diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests/status_and_layout.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests/status_and_layout.rs
index 78896803a3..8241e798f2 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests/status_and_layout.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests/status_and_layout.rs
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ async fn startup_header_handoff_visible_states_snapshot() {
             Ok(AppEvent::InsertHistoryCell(cell))
                 if cell.as_any().is::<history_cell::SessionInfoCell>() =>
             {
-                break lines_to_single_string(&cell.display_lines(width));
+                break normalize_snapshot_paths(lines_to_single_string(&cell.display_lines(width)));
             }
             Ok(_) => continue,
             other => panic!("expected queued configured header, got {other:?}"),