diff --git a/tests/test-review-loop-run.sh b/tests/test-review-loop-run.sh
index 0435a59..12d2654 100755
--- a/tests/test-review-loop-run.sh
+++ b/tests/test-review-loop-run.sh
@@ -81,35 +81,30 @@ assert_contains "no count block counts" "CRITICAL=1 HIGH=2 MEDIUM=0 LOW=0" "$out
 assert_contains "no count block marked derived" "(derived)" "$out"
 
 echo "review-loop-run — counts (CR-7/CR-8/CR-9, bug 5352fe72)"
-if [[ "${CR789_IMPL_READY:-0}" != "1" ]]; then
-    echo "  SKIP  CR-7/CR-8/CR-9 counts tests (set CR789_IMPL_READY=1 once implemented)"
-else
-    out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/annotated-table-cell.md"); rc=$?
-    assert_contains "counts annotated table cell" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=1 MEDIUM=2 LOW=0" "$out"
-    out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/annotated-table-cell.md"); rc=$?
-    assert_exit "counts annotated cell exits 4" 4 "$rc"
+out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/annotated-table-cell.md"); rc=$?
+assert_contains "counts annotated table cell" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=1 MEDIUM=2 LOW=0" "$out"
+out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/annotated-table-cell.md"); rc=$?
+assert_exit "counts annotated cell exits 4" 4 "$rc"
 
-    out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/prose-historic-quote.md"); rc=$?
-    assert_contains "counts prose historic quote ignored" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=2 MEDIUM=0 LOW=0" "$out"
-    assert_exit "counts prose historic quote ignored exit 4" 4 "$rc"
+out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/prose-historic-quote.md"); rc=$?
+assert_contains "counts prose historic quote ignored" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=2 MEDIUM=0 LOW=0" "$out"
+assert_exit "counts prose historic quote ignored exit 4" 4 "$rc"
 
-    out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/suspect-derived.md"); rc=$?
-    assert_contains "counts suspect derived zero marks suspect" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=0 MEDIUM=0 LOW=0 (suspect)" "$out"
-    # companion handle (not in spec matrix): asserts the negative -- no (derived) marker on a suspect result
-    [[ "$out" == *"(derived)"* ]] && { printf "  ${RED}FAIL${NC}  %s\n        unexpected: (derived) present\n" "counts suspect derived zero not marked derived"; FAIL=$((FAIL+1)); } || { printf "  ${GREEN}PASS${NC}  %s\n" "counts suspect derived zero not marked derived"; PASS=$((PASS+1)); }
-    out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/suspect-derived.md"); rc=$?
-    assert_exit "counts suspect derived zero exits 4" 4 "$rc"
+out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/suspect-derived.md"); rc=$?
+assert_contains "counts suspect derived zero marks suspect" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=0 MEDIUM=0 LOW=0 (suspect)" "$out"
+# companion handle (not in spec matrix): asserts the negative -- no (derived) marker on a suspect result
+[[ "$out" == *"(derived)"* ]] && { printf "  ${RED}FAIL${NC}  %s\n        unexpected: (derived) present\n" "counts suspect derived zero not marked derived"; FAIL=$((FAIL+1)); } || { printf "  ${GREEN}PASS${NC}  %s\n" "counts suspect derived zero not marked derived"; PASS=$((PASS+1)); }
+out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/suspect-derived.md"); rc=$?
+assert_exit "counts suspect derived zero exits 4" 4 "$rc"
 
-    out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/suspect-derived-lower.md"); rc=$?
-    assert_contains "counts suspect derived zero case insensitive" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=0 MEDIUM=0 LOW=0 (suspect)" "$out"
-    assert_exit "counts suspect derived zero case insensitive exit 4" 4 "$rc"
-
-    out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/declaration-with-annotation.md"); rc=$?
-    assert_contains "counts declaration line annotation rejected" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=0 MEDIUM=0 LOW=0 (derived)" "$out"
-    # companion handle (not in spec matrix): exit-code check for the same declaration-line-annotation-rejected case
-    assert_exit "counts declaration line annotation rejected exits 0" 0 "$rc"
-fi
+out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/suspect-derived-lower.md"); rc=$?
+assert_contains "counts suspect derived zero case insensitive" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=0 MEDIUM=0 LOW=0 (suspect)" "$out"
+assert_exit "counts suspect derived zero case insensitive exit 4" 4 "$rc"
 
+out=$("$SCRIPT" counts "$FIXTURES/declaration-with-annotation.md"); rc=$?
+assert_contains "counts declaration line annotation rejected" "CRITICAL=0 HIGH=0 MEDIUM=0 LOW=0 (derived)" "$out"
+# companion handle (not in spec matrix): exit-code check for the same declaration-line-annotation-rejected case
+assert_exit "counts declaration line annotation rejected exits 0" 0 "$rc"
 echo "review-loop-run — status"
 printf 'x\nexit=0\n' > "$REVIEW_LOOP_RUN_DIR/t-r1-stdout.txt"
 out=$("$SCRIPT" status --name t 2>&1); rc=$?