diff --git a/core/application/connector_owner_routing_test.go b/core/application/connector_owner_routing_test.go
index 39db657598..b650365ca2 100644
--- a/core/application/connector_owner_routing_test.go
+++ b/core/application/connector_owner_routing_test.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ var _ = Describe("connector owner routing", func() {
 		Expect(kinds).To(BeEmpty())
 	})
 
-	It("persists an offline Telegram connector with the real transport when add-ons are disabled", func() {
+	It("refuses a connector with the real transport when add-ons are disabled, and keeps nothing", func() {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		app := &Application{applicationConfig: &config.ApplicationConfig{}}
 		Expect(app.startAddons()).To(Succeed())
@@ -139,17 +139,13 @@ var _ = Describe("connector owner routing", func() {
 		DeferCleanup(client.Close)
 		ag, err := svc.SaveAgent(ctx, studio.AnonymousPrincipal, agents.Agent{Name: "Offline", Model: "fake"})
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-		created, err := client.CreateConnector(ctx, studio.AnonymousPrincipal, studio.ConnectorInput{Kind: "telegram", Name: "Telegram", AgentID: ag.ID, Token: "offline-secret", AcceptAny: true})
-		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-		Expect(created.Active).To(BeFalse())
+		_, err = client.CreateConnector(ctx, studio.AnonymousPrincipal, studio.ConnectorInput{Kind: "telegram", Name: "Telegram", AgentID: ag.ID, Token: "offline-secret", AcceptAny: true})
+		Expect(err).To(MatchError(connectors.ErrInvalid))
 		reopened, err := connectors.NewJSON(dir)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-		persisted, err := reopened.GetBinding(ctx, created.ID)
+		left, err := reopened.ListBindings(ctx, studio.AnonymousPrincipal)
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-		Expect(persisted.Kind).To(Equal("telegram"))
-		Expect(persisted.AddonID).To(Equal("telegram"))
-		Expect(persisted.AgentID).To(Equal(ag.ID))
-		Expect(persisted.Token).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+		Expect(left).To(BeEmpty())
 	})
 
 	It("keeps configured missing gateways and unreachable nonowners unavailable", func() {
diff --git a/core/http/routes/studio_admin_test.go b/core/http/routes/studio_admin_test.go
index dde6862bf8..98ff02ba83 100644
--- a/core/http/routes/studio_admin_test.go
+++ b/core/http/routes/studio_admin_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Chats administrator view", func() {
 			"schedule": "daily 07:30", "time_zone": "UTC", "enabled": true, "model": "test-model"})
 		Expect(rec.Code).To(Equal(http.StatusCreated), rec.Body.String())
 		trigID = decodeJSON(rec)["id"].(string)
-		rec = s.do("alice", http.MethodPost, "/api/chats/connectors", map[string]any{"name": "Bot", "token": specToken, "agent_id": agentID, "enabled": false})
+		rec = s.do("alice", http.MethodPost, "/api/chats/connectors", map[string]any{"kind": "telegram", "name": "Bot", "token": specToken, "agent_id": agentID, "enabled": false})
 		Expect(rec.Code).To(Equal(http.StatusCreated), rec.Body.String())
 		conID = decodeJSON(rec)["id"].(string)
 	})
diff --git a/core/http/routes/studio_hardening_test.go b/core/http/routes/studio_hardening_test.go
index 740a9d0de7..120ce77559 100644
--- a/core/http/routes/studio_hardening_test.go
+++ b/core/http/routes/studio_hardening_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Chats connectors: accepting any sender needs a server-checked
 		Expect(rec.Code).To(Equal(http.StatusCreated))
 		ag := decodeJSON(rec)["id"].(string)
 		body := func(extra map[string]any) map[string]any {
-			m := map[string]any{"name": "Bot", "token": specToken, "agent_id": ag, "enabled": true, "accept_any": true}
+			m := map[string]any{"kind": "telegram", "name": "Bot", "token": specToken, "agent_id": ag, "enabled": true, "accept_any": true}
 			for k, v := range extra {
 				m[k] = v
 			}