diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/ws/GatewayContract.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/ws/GatewayContract.kt
index a5d9530b..3abf299e 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/ws/GatewayContract.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/ws/GatewayContract.kt
@@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ object GatewayContract {
             }
         }
 
-        val missingRequired =
-            required.filter { reqName ->
-                reqName !in elementNames && reqName != "profile"
-            }
+        // No exemptions: decorate() skips injection when no profile is active, so a required `profile`
+        // must be declared like any other required param.
+        val missingRequired = required.filter { it !in elementNames }
         for (missing in missingRequired) {
             problems += "$method: missing required param '$missing'"
         }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/ws/contract/ParamsDescriptorCheckTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/ws/contract/ParamsDescriptorCheckTest.kt
index eb4468db..c5777015 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/ws/contract/ParamsDescriptorCheckTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/m57/hermescontrol/data/ws/contract/ParamsDescriptorCheckTest.kt
@@ -94,13 +94,14 @@ class ParamsDescriptorCheckTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun omittingProfilePassesEvenWhenRequiredBySchema() {
-        // bot_relay.deliver has required: ["profile", "message"]
+    fun omittingRequiredProfileIsRejectedLikeAnyRequiredParam() {
+        // bot_relay.deliver has required: ["profile", "message"]. Profile injection is skipped when no
+        // profile is active, so `profile` gets no special treatment: the params class must declare it.
         val problems =
             GatewayContract.paramsDescriptorProblems(
                 "bot_relay.deliver",
                 DeliverMissingProfileParams.serializer().descriptor,
             )
-        assertTrue(problems.joinToString("\n"), problems.isEmpty())
+        assertEquals(1, problems.count { "missing required param 'profile'" in it })
     }
 }