diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/notyetpassing/eval-okay-nested-assertions.exp b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/notyetpassing/eval-okay-nested-assertions.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c508d5366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/notyetpassing/eval-okay-nested-assertions.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+false
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/notyetpassing/eval-okay-nested-assertions.nix b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/notyetpassing/eval-okay-nested-assertions.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0397e268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/notyetpassing/eval-okay-nested-assertions.nix
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+(builtins.tryEval (assert (assert false; true); true)).success