diff --git a/.changeset/11978-hooks-target-label-wait.md b/.changeset/11978-hooks-target-label-wait.md
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+---
+---
+
+No release: a test change only. `@object-ui/app-shell`'s `ObjectHooksPanel.newHookTarget-11820` test now waits for the object roster's labels before it reads them. The panel's read of this package's objects and the hook editor's own roster read answer at their own pace, and until the roster answers the selected object is drawn by its bare name (objectui#10585). The test used to read the labels synchronously once the "This package" group appeared, so whether it passed depended on which read answered first (objectui#11978).
diff --git a/packages/app-shell/src/views/studio-design/ObjectHooksPanel.newHookTarget-11820.test.tsx b/packages/app-shell/src/views/studio-design/ObjectHooksPanel.newHookTarget-11820.test.tsx
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--- a/packages/app-shell/src/views/studio-design/ObjectHooksPanel.newHookTarget-11820.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-shell/src/views/studio-design/ObjectHooksPanel.newHookTarget-11820.test.tsx
@@ -83,14 +83,21 @@ describe('ObjectHooksPanel — a new hook (objectui#11820)', () => {
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /New/ }));
     await waitFor(() => expect(mockClient.save).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
 
+    // Two reads answer at their own pace (objectui#11978): the panel's read of
+    // this package's objects draws the "This package" group, and the editor's
+    // own read of the object roster draws the labels and the "Other objects"
+    // group. Until the roster answers, the selected object is drawn by its
+    // bare name — deliberately, it asserts nothing (objectui#10585) — so the
+    // group can be on screen while its checkbox is still named `invoice`.
+    // Every read below whose answer the roster draws waits for it.
     const own = await screen.findByRole('group', { name: 'This package' });
-    expect(within(own).getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Invoice (invoice)' })).toBeChecked();
-    expect(within(own).getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Invoice line (invoice_line)' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await within(own).findByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Invoice (invoice)' })).toBeChecked();
+    expect(await within(own).findByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Invoice line (invoice_line)' })).toBeInTheDocument();
 
-    const outside = screen.getByRole('group', { name: 'Other objects' });
+    const outside = await screen.findByRole('group', { name: 'Other objects' });
     expect(within(outside).getByTestId('hook-object-outside-reach')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(within(outside).getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'User (sys_user)' })).not.toBeChecked();
-    expect(within(outside).getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Employee (hr_employee)' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await within(outside).findByRole('checkbox', { name: 'User (sys_user)' })).not.toBeChecked();
+    expect(await within(outside).findByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Employee (hr_employee)' })).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     // The package's list was read for THIS package, published and draft.
     expect(mockClient.list).toHaveBeenCalledWith('object', { packageId: PACKAGE });