diff --git a/apps/vectorcraft/src/control_server/tests.rs b/apps/vectorcraft/src/control_server/tests.rs
index aad5d7d08..d991fd602 100644
--- a/apps/vectorcraft/src/control_server/tests.rs
+++ b/apps/vectorcraft/src/control_server/tests.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ fn idle_control_socket_releases_its_worker() {
 fn idle_expiry_closes_without_writing_a_line() {
     let (mut client, done, worker) = socket_fixture(short_timeouts(), |_, _| panic!("no request expected"));
     let mut got = Vec::new();
-    client.read_to_end(&mut got).unwrap();
+    match client.read_to_end(&mut got) {
+        // On Windows the server's close can reach the client as a reset.
+        Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset => {}
+        Ok(_) => {}
+        Err(e) => panic!("reading the idle connection: {e}"),
+    }
     assert_eq!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&got), "", "the app wrote to an idle connection");
     expect_socket_deadline(client, done, worker);
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/fonts.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/fonts.rs
index 182de9f0d..f8f019171 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/fonts.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/fonts.rs
@@ -13,14 +13,26 @@ fn type_font_menu_lists_every_available_family() {
     let fonts = |app: &VectorcraftApp| -> Vec<String> {
         menus::menu_entries(app).into_iter().filter(|e| e.path == ["Type", "Font"]).map(|e| e.label).collect()
     };
-    let labels = fonts(&app);
-    assert_eq!(labels, *FontDb::global().menu_family_list());
     let installed = FontDb::with_font_dirs(system_font_dirs());
     installed.load_system_fonts();
-    let missing: Vec<String> = installed.menu_family_list().iter().filter(|f| !labels.contains(f)).cloned().collect();
-    assert!(missing.is_empty(), "installed but not in Type › Font: {missing:?}");
-    // The menu is built every frame, from a list built once.
-    assert_eq!(fonts(&app), labels);
+    // A test running alongside can add a font (and the installed fonts' scan can end), and the menu
+    // is then built again: judge a run in which the fonts held still.
+    for _ in 0..20 {
+        let generation = FontDb::global().generation();
+        let labels = fonts(&app);
+        let listed = FontDb::global().menu_family_list();
+        // The menu is built every frame, from a list built once.
+        let again = fonts(&app);
+        if FontDb::global().generation() != generation {
+            continue;
+        }
+        assert_eq!(labels, *listed);
+        let missing: Vec<String> = installed.menu_family_list().iter().filter(|f| !labels.contains(f)).cloned().collect();
+        assert!(missing.is_empty(), "installed but not in Type › Font: {missing:?}");
+        assert_eq!(again, labels);
+        return;
+    }
+    panic!("the fonts kept changing");
 }
 
 #[test]