diff --git a/frontend/lib/resolution/Resolver.cpp b/frontend/lib/resolution/Resolver.cpp
index 0d7396096a17..abd856a02108 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/resolution/Resolver.cpp
+++ b/frontend/lib/resolution/Resolver.cpp
@@ -5438,6 +5438,13 @@ getDecoratedClassForNew(Context* context, const New* node,
 
   switch (node->management()) {
     case New::DEFAULT_MANAGEMENT:
+      // Management might've been provided for us already; otherwise
+      // fall back to the default: 'owned'.
+      if (!classType->decorator().isUnknownManagement())
+        break;
+
+      // Fall through to 'owned' management.
+
     case New::OWNED:
       decorator = ClassTypeDecorator(ClassTypeDecorator::MANAGED);
       manager = AnyOwnedType::get(context);
diff --git a/frontend/lib/resolution/default-functions.cpp b/frontend/lib/resolution/default-functions.cpp
index e813d8bd50bd..cef45d7ad52f 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/resolution/default-functions.cpp
+++ b/frontend/lib/resolution/default-functions.cpp
@@ -946,17 +946,21 @@ generateRecordBinaryOperator(Context* context, UniqueString op,
 
 static const TypedFnSignature*
 generateRecordAssignment(Context* context, const CompositeType* lhsType) {
+  // rhs used to be 'maybe const' but now 'const' is default.
+  //
+  // TODO: it's possible that we need to compute the dyno equivalent of
+  //       FLAG_COPY_MUTATES to get the right constness here.
   return generateRecordBinaryOperator(context, USTR("="), lhsType,
-                                      /*this*/ QualifiedType::CONST_REF,
-                                      /*lhs*/  QualifiedType::CONST_REF,
-                                      /*rhs*/  QualifiedType::CONST_REF);
+                                      /*this*/ QualifiedType::TYPE,
+                                      /*lhs*/  QualifiedType::REF,
+                                      /*rhs*/  QualifiedType::CONST_REF );
 }
 
 static const TypedFnSignature*
 generateRecordComparison(Context* context, const CompositeType* lhsType) {
   return generateRecordBinaryOperator(context, USTR("=="), lhsType,
-                                      /*this*/ QualifiedType::REF,
-                                      /*lhs*/  QualifiedType::REF,
+                                      /*this*/ QualifiedType::TYPE,
+                                      /*lhs*/  QualifiedType::CONST_REF,
                                       /*rhs*/  QualifiedType::CONST_REF);
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/test/resolution/testNew.cpp b/frontend/test/resolution/testNew.cpp
index aa416f7f39b4..664fb4d0fe6a 100644
--- a/frontend/test/resolution/testNew.cpp
+++ b/frontend/test/resolution/testNew.cpp
@@ -1040,6 +1040,23 @@ static void testUserGenericNew() {
   assert(guard.realizeErrors() == 1);
 }
 
+static void testExplicitManagementNew() {
+  auto ctx = buildStdContext();
+  ErrorGuard guard(ctx);
+
+  auto var = resolveTypeOfXInit(ctx,
+      R"""(
+      class C{}
+
+      proc getType() type do return unmanaged C;
+
+      var x = new (getType())();
+      )""");
+
+  assert(var.type()->isClassType());
+  assert(var.type()->toClassType()->decorator().isUnmanaged());
+}
+
 
 int main() {
   testEmptyRecordUserInit();
@@ -1056,6 +1073,7 @@ int main() {
   testCompilerGeneratedGenericNewClass();
   testSimpleUserGenericNew();
   testUserGenericNew();
+  testExplicitManagementNew();
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/test/resolution/testOperatorOverloads.cpp b/frontend/test/resolution/testOperatorOverloads.cpp
index cf746177dd11..80f79d04a84b 100644
--- a/frontend/test/resolution/testOperatorOverloads.cpp
+++ b/frontend/test/resolution/testOperatorOverloads.cpp
@@ -230,10 +230,12 @@ static void test4() {
         var x : int;
       }
 
-      var a : R;
-      var b : R;
-
-      var x = a == b;
+      proc foo() {
+        const a : R;
+        const b : R;
+        return a == b;
+      }
+      var x = foo();
     )"""";
 
   QualifiedType initType = resolveTypeOfXInit(context, program);