diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_user_api_key_auth.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_user_api_key_auth.py
index 0bf49523869..bc2370579d4 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_user_api_key_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_user_api_key_auth.py
@@ -5877,17 +5877,17 @@ async def test_centralized_common_checks_inherits_org_identity(
         for k, v in attrs.items():
             setattr(_proxy_server_mod, k, v)
         with (
-            patch(
+            patch(  # test-quality-ok: centralized auth calls this module helper directly; no dependency injection seam exists
                 "litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth.get_team_object",
                 new_callable=AsyncMock,
                 return_value=fetched_team,
             ) as mock_get_team_object,
-            patch(
+            patch(  # test-quality-ok: centralized auth calls this module helper directly; no dependency injection seam exists
                 "litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth.get_org_object",
                 new_callable=AsyncMock,
                 return_value=organization,
             ) as mock_get_org_object,
-            patch(
+            patch(  # test-quality-ok: capture downstream token state without invoking unrelated common checks
                 "litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth.common_checks",
                 new_callable=AsyncMock,
             ) as mock_checks,