diff --git a/src/tool/subcommands/api_cmd/test_snapshot.rs b/src/tool/subcommands/api_cmd/test_snapshot.rs
index 0edf43b4aed..5c88445fc32 100644
--- a/src/tool/subcommands/api_cmd/test_snapshot.rs
+++ b/src/tool/subcommands/api_cmd/test_snapshot.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,49 @@ fn backfill_eth_mappings(db: &MemoryDB, index: Option<Index>) -> anyhow::Result<
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// JSON fields filtered from both actual and expected responses
+/// before strict raw-JSON snapshot comparison, scoped to the methods whose
+/// responses actually contain them.
+fn fields_to_filter(method: &str) -> &'static [&'static str] {
+    match method {
+        // Skip time taken and duration as they are non-deterministic.
+        "Filecoin.StateCall" | "Filecoin.StateReplay" | "Filecoin.StateCompute" => {
+            &["Duration", "tt"]
+        }
+        // Skip `accessList` as it is known-divergent from Lotus.
+        // See <https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/issues/12214>.
+        "Filecoin.EthGetBlockByHash"
+        | "Filecoin.EthGetBlockByNumber"
+        | "Filecoin.EthGetTransactionByHash"
+        | "Filecoin.EthGetTransactionByHashLimited"
+        | "Filecoin.EthGetTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex"
+        | "Filecoin.EthGetTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex" => &["accessList"],
+        _ => &[],
+    }
+}
+
+/// Recursively filters `fields` from a JSON value so the strict raw-JSON
+/// snapshot comparison ignores them.
+fn filter_out_fields(value: &mut serde_json::Value, fields: &[&str]) {
+    if fields.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    match value {
+        serde_json::Value::Object(map) => {
+            for field in fields {
+                map.remove(*field);
+            }
+            for val in map.values_mut() {
+                filter_out_fields(val, fields);
+            }
+        }
+        serde_json::Value::Array(items) => {
+            items.iter_mut().for_each(|v| filter_out_fields(v, fields));
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
+}
+
 pub async fn run_test_from_snapshot(path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut run = false;
     let snapshot_bytes = std::fs::read(path)?;
@@ -135,22 +178,18 @@ pub async fn run_test_from_snapshot(path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             {
                 let params = <$ty>::parse_params(params_raw.clone(), ParamStructure::Either)
                     .context("failed to parse params")?;
-                let result = <$ty>::handle(ctx.clone(), params, &ext)
+                let mut result = <$ty>::handle(ctx.clone(), params, &ext)
                     .await
-                    .map(|r| {
-                        let lotus_json = r.into_lotus_json();
-                        // Normalize through the same serde round-trip the golden is read with
-                        // below, so a response Forest generated reproduces itself.
-                        // A more strict approach would be to compare JSONs directly, tracked in https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/issues/7313
-                        serde_json::to_value(&lotus_json)
-                            .and_then(serde_json::from_value)
-                            .unwrap_or(lotus_json)
-                    })
-                    .map_err(|e| e.deref().to_string());
-                let expected = match expected_response.clone() {
-                    Ok(v) => serde_json::from_value(v).map_err(|e| e.to_string()),
-                    Err(e) => Err(e),
-                };
+                    .map_err(|e| e.deref().to_string())
+                    .and_then(|r| r.into_lotus_json_value().map_err(|e| e.to_string()));
+                let mut expected = expected_response.clone();
+                let fields = fields_to_filter(<$ty>::NAME);
+                if let Ok(v) = result.as_mut() {
+                    filter_out_fields(v, fields);
+                }
+                if let Ok(v) = expected.as_mut() {
+                    filter_out_fields(v, fields);
+                }
                 pretty_assertions::assert_eq!(result, expected);
                 run = true;
             }
diff --git a/src/tool/subcommands/api_cmd/test_snapshots.txt b/src/tool/subcommands/api_cmd/test_snapshots.txt
index 38fca390f2b..6ed1df97207 100644
--- a/src/tool/subcommands/api_cmd/test_snapshots.txt
+++ b/src/tool/subcommands/api_cmd/test_snapshots.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ filecoin_chaingetfinalizedtipset_1776082510830037.rpcsnap.json.zst
 filecoin_chaingetgenesis_1736937286915866.rpcsnap.json.zst
 filecoin_chaingetmessage_1758734340836824.rpcsnap.json.zst
 filecoin_chaingetmessagesintipset_1758734696116136.rpcsnap.json.zst
-filecoin_chaingetparentmessages_1736937305551928.rpcsnap.json.zst
+filecoin_chaingetparentmessages_1783660760016875.rpcsnap.json.zst
 filecoin_chaingetparentreceipts_1736937305550289.rpcsnap.json.zst
 filecoin_chaingetpath_1736937942817384.rpcsnap.json.zst
 filecoin_chaingettipset_1736937942817675.rpcsnap.json.zst