diff --git a/tests/tools/test_startup_latency_regressions.py b/tests/tools/test_startup_latency_regressions.py
index 439dd1083a..9a793ed217 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_startup_latency_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_startup_latency_regressions.py
@@ -34,40 +34,25 @@ class TestAuxProbeMode:
         with aux._client_cache_lock:
             assert key not in aux._client_cache
 
-    def test_probe_stub_never_cached_via_get_cached_client(self):
-        """The inline store in _get_cached_client must honour the same guard.
-
-        test_probe_stub_never_cached above covers _store_cached_client(), but
-        _get_cached_client() assigns to _client_cache directly instead of
-        calling it. That is the path check_fns actually take inside
-        aux_probe_mode(), so without a guard there the probe poisons the entry
-        and the next runtime caller with the same key gets a dead client.
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("wrap", [False, True], ids=["bare-stub", "adapter-wrapped-stub"])
+    def test_repeat_probes_stay_resolvable_and_never_cache(self, wrap):
+        """Probes go through _get_cached_client's inline store, not _store_cached_client,
+        so the stub (bare, or wrapped in a Codex adapter whose leaf is the stub) used to
+        land under the runtime key; the next probe then hit _compat_model() on the stub
+        and check_vision_requirements() flipped to False for the process (#87654).
         """
         import agent.auxiliary_client as aux
 
-        stub = aux._AuxProbeClientStub()
-        try:
-            with patch.object(
-                aux, "resolve_provider_client", lambda *a, **k: (stub, "m")
-            ):
-                with aux.aux_probe_mode():
-                    client, _model = aux._get_cached_client("probe-guard-test", "m")
-            assert client is stub
-            with aux._client_cache_lock:
-                poisoned = [
-                    key
-                    for key, entry in aux._client_cache.items()
-                    if isinstance(entry[0], aux._AuxProbeClientStub)
-                ]
-            assert poisoned == [], f"probe stub reached the cache: {poisoned}"
-        finally:
-            with aux._client_cache_lock:
-                for key in [
-                    k
-                    for k, e in aux._client_cache.items()
-                    if isinstance(e[0], aux._AuxProbeClientStub)
-                ]:
-                    del aux._client_cache[key]
+        def _resolve(*a, **k):
+            stub = aux._AuxProbeClientStub(api_key="k", base_url="https://x.invalid/v1")
+            return (aux.CodexAuxiliaryClient(stub, "v/m") if wrap else stub), "v/m"
+
+        aux.shutdown_cached_clients()
+        with patch.object(aux, "resolve_provider_client", _resolve), aux.aux_probe_mode():
+            answers = [aux._get_cached_client("probe-guard-test", "vendor/model")[0] is not None for _ in range(3)]
+        assert answers == [True, True, True]
+        with aux._client_cache_lock:
+            assert not [k for k in aux._client_cache if k[1:2] == (False,) and k[-1] == "vendor/model"]
 
     def test_probe_stub_raises_on_runtime_use(self):
         import agent.auxiliary_client as aux