diff --git a/lib/host/tests/blog.sx b/lib/host/tests/blog.sx
index fec9036a..ddbba892 100644
--- a/lib/host/tests/blog.sx
+++ b/lib/host/tests/blog.sx
@@ -258,8 +258,11 @@
           (contains? html "q=my%20q")
           (contains? html "exponential:1000:30000")))   ;; retries a dropped fetch
   (list true true true true true true))
-(host-bl-test "relate-options omits the load-more sentinel on a short last page"
-  (contains? (dream-resp-body (host-bl-app (host-bl-req "/alpha-post/relate-options"))) "rp-more")
+;; a page that isn't full carries NO load-more sentinel. Past the end of the pool the last
+;; page is empty (0 rows < limit) — deterministic regardless of how many posts the metamodel
+;; has seeded (the `related` pool is every post, which grows as types/cards are added).
+(host-bl-test "relate-options omits the load-more sentinel when the page isn't full"
+  (contains? (dream-resp-body (host-bl-app (host-bl-req "/alpha-post/relate-options?offset=100000"))) "rp-more")
   false)
 
 ;; -- relate / unrelate keep BOTH lists in sync by re-rendering the kind's editor.
@@ -545,8 +548,11 @@
   (let ((body (dream-resp-body (host-bl-app (host-bl-req "/particle/relate-options?kind=tagged")))))
     (list (contains? body ">OCaml<") (contains? body ">P Article<")))
   (list true false))
-(host-bl-test "related picker still offers all posts (kind defaults to related)"
-  (contains? (dream-resp-body (host-bl-app (host-bl-req "/particle/relate-options"))) ">P Doc<")
+;; `related` (no declaration) is UNRESTRICTED — it offers every post, including type-defs
+;; like pdoc ("P Doc"), unlike `tagged` which offers only tags. Found via a filter so the
+;; assertion is robust to pagination (the pool is >1 page once the metamodel is seeded).
+(host-bl-test "related picker offers any post, incl a type-def (kind defaults to related)"
+  (contains? (dream-resp-body (host-bl-app (host-bl-req "/particle/relate-options?q=doc"))) ">P Doc<")
   true)
 (host-bl-test "is-a-tag toggle marks a post a tag via /relate kind=is-a"
   (begin