diff --git a/PrivaPub.Tests/Federation/ServiceReportTests.cs b/PrivaPub.Tests/Federation/ServiceReportTests.cs
index ea4ae34..466f31b 100644
--- a/PrivaPub.Tests/Federation/ServiceReportTests.cs
+++ b/PrivaPub.Tests/Federation/ServiceReportTests.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Tests.Federation
 	{
 		static readonly string[] PeerHosts = { "localhost", "127.0.0.1" };
 
+		// (a test sees only the deliveries queued since it began: the others' share the database)
+		readonly DateTime _started = DateTime.UtcNow;
 		Harness _harness;
 
 		public async ValueTask InitializeAsync()
@@ -74,10 +76,9 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Tests.Federation
 			return post;
 		}
 
-		async Task<List<(DeliveryPayload Payload, JsonObject Body)>> Queued() =>
-			(await DB.Default.Find<Job>().Match(j => j.Kind == JobKind.Deliver && j.CreatedAt >= DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-5)).ExecuteAsync(Token))
+		async Task<List<DeliveryPayload>> Queued() =>
+			(await DB.Default.Find<Job>().Match(j => j.Kind == JobKind.Deliver && j.CreatedAt >= _started).ExecuteAsync(Token))
 				.Select(j => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<DeliveryPayload>(j.Payload))
-				.Select(p => (p, JsonNode.Parse(p.Body)!.AsObject()))
 				.ToList();
 
 		// a community on a Lemmy, or on a server that takes reports as Lemmy does (the peer as localhost), and one of its posters there
@@ -118,11 +119,12 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Tests.Federation
 			Assert.Equal("a slur in the title", flag["summary"]!.GetValue<string>());
 			Assert.Equal("a slur in the title", flag["content"]!.GetValue<string>());
 			Assert.Empty(await _harness.Outgoing(poster.Id + "/inbox"));
-			Assert.DoesNotContain(await Queued(), q => q.Payload.Inbox != community.SharedInbox && q.Body.ToJsonString().Contains(post.ObjectURI));
+			Assert.DoesNotContain(await Queued(), q => q.Inbox != community.SharedInbox && q.Body.Contains(post.ObjectURI));
 			Assert.DoesNotContain(alice.UserName, flag.ToJsonString());
 			Assert.DoesNotContain(alice.Id, flag.ToJsonString());
-			var queued = Assert.Single(await Queued(), q => q.Body["actor"]!.GetValue<string>() == reporter.Uri && q.Body["object"]!.GetValue<string>() == post.ObjectURI);
-			Assert.Equal(LocalActorKind.Reporter, queued.Payload.SignerKind);
+			var queued = Assert.Single(await Queued(), q => q.Inbox == community.SharedInbox);
+			Assert.Equal(LocalActorKind.Reporter, queued.SignerKind);
+			Assert.Equal(reporter.Id, queued.SignerId);
 		}
 
 		[Fact]