diff --git a/src/foundation/src/Application.php b/src/foundation/src/Application.php
index 6b1b02105..9d5ca143e 100644
--- a/src/foundation/src/Application.php
+++ b/src/foundation/src/Application.php
@@ -45,6 +45,24 @@ class Application extends Container implements ApplicationContract, CachesConfig
      */
     public const VERSION = '0.4';
 
+    /**
+     * The default bootstrap sequence for the application.
+     *
+     * Shared by the HTTP and console kernels and by the testing
+     * infrastructure so the boot paths cannot drift apart.
+     *
+     * @var array<int, class-string>
+     */
+    public const DEFAULT_BOOTSTRAPPERS = [
+        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\LoadEnvironmentVariables::class,
+        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\LoadConfiguration::class,
+        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions::class,
+        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\RegisterFacades::class,
+        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\RegisterProviders::class,
+        \Hypervel\Di\Bootstrap\GenerateProxies::class,
+        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\BootProviders::class,
+    ];
+
     /**
      * The base path for the Hypervel installation.
      */
diff --git a/src/foundation/src/Console/Kernel.php b/src/foundation/src/Console/Kernel.php
index d42b37f17..be918e7de 100644
--- a/src/foundation/src/Console/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/foundation/src/Console/Kernel.php
@@ -88,15 +88,7 @@ class Kernel implements KernelContract
     /**
      * The console application bootstrappers.
      */
-    protected array $bootstrappers = [
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\LoadEnvironmentVariables::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\LoadConfiguration::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\RegisterFacades::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\RegisterProviders::class,
-        \Hypervel\Di\Bootstrap\GenerateProxies::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\BootProviders::class,
-    ];
+    protected array $bootstrappers = \Hypervel\Foundation\Application::DEFAULT_BOOTSTRAPPERS;
 
     public function __construct(
         protected ContainerContract $app,
diff --git a/src/foundation/src/Http/Kernel.php b/src/foundation/src/Http/Kernel.php
index 02ec963dc..6eafcc662 100644
--- a/src/foundation/src/Http/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/foundation/src/Http/Kernel.php
@@ -42,15 +42,7 @@ class Kernel implements KernelContract
      *
      * @var string[]
      */
-    protected array $bootstrappers = [
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\LoadEnvironmentVariables::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\LoadConfiguration::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\RegisterFacades::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\RegisterProviders::class,
-        \Hypervel\Di\Bootstrap\GenerateProxies::class,
-        \Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\BootProviders::class,
-    ];
+    protected array $bootstrappers = \Hypervel\Foundation\Application::DEFAULT_BOOTSTRAPPERS;
 
     /**
      * The application's middleware stack.
diff --git a/src/foundation/src/Testing/TestCase.php b/src/foundation/src/Testing/TestCase.php
index 8be81ffb1..f6b863bd6 100644
--- a/src/foundation/src/Testing/TestCase.php
+++ b/src/foundation/src/Testing/TestCase.php
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ protected function setUp(): void
     protected function refreshApplication(): void
     {
         $this->app = $this->createApplication();
+
+        // Bootstrap the freshly-created app for the test context. Without this the
+        // bootstrappers (RegisterFacades, RegisterProviders, BootProviders, …) never
+        // run in tests — only on the HTTP/console boot path — so the facade root is
+        // never bound and the very next facade call in setUp fails. HandleExceptions is
+        // deliberately omitted so PHPUnit (not the app's Swoole error handler) reports failures.
+        if (! $this->app->hasBeenBootstrapped()) {
+            $this->app->bootstrapWith(array_values(array_diff(
+                Application::DEFAULT_BOOTSTRAPPERS,
+                [\Hypervel\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions::class],
+            )));
+        }
     }
 
     /**