diff --git a/adapter/grpc_test.go b/adapter/grpc_test.go
index 3fd95dcd6..856e9c0b0 100644
--- a/adapter/grpc_test.go
+++ b/adapter/grpc_test.go
@@ -188,32 +188,56 @@ func Test_consistency_satisfy_write_after_read_sequence(t *testing.T) {
 	c := rawKVClient(t, adders)
 	defer shutdown(nodes)
 
+	// Use t.Context() so a test-level cancel (timeout, parent test
+	// stopping) propagates into every RPC and the retry loop alike,
+	// rather than leaking work via context.Background() once the test
+	// goroutine returns.
+	ctx := t.Context()
 	key := []byte("test-key-sequence")
 
+	// Each RPC is wrapped in retryNotLeader so an in-flight Raft
+	// re-election (which can fire mid-loop on a busy CI runner — emit
+	// "leader not found" / "etcd raft engine is not leader" — and is
+	// purely an availability hiccup, not a consistency violation) does
+	// not abort the test. The post-RPC assert.Equal still pins the
+	// consistency invariant: once Put eventually succeeds, the
+	// subsequent Get must return the same value, otherwise we fail.
 	for i := range 9999 {
 		want := []byte("sequence" + strconv.Itoa(i))
-		_, err := c.RawPut(
-			context.Background(),
-			&pb.RawPutRequest{Key: key, Value: want},
-		)
-		// Stop at the first RPC failure instead of continuing: a
-		// genuine regression would otherwise cascade into 9998 more
-		// iterations, each reporting the same broken invariant, and
-		// drown the real cause in test-output noise.
+		err := retryNotLeader(ctx, func() error {
+			_, perr := c.RawPut(ctx, &pb.RawPutRequest{Key: key, Value: want})
+			return perr
+		})
+		// Stop at the first non-leader-churn RPC failure instead of
+		// continuing: a genuine regression would otherwise cascade
+		// into 9998 more iterations, each reporting the same broken
+		// invariant, and drown the real cause in test-output noise.
 		if !assert.NoError(t, err, "Put RPC failed") {
 			break
 		}
 
-		_, err = c.RawPut(context.Background(), &pb.RawPutRequest{Key: key, Value: want})
+		err = retryNotLeader(ctx, func() error {
+			_, perr := c.RawPut(ctx, &pb.RawPutRequest{Key: key, Value: want})
+			return perr
+		})
 		if !assert.NoError(t, err, "Put RPC failed") {
 			break
 		}
 
-		resp, err := c.RawGet(context.Background(), &pb.RawGetRequest{Key: key})
+		var resp *pb.RawGetResponse
+		err = retryNotLeader(ctx, func() error {
+			var gerr error
+			resp, gerr = c.RawGet(ctx, &pb.RawGetRequest{Key: key})
+			return gerr
+		})
 		if !assert.NoError(t, err, "Get RPC failed") {
 			break
 		}
 
+		// Consistency invariant — the entire reason this test exists.
+		// Wrapped RPCs only mask transport-layer flakes; if the
+		// cluster ever returns a stale Get result here it is still
+		// flagged loudly.
 		assert.Equal(t, want, resp.Value, "consistency check failed")
 	}
 }
@@ -224,32 +248,51 @@ func Test_grpc_transaction(t *testing.T) {
 	c := transactionalKVClient(t, adders)
 	defer shutdown(nodes)
 
+	// See Test_consistency_satisfy_write_after_read_sequence for why
+	// we use t.Context() and retryNotLeader together.
+	ctx := t.Context()
 	key := []byte("test-key-sequence")
 
+	// Same retryNotLeader wrap as Test_consistency_satisfy_write_after_read
+	// _sequence: tolerate transient leader churn (purely availability,
+	// not consistency) while keeping the Put → Get → Delete → Get
+	// invariants strict.
 	for i := range 9999 {
 		want := []byte("sequence" + strconv.Itoa(i))
-		_, err := c.Put(
-			context.Background(),
-			&pb.PutRequest{Key: key, Value: want},
-		)
+		err := retryNotLeader(ctx, func() error {
+			_, perr := c.Put(ctx, &pb.PutRequest{Key: key, Value: want})
+			return perr
+		})
 		// See Test_consistency_satisfy_write_after_read_sequence:
 		// break on first RPC failure so a single broken invariant
 		// does not amplify into thousands of assertion lines.
 		if !assert.NoError(t, err, "Put RPC failed") {
 			break
 		}
-		resp, err := c.Get(context.Background(), &pb.GetRequest{Key: key})
+		var resp *pb.GetResponse
+		err = retryNotLeader(ctx, func() error {
+			var gerr error
+			resp, gerr = c.Get(ctx, &pb.GetRequest{Key: key})
+			return gerr
+		})
 		if !assert.NoError(t, err, "Get RPC failed") {
 			break
 		}
 		assert.Equal(t, want, resp.Value, "consistency check failed")
 
-		_, err = c.Delete(context.Background(), &pb.DeleteRequest{Key: key})
+		err = retryNotLeader(ctx, func() error {
+			_, derr := c.Delete(ctx, &pb.DeleteRequest{Key: key})
+			return derr
+		})
 		if !assert.NoError(t, err, "Delete RPC failed") {
 			break
 		}
 
-		resp, err = c.Get(context.Background(), &pb.GetRequest{Key: key})
+		err = retryNotLeader(ctx, func() error {
+			var gerr error
+			resp, gerr = c.Get(ctx, &pb.GetRequest{Key: key})
+			return gerr
+		})
 		if !assert.NoError(t, err, "Get RPC failed") {
 			break
 		}