diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff8523e..b06fadd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
   input, and `patch_svg` on synthetic 200- and 1000-path SVGs.
 - Stress tests: 5000-deep nesting, 2000-attribute element,
   ~470KB synthetic SVG patching, 9KB metacharacter round-trip parity,
-  MIME show round-trip parity.
+  and one canonical fixture pinned across `MIME"text/html"`,
+  `MIME"text/plain"`, and `html_response(...).body`.
 - `precompile()` block in the module top so the first `render(...)` in
   a user's session doesn't pay JIT cost for the common shapes.
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 2245937..81ca2ba 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1170,6 +1170,27 @@ using HyperSignal: div, select, summary
         @test String(take!(io)) == "<b>x</b>"
     end
 
+    @testset "one fixture stays byte-stable across text/html, text/plain, and HTTP.Response sinks" begin
+        # Why: these are the three places callers actually consume a
+        # HyperSignal value — notebook display, REPL/plain-text display,
+        # and an HTTP response body. One canonical fixture should say they
+        # all agree on the rendered bytes.
+        el = div(class="card", h2("Hi"), p("a < b"))
+        html = render(el)
+
+        html_io = IOBuffer()
+        show(html_io, MIME"text/html"(), el)
+        @test String(take!(html_io)) == html
+
+        plain_io = IOBuffer()
+        show(plain_io, MIME"text/plain"(), el)
+        @test String(take!(plain_io)) == "HyperSignal.Element: " * html
+
+        resp = html_response(el)
+        @test resp.body == codeunits(html)
+        @test String(resp.body) == html
+    end
+
     @testset "patch_svg with CairoMakie figure renders + namespaces collision-safely" begin
         # Why: prove the front-row CairoMakie story actually works end-to-end
         # — produce a real figure, run it through inline_svg, drop two of