diff --git a/program-tests/compressed-token-test/tests/light_token/extensions_failing.rs b/program-tests/compressed-token-test/tests/light_token/extensions_failing.rs
index 9291e7facf..7b70820bc4 100644
--- a/program-tests/compressed-token-test/tests/light_token/extensions_failing.rs
+++ b/program-tests/compressed-token-test/tests/light_token/extensions_failing.rs
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ async fn test_spl_to_ctoken_fails_when_mint_paused() {
         .rpc
         .create_and_send_transaction(&[transfer_ix], &payer.pubkey(), &[&payer])
         .await;
-    // fails because of token 2022 check Transferring, minting, and burning is paused on this mint
-    assert_rpc_error(result, 0, 67).unwrap();
+    // Fails in Light Token program with MintPaused (6127) before SPL transfer
+    assert_rpc_error(result, 0, 6127).unwrap();
     println!("Correctly rejected SPL→Light Token when mint is paused");
 }
 
diff --git a/program-tests/compressed-token-test/tests/token_pool.rs b/program-tests/compressed-token-test/tests/token_pool.rs
index 46ab70219b..36fe4ade03 100644
--- a/program-tests/compressed-token-test/tests/token_pool.rs
+++ b/program-tests/compressed-token-test/tests/token_pool.rs
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ async fn failing_tests_add_token_pool() {
             )
             .unwrap();
         }
-        // 4. failing invalid mint - now fails with ConstraintSeeds because mint validation
-        // happens after PDA derivation (mint changed from InterfaceAccount to AccountInfo)
+        // 4. failing invalid mint - fails with InvalidMint because restricted_seed() is called
+        // in the seeds constraint and tries to parse mint data before PDA derivation check
         {
             let result = add_token_pool(
                 &mut rpc,
@@ -391,12 +391,7 @@ async fn failing_tests_add_token_pool() {
                 FailingTestsAddTokenPool::InvalidMint,
             )
             .await;
-            assert_rpc_error(
-                result,
-                0,
-                anchor_lang::error::ErrorCode::ConstraintSeeds.into(),
-            )
-            .unwrap();
+            assert_rpc_error(result, 0, ErrorCode::InvalidMint.into()).unwrap();
         }
         // 5. failing inconsistent mints
         {
diff --git a/program-tests/justfile b/program-tests/justfile
index b63c5fcdaa..b305eec372 100644
--- a/program-tests/justfile
+++ b/program-tests/justfile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ test-system-cpi-v2-functional-account-infos:
     RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo test-sbf -p system-cpi-v2-test -- functional_account_infos
 
 # Compressed token tests
-test-compressed-token: test-compressed-token-unit test-compressed-token-v1 test-compressed-token-mint test-compressed-token-light-token test-compressed-token-transfer2
+test-compressed-token: test-compressed-token-unit test-compressed-token-v1 test-compressed-token-mint test-compressed-token-light-token test-compressed-token-transfer2 test-compressed-token-token-pool
 
 test-compressed-token-unit:
     RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo test -p light-compressed-token
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ test-compressed-token-light-token:
 test-compressed-token-transfer2:
     RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo test-sbf -p compressed-token-test --test transfer2
 
+test-compressed-token-token-pool:
+    RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo test-sbf -p compressed-token-test --test token_pool
+
 # Compressed token batched tree test (flaky, may need retries)
 test-compressed-token-batched-tree:
     RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo test-sbf -p compressed-token-test -- test_transfer_with_photon_and_batched_tree
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ ci-system-address: test-system-address test-e2e test-e2e-extended test-compresse
 ci-system-compression: test-system-compression test-system-re-init
 
 # Matches CI: compressed-token-and-e2e
-ci-compressed-token-and-e2e: test-compressed-token-unit test-compressed-token-v1 test-compressed-token-mint
+ci-compressed-token-and-e2e: test-compressed-token-unit test-compressed-token-v1 test-compressed-token-mint test-compressed-token-token-pool
 
 # Matches CI: compressed-token-batched-tree (with retry for flaky test)
 ci-compressed-token-batched-tree:
diff --git a/programs/compressed-token/program/src/compressed_token/transfer2/compression/mod.rs b/programs/compressed-token/program/src/compressed_token/transfer2/compression/mod.rs
index 95e1beb9cf..41031ee92d 100644
--- a/programs/compressed-token/program/src/compressed_token/transfer2/compression/mod.rs
+++ b/programs/compressed-token/program/src/compressed_token/transfer2/compression/mod.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ pub fn process_token_compression<'a>(
                         return Err(ErrorCode::CompressedOnlyRequiresCTokenDecompress.into());
                     }
 
+                    // Enforce extension state for SPL compress (paused, non-zero fees, non-nil hook).
+                    // Decompress bypasses because it's exiting compressed state.
+                    if compression.mode.is_compress() {
+                        mint_checks.enforce_extension_state()?;
+                    }
+
                     // Propagate whether mint is restricted to enable correct derivation of the spl interface pda.
                     let is_restricted = mint_checks.has_restricted_extensions;
                     spl::process_spl_compressions(