diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Cli/Interactive/BundleService.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Cli/Interactive/BundleService.cs
index be6d8c9..f243b29 100644
--- a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Cli/Interactive/BundleService.cs
+++ b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Cli/Interactive/BundleService.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ public sealed class BundleService
     /// verbatim replicate would be silently rejected by the LWW gate, so that single case is written
     /// through <see cref="ISecretStore.UpsertAsync"/> instead — a local-write that restamps the row as
     /// current, which is exactly what makes the operator's forced choice durable rather than flipped
-    /// back on the next reconciliation.
+    /// back on the next reconciliation. Note the narrowed remnant of this: a
+    /// <paramref name="conflictOverride"/> that forces an <em>older, tombstoned</em> bundle row over a
+    /// newer live local row resurrects it, because that forced <see cref="ISecretStore.UpsertAsync"/>
+    /// path clears the tombstone.
     /// </para>
     /// </remarks>
     /// <param name="session">The full session to import into.</param>
diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Tests/Cli/Interactive/BundleServiceTests.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Tests/Cli/Interactive/BundleServiceTests.cs
index 8c159a6..da6efef 100644
--- a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Tests/Cli/Interactive/BundleServiceTests.cs
+++ b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Tests/Cli/Interactive/BundleServiceTests.cs
@@ -239,11 +239,15 @@ public sealed class BundleServiceTests : IDisposable
         string raw = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(BundlePath, CancellationToken.None);
         Assert.DoesNotContain(sentinel, raw, StringComparison.Ordinal);
 
-        // The base64 ciphertext of the sealed row is present in the file.
+        // The base64 ciphertext of the sealed row is present in the file. Assert structurally through
+        // the codec rather than by raw-text match: System.Text.Json escapes '+' as +, so a raw
+        // Contains on the base64 string is flaky whenever the ciphertext base64 contains a '+'.
         StoredSecret? row = await source.Store.GetAsync(new SecretName("svc/secret"), CancellationToken.None);
         Assert.NotNull(row);
-        Assert.Contains(Convert.ToBase64String(row!.Ciphertext), raw, StringComparison.Ordinal);
         Assert.Contains("\"Ciphertext\"", raw, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        SecretBundle parsed = SecretBundleCodec.Deserialize(raw);
+        BundleEntry parsedEntry = Assert.Single(parsed.Entries);
+        Assert.Equal(Convert.ToBase64String(row!.Ciphertext), parsedEntry.Ciphertext);
     }
 
     [Fact]