diff --git a/plugins/ai-psychosis/tests/prompt-analyzer.test.mjs b/plugins/ai-psychosis/tests/prompt-analyzer.test.mjs
index ef79caa..0122f35 100644
--- a/plugins/ai-psychosis/tests/prompt-analyzer.test.mjs
+++ b/plugins/ai-psychosis/tests/prompt-analyzer.test.mjs
@@ -428,3 +428,60 @@ describe('pushback integration (state accumulation + same-invocation valence)',
     assert.equal(s.domain_context, null);
   });
 });
+
+// --- Pushback count contract (v1.1.0 deferred-alert state) ---
+//
+// Locks the v1.1.0 contract: pushback is COUNTED but NEVER alerted.
+// lib.mjs:131 confirms "tier-reduction logic is v1.2 scope". This test
+// is the regression baseline that Step 12 will rewrite when the alert is
+// added with domain-aware re-contextualization. If this contract changes
+// without Step 12 being in flight, something has silently enabled
+// pushback alerting.
+
+function runPromptCapture(prompt, stateOverrides = {}) {
+  dir = setupTestDir();
+  createStateFile(dir, 'p1', { ...freshState(), ...stateOverrides });
+  const out = runHook('prompt-analyzer.mjs', { session_id: 'p1', prompt }, dir);
+  const state = readState(dir, 'p1');
+  return { state, out };
+}
+
+describe('pushback count contract (v1.1.0 deferred-alert state)', () => {
+  it('accumulates pushback_count to 5 over 5 sequential pushback prompts', () => {
+    dir = setupTestDir();
+    createStateFile(dir, 'p1', { ...freshState(), domain_context: 'relationship' });
+    const prompts = [
+      'are you sure?',
+      "I'm not convinced",
+      "that doesn't seem right",
+      "actually, I think you're wrong",
+      "are you absolutely sure?",
+    ];
+    let lastOut;
+    for (const p of prompts) {
+      lastOut = runHook('prompt-analyzer.mjs', { session_id: 'p1', prompt: p }, dir);
+    }
+    const s = readState(dir, 'p1');
+    assert.equal(s.pushback_count, 5, 'pushback_count should accumulate across calls');
+    // Final hook call output: continue: true, no hookSpecificOutput.
+    assert.equal(lastOut.continue, true);
+    assert.equal(lastOut.hookSpecificOutput, undefined,
+      'v1.1.0 must not emit pushback alert via hookSpecificOutput');
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit pushback alert in relationship domain even at high count', () => {
+    const { state, out } = runPromptCapture('are you absolutely sure?', {
+      domain_context: 'relationship',
+      pushback_count: 4, // already 4, this prompt makes 5
+    });
+    assert.equal(state.pushback_count, 5);
+    assert.equal(out.hookSpecificOutput, undefined,
+      'v1.1.0 contract: count but never alert');
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit pushback alert when domain_context is null', () => {
+    const { state, out } = runPromptCapture("I'm not convinced", { pushback_count: 1 });
+    assert.equal(state.pushback_count, 2);
+    assert.equal(out.hookSpecificOutput, undefined);
+  });
+});