diff --git a/.github/workflows/consolidated-tests-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/consolidated-tests-ci.yml
index 2b0ce43a7c..897367de0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/consolidated-tests-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/consolidated-tests-ci.yml
@@ -1032,16 +1032,28 @@ jobs:
               """Spot-check on the three production-relevant families that
               the compile_every sweep also covers; this case verifies the
               emitted cache file has the model-specific RMSNorm class
-              attribute, not just that the file parses + imports."""
+              attribute, not just that the file parses + imports.
+
+              Note on test isolation: ``unsloth_compile_transformers``
+              early-returns when ``modeling.__UNSLOTH_PATCHED__`` is set,
+              so once an earlier test in the same collection patches the
+              module the next call won't re-emit the cache file. Drop the
+              marker (and any stale cache file) before invoking so this
+              test is order-independent."""
               import importlib as _il
               try:
-                  _il.import_module(
+                  modeling = _il.import_module(
                       f"transformers.models.{model_type}.modeling_{model_type}"
                   )
               except ModuleNotFoundError:
                   pytest.skip(
                       f"transformers build lacks model_type={model_type}"
                   )
+              if hasattr(modeling, "__UNSLOTH_PATCHED__"):
+                  delattr(modeling, "__UNSLOTH_PATCHED__")
+              combined = _CACHE / f"unsloth_compiled_module_{model_type}.py"
+              if combined.exists():
+                  combined.unlink()
               unsloth_compile_transformers(
                   model_type=model_type, fast_lora_forwards=False,
               )
@@ -1049,7 +1061,6 @@ jobs:
                   f"transformers.models.{model_type}.modeling_{model_type}"
               )
               assert getattr(modeling, "__UNSLOTH_PATCHED__", False) is True
-              combined = _CACHE / f"unsloth_compiled_module_{model_type}.py"
               _verify_file(combined, must_expose=[rms_class])