diff --git a/tests/plausible/custom/test_event_tracking.py b/tests/plausible/custom/test_event_tracking.py
index bf99cdc..38dda08 100644
--- a/tests/plausible/custom/test_event_tracking.py
+++ b/tests/plausible/custom/test_event_tracking.py
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ Both assert real app state (the event reached the analytics store), not just the
 
 plausible only ingests events for *known* sites — the in-memory `sites_cache` gates ingestion and
 drops events for unregistered domains (empirically confirmed: an event for an unregistered domain
-never appears in events_v2). So each test first registers a site row in the metadata postgres, then
+never appears in events_v2). From v3 (community-edition) a site is only "known" once it belongs to a
+TEAM; a teamless site is dropped as `dropped_not_found` while the POST still acks 202, so the failure
+looks like a silent ingestion stall. `_register_site` therefore provisions a team as well when the
+schema has one. So each test first registers a site row in the metadata postgres, then
 POSTs repeatedly while polling ClickHouse: the sites_cache must refresh to admit the new site and the
 event write-buffer must flush to ClickHouse, so the first landing is not instantaneous. Re-POSTing the
 same event is safe — we assert the row count is >= 1.
@@ -51,11 +54,40 @@ def _ch(domain: str, sql: str) -> str:
 
 
 def _register_site(domain: str, site: str) -> None:
-    """Insert a site row into the metadata postgres (`db` service) so plausible will ingest events for
-    it. Idempotent (ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING)."""
+    """Register `site` in the metadata postgres so plausible will ingest events for it.
+
+    Idempotent. Works against BOTH schema generations, because the upgrade tier deploys an older
+    base version before upgrading:
+
+      * v2 (`plausible/analytics`) — a row in `sites` is sufficient.
+      * v3 (`ghcr.io/plausible/community-edition`) — sites belong to a TEAM, and ingestion drops
+        events for a site whose team is missing. The POST still acks 202 and the row still exists in
+        postgres, so the only visible symptom is that nothing ever reaches ClickHouse; the reason is
+        recorded in ClickHouse's own `ingest_counters` as `dropped_not_found`. Verified on cc-ci
+        against v3.2.1: identical site row, no team → `dropped_not_found`; with a team linked →
+        `buffered` and the row appears in `events_v2`.
+
+    The team block is guarded on the schema actually having teams, so this stays a no-op on v2
+    rather than branching on a version string.
+    """
     sql = (
         "INSERT INTO sites (domain, timezone, inserted_at, updated_at, native_stats_start_at) "
         f"VALUES ('{site}','UTC', now(), now(), now()) ON CONFLICT (domain) DO NOTHING; "
+        "DO $ccci$ "
+        "BEGIN "
+        "  IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_name = 'teams') "
+        "     AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.columns "
+        "                 WHERE table_name = 'sites' AND column_name = 'team_id') THEN "
+        "    INSERT INTO teams (name, inserted_at, updated_at, accept_traffic_until, setup_complete) "
+        "    SELECT 'cc-ci', now(), now(), now() + interval '365 days', true "
+        "    WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM teams WHERE name = 'cc-ci'); "
+        "    UPDATE sites "
+        "       SET team_id = COALESCE(team_id, (SELECT id FROM teams WHERE name = 'cc-ci' LIMIT 1)), "
+        "           accept_traffic_until = COALESCE(accept_traffic_until, now() + interval '365 days') "
+        f"     WHERE domain = '{site}'; "
+        "  END IF; "
+        "END "
+        "$ccci$; "
         f"SELECT domain FROM sites WHERE domain = '{site}';"
     )
     out = lifecycle.exec_in_app(
diff --git a/tests/plausible/custom/test_health_check.py b/tests/plausible/custom/test_health_check.py
index c2db0a3..4f12fcc 100644
--- a/tests/plausible/custom/test_health_check.py
+++ b/tests/plausible/custom/test_health_check.py
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ def test_plausible_root_serves(live_app):
     62-char SECRET_KEY_BASE, see recipe_meta.EXTRA_ENV); the dedicated
     /api/health endpoint is.
     """
+    # The custom tier runs AFTER the backup/restore tier, which disrupts postgres under the app and
+    # restarts it. v3 (community-edition) then boots through `sleep 10` + `db createdb` + `db migrate`
+    # + cache warmers before /api/health flips to 200, which does not fit in 60s — that is what put
+    # this recipe RED on build 1224 while install/upgrade/backup/restore all passed. The assertion is
+    # unchanged (still a hard 200 from the real readiness endpoint); only the wait matches the boot
+    # profile the recipe already declares via recipe_meta.HTTP_TIMEOUT (1200).
     url = f"https://{live_app}/api/health"
-    status, _ = harness_http.retry_http_get(url, expect_status=(200,), max_wait=60, interval=3)
+    status, _ = harness_http.retry_http_get(url, expect_status=(200,), max_wait=300, interval=5)
     assert status == 200, f"GET {url} HTTP {status}"