The §9 pipeline's PPE+E2E stage was unreachable: e2e/metadata.spec.js was
bound to Tier-1-only scaffolding (docker-seeded faceted collection,
SQLite-injected owner, Mailpit OTC sink). This makes the same suite run
against a deployed host.
- backend: POST /auth/test/login — fail-closed, secret-gated, single-
identity owner test-login (404 unless E2E_TEST_AUTH_SECRET +
E2E_TEST_AUTH_EMAIL both set; constant-time compare; loud startup warn).
6 vertical tests; backend 665 green. Documented in backend/.env.example.
- e2e/lib/auth.js: branch on E2E_TEST_AUTH_SECRET (deployed test-login vs
local Mailpit OTC); OWNER_EMAIL from E2E_OWNER_EMAIL. Spec unchanged so
the localhost Tier-1 path keeps working.
- testing/seed-ppe.sh: seed a dedicated, prod-untouching PPE registry +
content repo (faceted bdd collection) — real OHM content never touched.
- docs/design/2026-06-07-deployed-env-e2e-harness.md; CHANGELOG; VERSION
+ frontend/package.json -> 0.52.0.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Modernize the Tier-1 stack to the three-tier app and add browser coverage for
the §22.4a metadata UI, closing the E2E gap deferred across SLICE-3/4/5:
- seed-gitea.sh: create a REGISTRY_REPO with projects.yaml + a faceted named
collection (.collection.yaml fields: priority enum + tags) seeded with three
metadata-bearing entries; register content+registry webhooks; self-guarding
(skip if a prior token still works) so a dependency-triggered re-run can't
remint and invalidate the backend's token.
- .env.tier1: REGISTRY_REPO/DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID; disable OTC cooldown + lift the
per-IP auth limiter for the single-IP test runner.
- docker-compose: pin backend image; backend-seed inserts a granted owner the
OTC path can sign in as (write paths need contributor+).
- Makefile: two-phase tier1-up (seed to completion, then create backend so it
reads the populated token env); robust down; e2e-fresh = down+up+e2e (the
canonical run, since the edit/bulk specs mutate the seeded corpus).
- metadata.spec.js: SLICE-3 faceted filter (anon), SLICE-4 edit panel (owner),
SLICE-5 bulk bar (owner). 4 passed against a fresh stack.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ben Stull