diff --git a/crates/specialized/rtx-cfd/tests/curvilinear_mms.rs b/crates/specialized/rtx-cfd/tests/curvilinear_mms.rs
index dfa2a2b..708abf4 100644
--- a/crates/specialized/rtx-cfd/tests/curvilinear_mms.rs
+++ b/crates/specialized/rtx-cfd/tests/curvilinear_mms.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 //! and ≈ 1 with upwind; every step is divergence-free to the solver's
 //! tolerance.
 
-use rtx_cfd::mesh::patch_gen::{annulus_skewed, cartesian};
 use rtx_cfd::mesh::PatchMesh;
 use rtx_cfd::mesh::PatchSide;
+use rtx_cfd::mesh::patch_gen::{annulus_skewed, cartesian};
 use rtx_cfd::solvers::incompressible::{
     CurvilinearParameters, CurvilinearPisoSolver, NormalDiffusion, PatchConvection, PatchField,
     RobinWall,
@@ -433,3 +433,95 @@ async fn skewed_annulus_stokes_with_a_robin_inner_wall_keeps_second_order() -> C
     );
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// The Robin wall's SIGN — the steady MMS pin above is blind to it (both
+/// parts vanish at its fixed point). A still CLOSED annulus under a
+/// uniform pressure `p₀` above a zero datum: the explicit part must move
+/// the wall INTO the body (offset · n < 0 with n = S/|S| into the fluid,
+/// the magnitude `p₀/(α (1 + g))`, `g = μ/(α d)` the viscous damping);
+/// the fluid cannot follow (the outer wall is fixed), so the implicit
+/// compliant term `|S| p'/α` must answer with a pressure DROP that stops
+/// the recession — `p' ≈ −p₀/(1 + g)`, the net wall flux absorbed. With
+/// the wrong sign the pressure would rise by the same amount.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn robin_wall_recedes_under_pressure_on_both_parts() -> CfdResult<()> {
+    let mesh = annulus_skewed([0.0, 0.0], 0.5, 1.5, 48, 12, 0.3, 3.0)?;
+    let config = CfdConfig::new()
+        .with_density(RHO)
+        .with_viscosity(MU)
+        .with_reference_velocity(1.0)
+        .with_reference_length(1.0);
+    let params = CurvilinearParameters {
+        tolerance: 1e-12,
+        convection: PatchConvection::None,
+        normal_diffusion: NormalDiffusion::Explicit,
+        ..CurvilinearParameters::default()
+    };
+    let mut solver = CurvilinearPisoSolver::new(config, params, mesh)?;
+    solver.set_boundary_velocity(|_, _, _| (0.0, 0.0));
+    let n_inner = (0..solver.mesh().faces().len())
+        .filter(|&f| solver.mesh().side(f) == Some(PatchSide::Inner))
+        .count();
+    let alpha = 4.0;
+    solver.set_robin_wall(Some(RobinWall {
+        alpha,
+        datum: vec![[0.0, 0.0]; n_inner],
+    }));
+    let mut field = PatchField::new(solver.mesh());
+    solver.initialize(&mut field, |_, _| (0.0, 0.0));
+    let p0 = 1.0;
+    field.p.iter_mut().for_each(|p| *p = p0);
+    let h = min_spacing(solver.mesh());
+    let dt = 0.1 * (h * h / (4.0 * MU / RHO)).min(h);
+    solver.advance(&mut field, dt).await?;
+    let mesh = solver.mesh();
+    let inner: Vec<usize> = (0..mesh.faces().len())
+        .filter(|&f| mesh.side(f) == Some(PatchSide::Inner))
+        .collect();
+    let offsets = solver.robin_offsets();
+    assert_eq!(offsets.len(), inner.len());
+    let (mut worst_rel, mut net_flux, mut recession, mut p_expect) = (0.0_f64, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+    for (j, &f) in inner.iter().enumerate() {
+        let face = &mesh.faces()[f];
+        let s = face.s; // owner None, neigh Some: S points into the fluid
+        let len = (s[0] * s[0] + s[1] * s[1]).sqrt();
+        let n = [s[0] / len, s[1] / len];
+        let c = mesh.boundary_cell(f);
+        let xc = mesh.centre(c);
+        let d = ((face.centre[0] - xc[0]).powi(2) + (face.centre[1] - xc[1]).powi(2)).sqrt();
+        let g = MU / (alpha * d);
+        let expect = -p0 / (alpha * (1.0 + g));
+        let got = offsets[j][0] * n[0] + offsets[j][1] * n[1];
+        assert!(
+            got < 0.0,
+            "face {f}: explicit offset · n = {got:.3e} (must recede)"
+        );
+        worst_rel = worst_rel.max(((got - expect) / expect).abs());
+        net_flux += field.flux[f];
+        recession += got.abs() * len;
+        p_expect += (p0 - p0 / (1.0 + g)) / inner.len() as f64;
+    }
+    let p_mean = field.p.iter().sum::<f64>() / field.p.len() as f64;
+    let p_max = field.p.iter().cloned().fold(f64::MIN, f64::max);
+    println!(
+        "  Robin sign pin: {} Inner faces, explicit offset −p₀/(α(1+g)) to {worst_rel:.2e}; net wall flux {net_flux:.2e} vs the recession's {recession:.2e}; pressure after the step mean {p_mean:.4} max {p_max:.4} (p₀ {p0}, compliant answer ≈ {p_expect:.4})",
+        inner.len()
+    );
+    assert!(
+        worst_rel < 1e-9,
+        "explicit offset magnitude off by {worst_rel:.2e}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        net_flux.abs() < 1e-6 * recession,
+        "the compliant wall did not absorb the recession: net {net_flux:.3e} of {recession:.3e}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        p_max < p0,
+        "the pressure ROSE (max {p_max:.4} ≥ p₀): the implicit term advances the wall"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        (p_mean - p_expect).abs() < 0.3 * p0,
+        "pressure drop {p_mean:.4} far from the compliant answer {p_expect:.4}"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}