diff --git a/backend/app/schemas/test.py b/backend/app/schemas/test.py
index df7b276..ef68534 100644
--- a/backend/app/schemas/test.py
+++ b/backend/app/schemas/test.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, model_validator
 
 from app.domain.enums import DataClassification
 from app.models.enums import TestResult, TestState
@@ -173,9 +173,16 @@ class TestOut(BaseModel):
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
 
+    @model_validator(mode="before")
     @classmethod
-    def model_validate(cls, obj, **kwargs):
-        """Override to populate technique and evidence fields from ORM relationships.
+    def _populate_derived_fields(cls, obj):
+        """Populate technique and evidence fields from ORM relationships.
+
+        Uses ``@model_validator(mode='before')`` so it is called by Pydantic's
+        internal Rust validation pipeline, including FastAPI's TypeAdapter path.
+        A plain ``model_validate`` classmethod override is **not** invoked by
+        FastAPI's response serialisation in Pydantic v2 — only registered
+        validators are guaranteed to run.
 
         Evidences are only processed when the relationship was **explicitly loaded**
         (via joinedload or prior access).  Accessing ``obj.evidences`` blindly on a
@@ -185,12 +192,19 @@ class TestOut(BaseModel):
         the relationship is unloaded and we leave the lists empty (the frontend
         invalidates and refetches the detail endpoint, which *does* joinload).
         """
-        if hasattr(obj, "technique") and obj.technique is not None:
-            obj.__dict__["technique_mitre_id"] = obj.technique.mitre_id
-            obj.__dict__["technique_name"] = obj.technique.name
+        if not hasattr(obj, "__dict__"):
+            return obj
+
+        # Technique info (lazy-load is fine here: session is still open on GET)
+        try:
+            if hasattr(obj, "technique") and obj.technique is not None:
+                obj.__dict__["technique_mitre_id"] = obj.technique.mitre_id
+                obj.__dict__["technique_name"] = obj.technique.name
+        except Exception:
+            pass  # DetachedInstanceError or similar — leave technique fields None
 
         # Only split evidences when they are already in memory (loaded via joinedload)
-        raw_evs = obj.__dict__.get("evidences") if hasattr(obj, "__dict__") else None
+        raw_evs = obj.__dict__.get("evidences")
         if raw_evs is not None:
             red_evs: list[EvidenceOut] = []
             blue_evs: list[EvidenceOut] = []
@@ -213,4 +227,4 @@ class TestOut(BaseModel):
             obj.__dict__["red_evidences"] = red_evs
             obj.__dict__["blue_evidences"] = blue_evs
 
-        return super().model_validate(obj, **kwargs)
+        return obj
diff --git a/backend/app/services/test_crud_service.py b/backend/app/services/test_crud_service.py
index 3e8e65b..92027c4 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/test_crud_service.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/test_crud_service.py
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ def create_test_from_template(
 
 
 def get_test_detail(db: Session, test_id: uuid.UUID) -> Test:
-    """Fetch a test with evidences eager-loaded.
+    """Fetch a test with evidences and technique eager-loaded.
 
     Raises EntityNotFoundError if the test does not exist.
     """
     test = (
         db.query(Test)
-        .options(joinedload(Test.evidences))
+        .options(joinedload(Test.evidences), joinedload(Test.technique))
         .filter(Test.id == test_id)
         .first()
     )