diff --git a/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.toHtml.test.ts b/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.toHtml.test.ts
index 99b9598..36e48f3 100644
--- a/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.toHtml.test.ts
+++ b/craft/src/components/forms/ContactForm.toHtml.test.ts
@@ -23,4 +23,21 @@ describe('ContactForm.toHtml relay wiring', () => {
     // Backward-compat: ensure non-relay output is byte-identical (no extra blank lines from honeypot)
     expect(html).not.toMatch(/<form[^>]*>\n\s*\n/);
   });
+
+  test('without recipientEmail + real fields: byte-clean legacy output (realistic case)', () => {
+    // The empty-fields case is NOT byte-identical to the old code (the old
+    // template emitted a stray whitespace line when fields was empty; the new
+    // ternary drops it). Real forms always have fields, so pin THAT scenario:
+    // no marker, no honeypot, and no whitespace-only line between <form> and
+    // the first field.
+    const fields = [{ type: 'text', label: 'Name', name: 'name', placeholder: 'Your name', required: true }];
+    const { html } = toHtml({ formAction: '/legacy', fields }, '');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('WHP-FORM');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('_gotcha');
+    expect(html).toContain('action="/legacy"');
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/<form[^>]*>\n\s*\n/);
+    // First field renders directly after the form tag (no stray blank line).
+    expect(html).toMatch(/<form[^>]*>\n\s*<div/);
+    expect(html).toContain('Name');
+  });
 });