diff --git a/tests/clustering/test_connected_components.py b/tests/clustering/test_connected_components.py
index 38559c40..589cf3ac 100644
--- a/tests/clustering/test_connected_components.py
+++ b/tests/clustering/test_connected_components.py
@@ -414,6 +414,96 @@ def test_cluster_observations_medium_alone_does_not_fuse():
     assert labels["a"] != labels["b"]
 
 
+def _build_noise_floor_corpus():
+    """Expand noise_floor.yaml's include_fixtures block into one corpus."""
+    import yaml as _yaml
+    from typing import Any
+    from tests.factories.campaign_factory import generate, load_yaml
+
+    declared = _yaml.safe_load(
+        (FIXTURE_DIR / "noise_floor.yaml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    )
+    campaigns: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    inherited_noise = 0
+    for fname in declared["include_fixtures"]:
+        sub = load_yaml(FIXTURE_DIR / fname)
+        if "corpus" in sub:
+            campaigns.extend(sub["corpus"].get("campaigns", []))
+            inherited_noise += int(
+                (sub["corpus"].get("noise") or {}).get("scanner_count", 0)
+            )
+        else:
+            campaigns.append({"campaign": sub["campaign"]})
+    extra = int(declared.get("extra_noise_scanners", 0))
+    spec = {"corpus": {
+        "campaigns": campaigns,
+        "noise": {"scanner_count": inherited_noise + extra},
+    }}
+    return generate(spec, seed=0)
+
+
+def test_noise_floor_singleton_recall_holds_with_production_clusterer():
+    """Fixture 6 ratchet — noise floor isolation.
+
+    The load-bearing F6 invariant for the *production* clusterer:
+    truth-singleton noise scanners must not be absorbed into real
+    campaigns. A clusterer that pulls noise into campaigns dilutes
+    attribution to nothing.
+
+    Scored at *campaign* level so the truth-singleton noise scanners
+    align with the prediction (each noise row has its own truth
+    campaign id). Identity-level scoring is muddier here — see
+    ``test_noise_floor_intra_campaign_recovery`` below for the
+    constituent-campaign test that *is* identity-shaped.
+    """
+    from tests.clustering.metrics import score
+
+    corpus = _build_noise_floor_corpus()
+    pred = _production_clusterer_predict(corpus)
+    metrics = score(corpus.truth_labels(level="campaign"), pred)
+    assert metrics["singleton_recall"] >= 0.95, metrics
+
+
+def test_noise_floor_intra_campaign_recovery_with_production_clusterer():
+    """The other half of F6: real campaigns must still resolve through
+    the noise. Specifically: vpn_hopping's 5 rotations land in one
+    cluster (its identity-level signature), and shared_wordlist's two
+    distinct campaigns stay un-merged despite sharing wordlists.
+    Demonstrates the production clusterer's tier discipline holds
+    under cross-corpus interference, not just per-fixture in
+    isolation."""
+    corpus = _build_noise_floor_corpus()
+    pred = _production_clusterer_predict(corpus)
+
+    # vpn_hopping: all 5 rotation rows fold into one predicted cluster.
+    vpn_obs = [
+        a.attacker_id for a in corpus.attackers
+        if a.truth_campaign_id == "vpn-hopping-001"
+    ]
+    assert len(vpn_obs) == 5
+    vpn_clusters = {pred[oid] for oid in vpn_obs}
+    assert len(vpn_clusters) == 1, (
+        "vpn_hopping must consolidate to one cluster across rotations"
+    )
+
+    # shared_wordlist A and B: distinct fingerprints → must stay
+    # separate clusters despite shared credentials in the noise floor.
+    sw_a = [
+        a.attacker_id for a in corpus.attackers
+        if a.truth_campaign_id == "shared-wordlist-A"
+    ]
+    sw_b = [
+        a.attacker_id for a in corpus.attackers
+        if a.truth_campaign_id == "shared-wordlist-B"
+    ]
+    assert sw_a and sw_b
+    sw_a_clusters = {pred[oid] for oid in sw_a}
+    sw_b_clusters = {pred[oid] for oid in sw_b}
+    assert sw_a_clusters.isdisjoint(sw_b_clusters), (
+        "shared_wordlist A and B must not share a cluster"
+    )
+
+
 def test_slow_burn_passes_with_production_clusterer():
     """Fixture 7 (slow_burn): one campaign across 3 multi-week operational
     windows. Shared JA3 + HASSH + C2 across all 3 actors. The production