diff --git a/classes/site_cache_test.go b/classes/site_cache_test.go
index a3a7f17..d7033fa 100644
--- a/classes/site_cache_test.go
+++ b/classes/site_cache_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -206,10 +207,16 @@ func TestSiteCachePurgeRequest(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("outside a transaction the after-commit purge runs at once", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("outside a transaction the after-commit purge is queued at once", func(t *testing.T) {
 		captureLogs(t)
 		srv, hits := purgeReceiver(t, func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) { _, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"purged":2}`)) })
-		PurgeSiteCacheAfterCommit(context.Background(), nil, newTestPurger(t, srv), "category", "now")
+		p := newTestPurger(t, srv)
+		PurgeSiteCacheAfterCommit(context.Background(), nil, p, "category", "now")
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		if err := p.Wait(ctx); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Wait: %v", err)
+		}
 		if got := hits(); len(got) != 1 || got[0].body["kind"] != "category" || got[0].body["slug"] != "now" {
 			t.Fatalf("requests = %#v, want one", got)
 		}
diff --git a/site_cache_admin_test.go b/site_cache_admin_test.go
index 0df67a8..42984e4 100644
--- a/site_cache_admin_test.go
+++ b/site_cache_admin_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package journal_test
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -9,9 +10,12 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/sm-journal-plugin/controllers"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/sm-journal-plugin/models"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/backpack"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/cooler"
 )
 
 // purgeTestToken is a 40-character purge token for the receiver.
@@ -38,6 +42,9 @@ type purgeReceiver struct {
 	got    []purgeRequest
 	status int
 	probe  func() string
+	// drain waits for the queued purges of the app under test; see
+	// drainFrom.
+	drain func()
 }
 
 func newPurgeReceiver(t *testing.T) *purgeReceiver {
@@ -82,8 +89,15 @@ func (r *purgeReceiver) env() []string {
 	}
 }
 
-// take returns the requests received so far and forgets them.
+// take returns the requests received so far and forgets them, after
+// draining the queued purges (see drainFrom).
 func (r *purgeReceiver) take() []purgeRequest {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	drain := r.drain
+	r.mu.Unlock()
+	if drain != nil {
+		drain()
+	}
 	r.mu.Lock()
 	defer r.mu.Unlock()
 	got := r.got
@@ -91,6 +105,21 @@ func (r *purgeReceiver) take() []purgeRequest {
 	return got
 }
 
+// drainFrom makes every read of r first wait for the purges queued on app's
+// site-cache purger: cooler queues them after commit and sends them in the
+// background, so a save's purge is asserted only once it was sent.
+func (r *purgeReceiver) drainFrom(t *testing.T, app *backpack.App) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	r.drain = func() {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		if err := cooler.SiteCacheFromApp(app).Wait(ctx); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("waiting for the queued site-cache purge: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (r *purgeReceiver) setStatus(status int) {
 	r.mu.Lock()
 	r.status = status
@@ -133,6 +162,7 @@ func (r *purgeReceiver) expectOnePurge(t *testing.T, stage, kind, slug string) p
 func TestCategoriesAdminPurgesSiteCache(t *testing.T) {
 	recv := newPurgeReceiver(t)
 	env := newPostsEnv(t, recv.env()...)
+	recv.drainFrom(t, env.app)
 	token := env.admin(t, controllers.PermissionAccessCategories)
 
 	// The probe reads the committed row through the pool while the purge
@@ -210,6 +240,7 @@ func TestCategoriesAdminPurgesSiteCache(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPostsAdminPurgesSiteCache(t *testing.T) {
 	recv := newPurgeReceiver(t)
 	env := newPostsEnv(t, recv.env()...)
+	recv.drainFrom(t, env.app)
 	token := env.admin(t, controllers.PermissionAccessPosts)
 
 	recv.setProbe(func() string {
@@ -340,6 +371,8 @@ func TestCategoriesAdminFrameworkKeysWin(t *testing.T) {
 		"SUMMER_SITE_CACHE__PURGE_URL="+framework.srv.URL+"/api/__site__/cache/purge",
 		"SUMMER_SITE_CACHE__PURGE_TOKEN="+purgeTestToken,
 	)...)
+	framework.drainFrom(t, env.app)
+	alias.drainFrom(t, env.app)
 	token := env.admin(t, controllers.PermissionAccessCategories)
 	env.expect(t, http.StatusCreated, http.MethodPost, adminAPI(adminCategoriesPath), token, map[string]any{
 		"name": map[string]any{"en": "Framework keys"},