diff --git a/deploy/smoke/allinone_smoke.py b/deploy/smoke/allinone_smoke.py
index 2bd6b61..d7d3d08 100755
--- a/deploy/smoke/allinone_smoke.py
+++ b/deploy/smoke/allinone_smoke.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     # cycle is the verification surface pre-A (image built + WS handshake
     # succeeds + frames flow through Caddy TLS) — that's what we assert until
     # Plan A merges, then enable the engine-reply fail() assertion.
-    ASSERT_ENGINE_REPLY = False  # Set True once Plan A lands.
+    ASSERT_ENGINE_REPLY = True  # Set True once Plan A lands.
     if received < 1:
         if ASSERT_ENGINE_REPLY:
             fail("expected at least one engine-originated text frame (mark/outbound)")
diff --git a/deploy/smoke/reload_during_call.py b/deploy/smoke/reload_during_call.py
index 6684e13..bf54eb2 100755
--- a/deploy/smoke/reload_during_call.py
+++ b/deploy/smoke/reload_during_call.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     # containerized TLS — Plan A lands the hygiene that makes these assertions
     # meaningful (without NODELAY + pings, WS frames may coalesce / quiet WS
     # may die mid-reload for non-Plan-A reasons unrelated to stream_close_delay).
-    ASSERT_ZERO_DROPS = False  # Set True once Plan A lands.
+    ASSERT_ZERO_DROPS = True  # Set True once Plan A lands.
     if ws_dropped:
         if ASSERT_ZERO_DROPS:
             fail("WS dropped during caddy reload — stream_close_delay mitigation "