Common bacterial blight (CBB) disease limits dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production worldwide. Resistance quantitative trait loci (QTL) from tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray) have been used to develop dry bean lines with high levels of CBB resistance. This study examines the effects that two QTL from tepary bean BC420 (B) on chromosome Pv06 and SU91 (S) on Pv08 have on agronomic (seed yield and seed weight) and canning quality traits (water uptake, percentage washed drained weight [PWDWT], texture, and visual appearance). Sixteen small white dry bean near‐isogenic lines, representing four homozygous genotypes for the BC420 and SU91 QTL BBSS, bbSS, BBss, and bbss, the donor resistant parent Teebus‐BC5 (BBSS), and the recurrent susceptible parent ‘Teebus’ (bbss) were tested in replicated, inoculated and non‐inoculated field plots across five environments in South Africa. Plots were inoculated with a mixture of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli and X. fuscans sbsp. fuscans isolates. The BC420 and SU91 QTL did not cause a yield penalty in non‐inoculated plots in environments with low to no disease. SU91 provided yield protection under severe disease pressure, and both QTL in combination reduced disease severity score under moderate to high disease pressure. Seed weight was maintained in lines with the QTL under severe to moderate pressure and was unaffected by the QTL in low‐ to no‐disease environments. Water uptake was significantly reduced in genotypes with BC420 (BBSS, BBss) and likely influenced traits measured subsequently: lower PWDWT, firmer texture, and less attractive visual appearance, which contributed to a reduced canning quality overall. Deployment of BC420 and SU91 QTL can be safely recommended for control of CBB, as no agronomic penalty was observed in CBB‐free conditions, but canning quality should be closely monitored in lines with BC420 QTL.