diff --git a/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_ckpt_fact.c b/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_ckpt_fact.c
index 1637fee6..7b9e92c2 100644
--- a/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_ckpt_fact.c
+++ b/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_ckpt_fact.c
@@ -482,7 +482,10 @@ static void test_wjc_restart_replay_recovers_ckptinfo(void)
         job_t* j = wjc_find_job(74006);
         TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(j,
             "restart replay must construct the job via WAL_JOB_SUBMIT");
-        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN, j->job.state);
+        /* bug-1509 B3: after restart a RUN job is marked UNKWN+TRANSIENT
+         * in-memory (worker connectivity unknown) until worker resend. */
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN | JOB_STAT_UNKWN | JOB_STAT_TRANSIENT,
+            j->job.state);
         wjc_assert_ckptinfo_matches(j, wire_ckptinfo);
 
         wjc_teardown();
@@ -644,9 +647,11 @@ static void test_wjc_real_on_job_ckpt_survives_restart(void)
         unlock(c2.jobmgr);
         TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(j2,
             "restart replay must reconstruct the job via WAL_JOB_SUBMIT");
-        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32_MESSAGE(JOB_STAT_RUN, j2->job.state,
-            "restart replay must recover the job's state, unchanged by the "
-            "real on_job_ckpt() call");
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32_MESSAGE(JOB_STAT_RUN | JOB_STAT_UNKWN | JOB_STAT_TRANSIENT,
+            j2->job.state,
+            "restart replay must recover the job as RUNNING (with bug-1509 "
+            "B3's UNKWN+TRANSIENT marking) from the WAL_JOB_CKPT fact "
+            "appended by the real on_job_ckpt() call");
 
         /* bug-1691: restart replay must recover the worker/scheduler-
          * reported ckptinfo string -- the audit's exact confirmed root
diff --git a/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_rusage_fact.c b/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_rusage_fact.c
index dc83187c..0691d24e 100644
--- a/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_rusage_fact.c
+++ b/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_rusage_fact.c
@@ -701,7 +701,10 @@ static void test_wru_restart_replay_recovers_runusage(void)
         job_t* j = wru_find_job(73006);
         TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(j,
             "restart replay must construct the job via WAL_JOB_SUBMIT");
-        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN, j->job.state);
+        /* bug-1509 B3: after restart a RUN job is marked UNKWN+TRANSIENT
+         * in-memory (worker connectivity unknown) until worker resend. */
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN | JOB_STAT_UNKWN | JOB_STAT_TRANSIENT,
+            j->job.state);
         wru_assert_runusage_matches(j->job.run_usage);
 
         wru_teardown();
@@ -875,7 +878,10 @@ static void test_wru_real_hook_appends_and_survives_restart(void)
         unlock(c2.jobmgr);
         TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(j2,
             "restart replay must reconstruct the job via WAL_JOB_SUBMIT");
-        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN, j2->job.state);
+        /* bug-1509 B3: after restart a RUN job is marked UNKWN+TRANSIENT
+         * in-memory (worker connectivity unknown) until worker resend. */
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN | JOB_STAT_UNKWN | JOB_STAT_TRANSIENT,
+            j2->job.state);
 
         /* bug-1690: restart replay must recover the client-reported
          * run_usage, not just state -- the audit's exact confirmed root
diff --git a/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_start_fact.c b/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_start_fact.c
index 023e2284..6af30c13 100644
--- a/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_start_fact.c
+++ b/src/controller/testsuite/test_wal_job_start_fact.c
@@ -757,7 +757,10 @@ static void test_wjs_restart_replay_recovers_pidinfo_but_not_start_time(void)
         job_t* j = wjs_find_job(72005);
         TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(j,
             "restart replay must construct the job via WAL_JOB_SUBMIT");
-        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN, j->job.state);
+        /* bug-1509 B3: after restart a RUN job is marked UNKWN+TRANSIENT
+         * in-memory (worker connectivity unknown) until worker resend. */
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN | JOB_STAT_UNKWN | JOB_STAT_TRANSIENT,
+            j->job.state);
         TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT64_MESSAGE(0, (uint64_t)j->job.start_time,
             "bug-1697: with no WAL_JOB_DISPATCH fact anywhere in this log, "
             "restart replay must leave start_time at 0, NOT adopt "
@@ -922,7 +925,10 @@ test_wjs_restart_replay_recovers_dispatch_start_time_and_started_pidinfo(void)
         job_t* j = wjs_find_job(72008);
         TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(j,
             "restart replay must construct the job via WAL_JOB_SUBMIT");
-        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN, j->job.state);
+        /* bug-1509 B3: after restart a RUN job is marked UNKWN+TRANSIENT
+         * in-memory (worker connectivity unknown) until worker resend. */
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(JOB_STAT_RUN | JOB_STAT_UNKWN | JOB_STAT_TRANSIENT,
+            j->job.state);
         TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT64_MESSAGE(dispatch_start_time,
             (uint64_t)j->job.start_time,
             "bug-1697: restart replay of a dispatch-then-started job must "
@@ -1092,9 +1098,11 @@ static void test_wjs_real_on_job_start_survives_restart(void)
         unlock(c2.jobmgr);
         TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(j2,
             "restart replay must reconstruct the job via WAL_JOB_SUBMIT");
-        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32_MESSAGE(JOB_STAT_RUN, j2->job.state,
-            "restart replay must recover the job as RUNNING from the "
-            "WAL_JOB_START fact appended by the real on_job_start() call");
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32_MESSAGE(JOB_STAT_RUN | JOB_STAT_UNKWN | JOB_STAT_TRANSIENT,
+            j2->job.state,
+            "restart replay must recover the job as RUNNING (with bug-1509 "
+            "B3's UNKWN+TRANSIENT marking) from the WAL_JOB_START fact "
+            "appended by the real on_job_start() call");
 
         /* bug-1687: restart replay must recover not just STATE but the
          * worker-reported pidinfo (mirrors bug-1678's own acceptance
diff --git a/src/lib/meson.build b/src/lib/meson.build
index 1b13535e..28812733 100644
--- a/src/lib/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/meson.build
@@ -207,4 +207,5 @@ libxce_test = executable('xcelib_test',
                          c_args: ['-DXCE_TESTING'],
                          install: true)
 
-test('libxce test', libxce_test, timeout: 120)
+test('libxce test', libxce_test, timeout: 120,
+     env: ['ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0']) # suite convention — fixtures not torn down