diff --git a/tests/e2e/workflows/crud-persistence.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/workflows/crud-persistence.spec.ts
index 27f1a09b..11ab663f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/workflows/crud-persistence.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/workflows/crud-persistence.spec.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ test.beforeEach(({ page }) => {
 // That error aborts the WHOLE SUITE before a single test runs — 0 collected, no
 // tally, and the failure names this file rather than anything under test. `{}`
 // is the documented way to say "no fixtures, but give me testInfo".
-test.afterEach(async (_fixtures, testInfo) => {
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-empty-pattern -- Playwright resolves fixtures
+// BY NAME from this pattern, and `{}` is its documented way to say "no
+// fixtures, but give me testInfo". Naming it (`_fixtures`) makes Playwright
+// look for a fixture called _fixtures and refuse the whole file.
+test.afterEach(async ({}, testInfo) => {
 	if (testInfo.status === testInfo.expectedStatus) return
 	const dump = traffic
 		.map((c) =>
diff --git a/tests/e2e/workflows/rbac-authorization-workflow.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/workflows/rbac-authorization-workflow.spec.ts
index 9ecd8db9..ef612972 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/workflows/rbac-authorization-workflow.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/workflows/rbac-authorization-workflow.spec.ts
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ const ADMIN_GATED_ENDPOINTS = [
 ]
 
 test.describe('consume-or-rbac-authorization — who-may-act preserved via OR RBAC', () => {
-	test('a signatory may initiate signing; a non-signatory is denied (403)', async ({
-		_page,
-	}) => {
+	test('a signatory may initiate signing; a non-signatory is denied (403)', async () => {
 		// Deferred live run: requires decidiq deployed with a Minutes record on a
 		// body whose signatory scope (decidesk:body:{id}:signatory) is populated by
 		// the role projector. A signatory's POST to
@@ -81,9 +79,7 @@ test.describe('consume-or-rbac-authorization — who-may-act preserved via OR RB
 		expect(BASE).toBeTruthy()
 	})
 
-	test('only the chair may run a chair-only lifecycle transition', async ({
-		_page,
-	}) => {
+	test('only the chair may run a chair-only lifecycle transition', async () => {
 		// Deferred live run: a chair-only transition (e.g. legislative opened→adjourned)
 		// succeeds for a member of decidesk:body:{id}:chair and is refused for a
 		// non-chair with "Only the meeting chair may perform this transition."
@@ -96,9 +92,7 @@ test.describe('consume-or-rbac-authorization — who-may-act preserved via OR RB
 		expect(BASE).toBeTruthy()
 	})
 
-	test('a disallowed domain transition is refused independent of actor scope', async ({
-		_page,
-	}) => {
+	test('a disallowed domain transition is refused independent of actor scope', async () => {
 		// Deferred live run: a domain whose workflow sets allowPause:false refuses
 		// opened→paused for the chair too (workflow policy, not actor auth). Asserted
 		// at unit level in MeetingServiceTest testDomainDisallowedTransitionReturnsFailure.
@@ -109,9 +103,7 @@ test.describe('consume-or-rbac-authorization — who-may-act preserved via OR RB
 		expect(BASE).toBeTruthy()
 	})
 
-	test('a non-admin is denied on every previously admin-gated surface; an admin is allowed', async ({
-		_page,
-	}) => {
+	test('a non-admin is denied on every previously admin-gated surface; an admin is allowed', async () => {
 		// Deferred live run: as a non-admin, each ADMIN_GATED_ENDPOINTS call returns
 		// 401/403 from the shared RequiresOrAdmin trait; as an admin each is permitted.
 		// Asserted at unit level in AuditLogControllerTest (admin allow / non-admin deny).