diff --git a/tests/unit/AiWorker.test.ts b/tests/unit/AiWorker.test.ts
index 4212940..cc62f66 100644
--- a/tests/unit/AiWorker.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/AiWorker.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import type { AiTelemetryEmitter } from '@main/ai/AiWorker.js';
 import type { InferenceProvider } from '@main/ai/InferenceProvider.js';
 import type { AiResponse } from '@main/ai/schema.js';
 
+type EmittedEvent = { kind: string; payload: unknown };
+
 function makeProvider(overrides: Partial<InferenceProvider> = {}): InferenceProvider {
   return {
     name: 'mock',
@@ -464,7 +466,7 @@ describe('AiWorker — vocab fetch + per-tag hit/miss (v0.2.3 #3 T7)', () => {
         dueDate: null
       }))
     });
-    const emits: Array<{ kind: string; payload: unknown }> = [];
+    const emits: EmittedEvent[] = [];
     const w = new AiWorker(repo, provider, {
       backoffsMs: [0, 0, 0],
       telemetry: {
@@ -477,9 +479,11 @@ describe('AiWorker — vocab fetch + per-tag hit/miss (v0.2.3 #3 T7)', () => {
     const miss = emits.filter((e) => e.kind === 'tag_vocab_miss');
     expect(hit).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(miss).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect((hit[0]!.payload as { tagId: number }).tagId).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    expect((hit[0]!.payload as { vocabSize: number }).vocabSize).toBe(1);
-    expect((miss[0]!.payload as { vocabSize: number }).vocabSize).toBe(1);
+    const hitPayload = hit[0]!.payload as { tagId: number; vocabSize: number };
+    const missPayload = miss[0]!.payload as { vocabSize: number };
+    expect(hitPayload.tagId).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(hitPayload.vocabSize).toBe(1);
+    expect(missPayload.vocabSize).toBe(1);
   });
 
   it('all tags miss when vocab is empty', async () => {
@@ -492,7 +496,7 @@ describe('AiWorker — vocab fetch + per-tag hit/miss (v0.2.3 #3 T7)', () => {
         dueDate: null
       }))
     });
-    const emits: Array<{ kind: string; payload: unknown }> = [];
+    const emits: EmittedEvent[] = [];
     const w = new AiWorker(repo, provider, {
       backoffsMs: [0, 0, 0],
       telemetry: { emit: vi.fn(async (input) => { emits.push(input); }) }
@@ -517,7 +521,7 @@ describe('AiWorker — vocab fetch + per-tag hit/miss (v0.2.3 #3 T7)', () => {
         dueDate: null
       }))
     });
-    const emits: Array<{ kind: string; payload: unknown }> = [];
+    const emits: EmittedEvent[] = [];
     const w = new AiWorker(repo, provider, {
       backoffsMs: [0, 0, 0],
       telemetry: { emit: vi.fn(async (input) => { emits.push(input); }) }