diff --git a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/EntityTest.cs b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/EntityTest.cs
index c82535dd36..59164972c7 100644
--- a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/EntityTest.cs
+++ b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/EntityTest.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using Robust.Shared.Map;
 using Robust.Shared.Maths;
 using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
 using Robust.Shared.Serialization.Manager.Attributes;
+using Robust.Shared.Spawners;
 
 namespace Content.IntegrationTests.Tests
 {
@@ -290,6 +291,8 @@ namespace Content.IntegrationTests.Tests
                     // If the entity deleted itself, check that it didn't spawn other entities
                     if (!server.EntMan.EntityExists(uid))
                     {
+                        await CleanupTransientEntities(pair, serverEntities);
+
                         Assert.That(Count(server.EntMan), Is.EqualTo(count), $"Server prototype {protoId} failed on deleting itself\n" +
                             BuildDiffString(serverEntities, Entities(server.EntMan), server.EntMan));
                         Assert.That(Count(client.EntMan), Is.EqualTo(clientCount), $"Client prototype {protoId} failed on deleting itself\n" +
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@ namespace Content.IntegrationTests.Tests
 
                     await server.WaitPost(() => server.EntMan.DeleteEntity(uid));
                     await pair.RunTicksSync(3);
+                    await CleanupTransientEntities(pair, serverEntities);
 
                     // Check that the number of entities has gone back to the original value.
                     Assert.That(Count(server.EntMan), Is.EqualTo(count), $"Server prototype {protoId} failed on deletion: count didn't reset properly\n" +
@@ -321,6 +325,33 @@ namespace Content.IntegrationTests.Tests
             });
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deletes any entities with <see cref="TimedDespawnComponent"/> that were not present in the baseline snapshot.
+        /// Some entities spawn transient side-effects on deletion (e.g. explosion visuals). These side-effect entities
+        /// use TimedDespawn and would persist across test iterations, corrupting baseline entity counts and causing
+        /// cascading assertion failures.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static async Task CleanupTransientEntities(Pair.TestPair pair, HashSet<EntityUid> baselineEntities)
+        {
+            var server = pair.Server;
+            await server.WaitPost(() =>
+            {
+                var toRemove = new List<EntityUid>();
+                var query = server.EntMan.AllEntityQueryEnumerator<TimedDespawnComponent>();
+                while (query.MoveNext(out var uid, out _))
+                {
+                    if (!baselineEntities.Contains(uid))
+                        toRemove.Add(uid);
+                }
+
+                foreach (var uid in toRemove)
+                {
+                    server.EntMan.DeleteEntity(uid);
+                }
+            });
+            await pair.RunTicksSync(3);
+        }
+
         private static string BuildDiffString(IEnumerable<EntityUid> oldEnts, IEnumerable<EntityUid> newEnts, IEntityManager entMan)
         {
             var sb = new StringBuilder();