diff --git a/changelog.d/7092-gc-test-copied-count.md b/changelog.d/7092-gc-test-copied-count.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+**GC test de-flaked on macOS** — `large_object_old_born_array_slot_write_keeps_young_child_alive` asserted an exact whole-nursery `copied_objects == 1`, which fails on hosts whose startup allocations stay reachable through the dirtied old page (4249 observed on macOS arm64, #7060). The child-specific relocation is already pinned by the `rewritten` asserts, so the exact count is now a lower bound. Test-only change; no runtime behavior affected.
diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/copying.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/copying.rs
index b6778abcc2..e4ada935d8 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/copying.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/copying.rs
@@ -1310,7 +1310,13 @@ fn large_object_old_born_array_slot_write_keeps_young_child_alive() {
     assert_copied_minor_trace(&trace, true, CopiedMinorFallbackReason::None, false);
     assert_ne!(rewritten, child);
     assert!(crate::arena::pointer_in_nursery(rewritten));
-    assert_eq!(trace.copying_nursery.copied_objects, 1);
+    assert!(
+        trace.copying_nursery.copied_objects >= 1,
+        "minor must copy at least the young child; copied_objects is a whole-process \
+         count and host startup can leave other young objects reachable through the \
+         dirtied old page (4249 observed on macOS arm64, #7060) — the child-specific \
+         relocation is pinned by the `rewritten` asserts above"
+    );
     assert!(
         remembered_set_size() > 0,
         "old-to-survivor edge must remain remembered after copied minor"