diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-update-snapshots.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-update-snapshots.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cadc24a5..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-update-snapshots.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-name: Playwright — Update snapshots
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  update-snapshots:
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: tests/e2e
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Install Rust toolchain
-      uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-
-    - name: Cache Rust build
-      uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-      with:
-        node-version: lts/*
-
-    - name: Install Node dependencies
-      run: npm ci
-
-    - name: Build OxiCloud (release)
-      working-directory: .
-      run: cargo build --release
-
-    - name: Install Playwright browsers
-      run: npx playwright install --with-deps
-
-    - name: Update snapshots
-      run: npm test -- --update-snapshots=all
-      env:
-        BUILD_TARGET: release
-
-    - name: Commit updated snapshots
-      uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
-      with:
-        commit_message: "test(e2e): update playwright linux snapshots"
-        file_pattern: "tests/e2e/scenarios/**/*-linux.png"
diff --git a/tests/common/server.env b/tests/common/server.env
index 2a0c4118..e11410b5 100644
--- a/tests/common/server.env
+++ b/tests/common/server.env
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 
 DATABASE_URL=postgres://oxicloud_test:oxicloud_test@localhost:5433/oxicloud_test
 OXICLOUD_DB_CONNECTION_STRING=postgres://oxicloud_test:oxicloud_test@localhost:5433/oxicloud_test
-OXICLOUD_STATIC_PATH=./static
+# `OXICLOUD_STATIC_PATH` intentionally NOT set — every remaining
+# test suite either serves the built SvelteKit SPA from
+# `static-dist/` (coverage suite via `start-server-spa.sh`) or
+# doesn't need static assets at all (Hurl API / WebDAV / CalDAV
+# suites). The legacy `./static` vanilla frontend was retired.
 OXICLOUD_JWT_SECRET=test-secret-do-not-use-in-prod-minimum-32-chars
 OXICLOUD_ENABLE_AUTH=true
 OXICLOUD_ENABLE_TRASH=true
diff --git a/tests/e2e/package.json b/tests/e2e/package.json
index 67701d96..fb376e8a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/package.json
+++ b/tests/e2e/package.json
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "pretest": "bash ../common/spawn-db.sh",
-    "test": "FORCE_COLOR=true npx playwright test scenarios/01-home-and-login.spec.ts scenarios/02-folder-management.spec.ts",
-    "posttest": "bash ../common/stop-db.sh",
-    "test:containers": "OXICLOUD_E2E_CONTAINERS=1 FORCE_COLOR=true npx playwright test -c playwright.containers.config.ts",
     "build:spa": "cd ../../frontend && COVERAGE=1 VITE_E2E=1 npm run build",
     "test:coverage": "FORCE_COLOR=true npx playwright test -c playwright.coverage.config.ts",
     "coverage:report": "node coverage-report.cjs e2e",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts b/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 59fa353c..00000000
--- a/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';
-import * as path from 'path';
-import { loadEnv } from './load-env';
-
-const startScript = path.join(__dirname, 'start-server.sh');
-
-const commonEnv = loadEnv(path.join(__dirname, '../common/server.env'));
-
-console.log(`starting playwright with env BUILD_TARGET=${process.env.BUILD_TARGET ?? "debug"}`);
-
-const workspace=process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE ?? path.join(__dirname, '../..');
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  testDir: './scenarios',
-  fullyParallel: false,
-  forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
-  retries: 0,
-  workers: 1,
-  reporter: process.env.CI ? [['line'], ['github'], ['html']] : [ ['list'], ['html']],
-
-  globalSetup: require.resolve('./global-setup'),
-  globalTeardown: require.resolve('./global-teardown'),
-
-  use: {
-    // 127.0.0.1, not `localhost`: the server binds IPv4 (127.0.0.1:8087) and
-    // on CI runners `localhost` resolves to ::1 (IPv6) first, so requests get
-    // ECONNREFUSED and the webServer readiness check below times out.
-    baseURL: 'http://127.0.0.1:8087',
-    trace: 'on-first-retry',
-    headless: true,
-    // take a screenshot on failure
-    screenshot: 'only-on-failure',
-    // Tile/file rows expose a `data-testid` of the item name (kept only in e2e
-    // builds via VITE_E2E); makes getByTestId + codegen prefer stable selectors.
-    testIdAttribute: 'data-testid',
-  },
-
-  expect: {
-    toHaveScreenshot: { maxDiffPixelRatio: 0.01 },
-  },
-
-  projects: [
-    {
-      name: 'chromium',
-      use: { ...devices['Desktop Chrome'] },
-    },
-  ],
-
-  webServer: {
-    command: process.env.BUILD_TARGET
-      ? `bash "${startScript}" "${workspace}/target/${process.env.BUILD_TARGET}/oxicloud"`
-      : `bash "${startScript}" cargo run`,
-    // Poll the dedicated readiness probe, not `/`: `/ready` returns 200 as soon
-    // as the DB pool is live, whereas `/` depends on the SPA build being present
-    // and can 404 (Playwright only treats 2xx/3xx/400-403 as "ready").
-    url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8087/ready',
-    timeout: 600_000,
-    reuseExistingServer: false,
-    cwd: '../..',
-    stdout: 'inherit',
-    stderr: 'inherit',
-    env: {
-      ...commonEnv,
-      OXICLOUD_SERVER_PORT: '8087',
-      OXICLOUD_STORAGE_PATH: './tests/e2e/storage',
-      // Verbose startup so a CI webServer-readiness timeout shows where the
-      // server stalls (DB connect, migrations, bind) instead of nothing.
-      RUST_LOG: 'info,oxicloud=debug,sqlx=warn,tower_http=info',
-      // OPAQUE + DPoP inherited from `../common/server.env`:
-      //   OXICLOUD_AUTH_OPAQUE_MODE=migrate  (Phase 2 silent-migration
-      //     on first legacy login, Phase 4 refusal thereafter)
-      //   OXICLOUD_DPOP_MODE=required        (verify every proof;
-      //     unbound sessions still exempt per Gate 5 design)
-      //
-      // Known failure surfaces under `DPOP=required`:
-      //   * Node-side `page.request.*` helpers can't sign proofs
-      //     → 401 on state-changing calls. Task #47 rewrites those
-      //     through `page.evaluate` so signing happens in-browser.
-      //   * Browser-direct content GETs (img src, a href, video src)
-      //     also can't sign — Gate C content-serve allowlist in
-      //     `middleware/dpop.rs` exempts the known paths.
-    },
-  },
-});
diff --git a/tests/e2e/playwright.containers.config.ts b/tests/e2e/playwright.containers.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d79b26d..00000000
--- a/tests/e2e/playwright.containers.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';
-import * as os from 'os';
-
-/**
- * Testcontainers e2e config (Option D): every worker boots its own isolated
- * DB + OxiCloud app container (Svelte SPA baked in) via the worker-scoped
- * `stack` fixture in `scenarios/helpers.ts`.
- *
- * Differences from `playwright.config.ts` (legacy single-server flow):
- *   - No `webServer`     — the app is a container started per worker.
- *   - No `globalSetup`   — each worker seeds its own admin in the fixture.
- *   - No `use.baseURL`   — the fixture supplies a per-worker random port.
- *   - `fullyParallel` + N workers — stacks are fully isolated, so parallel.
- *
- * Run with: OXICLOUD_E2E_CONTAINERS=1 playwright test -c playwright.containers.config.ts
- * Set $OXICLOUD_IMAGE to a prebuilt tag to skip the per-run Dockerfile build.
- */
-export default defineConfig({
-  testDir: './scenarios',
-  // The recorder harnesses in scenarios/codegen/ call page.pause() and are run
-  // only via `just front-codegen` (playwright.codegen.config.ts) — never as
-  // part of the e2e suite.
-  testIgnore: ['**/codegen/**'],
-  fullyParallel: true,
-  forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
-  retries: 0,
-  // One DB + one app container per worker — cap so we don't exhaust Docker.
-  workers: process.env.CI ? 2 : Math.max(1, Math.floor(os.cpus().length / 4)),
-  // Real container app is slower than a local cargo process; give actions room.
-  timeout: 60_000,
-  reporter: process.env.CI ? [['line'], ['github'], ['html']] : [['list'], ['html']],
-
-  use: {
-    trace: 'on-first-retry',
-    headless: true,
-    screenshot: 'only-on-failure',
-    // Tile/file rows expose a `data-testid` of the item name (kept only in e2e
-    // builds via VITE_E2E); makes getByTestId + codegen prefer stable selectors.
-    testIdAttribute: 'data-testid',
-    // On NixOS (and other distros where Playwright's downloaded chromium can't
-    // run due to the generic dynamic linker), point at a system/Nix chromium
-    // via PW_CHROMIUM_PATH. Unset → use Playwright's bundled browser (CI).
-    launchOptions: process.env.PW_CHROMIUM_PATH
-      ? { executablePath: process.env.PW_CHROMIUM_PATH }
-      : {},
-  },
-
-  expect: {
-    toHaveScreenshot: { maxDiffPixelRatio: 0.01 },
-  },
-
-  projects: [
-    {
-      name: 'chromium',
-      use: { ...devices['Desktop Chrome'] },
-    },
-  ],
-});
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scenarios/01-home-and-login.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/scenarios/01-home-and-login.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 62705c12..00000000
--- a/tests/e2e/scenarios/01-home-and-login.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
-import { test, goToLoginPage, loginAsAdmin, TEST_ADMIN } from './helpers';
-
-test('has OxiCloud title', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto('/');
-  await expect(page).toHaveTitle(/OxiCloud/);
-});
-
-test('language selector > choose EN > reach login page', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto('/');
-
-  await expect(page.locator('#language-panel')).toBeVisible();
-  await expect(page.getByText('Select your language to continue')).toBeVisible();
-  await expect(page.locator('#lang-picker-name')).toHaveText('English');
-
-  await expect(page.locator('#language-panel')).toHaveScreenshot('language-selector.png');
-
-  await page.locator('#language-continue').click();
-
-  await expect(page.locator('#login-panel')).toBeVisible();
-  await expect(page.locator('#language-panel')).toBeHidden();
-
-  await expect(page.locator('#login-panel')).toHaveScreenshot('login-panel.png');
-});
-
-test('login with wrong password is rejected', async ({ page }) => {
-  await goToLoginPage(page);
-
-  await page.locator('#login-username').fill(TEST_ADMIN.username);
-  await page.locator('#login-password').fill('definitely-wrong-password');
-  await page.locator('#login-submit').click();
-
-  const loginError = page.locator('#login-error');
-  await expect(loginError).toBeVisible();
-  await expect(loginError).toContainText('Authentication error (403): Forbidden');
-
-  await expect(page.locator('#login-panel')).toBeVisible();
-  await expect(page.locator('#login-panel')).toHaveScreenshot('login-panel-error.png');
-});
-
-test.describe('authenticated as admin', () => {
-  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
-    await loginAsAdmin(page);
-  });
-
-  test('home page shows empty files list', async ({ page }) => {
-    await expect(page.locator('.files-container')).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.locator('#user-menu-wrapper')).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot('home-files.png', {
-      // ignore this div (max value may change)
-      // FIXME: ensure same max capacity from server during test
-      animations: 'disabled',
-      mask: [page.locator('.storage-bar'), page.locator('.storage-info') ]
-    });
-    await expect(page.locator('#files-container-error')).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.locator('#files-container-error')).toContainText("No files in this folder");
-  });
-
-  test('theme can be changed to dark', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.locator('#user-avatar-btn').click();
-    await expect(page.locator('#user-menu')).toBeVisible();
-
-    // The appearance row is now a 3-option segmented control
-    // (Light / Like OS / Dark). Each option carries a `data-mode` attribute.
-    await page.locator('.theme-segmented__opt[data-mode="dark"]').click();
-
-    // html element must carry data-color-scheme="dark" (new attribute).
-    await expect(page.locator('html')).toHaveAttribute('data-color-scheme', 'dark');
-
-    // localStorage must persist the choice.
-    const theme = await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.getItem('oxicloud_theme'));
-    expect(theme).toBe('dark');
-
-    await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot('home-files-darktheme.png', {
-      // ignore this div (max value may change)
-      // FIXME: ensure same max capacity from server during test
-      animations: 'disabled',
-      mask: [page.locator('.storage-bar'), page.locator('.storage-info') ]
-    });
-
-    // Switch back to light via the Light option.
-    await page.locator('.theme-segmented__opt[data-mode="light"]').click();
-    await expect(page.locator('html')).toHaveAttribute('data-color-scheme', 'light');
-
-    const themeAfter = await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.getItem('oxicloud_theme'));
-    expect(themeAfter).toBe('light');
-
-    await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot('home-files-lightheme.png', {
-      // ignore this div (max value may change)
-      // FIXME: ensure same max capacity from server during test
-      animations: 'disabled',
-      mask: [page.locator('.storage-bar'), page.locator('.storage-info') ]
-    });
-
-  });
-});
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-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as fs from 'fs/promises';
-import { expect, Page } from '@playwright/test';
-import { test, loginAsAdmin } from './helpers';
-
-const FIXTURES = path.join(__dirname, '../../fixtures');
-
-/**
- * Opens the new-folder modal, fills the name, and clicks Confirm.
- * Does NOT wait for the modal to close — the caller decides what to assert next.
- */
-async function submitNewFolder(page: Page, name: string) {
-  await page.locator('#new-folder-btn').click();
-  await expect(page.locator('#input-modal')).toBeVisible();
-  await page.locator('#modal-input').fill(name);
-  await page.locator('#modal-confirm-btn').click();
-}
-
-function mimeFromPath(fp: string): string {
-  const map: Record<string, string> = {
-    '.png':  'image/png',
-    '.jpg':  'image/jpeg',
-    '.jpeg': 'image/jpeg',
-    '.mp4':  'video/mp4',
-    '.pdf':  'application/pdf',
-  };
-  return map[path.extname(fp).toLowerCase()] ?? 'application/octet-stream';
-}
-
-/**
- * Simulates a file drag-and-drop onto the OxiCloud dropzone overlay.
- *
- * How it works:
- *  1. File buffers are read in Node and transferred into the page as File
- *     objects inside a DataTransfer — no real OS drag needed.
- *  2. A document-level 'dragover' is dispatched so the app reveals the
- *     dropzone (same code path as a real drag from the OS).
- *  3. A 'drop' is dispatched on #dropzone.  The handler falls back to
- *     dataTransfer.files when webkitGetAsEntry() returns null (which it
- *     does for programmatic File objects), hitting the same upload path.
- */
-async function dragFilesToDropzone(page: Page, filePaths: string[]) {
-  const fileData = await Promise.all(
-    filePaths.map(async (fp) => ({
-      name: path.basename(fp),
-      buffer: Array.from(await fs.readFile(fp)),
-      type: mimeFromPath(fp),
-    }))
-  );
-
-  const dataTransfer = await page.evaluateHandle((files) => {
-    const dt = new DataTransfer();
-    for (const { name, buffer, type } of files) {
-      dt.items.add(new File([new Uint8Array(buffer)], name, { type }));
-    }
-    return dt;
-  }, fileData);
-
-  // Reveal the dropzone overlay (same logic as a real OS drag).
-  await dataTransfer.evaluate((dt) => {
-    document.dispatchEvent(new DragEvent('dragover', {
-      bubbles: true, cancelable: true, dataTransfer: dt,
-    }));
-  });
-  await expect(page.locator('#dropzone')).toBeVisible();
-
-  await page.locator('#dropzone').dispatchEvent('drop', { dataTransfer });
-}
-
-test.describe('Folder management', () => {
-  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
-    await loginAsAdmin(page);
-  });
-
-  test('folder creation', async ({ page }) => {
-    const name = `Test folder creation`;
-
-    await submitNewFolder(page, name);
-
-    await expect(page.locator('#input-modal')).toBeHidden();
-    await expect(page.locator(`.file-item[data-folder-name="${name}"]`)).toBeVisible();
-
-    // Screenshot: mask dynamic text so layout is what's tested, not the name.
-    await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot('folder-created.png', {
-      animations: 'disabled',
-      mask: [
-        page.locator('.storage-bar'),
-        page.locator('.storage-info'),
-        page.locator('.date-cell'),
-      ],
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('folder reject if already exists', async ({ page }) => {
-    const name = `Test existing folder`;
-
-    // Prerequisite: create the folder once successfully.
-    await submitNewFolder(page, name);
-    await expect(page.locator('#input-modal')).toBeHidden();
-
-    // Second creation with the same name must keep the modal open with an error.
-    await submitNewFolder(page, name);
-    await expect(page.locator('#modal-error')).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.locator('#modal-error')).toContainText('already exists');
-
-    // Cancel leaves the list unchanged.
-    await page.locator('#modal-cancel-btn').click();
-    await expect(page.locator('#input-modal')).toBeHidden();
-  });
-
-  test('folder creation rejected if bad name', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.locator('#new-folder-btn').click();
-    await expect(page.locator('#input-modal')).toBeVisible();
-    await page.locator('#modal-input').fill('/');
-    await page.locator('#modal-confirm-btn').click();
-
-    await expect(page.locator('#modal-error')).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.locator('#modal-error')).toContainText('Invalid folder name');
-
-    await page.locator('#modal-cancel-btn').click();
-    await expect(page.locator('#input-modal')).toBeHidden();
-  });
-
-  test('folder rename', async ({ page }) => {
-    const original = `Test folder`;
-    const renamed = `Renamed folders`;
-
-    // Prerequisite: create the folder to rename.
-    await submitNewFolder(page, original);
-    await expect(page.locator('#input-modal')).toBeHidden();
-    await expect(page.locator(`.file-item[data-folder-name="${original}"]`)).toBeVisible();
-
-    // Open context menu and trigger rename.
-    await page.locator(`.file-item[data-folder-name="${original}"] .file-actions`).click();
-    await expect(page.locator('#folder-context-menu')).toBeVisible();
-    await page.locator('#rename-folder-option').click();
-
-    await expect(page.locator('#input-modal')).toBeVisible();
-    await page.locator('#modal-input').fill(renamed);
-    await page.locator('#modal-confirm-btn').click();
-    await expect(page.locator('#input-modal')).toBeHidden();
-
-    await expect(page.locator(`.file-item[data-folder-name="${renamed}"]`)).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.locator(`.file-item[data-folder-name="${original}"]`)).not.toBeVisible();
-
-    await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot('folder-renamed.png', {
-      animations: 'disabled',
-      mask: [
-        page.locator('.storage-bar'),
-        page.locator('.storage-info'),
-        page.locator('.date-cell'),
-      ],
-    });
-  });
-
-  // ── File upload ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  // These two tests are intentionally sequential: test 1 uploads the files,
-  // test 2 reads the state left by test 1.  Both run inside the same describe
-  // block so Playwright executes them in order within a single worker.
-
-  test('upload of multiple files', async ({ page }) => {
-    const fileChooserPromise = page.waitForEvent('filechooser');
-    await page.locator('#upload-btn').click();
-    await expect(page.locator('#upload-dropdown-menu')).toBeVisible();
-    await page.locator('#upload-files-btn').click();
-
-    const fileChooser = await fileChooserPromise;
-    await fileChooser.setFiles([
-      path.join(FIXTURES, 'oxicloud-logo.jpg'),
-      path.join(FIXTURES, 'free_video_over_1MB.mp4'),
-    ]);
-
-    // Each file appears in the list as soon as its individual upload completes.
-    await expect(page.locator('.file-item[data-file-name="oxicloud-logo.jpg"]')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-    await expect(page.locator('.file-item[data-file-name="free_video_over_1MB.mp4"]')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-  });
-
-  test('uploaded files rendered with thumbnails', async ({ page }) => {
-    // The beforeEach login re-loads the home folder; files uploaded in the
-    // previous test are already in the DB and visible immediately.
-    await expect(page.locator('.file-item[data-file-name="oxicloud-logo.jpg"]')).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.locator('.file-item[data-file-name="free_video_over_1MB.mp4"]')).toBeVisible();
-
-    // Image thumbnail is generated server-side: wait for the <img> to be
-    // visible (the error handler hides it while the server is still processing,
-    // then un-hides it once the src resolves successfully).
-    await expect(
-      page.locator('.file-item[data-file-name="oxicloud-logo.jpg"] .file-thumb')
-    ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
-
-    // Video thumbnail is generated client-side from a canvas frame extraction.
-    // Give the browser 1 s to finish before taking the screenshot.
-    await page.waitForTimeout(1_000);
-
-    await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot('files-with-thumbnails.png', {
-      animations: 'disabled',
-      mask: [
-        page.locator('.storage-bar'),
-        page.locator('.storage-info'),
-        page.locator('.date-cell'),   // upload timestamps differ every run
-      ],
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('drag and drop images onto dropzone', async ({ page }) => {
-    await dragFilesToDropzone(page, [
-      path.join(FIXTURES, 'blue-image.png'),
-      path.join(FIXTURES, 'green-image.png'),
-      path.join(FIXTURES, 'red-image.png'),
-    ]);
-
-    // Each card appears as its upload completes.
-    await expect(page.locator('.file-item[data-file-name="blue-image.png"]')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-    await expect(page.locator('.file-item[data-file-name="green-image.png"]')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-    await expect(page.locator('.file-item[data-file-name="red-image.png"]')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-
-    // PNGs get server-side thumbnails — wait for at least the first to resolve.
-    await expect(
-      page.locator('.file-item[data-file-name="blue-image.png"] .file-thumb')
-    ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
-
-    await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot('dropped-files.png', {
-      animations: 'disabled',
-      mask: [
-        page.locator('.storage-bar'),
-        page.locator('.storage-info'),
-        page.locator('.date-cell'),
-      ],
-    });
-  });
-});
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-import { test, apiLogin, seedFilesAndFolders } from './helpers';
-import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
-
-test('TextFilesShowContents', async ({ page }) => {
-  await apiLogin(page);
-  await seedFilesAndFolders(page);
-  await page.goto('/');
-
-  // recorded steps
-  await page.getByTestId('Documents').click();
-  await page.getByTestId('notes.txt').click();
-  await expect(page.locator('pre')).toContainText('Hello from the codegen seed. Line two.');
-  await page.getByTestId('file-viewer-close-btn').click();
-  await page.getByTestId('README.md').click();
-  await expect(page.locator('pre')).toContainText('# Seeded A **markdown** file for the file browser.');
-  await page.getByTestId('file-viewer-close-btn').click();
-});
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-# Codegen recorder templates
-
-Each file here is a **starting point** for `just front-codegen`. It boots an
-isolated container stack, runs your setup, then opens the Playwright Inspector
-so you record from a known state. The file name is what shows up in the menu —
-drop a new `*.spec.ts` here and it appears automatically.
-
-## Anatomy
-
-```ts
-import { test, apiLogin } from '../helpers';
-
-test('codegen: <name>', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(0);   // no timeout — recorder stays open until you close it
-  await apiLogin(page); // setup: get to the state you want to record from
-  await page.goto('/files');
-  await page.pause();    // MUST be last — opens the Inspector
-});
-```
-
-Rules:
-
-- Import `test` (and any helpers) from `../helpers` — **not** `@playwright/test`.
-  That wires in the container-stack fixture and the JS-error guard.
-- Set `test.setTimeout(0)` so the recorder doesn't time out while you work.
-- End with `await page.pause()`. Everything **before** it runs first, so put as
-  much setup as you like there (log in, open a folder, start an upload, …) and
-  you'll record the continuation from that state.
-- Use the helpers for setup: `apiLogin(page)` signs in via the API (no UI
-  clicks, selector-independent). Skip it for an anonymous/login flow.
-
-## What carries into the saved spec
-
-When you save a recording, the setup lines (everything before `page.pause()`,
-minus `test.setTimeout`) are copied into the generated `scenarios/<name>.spec.ts`,
-then your recorded steps are spliced in. So a recorder's setup == the saved
-test's setup — keep it to the state you want every recording from this template
-to start in.
-
-## Seeding content before you record
-
-To record flows that need existing files/folders (move, copy, delete,
-multi-select, previews, sorting by type), seed them via the API in the setup —
-no UI clicks, just like `apiLogin`. The `authed-files` template does this:
-
-```ts
-import { test, apiLogin, seedFilesAndFolders } from '../helpers';
-
-test('codegen: authed-files', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(0);
-  await apiLogin(page);
-  await seedFilesAndFolders(page); // Documents/, Documents/Reports/, Images/ + files of each type
-  await page.goto('/');
-  await page.pause();
-});
-```
-
-`helpers.ts` exposes the building blocks: `apiCreateFolder`, `apiUploadFile`,
-`SAMPLE_FILES` (text / markdown / JSON / CSV / PNG / PDF), and the
-`seedFilesAndFolders` convenience that lays down a small mixed-type tree.
-**Remember:** the saved spec inherits this setup, so the recorded selectors only
-have content to act on if `seedFilesAndFolders(page)` runs there too — it does,
-because the template's setup is copied into the saved test.
-
-## Add one
-
-```sh
-cp authed.spec.ts my-start.spec.ts   # edit the setup, keep page.pause() last
-just front-codegen                   # "my-start" is now in the menu
-```
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-import { test } from '../helpers';
-
-/**
- * Codegen recorder — START: anonymous at the app root.
- *
- * Run via `just front-codegen` → pick "anon". No login; navigates to `/` and
- * lets the app route an unauthenticated visitor (currently it redirects to
- * /login?redirect=/). Use this to record the logged-out redirect behaviour or
- * a future public landing page. Click the Record ⏺ button to start generating.
- */
-test('codegen: anon', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(0); // recorder stays open until you close the Inspector
-  await page.goto('/');
-  await page.pause();
-});
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-import { test, apiLogin, seedFilesAndFolders } from '../helpers';
-
-/**
- * Codegen recorder — START: signed in, on a file browser already populated
- * with folders and files of different types.
- *
- * Builds on the "authed" template: same `apiLogin`, but also seeds a small
- * tree via the API before pausing, so you record flows that need existing
- * content (move/copy/delete, drag-drop, previews, multi-select, sorting by
- * type, …) without first creating it by hand.
- *
- * Seeded in the home folder (see `seedFilesAndFolders`):
- *   config.json, pixel.png            (root)
- *   Documents/  → README.md, notes.txt
- *   Documents/Reports/ → data.csv, sample.pdf
- *   Images/     → pixel.png
- *
- * Run via `just front-codegen` → pick "authed-files". Click the Record ⏺
- * button in the Inspector to start generating; copy the code into a real
- * *.spec.ts (see scenarios/example.template.ts). Note the saved test must run
- * `seedFilesAndFolders(page)` in its setup too, or the recorded selectors
- * won't have anything to act on.
- */
-test('codegen: authed-files', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(0); // recorder stays open until you close the Inspector
-  await apiLogin(page);
-  await seedFilesAndFolders(page);
-  await page.goto('/');
-  await page.pause();
-});
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-import { test, apiLogin } from '../helpers';
-
-/**
- * Codegen recorder — START: signed in, on the trash view.
- *
- * Run via `just front-codegen` → pick "authed-trash". An example of a
- * deep-linked start point — copy this file (apiLogin + goto a route) to add
- * your own recorders; `just front-codegen` discovers every *.spec.ts here
- * automatically. Click the Record ⏺ button in the Inspector to start generating.
- */
-test('codegen: authed-trash', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(0); // recorder stays open until you close the Inspector
-  await apiLogin(page);
-  await page.goto('/trash');
-  await page.pause();
-});
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scenarios/codegen/authed.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/scenarios/codegen/authed.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 66f9fda4..00000000
--- a/tests/e2e/scenarios/codegen/authed.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { test, apiLogin } from '../helpers';
-
-/**
- * Codegen recorder — START: signed in, on the file browser.
- *
- * Run via `just front-codegen` → pick "authed". Boots an isolated container
- * stack, runs the setup below, then page.pause() opens the Inspector. Click
- * the Record ⏺ button to start generating; copy the code into a real
- * *.spec.ts (see scenarios/example.template.ts).
- *
- * Extend the setup to record from a deeper state (e.g. open a folder, start an
- * upload) — everything before page.pause() runs first, so you record the
- * continuation.
- */
-test('codegen: authed', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(0); // recorder stays open until you close the Inspector
-  await apiLogin(page);
-  await page.goto('/');
-  await page.pause();
-});
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scenarios/codegen/login.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/scenarios/codegen/login.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e596dcd9..00000000
--- a/tests/e2e/scenarios/codegen/login.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import { test } from '../helpers';
-
-/**
- * Codegen recorder — START: the SPA sign-in screen (not authenticated).
- *
- * Run via `just front-codegen` → pick "login". Use this to record the login
- * flow itself. Click the Record ⏺ button in the Inspector to start generating.
- */
-test('codegen: login', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(0); // recorder stays open until you close the Inspector
-  await page.goto('/login');
-  await page.pause();
-});
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scenarios/example.template.ts b/tests/e2e/scenarios/example.template.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cca2aa9..00000000
--- a/tests/e2e/scenarios/example.template.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Scaffold for a recorded spec — NOT collected by the runner (no `.spec`/`.test`
- * in the name). Turn a codegen recording into a real test:
- *
- *   1. cp scenarios/example.template.ts scenarios/<name>.spec.ts
- *   2. Match the setup to the codegen TEMPLATE you recorded from (below).
- *   3. Paste the recorded steps from the Playwright Inspector where marked.
- *   4. Add assertions.
- *
- * Run it with: npm run test:containers
- */
-import { test, apiLogin } from './helpers';
-// import { expect } from '@playwright/test'; // ← uncomment when you add assertions
-
-test('describe the behaviour under test', async ({ page }) => {
-  // ── Setup: mirror your codegen TEMPLATE ──────────────────────────────────
-  // template "authed" / "authed-*":
-  await apiLogin(page);
-  await page.goto('/');
-  // template "login":   (remove the two lines above)  await page.goto('/login');
-  // template "anon":    (remove the two lines above)  await page.goto('/');
-
-  // ── ▼ Paste recorded steps from the Inspector below ▼ ────────────────────
-
-  // ── ▲ End recorded steps ▲ ───────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-  // Assertions, e.g.:
-  // await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Files' })).toBeVisible();
-});
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scenarios/helpers.ts b/tests/e2e/scenarios/helpers.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ec1721f1..00000000
--- a/tests/e2e/scenarios/helpers.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,468 +0,0 @@
-import { test as base, Page, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-import { startStack, Stack } from '../fixtures/oxicloud-stack';
-
-/**
- * When `OXICLOUD_E2E_CONTAINERS=1`, each Playwright worker boots its own
- * isolated DB + app stack via Testcontainers (see `playwright.containers.
- * config.ts`). Otherwise the legacy single-server webServer flow is used
- * and this fixture is an inert pass-through.
- */
-const USE_CONTAINERS = process.env.OXICLOUD_E2E_CONTAINERS === '1';
-
-type WorkerFixtures = {
-  /** The per-worker isolated stack, or `null` in the legacy webServer flow. */
-  stack: Stack | null;
-};
-
-/**
- * Extended `test` fixture with two responsibilities:
- *
- *  1. `stack` (worker-scoped) — in container mode, starts a dedicated
- *     DB + app stack per worker, seeds its admin, and tears it down at
- *     worker exit. The app instance is reused across every test the worker
- *     runs, so container startup is paid once per worker, not per test.
- *  2. `page` — fails any test that produces an unhandled browser-side JS
- *     error (SyntaxError, ReferenceError, uncaught rejection, etc.).
- *
- * Import `test` from this module instead of `@playwright/test` so every spec
- * gets both behaviours automatically without per-file boilerplate.
- */
-export const test = base.extend<object, WorkerFixtures>({
-    stack: [
-        async ({}, use) => {
-            if (!USE_CONTAINERS) {
-                await use(null);
-                return;
-            }
-            const stack = await startStack();
-            try {
-                await seedAdmin(stack.baseURL);
-                await use(stack);
-            } finally {
-                await stack.stop();
-            }
-        },
-        // Worker-scoped: booting Postgres + the app container (image build on
-        // first run, migrations on boot) can take well over the default 30s
-        // fixture timeout. Match the 180s container startup budget in startStack.
-        { scope: 'worker', timeout: 200_000 },
-    ],
-
-    // Point relative `page.goto('/')` at the per-worker stack when present;
-    // otherwise fall back to the baseURL configured in the project (the
-    // legacy webServer at :8087).
-    baseURL: async ({ stack }, use, testInfo) => {
-        await use(stack ? stack.baseURL : testInfo.project.use.baseURL);
-    },
-
-    page: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const jsErrors: Error[] = [];
-        page.on('pageerror', (err) => jsErrors.push(err));
-        await use(page);
-        if (jsErrors.length > 0) {
-            throw new Error(
-                `${jsErrors.length} unhandled JS error(s) on page:\n` +
-                jsErrors.map((e) => `  • ${e.message}`).join('\n')
-            );
-        }
-    },
-});
-
-export const TEST_ADMIN = {
-  username: 'admin',
-  email: 'testadmin@example.com',
-  password: 'TestPassword1!',
-};
-
-/**
- * Create the first-admin account via the public `POST /api/setup` route.
- * Idempotent: a 409 (admin already exists) is treated as success so the
- * call is safe to retry and to run once per worker.
- *
- * Shared by `global-setup.ts` (legacy flow, single server) and the
- * worker-scoped `stack` fixture (container flow, one server per worker).
- */
-export async function seedAdmin(baseURL: string, admin = TEST_ADMIN): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await fetch(`${baseURL}/api/setup`, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      username: admin.username,
-      email: admin.email,
-      password: admin.password,
-    }),
-  });
-  if (!res.ok && res.status !== 409) {
-    throw new Error(`Admin setup failed: ${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Authenticate the page's browser context, ready for subsequent
- * `page.goto()` calls to load already-signed-in.
- *
- * Uses the SPA's real login flow (`page.goto('/login')` → fill form
- * → submit) rather than a bare `POST /api/auth/login`, so this works
- * correctly under both auth modes the test env supports:
- *
- *   * `OXICLOUD_AUTH_OPAQUE_MODE=off` — SPA does legacy login,
- *     server accepts.
- *   * `OXICLOUD_AUTH_OPAQUE_MODE=migrate` — first login legacy-
- *     succeeds + silently mints an OPAQUE envelope (Phase 2 hook);
- *     every subsequent login the SPA detects the envelope via
- *     `/api/auth/opaque/login/lookup` and does the full KE1/KE3
- *     OPAQUE handshake. Legacy `POST /api/auth/login` would 403
- *     with `opaque_migrated_use_opaque` (Phase 4) from the second
- *     login on — that's what the old bare-POST apiLogin used to
- *     hit as soon as OPAQUE went from `off` to `migrate`.
- *   * `OXICLOUD_DPOP_MODE=required` — the SPA computes and sends
- *     `dpop_jkt` in the login body; the session is created bound.
- *     A bare-POST wouldn't include it, so subsequent requests
- *     wouldn't get DPoP-signed. Going through the SPA keeps the
- *     end-to-end flow honest.
- *
- * Overhead vs the old direct POST: ~200-500 ms per test to load
- * `/login`, submit, and wait for the post-login redirect. Runs
- * once per test (from `beforeEach`), so the total suite tax is
- * modest and the coverage payoff is real.
- */
-export async function apiLogin(page: Page, admin = TEST_ADMIN): Promise<void> {
-  // Idempotence check — many specs' beforeEach + test body both call
-  // apiLogin; the old bare-POST version was a no-op on a live
-  // session, and callers depend on that. Under UI-driven login,
-  // navigating to /login when already authenticated triggers the
-  // SPA's layout guard to redirect away → the login form never
-  // renders → the fill() below times out. Probe /api/auth/me FIRST:
-  // 2xx means we're already signed in as SOMEONE. If that's the
-  // right admin, no-op; otherwise fall through to a fresh login.
-  const probe = await page.request.get('/api/auth/me').catch(() => null);
-  if (probe?.ok()) {
-    const body = (await probe.json().catch(() => ({}))) as { username?: string };
-    if (body.username === admin.username) return;
-  }
-
-  await page.goto('/login');
-  // Wait for the SPA's boot probes (`getOidcProviders` +
-  // `getAuthStatus` in `login/+page.svelte::onMount`) to complete
-  // BEFORE touching the form. Otherwise the boot `$effect` fires
-  // MID-FILL — when `booting` flips from true to false, the
-  // auto-focus effect steals focus back to the identifier input,
-  // and any remaining characters of the password-fill land in
-  // the username field. Symptom: username="adminTestPassword1!",
-  // password="", submit-button shows "Send sign-in link" → SPA
-  // fires magic-link/send with the concatenated identifier and
-  // login never completes.
-  //
-  // `networkidle` waits for the network to have no more than 0
-  // requests in flight for 500 ms. By that point providers
-  // + status have landed and `booting = false` has already
-  // stabilised → the auto-focus effect fired ONCE (harmlessly,
-  // before we touch the form), never again during our fills.
-  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
-  await page.getByTestId('login-username-input').fill(admin.username);
-  await page.getByTestId('login-password-input').fill(admin.password);
-  await page.getByTestId('login-submit-btn').click();
-  // Post-login the SPA's `goto(redirectTarget)` sends the user
-  // to `/files` (default) or a `?redirect=` target — OR to
-  // `/profile?forcePasswordChange=1` when the backend has stamped
-  // `force_password_change_at_next_login=true` on this account
-  // (usually because a prior admin-reset test flipped it). Match
-  // any post-login destination that ISN'T `/login` itself. The
-  // 15s ceiling covers the OPAQUE-post-migration path: WASM load
-  // + KE1 + KE3 + Argon2id.
-  await page.waitForURL((url) => !url.pathname.startsWith('/login'), {
-    timeout: 15_000,
-    waitUntil: 'commit'
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Build the `x-csrf-token` header for a cookie-authenticated, state-changing
- * request. The server uses a double-submit cookie: login sets a non-HttpOnly
- * `oxicloud_csrf` cookie, and POST/PUT/DELETE must echo its value in the
- * header (see `csrf_middleware`). Returns `{}` if no cookie is present (e.g.
- * not logged in), letting the caller's request fail with the real 4xx.
- */
-async function csrfHeaders(page: Page): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
-  const cookies = await page.context().cookies();
-  const token = cookies.find((c) => c.name === 'oxicloud_csrf')?.value;
-  return token ? { 'x-csrf-token': token } : {};
-}
-
-/** A folder as returned by the API (subset we use). */
-export type ApiFolder = { id: string; parent_id: string | null };
-
-/**
- * Create a folder via the API and return it. `parentId` omitted ⇒ the folder
- * is created in the caller's home (root) folder, and the returned `parent_id`
- * is that home folder's id (handy as the target for "root" file uploads, which
- * require an explicit folder id). Requires the page to already be
- * authenticated (see `apiLogin`).
- */
-export async function apiCreateFolder(
-  page: Page,
-  name: string,
-  parentId?: string,
-): Promise<ApiFolder> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/folders', {
-    headers: await csrfHeaders(page),
-    data: parentId ? { name, parent_id: parentId } : { name },
-  });
-  if (!res.ok()) {
-    throw new Error(`apiCreateFolder(${name}) failed: ${res.status()} ${await res.text()}`);
-  }
-  return (await res.json()) as ApiFolder;
-}
-
-/**
- * Create a regular user via the admin API. Requires the page to be authenticated
- * as an admin (see `apiLogin`). Returns the created username. Handy for tests
- * that need a second account (sharing, group membership, recipient search).
- */
-export async function apiAdminCreateUser(page: Page, username: string): Promise<string> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/admin/users', {
-    headers: await csrfHeaders(page),
-    data: {
-      username,
-      password: 'TestPassword1!',
-      email: `${username}@example.test`,
-      role: 'user',
-      quota_bytes: 1073741824,
-    },
-  });
-  if (!res.ok()) {
-    throw new Error(`apiAdminCreateUser(${username}) failed: ${res.status()} ${await res.text()}`);
-  }
-  return username;
-}
-
-/**
- * Create a group via the API (requires an authenticated admin/manager). Returns
- * the group name. Useful for sharing-with-group and group-membership tests.
- */
-export async function apiCreateGroup(page: Page, name: string): Promise<string> {
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/groups', {
-    headers: await csrfHeaders(page),
-    data: { name, description: null },
-  });
-  if (!res.ok()) {
-    throw new Error(`apiCreateGroup(${name}) failed: ${res.status()} ${await res.text()}`);
-  }
-  return name;
-}
-
-/** Move a folder to trash via the API (DELETE /api/folders/{id}). */
-export async function apiTrashFolder(page: Page, folderId: string): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.delete(`/api/folders/${folderId}`, {
-    headers: await csrfHeaders(page),
-  });
-  if (!res.ok()) {
-    throw new Error(`apiTrashFolder(${folderId}) failed: ${res.status()} ${await res.text()}`);
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Record an access in the user's "recent" list (POST /api/recent/{type}/{id})
- * so the /recent route has deterministic content. Best-effort: a non-2xx is
- * tolerated so callers don't fail on a recents quirk.
- */
-export async function apiRecordRecent(
-  page: Page,
-  itemType: 'file' | 'folder',
-  id: string,
-): Promise<void> {
-  await page.request
-    .post(`/api/recent/${itemType}/${id}`, { headers: await csrfHeaders(page) })
-    .catch(() => {});
-}
-
-/** Empty the trash via the API (DELETE /api/trash/empty) for a clean slate. */
-export async function apiEmptyTrash(page: Page): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.delete('/api/trash/empty', { headers: await csrfHeaders(page) });
-  if (!res.ok()) {
-    throw new Error(`apiEmptyTrash failed: ${res.status()} ${await res.text()}`);
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Flip the caller's `ui_preferences.hide_dotfiles` server-side. Used by the
- * dotfile-filter e2e spec to establish a known state at test start and to
- * clean up at teardown so sibling tests aren't polluted by a leftover
- * "hidden" mode (the preference is persistent across sessions because it's
- * stored on `auth.users.ui_preferences`, not in localStorage).
- *
- * PATCHes only `hide_dotfiles`; siblings in the bag (view_mode, future
- * keys) survive the shallow-merge on the server side.
- */
-export async function apiSetHideDotfiles(page: Page, hide: boolean): Promise<void> {
-  const res = await page.request.patch('/api/auth/me/profile', {
-    headers: await csrfHeaders(page),
-    data: { ui_preferences: { hide_dotfiles: hide } },
-  });
-  if (!res.ok()) {
-    throw new Error(`apiSetHideDotfiles(${hide}) failed: ${res.status()} ${await res.text()}`);
-  }
-}
-
-/** A file to seed: its name, MIME type, and raw bytes. */
-export type SeedFile = { name: string; mimeType: string; body: Buffer };
-
-/**
- * Upload one file via the API into `folderId`. The target folder is
- * **required**: the server resolves the file's owner from its parent folder
- * and rejects an upload with no `folder_id` ("folder_id is required to
- * determine file owner"). For a "root" file, pass the home folder's id — the
- * `parent_id` returned by `apiCreateFolder(name)`.
- *
- * The `folder_id` field is sent before `file` because the upload handler
- * parses the multipart stream in order and permission-checks the target folder
- * before spooling the body.
- */
-export async function apiUploadFile(
-  page: Page,
-  file: SeedFile,
-  folderId: string,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const filePart = { name: file.name, mimeType: file.mimeType, buffer: file.body };
-  const res = await page.request.post('/api/files/upload', {
-    headers: await csrfHeaders(page),
-    multipart: { folder_id: folderId, file: filePart },
-  });
-  if (!res.ok()) {
-    throw new Error(`apiUploadFile(${file.name}) failed: ${res.status()} ${await res.text()}`);
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * A small library of files spanning common types (text, markdown, JSON, CSV,
- * PNG image, PDF), so a recording starts from a browser that exercises the
- * different icons / previews / row renderers. Bytes are tiny but valid.
- */
-export const SAMPLE_FILES = {
-  text: (): SeedFile => ({
-    name: 'notes.txt',
-    mimeType: 'text/plain',
-    body: Buffer.from('Hello from the codegen seed.\nLine two.\n'),
-  }),
-  markdown: (): SeedFile => ({
-    name: 'README.md',
-    mimeType: 'text/markdown',
-    body: Buffer.from('# Seeded\n\nA **markdown** file for the file browser.\n'),
-  }),
-  json: (): SeedFile => ({
-    name: 'config.json',
-    mimeType: 'application/json',
-    body: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ seeded: true, items: [1, 2, 3] }, null, 2)),
-  }),
-  csv: (): SeedFile => ({
-    name: 'data.csv',
-    mimeType: 'text/csv',
-    body: Buffer.from('id,name,size\n1,alpha,10\n2,beta,20\n'),
-  }),
-  png: (): SeedFile => ({
-    name: 'pixel.png',
-    mimeType: 'image/png',
-    // 1×1 transparent PNG.
-    body: Buffer.from(
-      'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAAC0lEQVR42mNk+M9QDwADhgGAWjR9awAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==',
-      'base64',
-    ),
-  }),
-  pdf: (): SeedFile => ({
-    name: 'sample.pdf',
-    mimeType: 'application/pdf',
-    body: Buffer.from(
-      '%PDF-1.1\n1 0 obj<</Type/Catalog/Pages 2 0 R>>endobj\n' +
-        '2 0 obj<</Type/Pages/Kids[3 0 R]/Count 1>>endobj\n' +
-        '3 0 obj<</Type/Page/Parent 2 0 R/MediaBox[0 0 100 100]>>endobj\n' +
-        'trailer<</Root 1 0 R>>\n%%EOF\n',
-    ),
-  }),
-};
-
-/**
- * Seed a representative tree of folders and files of different types for the
- * authenticated user, so a codegen recording (or a test) starts from a
- * populated file browser. Idempotent enough for one run per worker; re-running
- * creates duplicate names (the backend allows them). Requires `apiLogin` first.
- *
- * Layout created in the user's home folder:
- *
- *   config.json                 (home/root)
- *   pixel.png                   (home/root)
- *   Documents/                  README.md, notes.txt
- *   Documents/Reports/          data.csv, sample.pdf
- *   Images/                     pixel.png
- *
- * Returns the created folder ids (plus the resolved `home` id) so callers can
- * deep-link or assert.
- */
-export async function seedFilesAndFolders(
-  page: Page,
-): Promise<{ home: string; documents: string; reports: string; images: string }> {
-  const documents = await apiCreateFolder(page, 'Documents');
-  const reports = await apiCreateFolder(page, 'Reports', documents.id);
-  const images = await apiCreateFolder(page, 'Images');
-
-  // Created-at-root folders carry the home folder id as their parent — use it
-  // as the target for the "root" files (uploads require an explicit folder).
-  const home = documents.parent_id;
-  if (!home) {
-    throw new Error('seedFilesAndFolders: could not resolve home folder id from a root folder');
-  }
-
-  await apiUploadFile(page, SAMPLE_FILES.json(), home);
-  await apiUploadFile(page, SAMPLE_FILES.png(), home);
-  await apiUploadFile(page, SAMPLE_FILES.markdown(), documents.id);
-  await apiUploadFile(page, SAMPLE_FILES.text(), documents.id);
-  await apiUploadFile(page, SAMPLE_FILES.csv(), reports.id);
-  await apiUploadFile(page, SAMPLE_FILES.pdf(), reports.id);
-  await apiUploadFile(page, SAMPLE_FILES.png(), images.id);
-
-  return { home, documents: documents.id, reports: reports.id, images: images.id };
-}
-
-/**
- * Log in as the test admin and wait until the main app is fully initialized.
- *
- * We wait for two things after the login redirect:
- *  1. `#sidebar` — confirms the main HTML has loaded.
- *  2. `#user-avatar-btn .user-vignette` — confirms that `setupUserMenu()` has
- *     run and mounted the avatar vignette.  This is the earliest reliable
- *     signal that the click-handler on the avatar button is attached, so any
- *     subsequent test that opens the user menu will not race against JS startup.
- *
- * Without (2), CI (Ubuntu + Xvfb) occasionally clicks the button before the
- * event listener is registered because the JS runtime is slower than on macOS.
- */
-export async function loginAsAdmin(page: Page) {
-  await goToLoginPage(page);
-  await page.locator('#login-username').fill(TEST_ADMIN.username);
-  await page.locator('#login-password').fill(TEST_ADMIN.password);
-  await page.locator('#login-submit').click();
-  await expect(page.locator('#sidebar')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-  // Wait for the JS app to initialise: avatar vignette present ⟹ click handler attached.
-  await expect(page.locator('#user-avatar-btn .user-vignette')).toBeAttached({ timeout: 10_000 });
-}
-
-/**
- * Navigate to `/` and land on the login panel, handling the language selector
- * if it appears (fresh localStorage). The admin account is guaranteed to exist
- * because globalSetup created it before any test ran.
- */
-export async function goToLoginPage(page: Page) {
-  await page.goto('/');
-
-  // Both panels start with .hidden — wait for JS to reveal one.
-  // Use expect() (5 s default) rather than waitForSelector() (30 s) so a JS
-  // crash fails fast instead of hanging for the full test timeout.
-  await expect(
-    page.locator('#language-panel:not(.hidden), #login-panel:not(.hidden)').first()
-  ).toBeAttached();
-
-  if (await page.locator('#language-panel').isVisible()) {
-    await page.locator('#language-continue').click();
-  }
-
-  await expect(page.locator('#login-panel')).toBeVisible();
-}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scripts/codegen.sh b/tests/e2e/scripts/codegen.sh
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--- a/tests/e2e/scripts/codegen.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Interactive Playwright codegen driver (invoked by `just front-codegen`).
-#
-# Pick a starting-point recorder from scenarios/codegen/, record against a
-# throwaway container stack, then turn the recording into a real spec:
-#   record → name (re-prompts until free) → $EDITOR paste → assemble → run →
-#   reopen in --debug on failure.
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# Run from tests/e2e regardless of how we were invoked.
-cd "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
-
-# ── Pick a recorder (menu of scenarios/codegen/*.spec.ts) ─────────────────────
-shopt -s nullglob
-files=(scenarios/codegen/*.spec.ts)
-[[ ${#files[@]} -gt 0 ]] || { echo "no recorder files in scenarios/codegen/" >&2; exit 1; }
-names=()
-for f in "${files[@]}"; do names+=("$(basename "$f" .spec.ts)"); done
-echo "Pick a codegen starting point:"
-PS3="› "
-select n in "${names[@]}"; do [[ -n "${n:-}" ]] && break; echo "  invalid choice — enter a number"; done
-echo "→ recorder: $n"
-
-# ── Environment ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# NixOS (and distros where Playwright's bundled chromium can't run) need a
-# system chromium. Respect an explicit PW_CHROMIUM_PATH, else auto-detect.
-chromium="${PW_CHROMIUM_PATH:-$(command -v chromium 2>/dev/null || true)}"
-if [[ -n "$chromium" ]]; then export PW_CHROMIUM_PATH="$chromium"; echo "→ chromium: $chromium"; fi
-# Build the app image from the CURRENT source for codegen, so recordings reflect
-# the latest frontend (and its data-testid hooks) instead of a stale image.
-#
-# We build it HERE with the buildx CLI rather than letting the Testcontainers
-# fixture build it. The fixture's JS-driven BuildKit build does NOT reuse the
-# local cargo cache mounts, so it cold-compiles the whole binary every run
-# (>5 min) and blows past the 200 s stack-setup timeout. The CLI build uses the
-# `builder-cache` stage and the shared cache mounts, so it recompiles only what
-# changed (seconds on a warm cache); we then hand the tag to the fixture via
-# $OXICLOUD_IMAGE, which makes it skip its own build entirely.
-#
-# Escape hatch: export OXICLOUD_IMAGE yourself to force-reuse a prebuilt image
-# (it must be built with --build-arg VITE_E2E=1, and may be stale vs local edits).
-if [[ -n "${OXICLOUD_IMAGE:-}" ]]; then
-  echo "→ OXICLOUD_IMAGE=$OXICLOUD_IMAGE (env override) — reusing it; needs VITE_E2E=1 and may be stale."
-else
-  REPO_ROOT="$(cd ../.. && pwd)"
-  OXICLOUD_IMAGE="oxicloud-e2e:latest"
-  echo "→ building $OXICLOUD_IMAGE from current source (buildx, incremental — only changed crates/assets recompile)…"
-  DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
-    --build-arg BUILDER=builder-cache \
-    --build-arg BIN_DIR=/app/bin \
-    --build-arg VITE_E2E=1 \
-    --tag "$OXICLOUD_IMAGE" \
-    "$REPO_ROOT"
-  export OXICLOUD_IMAGE
-  echo "→ OXICLOUD_IMAGE=$OXICLOUD_IMAGE (prebuilt; fixture will reuse it)"
-fi
-export OXICLOUD_E2E_CONTAINERS=1
-
-# ── Record ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-npx playwright test -c playwright.codegen.config.ts "scenarios/codegen/$n.spec.ts" --headed --workers=1
-
-# ── Save the recording as a real spec ─────────────────────────────────────────
-# Keeps the template's setup (apiLogin/goto), drops page.pause(), and splices in
-# the steps you paste (handles a full codegen file or bare action lines).
-echo
-# Prompt for a spec name until it's valid and not already taken (blank = skip).
-spec=""
-while :; do
-  read -rp "Save recording to a spec? Enter a name (blank to skip): " out || true
-  [[ -z "${out:-}" ]] && break
-  spec="$(node scripts/finish-codegen.mjs --resolve "$out")" && break || true
-done
-[[ -n "$spec" ]] || exit 0
-
-# Collect the recording in $VISUAL/$EDITOR (paste, then save & close). For GUI
-# editors set a blocking flag, e.g. EDITOR="code --wait". Falls back to nano/vi,
-# then to a Ctrl-D paste if no editor is available.
-editor="${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-}}"
-[[ -z "$editor" ]] && editor="$(command -v nano 2>/dev/null || command -v vi 2>/dev/null || true)"
-tmp="$(mktemp --suffix=.recording.ts)"
-trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' EXIT
-if [[ -n "$editor" ]]; then
-  echo "Opening $editor — paste the recorded output, then save & close."
-  $editor "$tmp"
-  recording="$(cat "$tmp")"
-else
-  echo "No \$VISUAL/\$EDITOR set. Paste the recorded output, then press Ctrl-D:"
-  recording="$(cat)"
-fi
-
-if [[ -z "${recording//[[:space:]]/}" ]]; then
-  echo "(empty — nothing saved)"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-printf '%s' "$recording" | node scripts/finish-codegen.mjs "scenarios/codegen/$n.spec.ts" "$out" >/dev/null
-
-# ── Run the new spec; reopen in --debug on failure ────────────────────────────
-echo "→ running $spec"
-if npx playwright test -c playwright.containers.config.ts "$spec" --workers=1; then
-  echo "✓ $spec passed"
-else
-  echo "✗ $spec failed — reopening in debug mode…"
-  npx playwright test -c playwright.containers.config.ts "$spec" --workers=1 --debug
-fi
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scripts/finish-codegen.mjs b/tests/e2e/scripts/finish-codegen.mjs
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--- a/tests/e2e/scripts/finish-codegen.mjs
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-// Assemble a real spec from a codegen recording.
-//
-// Usage:  node scripts/finish-codegen.mjs <templatePath> <outName>   (recording on stdin)
-//
-// Takes the recorder template the user started from (scenarios/codegen/<x>.spec.ts),
-// keeps its SETUP (everything before page.pause(), minus test.setTimeout), and
-// splices in the recorded steps read from stdin — writing scenarios/<outName>.spec.ts.
-//
-// The pasted recording may be either bare action lines, e.g.
-//     await page.getByText('…').click();
-// or a whole codegen file, e.g.
-//     import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-//     test('test', async ({ page }) => { await page.…; });
-// In the latter case the import + test(...) wrapper are stripped, leaving the body.
-
-import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs';
-
-const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
-
-/** Sanitize a name to scenarios/<base>.spec.ts; exit non-zero if invalid/taken. */
-function resolveOutPath(rawName) {
-  const base = (rawName ?? '')
-    .trim()
-    .replace(/\.spec\.ts$/, '')
-    .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/g, '-')
-    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '');
-  if (!base) {
-    console.error('finish-codegen: empty/invalid output name');
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-  const outPath = `scenarios/${base}.spec.ts`;
-  if (existsSync(outPath)) {
-    console.error(`finish-codegen: ${outPath} already exists — pick another name`);
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-  return { base, outPath };
-}
-
-// `--resolve <name>`: validate a name + print its spec path (no stdin, no write).
-// The just recipe loops this to re-prompt until a free, valid name is given.
-if (argv[0] === '--resolve') {
-  console.log(resolveOutPath(argv[1]).outPath);
-  process.exit(0);
-}
-
-const [templatePath, rawOutName] = argv;
-if (!templatePath || !rawOutName) {
-  console.error('usage: finish-codegen.mjs <templatePath> <outName>   (recording on stdin)');
-  console.error('   or: finish-codegen.mjs --resolve <outName>');
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-const recording = readFileSync(0, 'utf-8'); // stdin
-const template = readFileSync(templatePath, 'utf-8');
-const { base, outPath } = resolveOutPath(rawOutName);
-
-/** Body between the first `=> {` and the final `});` of a test file/snippet. */
-function callbackBody(src) {
-  const m = src.match(/=>\s*\{([\s\S]*)\}\s*\)\s*;?\s*$/);
-  return m ? m[1] : null;
-}
-
-/** Re-indent non-empty lines to a common 2-space base. */
-function reindent(lines, spaces = 2) {
-  const body = lines.filter((l) => l.trim());
-  const min = body.length ? Math.min(...body.map((l) => l.match(/^\s*/)[0].length)) : 0;
-  const pad = ' '.repeat(spaces);
-  return lines.map((l) => (l.trim() ? pad + l.slice(min) : ''));
-}
-
-// ── 1. helpers import from the template (fix ../helpers → ./helpers) ──────────
-const helperImport =
-  (template.match(/^import .*from ['"]\.\.\/helpers['"];?$/m) || [])[0]?.replace(
-    /\.\.\/helpers/,
-    './helpers',
-  ) ?? "import { test } from './helpers';";
-
-// ── 2. setup lines = template body before page.pause(), minus setTimeout ──────
-const tBody = callbackBody(template);
-const setupLines = reindent(
-  (tBody ?? '')
-    .split('\n')
-    .filter((l) => l.trim() && !/page\.pause\(/.test(l) && !/test\.setTimeout\(/.test(l)),
-);
-
-// ── 3. recorded steps from stdin (strip wrapper if a whole file was pasted) ───
-let recBody = recording;
-if (/^\s*(import\b|test\s*\()/.test(recording)) {
-  recBody = callbackBody(recording) ?? recording;
-}
-let actionLines = recBody.split('\n').filter((l) => !/^\s*import\s/.test(l));
-while (actionLines.length && !actionLines[0].trim()) actionLines.shift();
-while (actionLines.length && !actionLines[actionLines.length - 1].trim()) actionLines.pop();
-actionLines = reindent(actionLines);
-if (!actionLines.length) {
-  console.error('finish-codegen: no recorded steps found in the pasted input');
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-// ── 4. compose ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-const imports = [helperImport];
-if (/\bexpect\(/.test(actionLines.join('\n'))) {
-  imports.push("import { expect } from '@playwright/test';");
-}
-
-const out = [
-  ...imports,
-  '',
-  `test('${base.replace(/'/g, "\\'")}', async ({ page }) => {`,
-  ...setupLines,
-  '',
-  '  // recorded steps',
-  ...actionLines,
-  '});',
-  '',
-].join('\n');
-
-writeFileSync(outPath, out);
-console.error(`✓ wrote ${outPath}`);
-console.log(outPath); // stdout = machine-readable path; the recipe runs it
diff --git a/tests/e2e/start-server.sh b/tests/e2e/start-server.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Boot a clean test DB then start OxiCloud (passed as arguments).
-# Used by playwright.config.ts as the webServer command so that both
-# `npm test` and `npx playwright test` always start from an empty database.
-set -euo pipefail
-
-REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
-OXICLOUD_STORAGE_PATH="$REPO_ROOT/tests/e2e/storage"
-
-# Mirror everything (these markers + the server's own stdout/stderr) to a log
-# file as well as the console. Playwright captures the webServer's stdout, but
-# in CI that capture isn't always surfaced in the job log — the file is, via an
-# `if: always()` "print server startup log" step in ci.yml. The final
-# `exec "$@"` below inherits these redirected fds, so the server's output is
-# tee'd too, while the process still replaces this shell (Playwright tracks the
-# PID for teardown).
-SERVER_LOG="$REPO_ROOT/tests/e2e/server-startup.log"
-exec > >(tee "$SERVER_LOG") 2>&1
-
-mark() { echo "[start-server $(date -u +%H:%M:%S)] $*"; }
-
-mark "repo_root=$REPO_ROOT"
-mark "server binary args: $*"
-if [[ -n "${1:-}" && "$1" != "cargo" ]]; then
-  ls -la "$1" 2>&1 || mark "WARNING: server binary '$1' not found"
-fi
-mark "DATABASE_URL=${DATABASE_URL:-<unset>} OXICLOUD_SERVER_PORT=${OXICLOUD_SERVER_PORT:-<unset>}"
-
-# ensure storage is empty before starting
-mark "wiping $OXICLOUD_STORAGE_PATH to ensure clean startup"
-rm -rf "$OXICLOUD_STORAGE_PATH"
-mkdir -p "$OXICLOUD_STORAGE_PATH"
-
-# Spawn database
-mark "spawning test database…"
-bash "$REPO_ROOT/tests/common/spawn-db.sh"
-mark "database ready; starting server…"
-
-# Point `--config` at an INTENTIONALLY EMPTY file. Two reasons:
-#
-#   1. Blocks the fallback `dotenvy::dotenv()` probe of `$CWD/.env`
-#      in main.rs — otherwise a developer's local `.env`
-#      (typical: `OXICLOUD_METRICS_LISTEN=127.0.0.1:9090`) leaks
-#      into the test server via CWD auto-load and clashes with
-#      anything the dev is already running.
-#
-#   2. An empty file has nothing to override — so every var
-#      Playwright loaded into `webServer.env` from server.env AND
-#      every per-suite override on top (SERVER_PORT, STORAGE_PATH,
-#      RUST_LOG, OPAQUE_MODE, DPOP_MODE, …) reaches the server
-#      intact. We can't use `--config server.env` here because
-#      `dotenvy::from_filename_override` would clobber Playwright's
-#      per-suite overrides for the keys it shares with the file.
-#
-# See tests/common/empty.env for the header explaining this.
-CONFIG_PATH="$REPO_ROOT/tests/common/empty.env"
-
-# `cargo run` needs `--` to separate cargo's own flags from the
-# binary's — a direct-binary invocation takes them raw. First arg
-# tells us which we're in.
-if [[ "${1:-}" == "cargo" ]]; then
-  exec "$@" -- --config "$CONFIG_PATH"
-else
-  exec "$@" --config "$CONFIG_PATH"
-fi