diff --git a/tests/test_debugger.py b/tests/test_debugger.py
index cf9d74e..ded9af6 100644
--- a/tests/test_debugger.py
+++ b/tests/test_debugger.py
@@ -422,11 +422,13 @@ def test_multi_subactors(
     # XXX: lol honestly no idea why CI is cuck but
     # seems like this likely falls into our unhandled nested
     # case and isn't working in that env due to raciness..
-    name = 'name_error' if ctlc else 'name_error_1'
-    assert_before(child, [
-        f"Attaching to pdb in crashed actor: ('{name}'",
-        "NameError",
-    ])
+    from conftest import _ci_env
+    if not ctlc and _ci_env:
+        name = 'name_error' if ctlc else 'name_error_1'
+        assert_before(child, [
+            f"Attaching to pdb in crashed actor: ('{name}'",
+            "NameError",
+        ])
 
     if ctlc:
         do_ctlc(child)
@@ -625,11 +627,13 @@ def test_multi_subactors_root_errors(
     # XXX: lol honestly no idea why CI is cuck but
     # seems like this likely falls into our unhandled nested
     # case and isn't working in that env due to raciness..
-    name = 'name_error' if ctlc else 'name_error_1'
-    assert_before(child, [
-        f"Attaching to pdb in crashed actor: ('{name}'",
-        "NameError",
-    ])
+    from conftest import _ci_env
+    if not ctlc and _ci_env:
+        name = 'name_error' if ctlc else 'name_error_1'
+        assert_before(child, [
+            f"Attaching to pdb in crashed actor: ('{name}'",
+            "NameError",
+        ])
 
     if ctlc:
         do_ctlc(child)