diff --git a/.github/actions/nr-ci-event/action.yml b/.github/actions/nr-ci-event/action.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+name: nr-ci-event
+description: >-
+  Emit a CI test-run result to New Relic so a red CI run (test, e2e, smoke,
+  deploy gate) is studyable from NR dashboards, not just GitHub logs. Posts an
+  InstantCITestRun custom event on every gated job, plus an InstantCITestFailure
+  event when result=fail. No-ops cleanly (logs the payload it WOULD send) when
+  the NR secret/account is absent — never fails the calling job because NR is
+  unreachable (fork PRs, secret not yet provisioned).
+
+# Mechanism (CLAUDE.md design ref docs/ci/01-CI-INTEGRATION-DESIGN.md §NR
+# observability): the NR Event API is a single HTTP POST to
+#   https://insights-collector.newrelic.com/v1/accounts/<acct>/events
+# authenticated with the ingest license key (the SAME NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY the
+# Go agents use at runtime — it is a valid Insert Key for the Event API). The
+# account id is the numeric NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID. Both are passed as inputs from
+# repo secrets by the caller. When EITHER is empty the action prints the payload
+# and exits 0 (the no-op-without-secret contract — rule: never red a PR because
+# NR is down). EU-region accounts override the collector host via nr-region.
+
+inputs:
+  # --- NR credentials (caller passes from secrets; empty => no-op) ---
+  license-key:
+    description: >-
+      NR ingest license key (Insert Key for the Event API). Pass
+      `secrets.NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY`. Empty => action no-ops (dry-run log).
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  account-id:
+    description: >-
+      Numeric NR account id. Pass `secrets.NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID`.
+      Empty => action no-ops (dry-run log).
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  nr-region:
+    description: 'US (default) or EU — selects the insights-collector host.'
+    required: false
+    default: 'US'
+
+  # --- event payload (caller fills from the GitHub context + job result) ---
+  result:
+    description: 'pass | fail — usually `job.status == ''success'' && ''pass'' || ''fail''`.'
+    required: true
+  suite:
+    description: >-
+      Logical suite name, e.g. build-and-test, coverage, playwright, pr-smoke,
+      e2e-prod, deploy-gate. The dashboard FACETs on this.
+    required: true
+  # NOTE: composite actions cannot read the `github` context in their own
+  # expressions, so the caller MUST pass these from its `with:` block (e.g.
+  # repo: `github.repository`). The defaults below only apply when a caller
+  # omits them entirely.
+  repo:
+    description: 'Repository (owner/name). Caller passes `github.repository`.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  workflow:
+    description: 'Workflow name. Caller passes `github.workflow`.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  branch:
+    description: 'Branch ref name. Caller passes `github.ref_name`.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  commit-sha:
+    description: 'Commit SHA under test. Caller passes `github.sha`.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  pr-number:
+    description: 'PR number (empty on push). Caller passes `github.event.pull_request.number`.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  duration-ms:
+    description: 'Suite duration in milliseconds (0 if not measured).'
+    required: false
+    default: '0'
+  failed-step:
+    description: 'On failure: the step/phase that failed (free text, no PII). Empty on pass.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  log-url:
+    description: 'URL to the run logs for triage. Caller passes the run URL.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  event-name:
+    description: 'GitHub event name. Caller passes `github.event_name`.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  actor:
+    description: 'GitHub actor. Caller passes `github.actor`.'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Emit CI result to New Relic (no-op without secret)
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        # Composite actions may reference ONLY `inputs` (+ env/runner/steps) in
+        # their expressions — `secrets`, `job`, and `github` are NOT available
+        # here, so the CALLER resolves those and passes them as inputs. All
+        # untrusted/free-form values flow through env, never interpolated into
+        # the shell body (injection-safe — same posture as ci.yml's
+        # dispatch-auth-contract-e2e job).
+        NR_LICENSE_KEY: ${{ inputs.license-key }}
+        NR_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ inputs.account-id }}
+        NR_REGION: ${{ inputs.nr-region }}
+        EV_RESULT: ${{ inputs.result }}
+        EV_SUITE: ${{ inputs.suite }}
+        EV_REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
+        EV_WORKFLOW: ${{ inputs.workflow }}
+        EV_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+        EV_COMMIT: ${{ inputs.commit-sha }}
+        EV_PR: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
+        EV_DURATION_MS: ${{ inputs.duration-ms }}
+        EV_FAILED_STEP: ${{ inputs.failed-step }}
+        EV_LOG_URL: ${{ inputs.log-url }}
+        EV_EVENT_NAME: ${{ inputs.event-name }}
+        EV_ACTOR: ${{ inputs.actor }}
+      run: |
+        set -uo pipefail
+
+        # Normalise the result to the pass|fail enum the dashboard FACETs on.
+        # Anything that isn't exactly "pass" is treated as "fail" so a typo or
+        # a cancelled job reads as a non-pass (conservative — never a false green).
+        case "${EV_RESULT}" in
+          pass) RESULT="pass" ;;
+          *)    RESULT="fail" ;;
+        esac
+
+        # Build the InstantCITestRun event (always) and, on fail, the
+        # InstantCITestFailure event. jq composes the JSON so every value is
+        # passed as an argument (no shell concatenation of free-form text).
+        DURATION="${EV_DURATION_MS}"
+        case "${DURATION}" in ''|*[!0-9]*) DURATION=0 ;; esac
+
+        RUN_EVENT=$(jq -n -c \
+          --arg eventType "InstantCITestRun" \
+          --arg repo "${EV_REPO}" \
+          --arg workflow "${EV_WORKFLOW}" \
+          --arg branch "${EV_BRANCH}" \
+          --arg commit_sha "${EV_COMMIT}" \
+          --arg pr_number "${EV_PR}" \
+          --arg result "${RESULT}" \
+          --arg suite "${EV_SUITE}" \
+          --arg event_name "${EV_EVENT_NAME}" \
+          --arg actor "${EV_ACTOR}" \
+          --arg log_url "${EV_LOG_URL}" \
+          --argjson duration_ms "${DURATION}" \
+          '{eventType:$eventType, repo:$repo, workflow:$workflow, branch:$branch,
+            commit_sha:$commit_sha, pr_number:$pr_number, result:$result,
+            suite:$suite, event_name:$event_name, actor:$actor, log_url:$log_url,
+            duration_ms:$duration_ms}')
+
+        PAYLOAD="[${RUN_EVENT}]"
+        if [ "${RESULT}" = "fail" ]; then
+          FAIL_EVENT=$(jq -n -c \
+            --arg eventType "InstantCITestFailure" \
+            --arg repo "${EV_REPO}" \
+            --arg workflow "${EV_WORKFLOW}" \
+            --arg branch "${EV_BRANCH}" \
+            --arg commit_sha "${EV_COMMIT}" \
+            --arg pr_number "${EV_PR}" \
+            --arg suite "${EV_SUITE}" \
+            --arg failed_step "${EV_FAILED_STEP}" \
+            --arg log_url "${EV_LOG_URL}" \
+            --arg event_name "${EV_EVENT_NAME}" \
+            '{eventType:$eventType, repo:$repo, workflow:$workflow, branch:$branch,
+              commit_sha:$commit_sha, pr_number:$pr_number, suite:$suite,
+              failed_step:$failed_step, log_url:$log_url, event_name:$event_name}')
+          PAYLOAD="[${RUN_EVENT},${FAIL_EVENT}]"
+        fi
+
+        # No-op-without-secret contract: print what WOULD be sent and exit 0 so
+        # a fork PR (no secret) or an unprovisioned repo never reds because NR
+        # is unreachable.
+        if [ -z "${NR_LICENSE_KEY}" ] || [ -z "${NR_ACCOUNT_ID}" ]; then
+          echo "::notice title=nr-ci-event::NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY or NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID absent — dry-run only (no event sent)."
+          echo "would POST to NR Event API the following payload:"
+          echo "${PAYLOAD}" | jq .
+          exit 0
+        fi
+
+        case "$(echo "${NR_REGION}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')" in
+          EU) HOST="insights-collector.eu01.nr-data.net" ;;
+          *)  HOST="insights-collector.newrelic.com" ;;
+        esac
+        URL="https://${HOST}/v1/accounts/${NR_ACCOUNT_ID}/events"
+
+        echo "POSTing ${RESULT} result for suite='${EV_SUITE}' to NR account ${NR_ACCOUNT_ID} (${HOST})"
+        HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS -o /tmp/nr_ci_event.out -w '%{http_code}' \
+          -X POST "${URL}" \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "Api-Key: ${NR_LICENSE_KEY}" \
+          --data-binary "${PAYLOAD}" || echo "000")
+
+        echo "NR Event API responded HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
+        cat /tmp/nr_ci_event.out 2>/dev/null || true
+        echo
+
+        # NR returns 200 on accept. Any other code (incl. network failure 000)
+        # is logged as a warning but NEVER fails the job — observability must
+        # not gate the pipeline.
+        if [ "${HTTP_CODE}" != "200" ]; then
+          echo "::warning title=nr-ci-event::NR Event API returned ${HTTP_CODE} (expected 200). CI result not recorded in NR; not failing the job."
+        fi
+        exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6c96045..f080d56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,28 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run build
       - run: npm test
 
+      # Wave 5 — push the gated-test result to New Relic so a red run is
+      # studyable from an NR dashboard, not just the GitHub Actions log.
+      # if: always() records a FAILED tsc/build/vitest as InstantCITestRun
+      # result=fail + InstantCITestFailure. No-ops cleanly without the NR secret.
+      - name: Emit CI result to New Relic
+        if: always()
+        uses: ./.github/actions/nr-ci-event
+        with:
+          license-key: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}
+          account-id: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID }}
+          result: ${{ job.status == 'success' && 'pass' || 'fail' }}
+          suite: build-and-test
+          pr-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          failed-step: ${{ job.status != 'success' && 'gen:api-types:check / build (tsc+vite+prerender) / vitest' || '' }}
+          repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+          workflow: ${{ github.workflow }}
+          branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          commit-sha: ${{ github.sha }}
+          log-url: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+          event-name: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          actor: ${{ github.actor }}
+
   playwright:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -68,3 +90,24 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
       - run: VITE_NO_PROXY=1 npx playwright test --project=chromium
+
+      # Wave 5 — record the mocked-Playwright suite outcome in NR
+      # (suite=playwright) so a red is visible on the CI-health dashboard.
+      # No-ops without the NR secret.
+      - name: Emit Playwright result to New Relic
+        if: always()
+        uses: ./.github/actions/nr-ci-event
+        with:
+          license-key: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}
+          account-id: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID }}
+          result: ${{ job.status == 'success' && 'pass' || 'fail' }}
+          suite: playwright
+          pr-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          failed-step: ${{ job.status != 'success' && 'playwright (mocked, chromium)' || '' }}
+          repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+          workflow: ${{ github.workflow }}
+          branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          commit-sha: ${{ github.sha }}
+          log-url: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+          event-name: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          actor: ${{ github.actor }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-pr-smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-pr-smoke.yml
index be0ae35..2618cdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-pr-smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-pr-smoke.yml
@@ -175,3 +175,26 @@ jobs:
             e2e/.cleanup-ledger.json
           if-no-files-found: ignore
           retention-days: 7
+
+      # Wave 5 — record the PR-smoke outcome in NR (suite=pr-smoke). Gated on
+      # RUN == '1' so a fork/secret-less no-op run does NOT report a misleading
+      # pass (the suite did not actually execute). When it DID run, if: always()
+      # captures both the journey failure and a leak-reaper failure. No-ops
+      # without the NR secret. The pr-smoke-failing-main NR alert reads this.
+      - name: Emit PR-smoke result to New Relic
+        if: always() && env.RUN == '1'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/nr-ci-event
+        with:
+          license-key: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}
+          account-id: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID }}
+          result: ${{ job.status == 'success' && 'pass' || 'fail' }}
+          suite: pr-smoke
+          pr-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          failed-step: ${{ job.status != 'success' && 'real-backend UI @pr-smoke journeys / mint / reap' || '' }}
+          repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+          workflow: ${{ github.workflow }}
+          branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          commit-sha: ${{ github.sha }}
+          log-url: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+          event-name: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          actor: ${{ github.actor }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-prod.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-prod.yml
index 9c02e80..4383445 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-prod.yml
@@ -196,3 +196,26 @@ jobs:
             e2e/.cleanup-ledger.json
           if-no-files-found: ignore
           retention-days: 14
+
+      # Wave 5 — record the live-prod E2E outcome in NR (suite=e2e-prod). This
+      # is the user-facing-journeys-against-prod signal; the e2e-prod-suite-
+      # failing NR alert (P1) reads it. Gated on RUN == '1' so a secret-less
+      # no-op run does NOT report a misleading pass. if: always() captures the
+      # journey failure and the leak-reaper failure. No-ops without the NR
+      # secret.
+      - name: Emit e2e-prod result to New Relic
+        if: always() && env.RUN == '1'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/nr-ci-event
+        with:
+          license-key: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}
+          account-id: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID }}
+          result: ${{ job.status == 'success' && 'pass' || 'fail' }}
+          suite: e2e-prod
+          failed-step: ${{ job.status != 'success' && 'live-prod E2E journeys / mint / reap' || '' }}
+          repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+          workflow: ${{ github.workflow }}
+          branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          commit-sha: ${{ github.sha }}
+          log-url: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+          event-name: ${{ github.event_name }}
+          actor: ${{ github.actor }}