diff --git a/src/cachekit/cache_handler.py b/src/cachekit/cache_handler.py
index 0018a123..ab9535c4 100644
--- a/src/cachekit/cache_handler.py
+++ b/src/cachekit/cache_handler.py
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ def deserialize_l1(
         if not self.keeps_msgpack_in_l1:
             return self.deserialize_data(data, cache_key, args, kwargs), None  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
         if type(data) is VerifiedMsgpack:  # only L1 holds this type: only such a handler swapped it in
-            return self._base_serializer._deserialize_verified(data), None  # type: ignore[union-attr]  # noqa: SLF001
+            return self._base_serializer._deserialize_verified(data), None  # type: ignore[union-attr]
         try:
             payload, metadata, serializer_name = SerializationWrapper.unwrap_metadata(data)
         except (AttributeError, KeyError, TypeError, ValueError):
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ def deserialize_l1(
         # stay in L1, or a header that misdescribes its payload, is decoded by deserialize_data, not kept.
         if serializer_name != self._serializer_string_name or metadata.encrypted or not metadata.compressed:
             return self.deserialize_data(data, cache_key, args, kwargs), None
-        return self._base_serializer._deserialize_keeping_msgpack(payload, len(data))  # type: ignore[union-attr]  # noqa: SLF001
+        return self._base_serializer._deserialize_keeping_msgpack(payload, len(data))  # type: ignore[union-attr]
 
     def deserialize_data(
         self,
diff --git a/src/cachekit/decorators/wrapper.py b/src/cachekit/decorators/wrapper.py
index 927f3298..2dc7d8c4 100644
--- a/src/cachekit/decorators/wrapper.py
+++ b/src/cachekit/decorators/wrapper.py
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ def _sync_call(  # noqa: PLR0912
                             )
                             if l1_kept is not None:  # its verified MessagePack: later hits skip retrieve()
                                 _l1_cache.shrink_if_held(cache_key, l1_bytes, l1_kept)
-                        else:  # decoded as before; an entry another handler swapped in fails as a corrupt frame
+                        else:  # as before; a swapped entry fails: SuspiciousCacheEntryError if encrypted, else a corrupt frame
                             l1_value = operation_handler.serialization_handler.deserialize_data(
                                 l1_bytes,  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
                                 cache_key,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_l1_verified_msgpack.py b/tests/unit/test_l1_verified_msgpack.py
index f835b762..20d174d9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_l1_verified_msgpack.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_l1_verified_msgpack.py
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@
 def _no_cachekit_env(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Iterator[None]:
     """Handlers here read key settings when built, so no CACHEKIT_* variable in the shell may reach them."""
     clear_cachekit_env(monkeypatch)
-    reset_settings()
     yield
-    reset_settings()
 
 
 class _Backend:
@@ -229,15 +227,21 @@ def test_msgpack_exactly_as_long_as_the_limit_is_kept() -> None:
     assert serializer._deserialize_keeping_msgpack(envelope, size - 1)[1] is None
 
 
-_OTHER_HANDLERS: dict[str, Callable[[], CacheSerializationHandler]] = {
-    "auto": lambda: CacheSerializationHandler(serializer_name="auto"),
-    "integrity-off": lambda: CacheSerializationHandler(enable_integrity_checking=False),
-    "encrypted": lambda: CacheSerializationHandler(encryption=True, master_key=MASTER_KEY, single_tenant_mode=True),
+_CORRUPT = (SerializationError, "Corrupt cache envelope")
+_OTHER_HANDLERS: dict[str, tuple[Callable[[], CacheSerializationHandler], tuple[type[Exception], str]]] = {
+    "auto": (lambda: CacheSerializationHandler(serializer_name="auto"), _CORRUPT),
+    "integrity-off": (lambda: CacheSerializationHandler(enable_integrity_checking=False), _CORRUPT),
+    "encrypted": (
+        lambda: CacheSerializationHandler(encryption=True, master_key=MASTER_KEY, single_tenant_mode=True),
+        (SuspiciousCacheEntryError, "another handler's plaintext MessagePack"),
+    ),
 }
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("make", list(_OTHER_HANDLERS.values()), ids=list(_OTHER_HANDLERS))
-def test_other_handlers_keep_their_envelope_and_refuse_verified_msgpack(make: Callable[[], CacheSerializationHandler]) -> None:
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("make", "refusal"), list(_OTHER_HANDLERS.values()), ids=list(_OTHER_HANDLERS))
+def test_other_handlers_keep_their_envelope_and_refuse_verified_msgpack(
+    make: Callable[[], CacheSerializationHandler], refusal: tuple[type[Exception], str]
+) -> None:
     """The L1 hit sites send these handlers' entries to deserialize_data, which refuses a swapped entry another
     handler left under the same key: under encryption as the plaintext envelope it replaced would be."""
     handler = make()
@@ -245,11 +249,10 @@ def test_other_handlers_keep_their_envelope_and_refuse_verified_msgpack(make: Ca
     assert not handler.keeps_msgpack_in_l1
     assert handler.deserialize_l1(envelope, cache_key="k") == ({"x": 1}, None)
     planted = VerifiedMsgpack(msgpack.packb({"x": 2}))
-    refusal = SuspiciousCacheEntryError if handler.encryption else SerializationError
+    error, message = refusal
     for decode in (handler.deserialize_l1, handler.deserialize_data):
-        with pytest.raises(refusal) as raised:
+        with pytest.raises(error, match=message):
             decode(planted, cache_key="k")  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-        assert handler.encryption or "Corrupt cache envelope" in str(raised.value)
 
 
 def _frames() -> dict[str, bytes]:
@@ -286,6 +289,11 @@ def _frames() -> dict[str, bytes]:
 )
 
 
+def test_frame_names_list_every_frame() -> None:
+    """_FRAME_NAMES is spelled out because _frames() builds handlers, which must wait for the env fixture."""
+    assert set(_frames()) == set(_FRAME_NAMES)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("name", _FRAME_NAMES)
 def test_deserialize_l1_decodes_or_refuses_every_entry_as_deserialize_data_does(
     name: str, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
@@ -415,9 +423,10 @@ def compute(x: int) -> dict[str, int]:
 # A replay over the real L1Cache. A read that misses puts the entry a put rule picks from the entry's
 # envelope and MessagePack sizes; with promote, a read that hits an envelope swaps it for its MessagePack
 # when that is no longer, as the L1 hit sites do (deserialize_l1, then L1Cache.shrink_if_held, which alone
-# refuses a longer value here). The shipped design
-# is the envelope rule with promote. The two rejected put rules are counterexamples against storing
-# MessagePack at write time; they show the pinned traces bite.
+# refuses a longer value here).
+#
+# The shipped design is the envelope rule with promote. The two rejected put rules are counterexamples
+# against storing MessagePack at write time; they show the pinned traces bite.
 
 Rule = Callable[[L1Cache, int, int], int]