diff --git a/Packages/WhoopProtocol/Tests/WhoopProtocolTests/DeepCaptureChannelsTests.swift b/Packages/WhoopProtocol/Tests/WhoopProtocolTests/DeepCaptureChannelsTests.swift
index 464482077d..c7a723993c 100644
--- a/Packages/WhoopProtocol/Tests/WhoopProtocolTests/DeepCaptureChannelsTests.swift
+++ b/Packages/WhoopProtocol/Tests/WhoopProtocolTests/DeepCaptureChannelsTests.swift
@@ -281,17 +281,24 @@ final class DeepCaptureChannelsTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertNotNil(s.gravity.first?.dynAccel)
     }
 
-    /// Everything with an existing durable home is banked once, not twice.
-    func testNoSlotDuplicatesAnAlreadyPersistedField() {
-        let persistedElsewhere: Set<String> = [
+    /// Nothing already reachable from a banked field is banked a second time.
+    ///
+    /// The name matters (#979). Most of these ARE stored under their own column, but two are not:
+    /// `motion_wear_quality@63` is the same byte as `activity_class` under a second name, and
+    /// `spo2_candidate_82` is a gated 70-100 view of `auxByte82`. Neither is persisted in its own
+    /// right — both are RECOVERABLE from a byte that is, which is equally good grounds for refusing
+    /// to bank them and not the same claim. The old name asserted each "already has a durable home",
+    /// which reads as "SpO2 is being stored" and is not true.
+    func testNoSlotDuplicatesAFieldAlreadyReachable() {
+        let recoverableFromABankedField: Set<String> = [
             "unix", "heart_rate", "rr_intervals", "gravity_x", "gravity_y", "gravity_z",
             "dynamic_acceleration", "skin_temp_raw", "temp_aux_1_raw", "temp_aux_2_raw",
             "step_motion_counter", "activity_class", "motion_wear_quality", "sleep_state",
             "sleep_state_byte", "spo2_candidate_82", "ppg_waveform",
         ]
         for slot in V18AuxSlot.allCases {
-            XCTAssertFalse(persistedElsewhere.contains(slot.decoderKey),
-                           "\(slot.decoderKey) already has a durable home — banking it twice is waste")
+            XCTAssertFalse(recoverableFromABankedField.contains(slot.decoderKey),
+                           "\(slot.decoderKey) is already reachable from a banked field — banking it twice is waste")
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/java/com/noop/protocol/DeepCaptureChannelsTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/java/com/noop/protocol/DeepCaptureChannelsTest.kt
index 767170c32f..8c025d0f15 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/java/com/noop/protocol/DeepCaptureChannelsTest.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/java/com/noop/protocol/DeepCaptureChannelsTest.kt
@@ -298,9 +298,20 @@ class DeepCaptureChannelsTest {
         assertNotNull(s.gravity.single().dynAccel)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Nothing already reachable from a banked field is banked a second time.
+     *
+     * The name matters (#979). Most of these ARE stored under their own column, but two are not:
+     * `motion_wear_quality@63` is the same byte as `activity_class` under a second name, and
+     * `spo2_candidate_82` is a gated 70-100 view of `auxByte82`. Neither is persisted in its own
+     * right — both are RECOVERABLE from a byte that is, which is equally good grounds for refusing to
+     * bank them and not the same claim. The old name asserted each "already has a durable home",
+     * which reads as "SpO2 is being stored" and is not true. Twin of the Swift
+     * `testNoSlotDuplicatesAFieldAlreadyReachable`.
+     */
     @Test
-    fun noSlotDuplicatesAnAlreadyPersistedField() {
-        val persistedElsewhere = setOf(
+    fun noSlotDuplicatesAFieldAlreadyReachable() {
+        val recoverableFromABankedField = setOf(
             "unix", "heart_rate", "rr_intervals", "gravity_x", "gravity_y", "gravity_z",
             "dynamic_acceleration", "skin_temp_raw", "temp_aux_1_raw", "temp_aux_2_raw",
             "step_motion_counter", "activity_class", "motion_wear_quality", "sleep_state",
@@ -308,8 +319,8 @@ class DeepCaptureChannelsTest {
         )
         for (slot in V18AuxSlot.entries) {
             assertFalse(
-                "${slot.decoderKey} already has a durable home — banking it twice is waste",
-                slot.decoderKey in persistedElsewhere,
+                "${slot.decoderKey} is already reachable from a banked field — banking it twice is waste",
+                slot.decoderKey in recoverableFromABankedField,
             )
         }
     }