diff --git a/backend/internal/service/openai_codex_transform_test.go b/backend/internal/service/openai_codex_transform_test.go
index c6f147d8..7ab6bfc0 100644
--- a/backend/internal/service/openai_codex_transform_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/service/openai_codex_transform_test.go
@@ -1176,7 +1176,9 @@ func TestFilterCodexInput_DropsReasoningItemsRegardlessOfPreserveReferences(t *t
 			for _, raw := range filtered {
 				item, ok := raw.(map[string]any)
 				require.True(t, ok)
-				gotTypes[item["type"].(string)]++
+				typ, ok := item["type"].(string)
+				require.True(t, ok)
+				gotTypes[typ]++
 			}
 			require.Equal(t, 1, gotTypes["message"])
 			require.Equal(t, 1, gotTypes["function_call"])