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+# HoneyDue iOS Tests — How it works
+
+Two test targets:
+
+| Target | Kind | What it covers | Speed |
+|--------|------|----------------|-------|
+| **HoneyDueUITests** | XCUITest | Drives the real app via accessibility IDs. Organized by domain. | slow (per-test app launch + account) |
+| **HoneyDueAPITests** | standalone unit-test | Pure-API/contract tests (no UI, no app launch). | seconds |
+
+## Running
+
+```bash
+cd iosApp
+
+# Full run: Smoke gate -> Seed -> API -> Parallel UI (8 workers) -> Sweep
+./run_ui_tests.sh
+
+# Variants
+./run_ui_tests.sh "iPhone Air" 6   # device + worker count
+./run_ui_tests.sh --smoke          # just the smoke gate
+./run_ui_tests.sh --only-api        # just the fast API target
+./run_ui_tests.sh --only-parallel   # just the UI suites
+```
+
+The parallel phase runs the **whole UI target minus** the four phase-managed
+suites (`SmokeUITests`, `AppLaunchUITests`, `AAA_SeedTests`,
+`SuiteZZ_CleanupTests`) via `-skip-testing`. **New suites are picked up
+automatically** — there is no hand-maintained include list to forget to update.
+
+## Per-test account isolation (the core idea)
+
+Every UI test that needs to be logged in subclasses `AuthenticatedUITestCase`,
+which in `setUp`:
+
+1. mints a **unique, pre-verified Kratos identity** —
+   `uit_<domain>_<uuid>@test.honeydue.local` (see `Core/Fixtures/TestAccount.swift`),
+2. logs the app in as that account,
+3. exposes `session` / `cleaner` / `account` for seeding under its **own** token,
+
+and in `tearDown` calls `account.delete()`, which **cascades all of the
+account's data and clears the Kratos identity** in one call.
+
+No test shares state with any other, so suites run in parallel at high worker
+counts with zero data races. (This replaced the old shared-`testuser` model
+that capped the suite at 2 workers and forced Suite6 to run isolated.)
+
+### Seeding data the UI must SEE
+
+A fresh account is **empty at login**. Anything you seed via API *after* login
+is invisible to the app until a manual refresh. So:
+
+- **Creating** a thing through the UI → no setup needed (but note: task and
+  document creation are gated on a residence existing — set
+  `override var requiresResidence: Bool { true }`, which seeds one *before*
+  login and exposes it as `seededResidence`).
+- **Viewing / editing / deleting an existing** thing → seed it **before login**:
+
+  ```swift
+  override func seedAccountPreconditions(_ account: TestAccount) {
+      super.seedAccountPreconditions(account)         // seeds seededResidence if requiresResidence
+      let r = seededResidence ?? account.seedResidence()
+      myTask = account.seedTask(residenceId: r.id, title: "Edit me")
+  }
+  ```
+
+## Adding a suite
+
+1. Pick the domain folder (`Task/`, `Residence/`, …). The folder is an Xcode
+   synchronized group, so a new `.swift` file is compiled into the target
+   automatically — no `.pbxproj` editing.
+2. Name it `<Domain><Aspect>UITests`; subclass `BaseUITestCase` (logged-out
+   surface: login/registration/onboarding) or `AuthenticatedUITestCase`
+   (logged-in feature work).
+3. Use accessibility IDs from `iosApp/Helpers/AccessibilityIdentifiers.swift`
+   (shared with the app — the single source of truth).
+4. It runs automatically in the parallel phase. Done.
+
+For a **pure-API** test (no UI): add it to `HoneyDueAPITests/` instead — it'll
+run in the fast API phase.
+
+## Known trade-off
+
+Per-test account creation costs ~1–2s of setup (Kratos create + login). For a
+big suite that adds up; if a full run drags, the planned mitigation is a
+recycled account pool keyed by worker id. Correctness-first today.
diff --git a/iosApp/HoneyDueUITests/TEST_RULES.md b/iosApp/HoneyDueUITests/TEST_RULES.md
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 ## Independence
 8. **Every suite runs alone, in combination, or in parallel** — no ordering dependencies
-9. **Every test creates its own data in setUp, cleans up in tearDown**
+9. **Every test gets its OWN isolated account** — `AuthenticatedUITestCase` mints a fresh Kratos identity per test (`uit_<domain>_<uuid>@test.honeydue.local`), seeds under its own token, and deletes it in tearDown (cascading all data). Never share an account across tests.
 10. **No shared mutable state** — no `static var`, no class-level properties mutated across tests
 
 ## Clarity
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ These rules are non-negotiable. Every test, every suite, every helper must follo
 16. **Target: each individual test completes in under 15 seconds** (excluding setUp/tearDown)
 
 ## Preconditions
-17. **Every test assumption is validated before the test runs** — if a task test assumes a residence exists, verify via API in setUp. If the precondition isn't met, create it via API. Preconditions are NOT what the test is testing — they're infrastructure. Use API, not UI, to establish them.
+17. **Seed UI-gated preconditions BEFORE login** — a fresh account is empty at login, so data the UI must display has to be seeded before the app loads it. Use `requiresResidence` (seeds a residence) or override `seedAccountPreconditions(_:)` to seed a full scenario via API. Preconditions are infrastructure, not what the test is testing — establish them via API, never UI.