diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/components/WorkflowCard.test.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/components/WorkflowCard.test.ts
index 2710ec328b7..2fea958f6a2 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/components/WorkflowCard.test.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/app/components/WorkflowCard.test.ts
@@ -1441,7 +1441,9 @@ describe('WorkflowCard', () => {
 		const renderCard = (overrides: Partial<WorkflowResource> = {}) =>
 			renderComponent({ props: { data: createWorkflow(overrides) } });
 
-		it('shows an amber "Partial publish" indicator with a tooltip when publicationStatus is partial', async () => {
+		// The tooltip content is teleported and only mounted on hover with a positioned popper,
+		// which the jsdom harness can't render cleanly, so this asserts the visible indicator only.
+		it('shows an amber "Partial publish" indicator when publicationStatus is partial', async () => {
 			const { getByTestId, getByText } = renderCard({
 				publicationStatus: 'partial',
 				activeVersionId: 'v1',
@@ -1455,6 +1457,24 @@ describe('WorkflowCard', () => {
 			expect(getByText('Failed publish')).toBeVisible();
 		});
 
+		it('shows the "Failed publish" indicator for a fully-failed publish with no active version', async () => {
+			const { getByTestId, getByText } = renderCard({
+				publicationStatus: 'failed',
+				activeVersionId: null,
+			});
+			expect(getByTestId('workflow-card-publish-indicator')).toBeVisible();
+			expect(getByText('Failed publish')).toBeVisible();
+		});
+
+		it('shows the "Partial publish" indicator for a partial publish with no active version', async () => {
+			const { getByTestId, getByText } = renderCard({
+				publicationStatus: 'partial',
+				activeVersionId: null,
+			});
+			expect(getByTestId('workflow-card-publish-indicator')).toBeVisible();
+			expect(getByText('Partial publish')).toBeVisible();
+		});
+
 		it('falls back to the legacy "Published" indicator when publicationStatus is absent', async () => {
 			const { getByText } = renderCard({ activeVersionId: 'v1' });
 			expect(getByText('Published')).toBeVisible();