diff --git a/tests/integrations/conftest.py b/tests/integrations/conftest.py
index 467187235..4b7806c4a 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/conftest.py
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ import pytest
 from specify_cli.integrations.base import MarkdownIntegration
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def _isolate_integration_home(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path):
-    """Keep integration tests from reading or writing the real user home."""
-    home = tmp_path / "home"
+def _redirect_home(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, home) -> None:
+    """Point HOME/USERPROFILE/XDG env vars at an isolated *home* directory."""
     for path in (home, home / ".cache", home / ".config", home / ".local" / "share"):
         path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
@@ -19,6 +17,28 @@ def _isolate_integration_home(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path):
     monkeypatch.setenv("XDG_DATA_HOME", str(home / ".local" / "share"))
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
+def _isolate_integration_home_session(tmp_path_factory):
+    """Isolate the user home for setup that runs outside a test function.
+
+    The per-test fixture below re-points HOME for each test, but function-scoped
+    fixtures do not apply to module-/session-scoped fixtures. Some of those (e.g.
+    the ``status_*_template`` fixtures in ``test_integration_subcommand.py``) run
+    ``specify init`` during setup, before any per-test isolation takes effect.
+    A standalone ``MonkeyPatch`` gives them an isolated home too.
+    """
+    monkeypatch = pytest.MonkeyPatch()
+    _redirect_home(monkeypatch, tmp_path_factory.mktemp("session-home"))
+    yield
+    monkeypatch.undo()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _isolate_integration_home(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path):
+    """Keep integration tests from reading or writing the real user home."""
+    _redirect_home(monkeypatch, tmp_path / "home")
+
+
 class StubIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
     """Minimal concrete integration for testing."""
 
diff --git a/tests/integrations/test_home_isolation.py b/tests/integrations/test_home_isolation.py
index e79ff5dff..c862b1686 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/test_home_isolation.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/test_home_isolation.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ def test_integration_tests_use_tmp_home(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     assert Path(os.environ["XDG_CONFIG_HOME"]) == home / ".config"
     assert Path(os.environ["XDG_DATA_HOME"]) == home / ".local" / "share"
 
+    # Most integrations resolve the user home via Path.home() (e.g. Hermes,
+    # catalog), so the isolation has to reach that API, not just the env vars.
+    assert Path.home() == home
+
     assert home.is_dir()
     assert (home / ".cache").is_dir()
     assert (home / ".config").is_dir()