diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci-pr.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci-pr.yml
index 85679ae4..ab6e72ac 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci-pr.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci-pr.yml
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           DB_HOST=$(awk '$2 == "00000000" {a=$3; print strtonum("0x" substr(a,7,2)) "." strtonum("0x" substr(a,5,2)) "." strtonum("0x" substr(a,3,2)) "." strtonum("0x" substr(a,1,2)); exit}' /proc/net/route)
           echo "DATABASE_URL=postgresql://teqo:teqo@${DB_HOST}:5433/teqo_test" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          # vitest/playwright re-load .env.test over the process env, so the
+          # service URL must win through the .env.test.local layer (same
+          # mechanism `pnpm worktree next` uses). OPS50.
+          echo "DATABASE_URL=postgresql://teqo:teqo@${DB_HOST}:5433/teqo_test" > .env.test.local
       - run: pnpm migrate
       - run: pnpm db:seed:minimal
 
@@ -325,6 +329,10 @@ jobs:
           DB_HOST=$(awk '$2 == "00000000" {a=$3; print strtonum("0x" substr(a,7,2)) "." strtonum("0x" substr(a,5,2)) "." strtonum("0x" substr(a,3,2)) "." strtonum("0x" substr(a,1,2)); exit}' /proc/net/route)
           DB_PORT=${{ matrix.shard == 1 && '5435' || '5436' }}
           echo "DATABASE_URL=postgresql://teqo:teqo@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/teqo_test" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          # vitest/playwright re-load .env.test over the process env, so the
+          # service URL must win through the .env.test.local layer (same
+          # mechanism `pnpm worktree next` uses). OPS50.
+          echo "DATABASE_URL=postgresql://teqo:teqo@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/teqo_test" > .env.test.local
       - run: pnpm migrate
       - run: pnpm db:seed:minimal
       - name: Build for e2e