diff --git a/crates/cm-runtime/tests/interception.rs b/crates/cm-runtime/tests/interception.rs
index e05698d..9fa2faa 100644
--- a/crates/cm-runtime/tests/interception.rs
+++ b/crates/cm-runtime/tests/interception.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,18 @@ async fn start_gated_run(
 
     // Blocked: nothing executed, run suspended, approval queued.
     assert_eq!(outbox_count(pool).await, 0);
-    let run = cm_db::repo::runs::get(pool, started.run_id).await.unwrap();
+    // The loop journals `RunSuspended` BEFORE it checkpoints the run row
+    // (deliberately — resume must continue from the right sequence number),
+    // so the event can arrive a few milliseconds before the state does. CI
+    // run 6485 read `Running` in that window; a loaded runner widens it.
+    let mut run = cm_db::repo::runs::get(pool, started.run_id).await.unwrap();
+    for _ in 0..50 {
+        if run.state == RunState::AwaitingApproval {
+            break;
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(40)).await;
+        run = cm_db::repo::runs::get(pool, started.run_id).await.unwrap();
+    }
     assert_eq!(
         run.state,
         RunState::AwaitingApproval,