diff --git a/tests/api/routes/compute/test_docker_nodes.py b/tests/api/routes/compute/test_docker_nodes.py
index 40cb31679..c706f34b3 100644
--- a/tests/api/routes/compute/test_docker_nodes.py
+++ b/tests/api/routes/compute/test_docker_nodes.py
@@ -226,6 +226,31 @@ class TestDockerNodesRoutes:
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED
         assert response.json()["type"] == "nio_udp"
 
+    async def test_docker_nio_create_bridge_requires_the_field_but_takes_null(
+        self, app: FastAPI, compute_client: AsyncClient, vm: dict
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        BridgeNIO.bridge is required-but-nullable: an omitted key is a 422
+        (the NIO factories read it, and the routes drop unset fields — an
+        omitted key used to pass validation and die as a KeyError during
+        binding), while an explicit null is the absorbed-link shape.
+        """
+
+        url = app.url_path_for(
+            "compute:create_docker_node_nio",
+            project_id=vm["project_id"],
+            node_id=vm["node_id"],
+            adapter_number="0",
+            port_number="0",
+        )
+
+        response = await compute_client.post(url, json={"type": "nio_bridge"})
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT
+
+        response = await compute_client.post(url, json={"type": "nio_bridge", "bridge": None})
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED
+        assert response.json()["bridge"] is None
+
     async def test_docker_nio_batch_create(self, app: FastAPI, compute_client: AsyncClient, vm: dict) -> None:
         """
         Exercise the project-wide batch NIO endpoint: bind two NIOs on the same
diff --git a/tests/compute/docker/test_docker_kernel_datapath.py b/tests/compute/docker/test_docker_kernel_datapath.py
index 853c1999a..def336b51 100644
--- a/tests/compute/docker/test_docker_kernel_datapath.py
+++ b/tests/compute/docker/test_docker_kernel_datapath.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from gns3server.compute.docker import Docker
 from gns3server.compute.docker.docker_error import DockerError, DockerHttp404Error
 from gns3server.compute.docker.docker_vm import DockerVM
 from gns3server.compute.nios.nio_bridge import NIOBridge
-from gns3server.compute.ubridge.ubridge_error import UbridgeError
+from gns3server.compute.ubridge.ubridge_error import UbridgeError, UbridgeNamespaceError
 from tests.utils import AsyncioMagicMock
 
 BRIDGE = "gns3a1b2c3d4e5f"
@@ -261,6 +261,32 @@ async def test_add_ubridge_kernel_connection_cleans_up_on_failure(vm):
     assert (0, 0) not in vm._kernel_veths
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_create_veth_cleans_up_when_the_namespace_move_fails(vm):
+    """
+    ``move_to_ns`` failing (the container died between create and move)
+    raises UbridgeNamespaceError — and must take the same cleanup path as
+    any other failure: the old branch re-raised before the delete_veth,
+    leaving the half-created pair behind until the next start's sweep.
+    """
+
+    vm._ubridge_hypervisor = MagicMock()
+    vm._namespace = 42
+
+    async def failing_send(command):
+        if command.startswith("docker move_to_ns"):
+            raise UbridgeError("Could not move interface: No such process")
+
+    vm._ubridge_send = AsyncioMagicMock(side_effect=failing_send)
+
+    with pytest.raises(UbridgeNamespaceError):
+        await vm._create_veth(0)
+
+    host_ifc, _ = vm._veth_names(0, 0)
+    vm._ubridge_send.assert_any_call(f'docker delete_veth "{host_ifc}"')
+    assert vm._kernel_veths == {}
+
+
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