTests.cs
index 64f973e6..89bbe95c 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientStaleSessionRaceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientStaleSessionRaceTests.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Opc.Ua;
 using Opc.Ua.Client;
 using Shouldly;
 using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests;
 
@@ -63,6 +64,18 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientStaleSessionRaceTests
                 It.IsAny<HistoryReadValueIdCollection>(),
                 It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
             .ReturnsAsync(resp);
+        // Acknowledge issues its wire call via CallAsync; stub it so AcknowledgeAsync can run to
+        // completion against whichever session it ends up binding to.
+        mock.Setup(s => s.CallAsync(
+                It.IsAny<RequestHeader>(),
+                It.IsAny<CallMethodRequestCollection>(),
+                It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
+            .ReturnsAsync(new CallResponse
+            {
+                ResponseHeader = new ResponseHeader(),
+                Results = new CallMethodResultCollection(),
+                DiagnosticInfos = new DiagnosticInfoCollection(),
+            });
         return mock;
     }
 
@@ -78,6 +91,16 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientStaleSessionRaceTests
             Times.Never);
     }
 
+    private static void VerifyAckWireHitNewSessionNotOld(Mock<ISession> newSession, Mock<ISession> oldSession)
+    {
+        newSession.Verify(s => s.CallAsync(
+            It.IsAny<RequestHeader>(), It.IsAny<CallMethodRequestCollection>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()),
+            Times.Once);
+        oldSession.Verify(s => s.CallAsync(
+            It.IsAny<RequestHeader>(), It.IsAny<CallMethodRequestCollection>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()),
+            Times.Never);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     ExecuteHistoryReadAsync (the ReadRaw/ReadProcessed/ReadAtTime funnel) must issue the
     ///     HistoryRead against the session current <i>after</i> the gate, not a reference
@@ -146,16 +169,53 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientStaleSessionRaceTests
         VerifyWireHitNewSessionNotOld(newSession, oldSession);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     AcknowledgeAsync issues its Acknowledge method <c>CallAsync</c> against the session
+    ///     current after the gate — and parses the namespace-relative ConditionId against that
+    ///     same session — rather than a reference captured before WaitAsync. This is the third
+    ///     gate-protected wire site; the two subscribe paths (<c>SubscribeAsync</c>,
+    ///     <c>SubscribeAlarmsAsync</c>) received the identical fix but are not covered here
+    ///     because asserting them requires a live <c>Subscription</c> object (the SDK's
+    ///     <c>AddSubscription</c>/<c>CreateAsync</c> can't be exercised through this mock seam);
+    ///     their correctness is reviewable by inspection against this same idiom.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AcknowledgeAsync_uses_session_swapped_in_across_the_gate_not_the_captured_one()
+    {
+        var ct = TestContext.Current.CancellationToken;
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(new OpcUaClientDriverOptions(), "opcua-stale-ack");
+
+        var prologueReached = new TaskCompletionSource(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+        var oldSession = NewSessionMock(prologueReached);
+        var newSession = NewSessionMock();
+        drv.SetSessionForTest(oldSession.Object);
+
+        await drv.Gate.WaitAsync(ct);
+
+        var call = drv.AcknowledgeAsync(
+            [new AlarmAcknowledgeRequest("ns=2;s=Pump17", "ns=2;s=Pump17", "operator ack")], ct);
+
+        await WaitForPreGateCaptureOrFallbackAsync(prologueReached.Task, ct);
+        drv.SetSessionForTest(newSession.Object);
+        drv.Gate.Release();
+
+        await call;
+
+        VerifyAckWireHitNewSessionNotOld(newSession, oldSession);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Awaits the buggy path's pre-gate-capture signal, or a bounded fallback when it never
-    ///     fires (the fixed path performs no pre-gate session member read). Generous so the
-    ///     buggy-path signal effectively always wins first, keeping the RED outcome
-    ///     deterministic; the fallback only matters for the GREEN (fixed) path where swap
-    ///     ordering is irrelevant.
+    ///     fires (the fixed path performs no pre-gate session member read). The buggy-path signal
+    ///     fires from a synchronous <c>MessageContext</c> read that runs before any await, so it
+    ///     always wins the race well inside the fallback — keeping the RED outcome deterministic.
+    ///     The fallback only matters for the GREEN (fixed) path where swap ordering is irrelevant
+    ///     (the fixed read happens only after the gate is released), so a short bound keeps the
+    ///     suite fast without weakening the guarantee.
     /// </summary>
     private static async Task WaitForPreGateCaptureOrFallbackAsync(Task signal, CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        var fallback = Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), ct);
+        var fallback = Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250), ct);
         await Task.WhenAny(signal, fallback);
     }
 }