diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 07aa3727..b97d0a3c 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -253,22 +253,26 @@ everything still open, in the order it should be tackled.
             deliberately with the sync round-trip re-validated against a real
             relay rather than folded into unrelated work.
             (Found 2026-08-20 on the first CI run of this branch.)
-      - [ ] **Four TUI tests fail on Windows, and only Windows ever runs
-            them.** Surfaced 2026-08-20 once the Tests workflow could report
-            a Windows failure at all (see below). All four assume POSIX
-            paths: `test_tui2_textual_palette_profiles_and_settings` and
-            `test_tui3_change_password_and_seed_backup_flows_use_vault_service`
-            compare against literal `/tmp/...` strings while the app echoes
-            the platform-normalized `\tmp\...`;
-            `test_tui2_textual_copy_command_for_core_and_advanced_fields`
-            dies with FileNotFoundError on an `export-field` target; and
-            `test_tui2_textual_palette_notes_tags_fields_and_doc_export`
-            asserts False on a doc-export path.
+      - [ ] **Two TUI tests still fail on Windows, and only Windows ever runs
+            them.** Surfaced 2026-08-20 once the Tests workflow could report a
+            Windows failure at all (see below). Four failed; two were literal
+            `/tmp/...` comparisons against paths the app echoes
+            platform-normalized, and those are fixed by deriving the expected
+            string from `Path` — a no-op on POSIX, verified locally.
 
-            They are left failing rather than patched blind: reproducing them
-            needs a Windows host, and guessing at path-normalization and
-            palette-argument parsing would mean changing tests to match an
-            assumption instead of a behaviour.
+            The remaining two need a Windows host and are deliberately not
+            patched blind:
+
+            - `test_tui2_textual_copy_command_for_core_and_advanced_fields`
+              raises FileNotFoundError reading back an `export-field nsec`
+              target that was never written.
+            - `test_tui2_textual_palette_notes_tags_fields_and_doc_export`
+              asserts False after `doc-export`.
+
+            Both depend on palette argument parsing and file writing on
+            Windows. Guessing at either would mean changing a test to match an
+            assumption rather than a behaviour, so they are left red and
+            named.
 
             Note how this interacts with the textual item below: because
             textual is undeclared, these tests SKIP on Linux and macOS and run
diff --git a/src/tests/test_tui_v2_textual_interactions.py b/src/tests/test_tui_v2_textual_interactions.py
index 1b7d0917..840399ce 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_tui_v2_textual_interactions.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_tui_v2_textual_interactions.py
@@ -2657,15 +2657,20 @@ async def test_tui2_textual_profiles_and_settings_palette_commands() -> None:
         await pilot.pause()
         assert "Exported TOTP entries to" in _status_text(app)
 
+        # The app echoes the path as the platform renders it, so derive the
+        # expected text from Path rather than hardcoding the POSIX form --
+        # on Windows this string is "\\tmp\\seedpass-db-export.enc" and the
+        # literal comparison failed there while passing everywhere else.
+        db_path = Path("/tmp/seedpass-db-export.enc")
         app._run_palette_command("db-export /tmp/seedpass-db-export.enc")
         await pilot.pause()
-        assert Path("/tmp/seedpass-db-export.enc") in vault.exported
-        assert "Database exported to /tmp/seedpass-db-export.enc" in _status_text(app)
+        assert db_path in vault.exported
+        assert f"Database exported to {db_path}" in _status_text(app)
 
         app._run_palette_command("db-import /tmp/seedpass-db-export.enc")
         await pilot.pause()
-        assert Path("/tmp/seedpass-db-export.enc") in vault.imported
-        assert "Database imported from /tmp/seedpass-db-export.enc" in _status_text(app)
+        assert db_path in vault.imported
+        assert f"Database imported from {db_path}" in _status_text(app)
 
         app._run_palette_command(
             "parent-seed-backup /tmp/seedpass-parent-backup.enc pass123"
diff --git a/src/tests/test_tui_v3_smoke.py b/src/tests/test_tui_v3_smoke.py
index 46bc858b..708c2dc9 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_tui_v3_smoke.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_tui_v3_smoke.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 import pytest
@@ -662,9 +663,11 @@ async def test_tui3_change_password_and_seed_backup_flows_use_vault_service() ->
         await pilot.pause()
         assert vault.changed_passwords == [("old-pass", "new-pass")]
 
+        # The processor normalizes the path through Path, so compare against
+        # the platform's rendering of it rather than the POSIX literal.
         app.processor.execute("backup-parent-seed /tmp/seed-backup.enc pw123")
         await pilot.pause()
-        assert vault.backup_requests[-1] == ("/tmp/seed-backup.enc", "pw123")
+        assert vault.backup_requests[-1] == (str(Path("/tmp/seed-backup.enc")), "pw123")
 
         app.processor.execute("backup-parent-seed")
         await pilot.pause()