diff --git a/vendor/wheels/tests/resources/wheelstest/BrowserDescribeSkippedFixture.cfc b/vendor/wheels/tests/resources/wheelstest/BrowserDescribeSkippedFixture.cfc
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+component extends="wheels.wheelstest.BrowserTest" {
+
+	function beforeAll() {
+		// No super.beforeAll(): skip before the launcher is touched, so this is
+		// deterministic without Playwright or a network.
+		$skipBrowserSpecs("Browser layer unavailable (skip-status fixture)");
+	}
+
+	function run() {
+		browserDescribe("skip-status fixture", () => {
+			it("must not execute when the gate says skip", () => {
+				throw(
+					type    = "Wheels.BrowserTest.SkipFixtureExecuted",
+					message = "browserDescribe() ran the spec body despite a skip gate."
+				);
+			});
+		});
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vendor/wheels/tests/specs/wheelstest/BrowserDescribeSkippedStatusSpec.cfc b/vendor/wheels/tests/specs/wheelstest/BrowserDescribeSkippedStatusSpec.cfc
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+component extends="wheels.WheelsTest" {
+
+	function run() {
+		describe("browserDescribe() skip status", () => {
+
+			it("records a gate-skipped browser spec as Skipped, with its reason", () => {
+				var testBox = new wheels.wheelstest.system.TestBox(
+					bundles = ["wheels.tests.resources.wheelstest.BrowserDescribeSkippedFixture"]
+				);
+				var results = testBox.runRaw();
+
+				// The fixture has one spec; a skip must not affect pass/fail/error.
+				expect(results.getTotalPass()).toBe(0);
+				expect(results.getTotalSkipped()).toBe(1);
+				expect(results.getTotalFail()).toBe(0);
+				expect(results.getTotalError()).toBe(0);
+
+				var bs = results.getBundleStats();
+				expect(arrayLen(bs)).toBe(1);
+				expect(bs[1].path).toInclude("BrowserDescribeSkippedFixture");
+				expect(bs[1].totalPass).toBe(0);
+				expect(bs[1].totalSkipped).toBe(1);
+
+				// Bundle -> top-level suite -> spec (created by the runner).
+				expect(arrayLen(bs[1].suiteStats)).toBe(1);
+				var specs = bs[1].suiteStats[1].specStats;
+				expect(arrayLen(specs)).toBe(1);
+				expect(Compare(specs[1].status, "Skipped")).toBe(0);
+				expect(Compare(specs[1].failMessage, "Browser layer unavailable (skip-status fixture)")).toBe(0);
+			});
+
+		});
+	}
+}