diff --git a/docs/now/2026-09-24-published-test-the-1-untested-function-in-specs-fpga-testbench-vcd-tra.md b/docs/now/2026-09-24-published-test-the-1-untested-function-in-specs-fpga-testbench-vcd-tra.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# NOW -- Test the 1 untested function in specs/fpga/testbench/vcd_trace_tb.t27 (published 2026-09-24)
+
+## A bee's work on #4698, published from `queen-4698` (Closes #4698)
+
+- The branch changes 1 file(s): `specs/fpga/testbench/vcd_trace_tb.t27`.
+- `git diff --stat origin/master...queen-4698` reads: 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
+- This entry is written by the publisher, not by the bee. A pull request must
+  add exactly one `docs/now/` entry and a bee has no way to know that: its brief
+  names a boundary file and acceptance criteria, and `docs/now/` is neither.
+- What this entry does NOT establish: that the work is correct. The gates on the
+  pull request judge that, and they are the same gates every other change meets.
diff --git a/specs/fpga/testbench/vcd_trace_tb.t27 b/specs/fpga/testbench/vcd_trace_tb.t27
index b5a42a5dcf..a268a29b89 100644
--- a/specs/fpga/testbench/vcd_trace_tb.t27
+++ b/specs/fpga/testbench/vcd_trace_tb.t27
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ module VCD_Trace_Testbench {
         invariant TIMESTAMP_RES_PS == 10;
     }
 
+    test test_tick {
+        tick();
+        invariant clk == true;
+        invariant timestamp_ps == 10;
+    }
+
     invariant max_signals_positive : MAX_SIGNALS > 0;
     invariant resolution_positive : TIMESTAMP_RES_PS > 0;