diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 375bc9077..491f2468d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run check:boundaries
 
       - name: Run focused onboarding tests
-        run: node --test src/setupDoctor.test.mjs src/pinokioEnvironment.test.mjs src/pinokioPreflight.test.mjs src/pinokioLauncherContract.test.mjs src/keySetupHardening.test.mjs src/mapStartup.test.mjs src/hudSummaryResponse.test.mjs
+        run: node --test src/setupDoctor.test.mjs src/pinokioEnvironment.test.mjs src/pinokioPreflight.test.mjs src/pinokioLauncherContract.test.mjs src/keySetupHardening.test.mjs src/mapStartup.test.mjs src/hudSummaryResponse.test.mjs src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs
 
       - name: Build production bundle
         run: npm run build
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa9bac1d4..ad197c2bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+- Snow flakes sway within a fixed range instead of drifting sideways faster the
+  longer the app runs; the Wind setting still scales the sway.
+
+- The right rail ignores panels that other CSS hides, such as during an event
+  view, so they no longer force one-panel-at-a-time layout or collapse visible
+  panels. Panels the rail collapses itself are still restored.
+
+- Coordinate searches refuse empty latitude or longitude components instead of navigating to an unintended location.
+
 - Bing Aerial and Bing Labels request HTTPS tiles on HTTP localhost through
   their ion-backed providers, retaining ion and per-tile attribution without
   widening the Content Security Policy.
@@ -207,6 +216,12 @@
   largest cities) and `CCTV_VEGVESEN_VIDEO=0` keeps stills only. Attributed
   under NLOD 2.0.
 
+- Live HLS cameras play on a page opened over plain HTTP from another machine
+  (`HOST=0.0.0.0`). The client lease id came from `crypto.randomUUID`, which
+  browsers only expose in secure contexts, so starting a live feed threw
+  before playback. The id now falls back to a v4 UUID built from
+  `crypto.getRandomValues`, which the server's lease check accepts.
+
 ## [0.2.1] — 2026-10-02 — God's Eye View through Your Agent (with security fixes and other features)
 
 - Ship each bundled data pack once. The region, marine, admin-boundary,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4029db402..50c5a4003 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ locked dependencies, finds a free local port, and opens the app.
 Version 8.2 fixes the launcher installation issue;
 [details from the Pinokio maintainer](https://pinokio.co/posts/01m1m4p9xxm3qw7dnnpj2wr93g).
 
+**Pinokio opens but the globe is very choppy?** Before treating that as a GPU
+compatibility or minimum-hardware problem, copy the local server URL shown by
+Pinokio and open the same URL in your normal hardware-accelerated browser. One
+Pinokio 8.2.0 user reported severe stutter in Pinokio's embedded view that went
+away when the same running server was opened in an external browser ([#365](https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view/issues/365)).
+That points to the embedded browser rather than the app server or your
+hardware; it does not establish a minimum GPU requirement.
+
 ### Path 2 — Terminal / coding agent
 
 Use **Node.js 24.x (24.14.0 or later) or 26.x**. The setup doctor warns about
diff --git a/docs/APPLICATION.md b/docs/APPLICATION.md
index deafe9168..c5a2642e6 100644
--- a/docs/APPLICATION.md
+++ b/docs/APPLICATION.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ routing and regional caches. Request parameters cannot override these endpoints.
 Voice controls accept an action runner and a controller factory through
 `createVoiceCommands` (`./voice/commands`). The default Realtime controller owns
 microphone tracks, playback, push-to-talk, tool cancellation and radio handoff.
-Its backend supplies `requestToken({ tier, signal })` and
+Its backend supplies `requestToken({ tier, authMode, signal })` and
 `negotiate({ offerSdp, credential, signal })`. The Realtime-compatible adapter
 (`./voice/realtime-backend`) accepts separate token and connection transports
 and endpoints. Only the short-lived client secret reaches the SDP endpoint.
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 22896f7d6..bd817be3f 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -1013,6 +1013,8 @@ and sharpen. Display supplies actions and renders settings; effect execution has
 no DOM dependency. Existing presets and the 500 ms transition remain unchanged.
 Stopping the controller revokes animation before asynchronous UI teardown; final
 destruction removes its stages and restores the borrowed bloom configuration.
+Snow's sideways sway stays within a fixed range at any session age; Wind scales
+its amplitude.
 
 ## Display control ownership
 
@@ -1047,6 +1049,9 @@ Automatic collapse remains presentation only, prioritizes the latest explicit
 panel, and honors keyboard focus on the right. Mobile layout still releases
 desktop allocation styles. Stable Display allocation avoids unnecessary style
 writes. This extraction does not change panel positions or layout defaults.
+The right rail skips panels hidden by other CSS (computed `display: none`), but
+keeps the collapsed panels its own exclusive presentation hides, so automatic
+collapse can still be undone.
 
 ## Surface keyboard lifecycle
 
@@ -4347,6 +4352,8 @@ and unreachable upstream (502/504) separately from road geometry.
 
 ### Place-search providers
 
+Coordinate input requires exactly two nonempty components; extra comma or semicolon separators decline to geocoding rather than silently choosing a location.
+
 Location search/fly-to, annotations and Radio location lookup receive one
 `placeSearch.geocode(query, { bias, signal })` service. `src/standalone` composes
 two offline providers first — a strict decimal-degree coordinate reader and an
@@ -5247,7 +5254,9 @@ its paint loop. Camera deactivation destroys the decoder, and fatal playback
 errors revert to the labeled frame fallback. Camera changes clear the old panel
 frame. hls.js is imported only when an HLS camera starts. Two live sessions may
 coexist with at most eight independent consumer leases each; no-access lease
-expiry is 15 seconds. Closing one consumer leaves other consumers running. Encrypted/fMP4/byte-range playlists fail
+expiry is 15 seconds. Closing one consumer leaves other consumers running. Lease
+ids use `crypto.randomUUID` where the page is a secure context and an equivalent
+v4 id from `crypto.getRandomValues` on plain-HTTP LAN pages. Encrypted/fMP4/byte-range playlists fail
 closed. Performance and live agency reliability require recorded validation.
 
 ## Wind forecast models
diff --git a/docs/PERFORMANCE.md b/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
index 34b207f79..65d0abae9 100644
--- a/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
+++ b/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ Use the same controls before attributing a difference to the application:
 6. Record live object counts before attributing a difference to the client.
 7. Treat a live-source outage as missing coverage, not as evidence of low client
    rendering cost.
+8. Record whether the app is running in Pinokio's embedded view or in an
+   external browser. One Pinokio 8.2.0 user reported severe stutter in the
+   embedded view that went away when the same local URL was opened in a normal
+   browser ([#365](https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view/issues/365)).
+   Do not compare embedded-view and external-browser measurements directly;
+   compare the reported GPU renderer and matched scene settings first.
 
 ## What is not established yet
 
diff --git a/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md b/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md
index 4dac83a51..bb28eb3e9 100644
--- a/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md
+++ b/docs/VOICE-OWNERSHIP.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ The session adapter, action runner and backend interfaces remain unchanged.
 | Owner | State and responsibility |
 | --- | --- |
 | `realtimeConnection.js` | Start generation, request cancellation, peer/data channel, acquired microphone stream and playback element |
+| `realtimeBackend.js` | Token and SDP requests, their separate transports, the abort/timeout scope around both, and client-secret expiry |
 | `realtimeTurns.js` | Active and superseded responses, pending confirmations, deduplicated calls and action cancellation |
 | `realtimeRadio.js` | Speaker ducking, prepared playback, stronger-action reservations and playback observers |
 | `realtimeInput.js` | Physical Space gesture, microphone mute, input/output meters and their frame/listener lifetime |
@@ -21,6 +22,15 @@ The session adapter, action runner and backend interfaces remain unchanged.
 | `resultDisplay.js` | What the voice card shows for a result and which items it numbers (read by the card and `referents.js`) |
 | `gevActions.js` runner | Analyst follow-up memory (session: `resetConversation()` on stop, `dispose()` on removal) |
 
+The backend is replaceable per deployment: `realtimeController.js` accepts it as a
+`backend` option and falls back to `createRealtimeBackend()`. Its two method
+signatures live with [application construction](APPLICATION.md); what belongs here
+is the ownership. The connection is the backend's only consumer in the application.
+The connection reads credential metadata for diagnostics and cost accounting,
+then passes the complete credential unchanged to `negotiate`. Client-secret expiry is refused inside the backend, not by the connection.
+`realtimeOwners.test.mjs` drives whole sessions through a substitute that
+implements only those two methods.
+
 Pure input policy, preferences and protocol-response policy have separate modules.
 Owners receive named readers, operations or focused collaborators. Cross-owner
 cancellation uses operations; response handling does not own Radio's reservations
diff --git a/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs b/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
index 9bd7e70e0..6cc6aaa94 100644
--- a/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
+++ b/scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs
@@ -21,9 +21,20 @@ export function assertNode24AllocationRuntime(version = process.versions.node) {
   return version;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Directories this runner searches for `*.test.mjs`, in stable order.
+ *
+ * `server/` belongs here because provider modules own tests of their own: a
+ * suite placed beside the module it covers must run, and CI's unit-test job runs
+ * `npm test`, so a directory missing from this list is a suite that never runs
+ * there. `unitTestRunner.test.mjs` asserts the list covers every `*.test.mjs`
+ * outside dependencies, build output and dot-directories, so adding a tree
+ * without adding it here fails.
+ */
+export const UNIT_TEST_ROOTS = Object.freeze(['src', 'server']);
+
 /** Discover repository unit tests in stable path order. */
 export function discoverUnitTestFiles(root = process.cwd()) {
-  const sourceRoot = path.join(root, 'src');
   const files = [];
   const visit = (directory) => {
     for (const entry of readdirSync(directory, { withFileTypes: true })) {
@@ -34,7 +45,7 @@ export function discoverUnitTestFiles(root = process.cwd()) {
       }
     }
   };
-  visit(sourceRoot);
+  for (const testRoot of UNIT_TEST_ROOTS) visit(path.join(root, testRoot));
   return files.sort();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs b/src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs
index 07e1a7dcc..4a577ac70 100644
--- a/src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs
+++ b/src/codexOauthRealtime.test.mjs
@@ -145,17 +145,20 @@ test('Codex OAuth reader enforces expiry margin and bounds tokens without exp by
 
 test('Codex login resolves an installed executable before PATH and starts browser auth detached', async () => {
   const checked = [];
+  // Built with path.join so the stub matches the resolver on Windows too,
+  // where the separators are backslashes.
+  const installed = path.join('/home/fixture', '.local', 'bin', 'codex');
   assert.equal(
     resolveCodexExecutable({
       environment: {},
       home: '/home/fixture',
       access(candidate) {
         checked.push(candidate);
-        if (candidate.endsWith('/.local/bin/codex')) return;
+        if (candidate === installed) return;
         throw new Error('missing');
       },
     }),
-    path.join('/home/fixture', '.local', 'bin', 'codex'),
+    installed,
   );
   assert.equal(checked.length, 1);
 
diff --git a/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.js b/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.js
index d59143b5a..48988c17c 100644
--- a/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.js
+++ b/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.js
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * A v4 UUID for the client lease. `crypto.randomUUID` only exists in secure
+ * contexts, so a page opened over plain HTTP from another machine (the
+ * HOST=0.0.0.0 LAN opt-in) has none; `getRandomValues` exists in every context
+ * and yields the same shape the server's lease check accepts.
+ */
+export function createLeaseId(cryptoImpl = globalThis.crypto) {
+  if (typeof cryptoImpl.randomUUID === 'function') {
+    return cryptoImpl.randomUUID();
+  }
+  const bytes = cryptoImpl.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(16));
+  bytes[6] = (bytes[6] & 0x0f) | 0x40;
+  bytes[8] = (bytes[8] & 0x3f) | 0x80;
+  const hex = Array.from(bytes, (byte) => byte.toString(16).padStart(2, '0'));
+  return [
+    hex.slice(0, 4),
+    hex.slice(4, 6),
+    hex.slice(6, 8),
+    hex.slice(8, 10),
+    hex.slice(10),
+  ]
+    .map((group) => group.join(''))
+    .join('-');
+}
+
 /** One decoder per active camera; both surfaces consume this video element. */
 export function attachCctvVideo(
   video,
@@ -7,13 +32,14 @@ export function attachCctvVideo(
     loadHls = () => import('hls.js'),
     onFailure = () => {},
     fetchImpl = globalThis.fetch,
+    cryptoImpl = globalThis.crypto,
   } = {},
 ) {
   // Preserve replay for existing finite video feeds; live HLS must not loop.
   video.loop = feedType !== 'hls';
   let disposed = false;
   let hls = null;
-  const leaseId = feedType === 'hls' ? globalThis.crypto.randomUUID() : null;
+  const leaseId = feedType === 'hls' ? createLeaseId(cryptoImpl) : null;
   const mediaUrl =
     feedType === 'hls'
       ? `${url}${url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?'}lease=${leaseId}`
diff --git a/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.test.mjs b/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.test.mjs
index 1f8c1c0bb..d1ef02539 100644
--- a/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/cctv/videoPlayback.test.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { attachCctvVideo } from './videoPlayback.js';
+import { webcrypto } from 'node:crypto';
+import { attachCctvVideo, createLeaseId } from './videoPlayback.js';
+
+const LEASE_V4 =
+  /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-4[0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/;
+
+/** What an insecure context exposes: getRandomValues but no randomUUID. */
+const insecureCrypto = {
+  getRandomValues: (array) => webcrypto.getRandomValues(array),
+};
 function video() {
   const v = new EventTarget();
   Object.assign(v, {
@@ -69,6 +78,34 @@ test('native HLS releases its client lease without response-header access', asyn
   assert.equal(releases[0].init.method, 'DELETE');
 });
 
+test('lease ids are v4 UUIDs with or without crypto.randomUUID', () => {
+  assert.match(createLeaseId(), LEASE_V4);
+  const ids = new Set();
+  for (let i = 0; i < 64; i++) ids.add(createLeaseId(insecureCrypto));
+  assert.equal(ids.size, 64);
+  for (const id of ids) assert.match(id, LEASE_V4);
+});
+
+test('HLS starts on a plain-HTTP LAN page without crypto.randomUUID', async () => {
+  const source = video();
+  source.canPlayType = () => 'probably';
+  const playback = attachCctvVideo(source, '/api/cctv/media/a', 'hls', {
+    loadHls: async () => ({ default: { isSupported: () => false } }),
+    fetchImpl: async () => {},
+    cryptoImpl: insecureCrypto,
+  });
+  try {
+    await playback.ready;
+    const lease = new URL(
+      source.src,
+      'http://192.168.1.10:4173/',
+    ).searchParams.get('lease');
+    assert.match(lease, LEASE_V4);
+  } finally {
+    playback.dispose();
+  }
+});
+
 test('finite video feeds retain looping while live HLS does not loop', async () => {
   for (const feedType of ['mp4', 'webm', 'hls']) {
     const source = video();
diff --git a/src/search/coordinate-empty-components.test.mjs b/src/search/coordinate-empty-components.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48bca54ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/search/coordinate-empty-components.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { parseCoordinateQuery } from './coordinateParser.js';
+test('search refuses omitted components and repeated separators', () => {
+  for (const q of ['30,, -97', ',30,-97', '30,-97,', '30;; -97', '30,; -97'])
+    assert.equal(parseCoordinateQuery(q), null, q);
+  for (const q of ['30,-97', '30; -97', '30 -97', 'N 30, W 97'])
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      [parseCoordinateQuery(q).lat, parseCoordinateQuery(q).lon],
+      [30, -97],
+    );
+});
diff --git a/src/search/coordinateParser.js b/src/search/coordinateParser.js
index 261e2394c..cb8c85524 100644
--- a/src/search/coordinateParser.js
+++ b/src/search/coordinateParser.js
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ function splitComponents(query) {
   const parts = /[,;]/.test(text)
     ? text.split(/[,;]/)
     : text.split(/\s+(?=[+-]?[.\d]|[NSEW]\s*[+-]?[.\d])/i);
-  const trimmed = parts.map((part) => part.trim()).filter(Boolean);
-  return trimmed.length === 2 ? trimmed : null;
+  const trimmed = parts.map((part) => part.trim());
+  return trimmed.length === 2 && trimmed.every(Boolean) ? trimmed : null;
 }
 
 /** Present a parsed pair the way a coordinate is normally written. */
diff --git a/src/styles/snow.js b/src/styles/snow.js
index f4bfebe86..569f6cbbc 100644
--- a/src/styles/snow.js
+++ b/src/styles/snow.js
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ export const snowShader = {
       float depth = 0.5 + layer * 0.5;
       float speed = 0.4 + layer * 0.3;
       float size = mix(0.01, 0.025, layer);
-      float windForce = sin(time * 0.5 + layer * 3.14) * (0.05 + wind * 0.2);
+      float windForce = 0.05 + wind * 0.2;
 
       vec2 snowUV = uv * vec2(1.0, 0.5) * (4.0 + layer * 4.0);
       snowUV.y += time * speed;
-      snowUV.x += time * windForce;
+      // Offset is the integral of a swaying velocity sin(time * 0.5 + phase) * windForce,
+      // so the sway stays bounded however long the app has been running.
+      snowUV.x -= 2.0 * cos(time * 0.5 + layer * 3.14) * windForce;
 
       vec2 cell = floor(snowUV);
       vec2 f = fract(snowUV);
diff --git a/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs b/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs
index 016de58fa..7015c89e2 100644
--- a/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs
+++ b/src/ui/panelRails.test.mjs
@@ -704,6 +704,51 @@ test('narrow-screen rails pin every hosted panel glow inside its panel box', ()
   }
 });
 
+test('right layout ignores a CSS-hidden expanded panel when deciding exclusivity', () => {
+  const f = fixture('right');
+  const weather = element('weather-panel', { height: 300 });
+  weather.computed.display = 'none';
+  f.stack.children.push(weather);
+  weather.parentElement = f.stack;
+
+  f.run();
+
+  assert.equal(f.stack.classList.contains('layout-exclusive'), false);
+  assert.equal(f.stack.dataset.expandedCount, '0');
+  assert.equal(f.first.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), undefined);
+  assert.equal(f.second.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), undefined);
+  assert.equal(
+    weather.style.getPropertyValue('--right-panel-allocated-height'),
+    '',
+  );
+});
+
+test('right layout still restores panels that exclusive presentation hides', () => {
+  const f = fixture('right');
+  // Model layers.css: an exclusive rail hides its collapsed panels.
+  f.options.windowRef.getComputedStyle = (node) => ({
+    ...node.computed,
+    display:
+      f.stack.classList.contains('layout-exclusive') &&
+      node.classList.contains('collapsed')
+        ? 'none'
+        : node.computed.display,
+  });
+  f.expand(f.first, 250);
+  f.second.classList.add('layout-auto-collapsed');
+  f.stack.classList.add('layout-exclusive');
+
+  f.run();
+  assert.equal(f.stack.classList.contains('layout-exclusive'), true);
+  assert.equal(f.second.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), 'true');
+
+  f.options.hud.visible = false;
+  f.run();
+  assert.equal(f.second.classList.contains('collapsed'), false);
+  assert.equal(f.second.classList.contains('layout-auto-collapsed'), false);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.collapsed, ['second']);
+});
+
 test('right layout ignores a hidden panel: no lane, no gap, no auto-collapse', () => {
   const f = fixture('right');
   const imagery = element('recent-imagery-panel', { height: 0 });
diff --git a/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js b/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js
index 3b85bb896..be49999fd 100644
--- a/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js
+++ b/src/ui/rightPanelRail.js
@@ -69,10 +69,17 @@ export function layoutRightPanelRail({
   // A collapse may schedule one follow-up, which only measures and allocates.
   const isCollapseRetry = pendingCollapseRetries.delete(stack);
 
-  // A floating (lifted-out) panel is not laid out by the rail.
+  // A floating (lifted-out) panel is not laid out by the rail. Neither is one
+  // that other CSS hides, such as an event view. Exclusive presentation hides
+  // collapsed panels itself; those stay in the rail so they can be restored.
+  const hiddenByRail = (panel) =>
+    stack.classList.contains('layout-exclusive') &&
+    panel.classList.contains('collapsed');
   const panels = [...stack.children].filter(
     (panel) =>
-      panel.matches('[data-panel-id]:not(.panel-floating)') && !panel.hidden,
+      panel.matches('[data-panel-id]:not(.panel-floating)') &&
+      !panel.hidden &&
+      (hiddenByRail(panel) || getComputedStyle(panel).display !== 'none'),
   );
   if (!hud.visible || hud.variant !== 'tactical') {
     for (const panel of panels.filter((item) =>
diff --git a/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs b/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs
index 002dcb796..80d9091e0 100644
--- a/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs
+++ b/src/unitTestRunner.test.mjs
@@ -1,14 +1,40 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { readFileSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import {
   ALLOCATION_TEST_FILES,
+  UNIT_TEST_ROOTS,
   allocationTestArgs,
   assertNode24AllocationRuntime,
   buildUnitTestPlan,
+  discoverUnitTestFiles,
   isCalibratedAllocationRuntime,
 } from '../scripts/run-unit-tests.mjs';
 
+const repositoryRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('..', import.meta.url));
+
+/** Every `*.test.mjs` a contributor could add, found without consulting the runner. */
+function testFilesOnDisk(root) {
+  // Build outputs and dependencies are not places a contributor writes a test,
+  // and walking them would be slow enough to matter. Everything else counts.
+  const skip = new Set(['node_modules', 'dist', 'build', 'public']);
+  const found = [];
+  const visit = (directory) => {
+    for (const entry of readdirSync(directory, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+      if (entry.name.startsWith('.') || skip.has(entry.name)) continue;
+      const absolute = path.join(directory, entry.name);
+      if (entry.isDirectory()) visit(absolute);
+      else if (entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.test.mjs')) {
+        found.push(path.relative(root, absolute).split(path.sep).join('/'));
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  visit(root);
+  return found.sort();
+}
+
 test('unit runner serializes only GC-bracketed allocation microbenchmarks', () => {
   const ordinary = [
     'src/data/manager.test.mjs',
@@ -37,6 +63,30 @@ test('unit runner serializes only GC-bracketed allocation microbenchmarks', () =
   );
 });
 
+test('the runner discovers every test file in the repository', () => {
+  // CI's unit-test job runs `npm test`, which runs exactly what this function
+  // returns. A `*.test.mjs` outside the searched roots therefore never runs
+  // there, while still reading — in review and to its author — like covered
+  // code. Compare the two sets rather than their sizes, so the failure names the
+  // files instead of only disagreeing about a count. The final equality also
+  // catches the reverse: files the runner finds that this walk skips.
+  const discovered = discoverUnitTestFiles(repositoryRoot);
+  const onDisk = testFilesOnDisk(repositoryRoot);
+  const undiscovered = onDisk.filter((file) => !discovered.includes(file));
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    undiscovered,
+    [],
+    `test files the runner never executes: ${undiscovered.join(', ')}`,
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(discovered, onDisk);
+  for (const file of discovered) {
+    assert.ok(
+      UNIT_TEST_ROOTS.some((root) => file.startsWith(`${root}/`)),
+      `${file} should sit under one of ${UNIT_TEST_ROOTS.join(', ')}`,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
 test('allocation runtime calibration is explicit and pinned to Node 24', () => {
   assert.equal(assertNode24AllocationRuntime('24.19.0'), '24.19.0');
   assert.throws(