diff --git a/web/src/components/cards/__tests__/EnterpriseComplianceCards.test.tsx b/web/src/components/cards/__tests__/EnterpriseComplianceCards.test.tsx
index 16a8ae059c..4eb09f602d 100644
--- a/web/src/components/cards/__tests__/EnterpriseComplianceCards.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/cards/__tests__/EnterpriseComplianceCards.test.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe('EnterpriseComplianceCards', () => {
 
       const loadingText = screen.getByText('Loading…');
       expect(loadingText).toBeInTheDocument();
-      expect(loadingText.className).toContain('text-gray-500');
+      expect(loadingText.className).toContain('text-muted-foreground');
     });
 
     it('renders success state and navigates on click', async () => {
diff --git a/web/src/components/namespaces/__tests__/CreateNamespaceModal.test.tsx b/web/src/components/namespaces/__tests__/CreateNamespaceModal.test.tsx
index 63e6cc4cc1..42a6f242bb 100644
--- a/web/src/components/namespaces/__tests__/CreateNamespaceModal.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/namespaces/__tests__/CreateNamespaceModal.test.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe('CreateNamespaceModal', () => {
     expect(screen.getAllByRole('combobox').length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
   })
 
-  it('initializes with cluster placeholder selected', () => {
+  it('auto-selects first cluster on initialization', () => {
     render(
       <CreateNamespaceModal
         clusters={clusters}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('CreateNamespaceModal', () => {
 
     const comboboxes = screen.getAllByRole('combobox')
     expect(comboboxes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-    expect((comboboxes[0] as HTMLSelectElement).value).toBe('')
+    expect((comboboxes[0] as HTMLSelectElement).value).toBe('cluster-1')
   })
 
   it('allows cluster selection change', async () => {
diff --git a/web/src/components/rbac/__tests__/CanIChecker.test.tsx b/web/src/components/rbac/__tests__/CanIChecker.test.tsx
index 95cfaa7a8c..819463c17b 100644
--- a/web/src/components/rbac/__tests__/CanIChecker.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/rbac/__tests__/CanIChecker.test.tsx
@@ -102,10 +102,9 @@ describe('CanIChecker — Initial Rendering', () => {
     const clusterSelect = screen.getByTestId('can-i-cluster') as HTMLSelectElement
     const options = Array.from(clusterSelect.options)
 
-    expect(options).toHaveLength(3)
-    expect(options[0].value).toBe('')
-    expect(options[1].value).toBe('cluster-a')
-    expect(options[2].value).toBe('cluster-b')
+    expect(options).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(options[0].value).toBe('cluster-a')
+    expect(options[1].value).toBe('cluster-b')
   })
 
   it('populates namespace dropdown with fetched namespaces', () => {
@@ -120,11 +119,11 @@ describe('CanIChecker — Initial Rendering', () => {
     expect(options.some(opt => opt.value === 'kube-system')).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  it('starts with no cluster selected', () => {
+  it('auto-selects first cluster on load', () => {
     render(<CanIChecker />)
 
     const clusterSelect = screen.getByTestId('can-i-cluster') as HTMLSelectElement
-    expect(clusterSelect.value).toBe('')
+    expect(clusterSelect.value).toBe('cluster-a')
   })
 
   it('defaults verb and resource to common values', () => {