diff --git a/api-v3/test/unit/f4-health-metadata.test.ts b/api-v3/test/unit/f4-health-metadata.test.ts
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+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { API_PHASE, API_VERSION } from '../../src/version';
+
+test('F4 health metadata reports the deployed phase without changing the release version', () => {
+  assert.equal(API_PHASE, 'F4');
+  assert.equal(API_VERSION, '0.25.0-1');
+});