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+import AxeBuilder from '@axe-core/playwright';
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+
+/**
+ * Minimal Geschichten coverage. The deeper a11y / visual-regression suite is
+ * tracked separately; this file proves the core writer + reader journey works
+ * end-to-end against the real stack.
+ *
+ * Pre-requisite: V59 has granted BLOG_WRITE to the Administrators group, so
+ * the seeded admin user can author. The auth.setup project handles login.
+ */
+
+const stamp = () => new Date().toISOString().replace(/[^0-9]/g, '');
+
+test.describe('Geschichten — writer + reader journey', () => {
+	test('admin can create a draft, publish it, and see it on the index', async ({ page }) => {
+		const title = `E2E story ${stamp()}`;
+
+		// Land on the index — empty state or pre-existing demo data is fine
+		await page.goto('/geschichten');
+		await page.waitForSelector('[data-hydrated]');
+		await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Geschichten', level: 1 })).toBeVisible();
+
+		// Click "Neue Geschichte" — visible because admin has BLOG_WRITE
+		await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Neue Geschichte' }).click();
+		await page.waitForURL('/geschichten/new');
+
+		// Fill in title — the body editor is Tiptap and harder to script reliably
+		await page.getByPlaceholder('Titel der Geschichte').fill(title);
+
+		// Save as draft and verify we land on the detail page
+		await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Entwurf speichern' }).click();
+		await page.waitForURL(/\/geschichten\/[^/]+$/);
+
+		// Capture the new id from the URL
+		const detailUrl = page.url();
+		const id = detailUrl.split('/').pop();
+		expect(id).toBeTruthy();
+
+		// Publish from the edit page
+		await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Bearbeiten' }).click();
+		await page.waitForURL(/\/edit$/);
+		await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Veröffentlichen' }).click();
+		await page.waitForURL(detailUrl);
+
+		// Index now shows the published story
+		await page.goto('/geschichten');
+		await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: title })).toBeVisible();
+	});
+
+	test('reader is taken to a story detail when clicking a card', async ({ page }) => {
+		await page.goto('/geschichten');
+		await page.waitForSelector('[data-hydrated]');
+
+		// Use the first story link in the list (demo data exists; if not, the
+		// previous test seeded one). The link wraps the whole card.
+		const firstStory = page.locator('a[href^="/geschichten/"]').filter({ hasText: /.+/ }).first();
+		await expect(firstStory).toBeVisible();
+		await firstStory.click();
+
+		await page.waitForURL(/\/geschichten\/[^/]+$/);
+		await expect(page.locator('article')).toBeVisible();
+	});
+
+	test('AxeBuilder finds no critical violations on the index', async ({ page }) => {
+		await page.goto('/geschichten');
+		await page.waitForSelector('[data-hydrated]');
+		const results = await new AxeBuilder({ page }).withTags(['wcag2a', 'wcag2aa']).analyze();
+
+		// Filter to non-deferred severity. We don't gate the whole PR on a clean
+		// AxeBuilder run yet — Sara's review tracks the broader a11y backlog —
+		// but any "serious" or "critical" finding from this scan would block merge.
+		const blocking = results.violations.filter(
+			(v) => v.impact === 'serious' || v.impact === 'critical'
+		);
+		expect(blocking, JSON.stringify(blocking, null, 2)).toEqual([]);
+	});
+});