diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index 8093217e6c..9d683a3c02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -161,13 +161,15 @@ jobs:
           git fetch origin "$BASE_SHA" --depth=1 || echo 'Base fetch failed; bridge proof selection will fail open.'
           node --experimental-strip-types scripts/apple-ci-impact.ts bridge
 
-      - name: Verify clean-installed Simulator snapshot bridge preparation and the fold-helper -Werror gate
+      - name: Verify the darwin-only native source proofs (snapshot bridge, fold-helper -Werror, recording scripts)
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.bridge-impact.outputs.run != 'false'
         run: |
           pnpm build
           pnpm exec vitest run \
             packages/platform-apple/src/snapshot-source/native-runtime.test.ts \
-            packages/platform-apple/src/foldable/fold-helper-cache.test.ts
+            packages/platform-apple/src/foldable/fold-helper-cache.test.ts \
+            packages/platform-apple/src/foldable/simulator-hid-native.test.ts \
+            packages/capture-kit/src/recording/__tests__/recording-scripts.test.ts
           pnpm check:package -- --verify-snapshot-bridge-preparation
 
       - name: Upload macOS artifacts
diff --git a/packages/capture-kit/src/recording/__tests__/recording-scripts.test.ts b/packages/capture-kit/src/recording/__tests__/recording-scripts.test.ts
index 466627d398..50b7e8af63 100644
--- a/packages/capture-kit/src/recording/__tests__/recording-scripts.test.ts
+++ b/packages/capture-kit/src/recording/__tests__/recording-scripts.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { beforeAll, test } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeAll, describe, test } from 'vitest';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
@@ -15,78 +15,71 @@ const recordingScriptsDir = path.resolve(
 );
 const recordingTestSupportDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../../test/integration/support');
 const SWIFT_TYPECHECK_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
-let swiftCompilerPath = 'swiftc';
-let swiftSdkPath = '';
 
-async function assertSwiftScriptTypechecks(
-  scriptPath: string,
-  extraSourcePaths: string[] = [],
-): Promise<void> {
-  const result = await runCmd(
-    swiftCompilerPath,
-    ['-sdk', swiftSdkPath, '-typecheck', scriptPath, ...extraSourcePaths],
-    {
-      allowFailure: true,
-    },
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    result.exitCode,
-    0,
-    `${path.basename(scriptPath)} should typecheck\n${result.stderr}`,
-  );
-}
+type TypecheckOutcome = { exitCode: number; stderr: string; source: string };
 
-beforeAll(async () => {
-  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') return;
-  const [compilerResult, sdkResult] = await Promise.all([
-    runCmd('xcrun', ['--find', 'swiftc']),
-    runCmd('xcrun', ['--show-sdk-path', '--sdk', 'macosx']),
-  ]);
-  swiftCompilerPath = compilerResult.stdout.trim();
-  swiftSdkPath = sdkResult.stdout.trim();
-});
+// The three `swiftc -typecheck` invocations run in beforeAll, not in the test bodies: each is a
+// real compiler launch, and the unit slow-test gate budgets `packages/**` test cases far below one
+// compile (see the budget note in docs/agents/testing.md). The snapshot-bridge and fold-helper
+// gates in platform-apple keep their native compiles out of test-case wall time the same way.
+// One beforeAll covers all three so the SDK probe and the two shared-source compiles are paid once
+// per file rather than once per case.
+describe.skipIf(process.platform !== 'darwin')('recording Swift scripts typecheck', () => {
+  let outcomes: TypecheckOutcome[] = [];
 
-test(
-  'recording inspect Swift script typechecks',
-  async (t) => {
-    if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
-      t.skip('Swift recording scripts are only validated on macOS');
-    }
+  beforeAll(
+    async () => {
+      const [compiler, sdk] = await Promise.all([
+        runCmd('xcrun', ['--find', 'swiftc']),
+        runCmd('xcrun', ['--show-sdk-path', '--sdk', 'macosx']),
+      ]);
+      const swiftCompilerPath = compiler.stdout.trim() || 'swiftc';
+      const swiftSdkPath = sdk.stdout.trim();
+      const sharedSupport = path.join(recordingScriptsDir, 'RecordingExportSupport.swift');
+      const targets: Array<{ source: string; extraSources: string[] }> = [
+        { source: path.join(recordingTestSupportDir, 'recording-inspect.swift'), extraSources: [] },
+        {
+          source: path.join(recordingScriptsDir, 'recording-overlay.swift'),
+          extraSources: [sharedSupport],
+        },
+        {
+          source: path.join(recordingScriptsDir, 'recording-frames.swift'),
+          extraSources: [sharedSupport],
+        },
+      ];
 
-    await assertSwiftScriptTypechecks(
-      path.join(recordingTestSupportDir, 'recording-inspect.swift'),
-    );
-  },
-  SWIFT_TYPECHECK_TIMEOUT_MS,
-);
+      outcomes = await Promise.all(
+        targets.map(async ({ source, extraSources }): Promise<TypecheckOutcome> => {
+          const result = await runCmd(
+            swiftCompilerPath,
+            ['-sdk', swiftSdkPath, '-typecheck', source, ...extraSources],
+            { allowFailure: true, timeoutMs: SWIFT_TYPECHECK_TIMEOUT_MS },
+          );
+          return { source, exitCode: result.exitCode, stderr: result.stderr };
+        }),
+      );
+    },
+    SWIFT_TYPECHECK_TIMEOUT_MS * 3 + 30_000,
+  );
 
-test(
-  'recording overlay Swift script typechecks',
-  async (t) => {
-    if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
-      t.skip('Swift recording scripts are only validated on macOS');
-    }
+  test('recording inspect Swift script typechecks', () => {
+    assertTypechecked(outcomes, 'recording-inspect.swift');
+  });
 
-    await assertSwiftScriptTypechecks(path.join(recordingScriptsDir, 'recording-overlay.swift'), [
-      path.join(recordingScriptsDir, 'RecordingExportSupport.swift'),
-    ]);
-  },
-  SWIFT_TYPECHECK_TIMEOUT_MS,
-);
+  test('recording overlay Swift script typechecks', () => {
+    assertTypechecked(outcomes, 'recording-overlay.swift');
+  });
 
-test(
-  'recording frames Swift script typechecks',
-  async (t) => {
-    if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
-      t.skip('Swift recording scripts are only validated on macOS');
-    }
+  test('recording frames Swift script typechecks', () => {
+    assertTypechecked(outcomes, 'recording-frames.swift');
+  });
+});
 
-    await assertSwiftScriptTypechecks(path.join(recordingScriptsDir, 'recording-frames.swift'), [
-      path.join(recordingScriptsDir, 'RecordingExportSupport.swift'),
-    ]);
-  },
-  SWIFT_TYPECHECK_TIMEOUT_MS,
-);
+function assertTypechecked(outcomes: readonly TypecheckOutcome[], basename: string): void {
+  const outcome = outcomes.find((entry) => path.basename(entry.source) === basename);
+  assert.ok(outcome, `${basename} was never typechecked`);
+  assert.equal(outcome.exitCode, 0, `${basename} should typecheck\n${outcome.stderr}`);
+}
 
 test('recording overlays are explicitly unsupported on non-macOS hosts', () => {
   assert.equal(
diff --git a/scripts/__tests__/apple-ci-impact.test.ts b/scripts/__tests__/apple-ci-impact.test.ts
index ea0834195d..7fa5a1a86d 100644
--- a/scripts/__tests__/apple-ci-impact.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/__tests__/apple-ci-impact.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ function cacheInputs(action: string): string[] {
   );
 }
 
+type WorkflowStep = { run?: string; with?: { gate?: string } };
+
+/**
+ * Index of the first workflow step matching a predicate, counted across every job in file order,
+ * or -1. Steps are located by the command they run or the gate they invoke rather than by their
+ * title, and through the same YAML parser the assertions below already use, so a step renamed for
+ * scope reasons — or a `run:` block reindented — is not mistaken for a sequencing regression.
+ */
+function workflowStepIndex(workflow: string, matches: (step: WorkflowStep) => boolean): number {
+  const doc = parse(workflow) as { jobs?: Record<string, { steps?: WorkflowStep[] }> };
+  return Object.values(doc.jobs ?? {})
+    .flatMap((job) => job.steps ?? [])
+    .findIndex(matches);
+}
+
 test('every runner build-cache input triggers the PR XCTest lane', () => {
   const action = fs.readFileSync(
     path.join(repoRoot, '.github/actions/setup-apple-runner-build/action.yml'),
@@ -58,10 +73,14 @@ test('the PR workflow applies the impact decision to the XCTest step', () => {
 });
 
 test('macOS clean-install proof follows live UI replay', () => {
+  // Ordered by what each step runs, not by its title: the clean-install proof must not fire
+  // before the replay that can raise local-network permission UI, and a step renamed for scope
+  // reasons is not a sequencing regression.
   const workflow = fs.readFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, '.github/workflows/macos.yml'), 'utf8');
-  const replay = workflow.indexOf('- name: Run macOS integration test');
-  const proof = workflow.indexOf(
-    '- name: Verify clean-installed Simulator snapshot bridge preparation',
+  const replay = workflowStepIndex(workflow, (step) => step.with?.gate === 'replay-macos');
+  const proof = workflowStepIndex(
+    workflow,
+    (step) => step.run?.includes('--verify-snapshot-bridge-preparation') ?? false,
   );
   expect(replay).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
   expect(proof).toBeGreaterThan(replay);