diff --git a/tests/basic/test_repo.py b/tests/basic/test_repo.py
index 92d074b9a..ad727b24b 100644
--- a/tests/basic/test_repo.py
+++ b/tests/basic/test_repo.py
@@ -107,14 +107,24 @@ class TestRepo(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @patch("aider.repo.simple_send_with_retries")
     def test_get_commit_message(self, mock_send):
-        mock_send.return_value = "a good commit message"
+        mock_send.side_effect = ["", "a good commit message"]
 
-        repo = GitRepo(InputOutput(), None, None, models=[self.GPT35])
+        model1 = Model("gpt-3.5-turbo")
+        model2 = Model("gpt-4")
+        repo = GitRepo(InputOutput(), None, None, models=[model1, model2])
+        
         # Call the get_commit_message method with dummy diff and context
         result = repo.get_commit_message("dummy diff", "dummy context")
 
-        # Assert that the returned message is the expected one
+        # Assert that the returned message is the expected one from the second model
         self.assertEqual(result, "a good commit message")
+        
+        # Check that simple_send_with_retries was called twice
+        self.assertEqual(mock_send.call_count, 2)
+        
+        # Check that it was called with the correct model names
+        mock_send.assert_any_call(model1.name, mock_send.call_args[0][1])
+        mock_send.assert_any_call(model2.name, mock_send.call_args[0][1])
 
     @patch("aider.repo.simple_send_with_retries")
     def test_get_commit_message_strip_quotes(self, mock_send):