diff --git a/crates/tiles/src/cache.rs b/crates/tiles/src/cache.rs
index 60d98b3c7..2d0b4bf1d 100644
--- a/crates/tiles/src/cache.rs
+++ b/crates/tiles/src/cache.rs
@@ -2329,44 +2329,70 @@ mod tests {
         serve_recorded(answers).0
     }
 
+    /// Reads a whole request from `stream`, body too: answering and closing while a POST's body
+    /// is still arriving resets the connection, and the client sees that instead of the answer.
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    fn read_request(stream: &mut std::net::TcpStream) -> String {
+        use std::io::Read;
+        let _ = stream.set_read_timeout(Some(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5)));
+        let mut request = Vec::new();
+        let mut buf = [0u8; 2048];
+        while let Ok(n) = stream.read(&mut buf) {
+            if n == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            request.extend_from_slice(&buf[..n]);
+            let Some(head_end) = request.windows(4).position(|w| w == b"\r\n\r\n") else { continue };
+            let head = String::from_utf8_lossy(&request[..head_end]).to_ascii_lowercase();
+            let length = head
+                .lines()
+                .find_map(|line| line.strip_prefix("content-length:"))
+                .and_then(|v| v.trim().parse::<usize>().ok())
+                .unwrap_or(0);
+            if request.len() >= head_end + 4 + length {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&request).into_owned()
+    }
+
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     fn serve_recorded(answers: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> (String, std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<String>) {
-        use std::io::{Read, Write};
+        use std::io::Write;
         let listener = std::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
         let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
         let (sent, received) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
         std::thread::spawn(move || {
             for answer in answers {
                 let Ok((mut stream, _)) = listener.accept() else { return };
-                // The whole request, body too, before answering: answering and closing while a
-                // POST's body is still arriving resets the connection, and the client sees that
-                // instead of the answer.
-                let _ = stream.set_read_timeout(Some(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5)));
-                let mut request = Vec::new();
-                let mut buf = [0u8; 2048];
-                while let Ok(n) = stream.read(&mut buf) {
-                    if n == 0 {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    request.extend_from_slice(&buf[..n]);
-                    let Some(head_end) = request.windows(4).position(|w| w == b"\r\n\r\n") else { continue };
-                    let head = String::from_utf8_lossy(&request[..head_end]).to_ascii_lowercase();
-                    let length = head
-                        .lines()
-                        .find_map(|line| line.strip_prefix("content-length:"))
-                        .and_then(|v| v.trim().parse::<usize>().ok())
-                        .unwrap_or(0);
-                    if request.len() >= head_end + 4 + length {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-                let _ = sent.send(String::from_utf8_lossy(&request).into_owned());
+                let _ = sent.send(read_request(&mut stream));
                 let _ = stream.write_all(&answer);
             }
         });
         (format!("http://{addr}"), received)
     }
 
+    /// Serves every connection to the returned address with what `answer` gives for its request
+    /// path, sending each request to the receiver. It answers until the test binary exits, so its
+    /// thread and listener live that long.
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    fn serve_by_path(answer: impl Fn(&str) -> Vec<u8> + Send + 'static) -> (String, std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<String>) {
+        use std::io::Write;
+        let listener = std::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
+        let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+        let (sent, received) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            for stream in listener.incoming() {
+                let Ok(mut stream) = stream else { return };
+                let request = read_request(&mut stream);
+                let path = request.split_whitespace().nth(1).unwrap_or("").to_string();
+                let _ = sent.send(request);
+                let _ = stream.write_all(&answer(&path));
+            }
+        });
+        (format!("http://{addr}"), received)
+    }
+
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     #[test]
     fn logins_headers_follow_same_origin_redirects() {
@@ -2621,13 +2647,18 @@ mod tests {
         let tilejson = serde_json::json!({"tiles": ["./tile/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf"]});
         let answer =
             |body: String| format!("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n{body}", body.len()).into_bytes();
-        let (base, asked) = serve_recorded(vec![
-            answer(style.to_string()),
-            answer(tilejson.to_string()),
-            answer("{}".into()),
-            answer("{}".into()),
-            answer("{}".into()),
-        ]);
+        // Answered by path, for as many connections as come: a test running at once may clear the
+        // shared cache, and resolving then fetches the style again in the background, so the
+        // requests are neither five nor in a fixed order.
+        let (base, asked) = serve_by_path(move |path| {
+            if path.starts_with("/style.json") {
+                answer(style.to_string())
+            } else if path.starts_with("/tiles.json") {
+                answer(tilejson.to_string())
+            } else {
+                answer("{}".into())
+            }
+        });
         let binding =
             logins::activate(&base, "derived-style", Method::Header("X-Service-Key".into()), "derived-style-secret", true).unwrap();
         let url = logins::bind(&binding, &format!("{base}/style.json")).unwrap();
@@ -2678,7 +2709,11 @@ mod tests {
             ..Default::default()
         };
         native::get(&native::agent(), &info.request(0.0, 0.0, 10.0).unwrap(), &[]).unwrap();
-        for request in asked.iter().take(5) {
+        // Every request sent so far, background fetches included. Each of the test's own requests
+        // was sent on before its answer came back, so all of them are among these.
+        let requests: Vec<String> = asked.try_iter().collect();
+        assert!(requests.len() >= 5);
+        for request in &requests {
             assert!(request.to_ascii_lowercase().contains("x-service-key: derived-style-secret\r\n"));
             assert!(!request.contains("rustgis-login:"));
         }