diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-session-auto-compaction-queue.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-session-auto-compaction-queue.test.ts
index 6384b5a0..5df44b40 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-session-auto-compaction-queue.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-session-auto-compaction-queue.test.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ describe("AgentSession auto-compaction queue resume", () => {
 	it("should trigger threshold compaction for error messages using last successful usage", async () => {
 		const model = session.model!;
 
-		// A successful assistant message with high token usage (near context limit)
+		// A successful assistant message with token usage just over the compaction threshold.
+		// Compute this from the selected model so generated catalog context-window changes do not break the test.
+		const compactionSettings = settingsManager.getCompactionSettings();
+		const thresholdTokens = (model.contextWindow ?? 200_000) - compactionSettings.reserveTokens + 1;
 		const successfulAssistant: AssistantMessage = {
 			role: "assistant",
 			content: [{ type: "text", text: "large successful response" }],
@@ -256,11 +259,11 @@ describe("AgentSession auto-compaction queue resume", () => {
 			provider: model.provider,
 			model: model.id,
 			usage: {
-				input: 180_000,
+				input: thresholdTokens - 10_000,
 				output: 10_000,
 				cacheRead: 0,
 				cacheWrite: 0,
-				totalTokens: 190_000,
+				totalTokens: thresholdTokens,
 				cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0, total: 0 },
 			},
 			stopReason: "stop",