diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index aaf2faf..bfc026e 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 proper test functions with tmp_path/monkeypatch fixtures)."""
 
 import json
+import os
 import sys
 
 import pytest
@@ -520,6 +521,42 @@ def test_config_mtime_returns_none_for_missing_file(tmp_path):
     assert c.config_mtime(tmp_path / "nonexistent.json") is None
 
 
+def test_config_fingerprint_returns_mtime_and_size_for_existing_file(tmp_path):
+    f = tmp_path / "cfg.json"
+    f.write_text("{}")
+    fp = c.config_fingerprint(f)
+    assert isinstance(fp, c.ConfigStat)
+    assert isinstance(fp.mtime, float)
+    assert fp.size == f.stat().st_size
+
+
+def test_config_fingerprint_returns_none_for_missing_file(tmp_path):
+    assert c.config_fingerprint(tmp_path / "nonexistent.json") is None
+
+
+def test_config_fingerprint_detects_size_change_when_mtime_is_unchanged(tmp_path):
+    """
+    Guards against the exact hole bare-mtime comparison has: an external write
+    that lands within the filesystem's mtime resolution (or that restores the
+    original mtime) must still be caught, because the file's size differs.
+    """
+    f = tmp_path / "cfg.json"
+    f.write_text('{"mcpServers": {}}')
+    original = c.config_fingerprint(f)
+    original_mtime_ns = f.stat().st_mtime_ns
+
+    # Overwrite with materially different (larger) content, then force the
+    # mtime back to its original value -- simulating a same-second external
+    # write, or a writer that preserves mtime.
+    f.write_text('{"mcpServers": {"new-server": {"command": "node", "args": ["a", "b", "c"]}}}')
+    os.utime(f, ns=(original_mtime_ns, original_mtime_ns))
+
+    updated = c.config_fingerprint(f)
+    assert updated.mtime == original.mtime  # mtime alone would say "unchanged"
+    assert updated.size != original.size  # size catches what mtime missed
+    assert updated != original  # the fingerprint as a whole detects the change
+
+
 def test_external_change_summary_detects_non_server_key_change(tmp_path):
     cfgpath = tmp_path / "cfg.json"
     original = {"numStartups": 1, "mcpServers": {"s": {"command": "node"}}}