diff --git a/common/httpx/wave10_canonical_headers_test.go b/common/httpx/wave10_canonical_headers_test.go
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+++ b/common/httpx/wave10_canonical_headers_test.go
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+package httpx
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestWave10HeaderCanonicalization(t *testing.T) {
+	headers := http.Header{}
+	headers.Add("x-bountygrid-trace", "bg-titan-wave10")
+	headers.Add("content-type", "application/json")
+
+	val := headers.Get("X-BountyGrid-Trace")
+	if val != "bg-titan-wave10" {
+		t.Errorf("expected canonical header lookup to match case-insensitively, got %s", val)
+	}
+
+	ct := headers.Get("Content-Type")
+	if ct != "application/json" {
+		t.Errorf("expected canonical Content-Type lookup to match, got %s", ct)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWave10StatusCodeClassification(t *testing.T) {
+	isSuccess := func(code int) bool {
+		return code >= 200 && code < 300
+	}
+	isRedirect := func(code int) bool {
+		return code >= 300 && code < 400
+	}
+
+	if !isSuccess(200) || !isSuccess(204) {
+		t.Errorf("expected 200/204 to be classified as success")
+	}
+	if !isRedirect(301) || !isRedirect(308) {
+		t.Errorf("expected 301/308 to be classified as redirect")
+	}
+}