diff --git a/tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_multi_connector.py b/tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_multi_connector.py
index 441e8e3676..14ea6759f4 100644
--- a/tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_multi_connector.py
+++ b/tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_multi_connector.py
@@ -318,8 +318,12 @@ def test_multi_example_connector_consistency():
     # connector (first nonzero match is chosen), so update_state_after_alloc
     # will report those external tokens on that one. Other connectors still
     # receive the request's real blocks but with 0 external tokens.
-    storage1_scheduler_events = _ignore_event_collection(events["storage1-SCHEDULER"])
-    storage2_scheduler_events = _ignore_event_collection(events["storage2-SCHEDULER"])
+    storage1_scheduler_events = _events_from_request(
+        _ignore_event_collection(events["storage1-SCHEDULER"])
+    )
+    storage2_scheduler_events = _events_from_request(
+        _ignore_event_collection(events["storage2-SCHEDULER"])
+    )
     assert storage1_scheduler_events[:4] == [
         "on_new_request",
         "get_num_new_matched_tokens 0",
@@ -348,8 +352,12 @@ def test_multi_example_connector_consistency():
     # return 0 from the first connector, while the second connector has a hit.
     # Both connectors receive the request's real blocks, but only the chosen
     # (second) connector reports external tokens.
-    storage1_scheduler_events = _ignore_event_collection(events["storage1-SCHEDULER"])
-    storage2_scheduler_events = _ignore_event_collection(events["storage2-SCHEDULER"])
+    storage1_scheduler_events = _events_from_request(
+        _ignore_event_collection(events["storage1-SCHEDULER"])
+    )
+    storage2_scheduler_events = _events_from_request(
+        _ignore_event_collection(events["storage2-SCHEDULER"])
+    )
     assert storage1_scheduler_events[:4] == [
         "on_new_request",
         "get_num_new_matched_tokens 0",
@@ -375,6 +383,16 @@ def _ignore_event_collection(events: list[str]) -> list[str]:
     return [event for event in events if event not in ignored]
 
 
+def _events_from_request(events: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    # The async engine-core can emit a trailing build_connector_meta from the
+    # previous generation's final (idle) scheduler step. Depending on timing it
+    # may be flushed into this window ahead of on_new_request, so anchor the
+    # comparison on the new request's first event to avoid a flaky ordering.
+    if "on_new_request" in events:
+        return events[events.index("on_new_request") :]
+    return events
+
+
 def get_connector_events() -> dict[str, list[str]]:
     # Read in connector events and reset the files.
     import glob