diff --git a/manifests/dotnet.yml b/manifests/dotnet.yml
index 3e109f4b37f..4a2f1479cfe 100644
--- a/manifests/dotnet.yml
+++ b/manifests/dotnet.yml
@@ -676,8 +676,7 @@ manifest:
   tests/debugger/test_debugger_probe_status.py::Test_Debugger_Line_Probe_Statuses::test_probe_status_log_line_with_windows_path: bug (DEBUG-5108)
   tests/debugger/test_debugger_probe_status.py::Test_Debugger_Method_Probe_Statuses: v2.53.0
   tests/debugger/test_debugger_symdb.py::Test_Debugger_SymDb: v2.53.0
-  # TODO(andrei): un-skip when v3.44.0 is released
-  tests/debugger/test_debugger_symdb.py::Test_Debugger_SymDb::test_event_metadata: missing_feature (extended event schema not yet shipped)
+  tests/debugger/test_debugger_symdb.py::Test_Debugger_SymDb::test_event_metadata: v3.44.0
   tests/debugger/test_debugger_symdb.py::Test_Debugger_SymDb::test_symdb_upload:  # Modified by easy win activation script
     - declaration: bug (DEBUG-3298)
       component_version: <3.36.0
diff --git a/tests/debugger/utils.py b/tests/debugger/utils.py
index 04b29fb6e14..cd59c84a209 100644
--- a/tests/debugger/utils.py
+++ b/tests/debugger/utils.py
@@ -931,7 +931,8 @@ def _collect_symdb_upload_events(self):
         gzipped symbols attachment (collected by _collect_symbols) and a
         small JSON blob describing the upload (the "event" part). This
         populates self.symdb_upload_events with the parsed event JSON for
-        every captured upload, matched by Content-Disposition name="event".
+        every captured upload, matched by the Content-Disposition name
+        parameter equaling "event".
         """
         events: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
         raw_data = list(interfaces.library.get_data(_SYMBOLS_PATH))
@@ -942,7 +943,9 @@ def _collect_symdb_upload_events(self):
                 if not isinstance(part, dict):
                     continue
                 disposition = part.get("headers", {}).get("content-disposition", "")
-                if 'name="event"' not in disposition:
+                # Disposition arrives quoted from some tracers (Python) and
+                # unquoted from others (.NET); normalize before checking.
+                if "name=event" not in disposition.replace('"', ""):
                     continue
                 content = part.get("content")
                 if isinstance(content, dict):