diff --git a/apps/photocraft/src/services.rs b/apps/photocraft/src/services.rs
index d4a3869f3..e6c882d19 100644
--- a/apps/photocraft/src/services.rs
+++ b/apps/photocraft/src/services.rs
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut app = launch(&recovery);
         new_doc(&mut app, "#ff0000");
         let revision = app.session.active().unwrap().revision;
+        assert_ne!(revision, 0, "a sidecar-less bundle lists as revision 0");
         autosave(&mut app, &ctx);
 
         let mut failed = false;
@@ -927,12 +928,16 @@ mod tests {
         std::fs::remove_file(&recovery).unwrap();
         std::fs::create_dir(&recovery).unwrap();
         autosave(&mut app, &ctx);
+        // The worker commits the bundle's manifest before it publishes the sidecar, and
+        // `list_recovery` lists a committed sidecar-less bundle (revision 0) on its own, so
+        // the first non-empty listing can come from the middle of the write. Wait for the write
+        // to finish: the entry then carries the sidecar's revision.
         let mut recovered = Vec::new();
         let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + std::time::Duration::from_secs(30);
         while std::time::Instant::now() < deadline {
             prefs_ui::tick(&mut app, &ctx);
             recovered = list_recovery(&recovery);
-            if !recovered.is_empty() {
+            if recovered.iter().any(|e| e.info.revision == revision) {
                 break;
             }
             std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10));