diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ReplaceStringConcatenationWithStringValueOfTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ReplaceStringConcatenationWithStringValueOfTest.java
index 9a341a68e..0b510d0c7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ReplaceStringConcatenationWithStringValueOfTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/ReplaceStringConcatenationWithStringValueOfTest.java
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.ExpectedToFail;
 import org.openrewrite.DocumentExample;
 import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
 import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+import org.openrewrite.test.TypeValidation;
 
 import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.java;
 
@@ -323,5 +325,40 @@ void method() {
               )
             );
         }
+
+        @ExpectedToFail("visitParentheses unwraps pre-existing (String.valueOf(..)) even when no concatenation was rewritten")
+        @Test
+        void doNotChangeParenthesizedValueOfWithoutConcatenation() {
+            rewriteRun(
+              //language=java
+              java(
+                """
+                  class Test {
+                      String method(Object o) {
+                          return (String.valueOf(o));
+                      }
+                  }
+                  """
+              )
+            );
+        }
+
+        @ExpectedToFail("Operand without type attribution is still rewritten; not value-preserving if it is really a char[]")
+        @Test
+        void doNotChangeWhenOperandTypeIsMissing() {
+            rewriteRun(
+              spec -> spec.typeValidationOptions(TypeValidation.none()),
+              //language=java
+              java(
+                """
+                  class Test {
+                      String method(Unresolved holder) {
+                          return "" + holder.chars();
+                      }
+                  }
+                  """
+              )
+            );
+        }
     }
 }