diff --git a/tests/test_foundry_profile_live.py b/tests/test_foundry_profile_live.py
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+"""Step 14 — GATED live Foundry-profile check (trivial response on the cheapest model, D6).
+
+NOT default CI: skips cleanly without a configured Foundry endpoint + deployment. When set, a
+trivial agent responds on a real FoundryChatClient (cheapest model, hard-capped per D6).
+"""
+
+import os
+
+import pytest
+from agent_framework import Agent
+
+from portfolio_optimiser.backends import AzureFoundryBackend
+
+_ENDPOINT = os.environ.get("PORTFOLIO_FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT")
+_DEPLOYMENT = os.environ.get("PORTFOLIO_FOUNDRY_DEPLOYMENT")
+_NO_FOUNDRY = not (_ENDPOINT and _DEPLOYMENT)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    _NO_FOUNDRY,
+    reason="Foundry not configured (set PORTFOLIO_FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT + PORTFOLIO_FOUNDRY_DEPLOYMENT)",
+)
+async def test_foundry_profile_trivial_response() -> None:
+    client = AzureFoundryBackend().create_chat_client(model=_DEPLOYMENT)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    agent = Agent(client, "Answer in exactly one word.", name="probe")
+    result = await agent.run("Reply with the single word OK.")
+    assert getattr(result, "text", "")  # a trivial response came back
diff --git a/tests/test_local_profile_live.py b/tests/test_local_profile_live.py
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+"""Step 14 — GATED live local-profile check (real UsageDetails + loopback-only no-egress).
+
+NOT default CI: it skips cleanly without a configured LOCAL endpoint. When the env IS set
+(and an OpenAI-compatible server such as Ollama is running on loopback), it proves what
+FakeChatClient cannot — a REAL OpenAIChatCompletionClient non-streaming call returns a
+response with a load-bearing ``total_token_count > 0`` — and asserts the endpoint is loopback
+(no-egress: the client only ever talks to the configured ``base_url``, never api.openai.com).
+"""
+
+import os
+
+import pytest
+from agent_framework import Message
+
+from portfolio_optimiser.backends import LocalBackend
+
+_BASE_URL = os.environ.get("PORTFOLIO_LOCAL_BASE_URL")
+_MODEL = os.environ.get("PORTFOLIO_LOCAL_MODEL")
+_NO_LOCAL = not (_BASE_URL and _MODEL)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    _NO_LOCAL,
+    reason="LOCAL endpoint not configured (set PORTFOLIO_LOCAL_BASE_URL + PORTFOLIO_LOCAL_MODEL)",
+)
+async def test_local_profile_real_usage_and_loopback_only() -> None:
+    # No-egress: the configured live endpoint MUST be loopback (never a remote host).
+    assert _BASE_URL is not None
+    assert "127.0.0.1" in _BASE_URL or "localhost" in _BASE_URL, (
+        "live local endpoint must be loopback (no egress)"
+    )
+    client = LocalBackend().create_chat_client(model=_MODEL)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    reply = await client.get_response(
+        [Message(role="user", contents=["Reply with the single word OK."])]
+    )
+    assert reply.text  # a real response came back
+    usage = reply.usage_details
+    # The criterion FakeChatClient cannot prove: real, positive, load-bearing usage.
+    assert usage is not None and (usage.get("total_token_count") or 0) > 0