diff --git a/backend/__tests__/unit/routes/hosted.test.js b/backend/__tests__/unit/routes/hosted.test.js
index 1bc46fadff..21c4908049 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/unit/routes/hosted.test.js
+++ b/backend/__tests__/unit/routes/hosted.test.js
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ jest.mock('../../../services/nativeRuntimeService', () => ({
 const mockMarkByoOpened = jest.fn();
 jest.mock('../../../services/onboardingMarks', () => ({ markByoOpened: (...args) => mockMarkByoOpened(...args) }));
 const mockCompleteConnectAgent = jest.fn();
+// Spread the real module so only the writer is replaced (Sprint Review on
+// #2252: a factory that lists exports silently drops the rest).
 jest.mock('../../../services/starterTaskService', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('../../../services/starterTaskService'),
   completeConnectAgentStarterTask: (...args) => mockCompleteConnectAgent(...args),
 }));
 jest.mock('../../../routes/registry/tokens', () => ({
@@ -486,7 +489,31 @@ describe('/api/hosted on the native engine', () => {
     expect(mockCompleteConnectAgent).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     const [{ podIds, agentLabel }] = mockCompleteConnectAgent.mock.calls[0];
     expect(podIds.map(String)).toEqual(['pod-1']);
-    expect(agentLabel).toBeTruthy();
+    // The label reaches the person in the card's update line, so pin the
+    // value, not truthiness (Sprint Review on #2252: a constant passed that).
+    expect(agentLabel).toBe('scout');
+  });
+
+  it('names the agent on the card by its display name first', async () => {
+    // Its own rate-limit bucket: the limiter keys on Authorization (auth is
+    // mocked), and this file's other requests already sit at its 30-a-minute
+    // ceiling, so two more from the shared key 429 a later test.
+    const ownBucket = { Authorization: 'Bearer hosted-label-test' };
+    mockUserFindOne.mockResolvedValue({
+      _id: 'bot-1', username: 'scout', agentRuntimeTokens: [], botMetadata: { displayName: 'Research Scout' },
+    });
+    mockFindOne.mockResolvedValue(nativeInstallation());
+    await request(app).post('/api/hosted/provision').set(ownBucket).send({ agentName: 'scout' });
+    expect(mockCompleteConnectAgent.mock.calls[0][0].agentLabel).toBe('Research Scout');
+
+    mockCompleteConnectAgent.mockClear();
+    mockUserFindOne.mockResolvedValue({ _id: 'bot-1', username: 'scout', agentRuntimeTokens: [] });
+    mockFindOne.mockResolvedValue(makeInstallation({
+      displayName: 'Lab Notes',
+      config: new Map([['runtime', { runtimeType: 'hosted' }], ['hosted', { engine: 'native', provisionedAt: PROVISIONED }]]),
+    }));
+    await request(app).post('/api/hosted/provision').set(ownBucket).send({ agentName: 'scout' });
+    expect(mockCompleteConnectAgent.mock.calls[0][0].agentLabel).toBe('Lab Notes');
   });
 
   it('provision of a native install 503s when the native runtime is unavailable, even with the worker up', async () => {
diff --git a/backend/__tests__/unit/services/nativeRuntimeService.toolGating.test.js b/backend/__tests__/unit/services/nativeRuntimeService.toolGating.test.js
index 252ae3871c..dc308fee32 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/unit/services/nativeRuntimeService.toolGating.test.js
+++ b/backend/__tests__/unit/services/nativeRuntimeService.toolGating.test.js
@@ -93,6 +93,22 @@ describe('toolsForConfig', () => {
     expect(offer.function.description).toMatch(/no invitation code/);
   });
 
+  // Sprint Review on #2250: the arm above compares the description with
+  // hostedCaps(), the source it is built from, so a hardcoded literal matching
+  // today's caps passes it too. Loaded under other caps, only a description
+  // derived from the cap source follows.
+  test('the hosted offer follows the cap source, so it cannot be a copied literal', () => {
+    const caps = { HOSTED_TURNS_PER_DAY: '7', HOSTED_TURNS_PER_DAY_PRO: '70', HOSTED_AGENTS_PER_USER: '2' };
+    withEnv(caps, () => {
+      jest.isolateModules(() => {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line global-require
+        const { TOOLS: reloaded } = require('../../../services/nativeRuntimeService');
+        const offer = reloaded.find((t) => t.function.name === 'commonly_offer_hosted_agent');
+        expect(offer.function.description).toContain('2 hosted agents per account and 7 turns a day (70 on Pro)');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   test('agent_status is declaration-gated like every other tool', () => {
     // Scout declares it; a legacy config or a minimal allowlist does not
     // receive it implicitly.