diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 8aaa540..bca072c 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -176,6 +176,29 @@ def _clear_orphan_undo_stacks():
             pass
 
 
+def _dispose_new_views(before):
+    """Delete, with Qt, every parentless `DiagramView` this test built.
+
+    A shown canvas left to `gc.collect()` has its scene, items and custom
+    cursors torn down in whatever order the collector reaches them, which
+    segfaulted CI in the hygiene's own collection. Closing it and draining
+    its `DeferredDelete` lets Qt free it in its own (safe) order. Views that
+    existed before the test (module- or class-scoped fixtures) are left
+    alone, and so are views inside a window (`_reap` deletes those); a view
+    a fixture already deleted is skipped."""
+    from shiboken6 import isValid
+    mine = [v for v in list(_views) if v not in before]
+    for view in mine:
+        try:
+            if isValid(view) and view.parent() is None:
+                view.close()
+                view.deleteLater()
+        except RuntimeError:  # the C++ view is already gone
+            pass
+    if mine:
+        QApplication.sendPostedEvents(None, QEvent.Type.DeferredDelete)
+
+
 def _reap():
     """Delete stale top-level windows and force their pending deletion.
 
@@ -325,6 +348,7 @@ def _test_hygiene(request):
     # Qt window reaping is only meaningful for tests that can create windows; skipping it for
     # engine tests removes a `processEvents()` round-trip from ~1,000 tests.
     is_gui = request.node.get_closest_marker("gui") is not None
+    views_before: weakref.WeakSet[DiagramView] = weakref.WeakSet(_views)
     if is_gui:
         _reap()
     # Watchdog: dump all thread stacks if a test runs past its timeout. A
@@ -347,6 +371,7 @@ def _test_hygiene(request):
     if is_gui:
         ThemeManager.instance()._callbacks.clear()
         _clear_orphan_undo_stacks()
+        _dispose_new_views(views_before)
         _reap()
         # Collect now, on the thread that owns Qt. A reference cycle left
         # holding Qt objects is otherwise freed by whichever thread next
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_start_to_end_and_units.py b/tests/unit/test_start_to_end_and_units.py
index cf6502a..68de429 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_start_to_end_and_units.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_start_to_end_and_units.py
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ class TestDistroEditorUnitConversion:
     the SHOWN unit, like every parameter field in the same form."""
 
     @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-    def qapp(self):
+    @classmethod
+    def qapp(cls):
         import os
         os.environ.setdefault("QT_QPA_PLATFORM", "offscreen")
         from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_view_disposal_hygiene.py b/tests/unit/test_view_disposal_hygiene.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc3bc11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_view_disposal_hygiene.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+"""The per-test hygiene deletes the canvases a test built, with Qt.
+
+A shown `DiagramView` left to the cyclic collector segfaulted CI inside
+`gc.collect()`; `_dispose_new_views` (tests/conftest.py) frees it in Qt's
+own order instead.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import weakref
+
+from PySide6.QtCore import QEvent
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget
+from shiboken6 import isValid
+
+from raptor.gui.ui.diagram import DiagramView
+from tests.conftest import _dispose_new_views, _views
+
+
+def _app():
+    return QApplication.instance() or QApplication([])
+
+
+def test_a_view_built_after_the_snapshot_is_deleted():
+    _app()
+    before = weakref.WeakSet(_views)
+    v = DiagramView()
+    v.show()
+    _dispose_new_views(before)
+    assert not isValid(v)
+
+
+def test_a_view_that_existed_before_is_left_alone():
+    _app()
+    v = DiagramView()
+    try:
+        _dispose_new_views(weakref.WeakSet(_views))   # v is in the snapshot
+        assert isValid(v)
+    finally:
+        v.deleteLater()
+
+
+def test_a_view_inside_a_window_is_left_to_the_window():
+    _app()
+    before = weakref.WeakSet(_views)
+    host = QWidget()
+    v = DiagramView(host)
+    try:
+        _dispose_new_views(before)
+        assert isValid(v)
+    finally:
+        host.deleteLater()
+
+
+def test_a_view_a_fixture_already_deleted_is_skipped():
+    _app()
+    before = weakref.WeakSet(_views)
+    v = DiagramView()
+    v.deleteLater()
+    QApplication.sendPostedEvents(None, QEvent.Type.DeferredDelete)
+    _dispose_new_views(before)                # must not raise