diff --git a/test/validation/items/common/conditional/test.tum b/test/validation/items/common/conditional/test.tum
index 22abc54..166b628 100644
--- a/test/validation/items/common/conditional/test.tum
+++ b/test/validation/items/common/conditional/test.tum
@@ -47,13 +47,15 @@
 {% endif %}
         - read_until: {expected: terminal loaded, timeout: 5}
 
+# Echo two tokens on one line so both are buffered together; the immediate
+# (timeout 0) reads below match buffered data with no race on the async prompt.
 - console:
     name: Console write
     condition: <| $(conditional_exec) == 1 |>
     console_name: consname
     key: $(test)_PASS
     steps:
-        - writeln: echo 0
+        - writeln: echo ALPHA BETA
 
 - sleep:
     name: sleep item
@@ -67,9 +69,9 @@
     key: $(test)_PASS
     steps:
 {% if os == "Windows" %}
-        - read_until: {expected: echo 0, timeout: 0}
+        - read_until: {expected: echo ALPHA BETA, timeout: 0}
 {% endif %}
-        - read_until: {expected: "0", timeout: 0}
+        - read_until: {expected: ALPHA, timeout: 0}
 
 - console:
     name: Console read_until immediate (2)
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@
     console_name: consname
     key: $(test)_PASS
     steps:
-        - read_until: {expected: "$(terminal_prompt)", timeout: 0}
+        - read_until: {expected: BETA, timeout: 0}
 
 - console:
     name: Console closure