diff --git a/agentscope-examples/jev/src/main/java/io/agentscope/examples/jev/JevContextCompactionExample.java b/agentscope-examples/jev/src/main/java/io/agentscope/examples/jev/JevContextCompactionExample.java
index 599144cfc4..dc51515a85 100644
--- a/agentscope-examples/jev/src/main/java/io/agentscope/examples/jev/JevContextCompactionExample.java
+++ b/agentscope-examples/jev/src/main/java/io/agentscope/examples/jev/JevContextCompactionExample.java
@@ -175,11 +175,13 @@ protected Flux<ChatResponse> doStream(
                                         .build())
                         .build()) {
             var ctx = RuntimeContext.builder().userId("demo").sessionId("context-demo").build();
+            // No wall-clock ceiling: the offline stream completes deterministically, while a
+            // fixed timeout flakes on CPU-starved parallel CI runners.
             var result =
                     agent.streamEvents(history(), ctx)
                             .ofType(AgentResultEvent.class)
                             .single()
-                            .block(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+                            .block();
             var restored =
                     archive.restore(
                                     new JevContextArchive.Scope(
diff --git a/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-channel/agentscope-extensions-channel-weixin/src/test/java/io/agentscope/extensions/channel/weixin/WeixinChannelRuntimeTest.java b/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-channel/agentscope-extensions-channel-weixin/src/test/java/io/agentscope/extensions/channel/weixin/WeixinChannelRuntimeTest.java
index fb4b853ce2..dd0f8b4c0c 100644
--- a/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-channel/agentscope-extensions-channel-weixin/src/test/java/io/agentscope/extensions/channel/weixin/WeixinChannelRuntimeTest.java
+++ b/agentscope-extensions/agentscope-extensions-channel/agentscope-extensions-channel-weixin/src/test/java/io/agentscope/extensions/channel/weixin/WeixinChannelRuntimeTest.java
@@ -101,8 +101,11 @@ void startServer() throws Exception {
                         }
                         body = updates.get();
                     } else if (path.endsWith("sendmessage")) {
-                        sends.incrementAndGet();
+                        // Publish the payload before counting the send: waitFor() polls
+                        // `sends`, and a reader that observes the increment must also
+                        // observe the payload, or lastSend.get() dereferences null.
                         lastSend.set(JSON.readTree(exchange.getRequestBody()));
+                        sends.incrementAndGet();
                         body = sendResponse;
                     } else {
                         exchange.getRequestBody().readAllBytes();
diff --git a/agentscope-harness/src/test/java/io/agentscope/harness/agent/example/LocalFilesystemPersonalAssistantExampleTest.java b/agentscope-harness/src/test/java/io/agentscope/harness/agent/example/LocalFilesystemPersonalAssistantExampleTest.java
index e7710de45e..c3da0b1563 100644
--- a/agentscope-harness/src/test/java/io/agentscope/harness/agent/example/LocalFilesystemPersonalAssistantExampleTest.java
+++ b/agentscope-harness/src/test/java/io/agentscope/harness/agent/example/LocalFilesystemPersonalAssistantExampleTest.java
@@ -89,28 +89,30 @@ void localFilesystem_filesPersistAcrossCalls() throws Exception {
                         .abstractFilesystem(new LocalFilesystemWithShell(workspace))
                         .build()) {
 
-            // Call 1: write a note to MEMORY.md through the workspace manager
+            // Call 1: write a note through the workspace manager. A plain user file is
+            // used on purpose: MEMORY.md is agent-managed (memory consolidation rewrites
+            // it asynchronously after calls), so its bytes are not stable across calls.
             agent.call(userMsg("first call"), ctx("session-1", "alice")).block();
             agent.getWorkspaceManager()
                     .writeUtf8WorkspaceRelative(
-                            RuntimeContext.empty(), "MEMORY.md", "# Notes\n- item 1");
+                            RuntimeContext.empty(), "notes.md", "# Notes\n- item 1");
 
             // The file exists on disk after call 1
-            Path memoryFile = workspace.resolve("MEMORY.md");
+            Path notesFile = workspace.resolve("notes.md");
             assertTrue(
-                    Files.isRegularFile(memoryFile), "MEMORY.md should exist on disk after call 1");
-            String content = Files.readString(memoryFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-            assertTrue(content.contains("item 1"), "MEMORY.md content should be persisted on disk");
+                    Files.isRegularFile(notesFile), "notes.md should exist on disk after call 1");
+            String content = Files.readString(notesFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            assertTrue(content.contains("item 1"), "notes.md content should be persisted on disk");
 
             // Call 2: same workspace, different session — file is still there
             agent.call(userMsg("second call"), ctx("session-2", "alice")).block();
             assertTrue(
-                    Files.isRegularFile(memoryFile),
-                    "MEMORY.md should still exist on disk in call 2");
+                    Files.isRegularFile(notesFile),
+                    "notes.md should still exist on disk in call 2");
             assertEquals(
                     content,
-                    Files.readString(memoryFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
-                    "MEMORY.md content should be unchanged after call 2");
+                    Files.readString(notesFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+                    "notes.md content should be unchanged after call 2");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/jev/source/JevContextCompactionExample.java.txt b/docs/examples/jev/source/JevContextCompactionExample.java.txt
index 599144cfc4..dc51515a85 100644
--- a/docs/examples/jev/source/JevContextCompactionExample.java.txt
+++ b/docs/examples/jev/source/JevContextCompactionExample.java.txt
@@ -175,11 +175,13 @@ public final class JevContextCompactionExample {
                                         .build())
                         .build()) {
             var ctx = RuntimeContext.builder().userId("demo").sessionId("context-demo").build();
+            // No wall-clock ceiling: the offline stream completes deterministically, while a
+            // fixed timeout flakes on CPU-starved parallel CI runners.
             var result =
                     agent.streamEvents(history(), ctx)
                             .ofType(AgentResultEvent.class)
                             .single()
-                            .block(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+                            .block();
             var restored =
                     archive.restore(
                                     new JevContextArchive.Scope(