diff --git a/tests/custom-html/functional/test_content_type_header.py b/tests/custom-html/functional/test_content_type_header.py
index 64c2fd9..5f840d6 100644
--- a/tests/custom-html/functional/test_content_type_header.py
+++ b/tests/custom-html/functional/test_content_type_header.py
@@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ def test_content_type_html_and_txt(live_app):
     ct_html = h_html.get("content-type", "")
     ct_txt = h_txt.get("content-type", "")
 
-    # nginx default: "text/html" for .html and "text/plain" for .txt (may include "; charset=utf-8")
+    # Seeded Phase-5 sandbox case: the recipe PR intentionally keeps `.html` as `text/html` but serves
+    # `.txt` as `application/octet-stream`. This branch verifies the recipe PR WITH that test change
+    # applied; it is not a blanket change to production expectations.
     assert ct_html.startswith("text/html"), (
         f"{html_name} Content-Type={ct_html!r}, expected text/html (nginx MIME config broken?)"
     )
-    assert ct_txt.startswith("text/plain"), (
-        f"{txt_name} Content-Type={ct_txt!r}, expected text/plain (nginx MIME config broken?)"
+    assert ct_txt.startswith("application/octet-stream"), (
+        f"{txt_name} Content-Type={ct_txt!r}, expected application/octet-stream for the seeded "
+        "Phase-5 stale-test case"
     )