diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 93a36511c..ca519ae8a 100755
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -881,7 +881,8 @@ async function makeContext(engine: BrainEngine, params: Record<string, unknown>)
   };
 }
 
-function formatResult(opName: string, result: unknown): string {
+// Exported for tests (same import-safety contract as cliAliases/printOpHelp).
+export function formatResult(opName: string, result: unknown): string {
   switch (opName) {
     case 'volunteer_context': {
       const r = result as any;
diff --git a/test/cli-format-volunteer.test.ts b/test/cli-format-volunteer.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e7f24226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli-format-volunteer.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * v0.43 (#2095) — formatResult's volunteer_context human rendering
+ * (ship coverage G3): pointer lines with confidence/arm/rationale,
+ * the empty-result message, and the approximate stats summary.
+ */
+import { describe, test, expect } from 'bun:test';
+import { formatResult } from '../src/cli.ts';
+
+describe('formatResult — volunteer_context', () => {
+  test('renders pointer lines with confidence, arm, rationale, and synopsis', () => {
+    const out = formatResult('volunteer_context', {
+      pages: [
+        {
+          slug: 'people/alice-example',
+          source_id: 'default',
+          display: 'Alice Example',
+          confidence: 0.85,
+          arm: 'title',
+          rationale: 'exact title match "Alice Example"; mentioned in the newest turn',
+          synopsis: 'Alice is an early founder.',
+        },
+      ],
+      count: 1,
+      window_turns: 3,
+    });
+    expect(out).toContain('Alice Example → people/alice-example (0.85, title)');
+    expect(out).toContain('exact title match');
+    expect(out).toContain('Alice is an early founder.');
+  });
+
+  test('empty result explains the confidence gate', () => {
+    const out = formatResult('volunteer_context', { pages: [], count: 0, window_turns: 1 });
+    expect(out).toContain('Nothing volunteered');
+    expect(out).toContain('confidence gate');
+  });
+
+  test('stats mode renders totals, per-arm precision, and the approximate note', () => {
+    const out = formatResult('volunteer_context', {
+      days: 30,
+      approximate: true,
+      note: 'approximate: "used" = pages.last_retrieved_at > volunteered_at.',
+      total_volunteered: 4,
+      total_used: 3,
+      by_arm: [
+        { match_arm: 'alias', channel: 'reflex', volunteered: 2, used: 2, precision: 1 },
+        { match_arm: 'title', channel: 'op', volunteered: 2, used: 1, precision: 0.5 },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(out).toContain('last 30 day(s)');
+    expect(out).toContain('approximate');
+    expect(out).toContain('total: 4 volunteered, 3 used');
+    expect(out).toContain('alias/reflex: 2/2 used (precision 1)');
+    expect(out).toContain('title/op: 1/2 used (precision 0.5)');
+  });
+
+  test('stats mode with zero events prints the empty-window line', () => {
+    const out = formatResult('volunteer_context', {
+      days: 7,
+      approximate: true,
+      note: 'approximate',
+      total_volunteered: 0,
+      total_used: 0,
+      by_arm: [],
+    });
+    expect(out).toContain('no volunteer events in the window');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/watch-command.test.ts b/test/watch-command.test.ts
index cc33db249..69278feba 100644
--- a/test/watch-command.test.ts
+++ b/test/watch-command.test.ts
@@ -153,3 +153,48 @@ describe('gbrain watch — window + cap flags (ship coverage G4)', () => {
     expect(out.length).toBe(1);
   });
 });
+
+describe('gbrain watch — SIGINT lifecycle (real subprocess)', () => {
+  test('SIGINT mid-stream closes the stream and exits cleanly (drain path, exit 0)', async () => {
+    const { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } = await import('fs');
+    const { join, resolve } = await import('path');
+    const { tmpdir } = await import('os');
+    const REPO = resolve(import.meta.dir, '..');
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'gbrain-watch-sigint-'));
+    try {
+      mkdirSync(join(home, '.gbrain'), { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(home, '.gbrain', 'config.json'),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          engine: 'pglite',
+          database_path: join(home, '.gbrain', 'brain.pglite'),
+          embedding_dimensions: 1536,
+        }) + '\n',
+      );
+      // Piped stdin that NEVER reaches EOF — only SIGINT can end the stream.
+      const proc = Bun.spawn(['bun', 'run', join(REPO, 'src', 'cli.ts'), 'watch'], {
+        cwd: REPO,
+        env: { ...process.env, HOME: home, GBRAIN_HOME: home, GBRAIN_SKIP_STARTUP_HOOKS: '1' },
+        stdin: 'pipe',
+        stdout: 'pipe',
+        stderr: 'pipe',
+      });
+      proc.stdin.write('user: nothing relevant here\n');
+      await proc.stdin.flush();
+      // Give the brain time to init + process the turn, then interrupt.
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 15_000));
+      proc.kill('SIGINT');
+      const killer = setTimeout(() => {
+        try { proc.kill('SIGKILL'); } catch { /* already dead */ }
+      }, 30_000);
+      const exitCode = await proc.exited;
+      clearTimeout(killer);
+      const stderr = await new Response(proc.stderr).text();
+      // Clean drain-then-exit: no force-exit banner, no SIGKILL (137), exit 0.
+      expect(stderr).not.toContain('force-exiting');
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  }, 120_000);
+});