diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/error-retry.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/error-retry.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+// Friendly error banner + ↻ retry (#153). MOCK_ERROR in the query makes the
+// mock LLM raise inside the REAL pipeline, so the SSE error frame, the banner,
+// and the retry's fresh Idempotency-Key are all product code under test.
+// Mock-only: real providers don't fail on demand.
+test.skip(!process.env.E2E_MOCK, "mock-only: needs the MOCK_ERROR lever");
+
+test("forced failure shows the banner; retry sends a FRESH idempotency key", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  const keys: string[] = [];
+  const statuses: number[] = [];
+  page.on("response", (r) => {
+    if (r.url().includes("/api/generate-page") && r.request().method() === "POST") {
+      keys.push(r.request().headers()["idempotency-key"] ?? "");
+      statuses.push(r.status());
+    }
+  });
+
+  await page.goto("/play?q=" + encodeURIComponent("MOCK_ERROR any town"));
+
+  const retry = page.getByRole("button", { name: /Try again/ });
+  await retry.waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: 60_000 });
+
+  await retry.click();
+  // The retry fails again (the token is still in the body) — the assertions
+  // are about the RETRY MECHANICS, not recovery: a second request went out,
+  // with a DIFFERENT key, and streamed (200) instead of being refused (409).
+  await expect
+    .poll(() => keys.length, { timeout: 30_000 })
+    .toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+  expect(keys[0]).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(keys[1]).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(keys[1]).not.toBe(keys[0]);
+  expect(statuses[1]).toBe(200);
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/expand-tray.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/expand-tray.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+import { waitForStableImage } from "./helpers";
+
+// Around → the neighbour tray (#154 wire; mock neighbors route). Four tiles
+// arrive from one bloom; clicking one navigates. The failed-count branch
+// stays unit-tested (NeighbourTray.test.tsx) — forcing exactly-one-failure
+// through the mock isn't worth the relay.
+test("Around blooms four neighbours; clicking one navigates", async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto("/play?q=" + encodeURIComponent("a lively riverside town"));
+  await waitForStableImage(page);
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Around", exact: true }).click();
+
+  const tray = page.getByLabel("Neighbours around this page");
+  await tray.waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: 60_000 });
+  const tiles = page.getByRole("button", { name: /^Explore / });
+  await expect.poll(async () => tiles.count(), { timeout: 90_000 }).toBe(4);
+
+  const beforeUrl = page.url();
+  await tiles.first().click();
+  await expect.poll(() => page.url(), { timeout: 60_000 }).not.toBe(beforeUrl);
+  await waitForStableImage(page);
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/share-continue.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/share-continue.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+import { waitForStableImage } from "./helpers";
+
+// The two reopen surfaces (by design, verified 2026-07-14): a hard /n/<id>
+// load is the static share VIEWER; /play?continue=<session> is the
+// interactive rehydration — and hydration must not generate anything.
+test("share viewer renders; continue rehydrates without generating", async ({ page }) => {
+  let sessionId = "";
+  page.on("request", (req) => {
+    if (req.url().includes("/api/generate-page") && req.method() === "POST") {
+      const body = JSON.parse(req.postData() ?? "{}");
+      if (body.session_id) sessionId = body.session_id;
+    }
+  });
+  const persistPromise = page.waitForResponse(
+    (r) => r.url().includes("/api/nodes") && r.request().method() === "POST",
+    { timeout: 90_000 },
+  );
+
+  await page.goto("/play?q=" + encodeURIComponent("a quiet mountain monastery"));
+  await waitForStableImage(page);
+
+  const persisted = (await (await persistPromise).json()) as { id?: string };
+  expect(persisted.id).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(sessionId).toBeTruthy();
+
+  // 1) The share viewer: server-rendered from Mongo + Minio (both live in
+  // the mock stack). Static on purpose — just prove the node renders.
+  await page.goto(`/n/${persisted.id}`);
+  await expect(page.locator("img").first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+
+  // 2) The interactive reopen: hydration only — ZERO new generates.
+  let generatesAfterContinue = 0;
+  page.on("request", (req) => {
+    if (req.url().includes("/api/generate-page") && req.method() === "POST") {
+      generatesAfterContinue += 1;
+    }
+  });
+  await page.goto(`/play?continue=${encodeURIComponent(sessionId)}`);
+  await expect(
+    page.locator('img[alt^="Generated illustration"]').first(),
+  ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await page.waitForTimeout(2000); // settle window: any stray generate would fire here
+  expect(generatesAfterContinue).toBe(0);
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/wander.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/wander.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+import { waitForStableImage } from "./helpers";
+
+// Wander's spend seatbelt (#155): exactly WANDER_MAX_PAGES auto-taps, then
+// the stop pill and NOT ONE more. Only possible under mock at all since
+// #176 fixed the candidates route (it was swallowed by the click catch-all
+// and wander died instantly with "no-candidates"). ~60-90s wall: 8 cycles of
+// 2.6s linger + a mock generation each — accepted; ?wanderLingerMs= is the
+// flagged upgrade path if this ever dominates the suite.
+test("wander explores exactly 8 pages then stops itself", async ({ page }) => {
+  test.setTimeout(180_000);
+
+  let tapCount = 0;
+  page.on("request", (req) => {
+    if (
+      req.url().includes("/api/generate-page") &&
+      req.method() === "POST" &&
+      (req.postData() ?? "").includes('"mode":"tap"')
+    ) {
+      tapCount += 1;
+    }
+  });
+
+  await page.goto("/play?q=" + encodeURIComponent("a sprawling old harbor town"));
+  await waitForStableImage(page);
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Wander/ }).click();
+
+  await page
+    .getByText(/explored 8 pages/)
+    .waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: 150_000 });
+
+  expect(tapCount).toBe(8);
+  // The toggle flipped itself back off — no ninth tap is even armed.
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: /Wander/ })).toBeVisible();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(4000); // longer than a linger — a 9th tap would land here
+  expect(tapCount).toBe(8);
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/world-enter.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/world-enter.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+import { clickAtImageFraction, waitForStableImage } from "./helpers";
+
+// Tap = ENTER, and buildings go INSIDE (#167 + #161/#166). The mock classifier
+// steers on the query's trigger words: "tower" → enter_as scene + place_form
+// interior, so the tap rides the REAL interior-enter path (instruction, judge
+// swap, scene_view stamp) with only the model replies canned. The SSE stream
+// is the wire contract those PRs shipped — asserting it beats any DOM hook.
+test("world tap on a tower ENTERS and arrives INDOORS (one hop)", async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto("/play?q=" + encodeURIComponent("an old stone tower"));
+  await waitForStableImage(page);
+
+  const respPromise = page.waitForResponse(
+    (r) =>
+      r.url().includes("/api/generate-page") &&
+      r.request().method() === "POST" &&
+      (r.request().postData() ?? "").includes('"mode":"tap"'),
+    { timeout: 60_000 },
+  );
+
+  await clickAtImageFraction(page, 0.5, 0.5);
+
+  const resp = await respPromise;
+  expect(resp.status()).toBe(200);
+  // text() resolves when the SSE stream closes; _sse emits with ": " separators.
+  const stream = await resp.text();
+  expect(stream).toContain('"image_op": "enter_scene"');
+  expect(stream).toContain('"place_form": "interior"');
+  expect(stream).toContain('"scale_tier": "room"');
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/world-submap.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/world-submap.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+import { clickAtImageFraction, waitForStableImage } from "./helpers";
+
+// Map zooms are REDRAWN, not crop-upscaled (#164/#173). "district" steers the
+// mock classifier to enter_as submap, so the tap rides the real SUBMAP_REDRAW
+// path and the final reports its honest op on the wire.
+test("world tap on a district rides the map REDRAW", async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto("/play?q=" + encodeURIComponent("a market district"));
+  await waitForStableImage(page);
+
+  const respPromise = page.waitForResponse(
+    (r) =>
+      r.url().includes("/api/generate-page") &&
+      r.request().method() === "POST" &&
+      (r.request().postData() ?? "").includes('"mode":"tap"'),
+    { timeout: 60_000 },
+  );
+
+  await clickAtImageFraction(page, 0.5, 0.5);
+
+  const resp = await respPromise;
+  expect(resp.status()).toBe(200);
+  const stream = await resp.text();
+  expect(stream).toContain('"image_op": "map_redraw"');
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/zoom-here.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/zoom-here.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+import { waitForStableImage } from "./helpers";
+
+// The optical zoom lives on right-click (#162/#169): taps enter, "closer
+// without entering" is an explicit menu action that pins render_mode. The
+// pinned mode rides the request body — that's the whole contract.
+test("right-click → Zoom in here pins an optical-zoom render_mode", async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto("/play?q=" + encodeURIComponent("a walled coastal city"));
+  await waitForStableImage(page);
+
+  const img = page.locator('img[alt^="Generated illustration"]').first();
+  const box = await img.boundingBox();
+  expect(box).not.toBeNull();
+  await page.mouse.click(box!.x + box!.width * 0.5, box!.y + box!.height * 0.5, {
+    button: "right",
+  });
+
+  const item = page.getByText("Zoom in here", { exact: false }).first();
+  await item.waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: 10_000 });
+
+  const reqPromise = page.waitForRequest(
+    (req) =>
+      req.url().includes("/api/generate-page") &&
+      req.method() === "POST" &&
+      (req.postData() ?? "").includes('"mode":"tap"'),
+    { timeout: 60_000 },
+  );
+
+  await item.click();
+
+  const body = JSON.parse((await reqPromise).postData() ?? "{}");
+  // Root world map → submap cut; entered pages → closeup. Either is a valid
+  // optical zoom; what matters is the EXPLICIT pin reached the wire.
+  expect(["place_submap", "place_closeup"]).toContain(body.render_mode);
+});