diff --git a/tests/e2e/waives.txt b/tests/e2e/waives.txt
index 640250d432..e0af22e582 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/waives.txt
+++ b/tests/e2e/waives.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 # Waived E2E tests — centralized skip/xfail tracking.
 # Format: model-name  SKIP|XFAIL  (reason)
 # Platform-specific: GB300/model-name  XFAIL  (reason)
-
-eagle-embed-vl-1b-v2     SKIP   (HF repo 404)
-eagle-rerank-vl-1b-v2    SKIP   (HF repo 404)
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_e2e_waives.py b/tests/tools/test_e2e_waives.py
index d9bc1e54cd..dcc3f33225 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_e2e_waives.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_e2e_waives.py
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from tests import test_e2e
+from tests.e2e_harness.manifest_loader import get_case_names
 
 
 def test_load_waives_filters_with_explicit_platform(monkeypatch, tmp_path) -> None:
@@ -45,3 +48,46 @@ def test_load_waives_without_platform_ignores_prefixed_entries(monkeypatch, tmp_
     waives = test_e2e._load_waives()
 
     assert waives == {"model-shared": ("XFAIL", "shared waive")}
+
+
+_REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+_WAIVES_FILE = _REPO_ROOT / "tests" / "e2e" / "waives.txt"
+
+
+def _declared_case_names() -> set[str]:
+    return set(get_case_names())
+
+
+def test_every_waive_names_a_declared_case() -> None:
+    """A waive for a name no E2E testcase declares is silently inert.
+
+    The runtime resolves a waive against ``case.name``, so the namespace to
+    check against is the child testcase names, not the top-level manifest
+    names -- 50 of the former are not the latter. ``_load_waives`` skips any
+    line it cannot parse and reports nothing when a name stops matching, so
+    such an entry quietly stops doing anything. If the name is ever reused,
+    the waive springs back and skips a case no one intended to waive.
+    """
+    declared = _declared_case_names()
+    assert declared, "no E2E testcases were discovered"
+
+    # Platform-prefixed waives are only visible when that platform is
+    # selected, so collect across every platform the file mentions.
+    platforms = {""}
+    for line in _WAIVES_FILE.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line or line.startswith("#"):
+            continue
+        name_part = line.split(None, 1)[0]
+        if "/" in name_part:
+            platforms.add(name_part.split("/", 1)[0])
+
+    waived: set[str] = set()
+    for platform in platforms:
+        waived.update(test_e2e._load_waives(platform))
+
+    orphans = sorted(waived - declared)
+    assert not orphans, (
+        "waives.txt names cases that no E2E testcase declares, so these waives "
+        f"are silently inert: {orphans}"
+    )