diff --git a/.github/actions/eas-local-build/action.yml b/.github/actions/eas-local-build/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae62b0d572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/eas-local-build/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+---
+name: Local EAS Build
+description: Build an Expo app locally with a selected EAS profile.
+
+inputs:
+  platform:
+    description: EAS platform to build (ios or android)
+    required: true
+  profile:
+    description: EAS build profile
+    required: true
+  output:
+    description: Output path for the local build artifact
+    required: true
+  log-path:
+    description: Optional path to tee build output into
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+  bump-build-number:
+    description: Run the build through use-build-number-with-bump
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  sentry-auth-token:
+    description: Optional Sentry authentication token
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+  sentry-release:
+    description: Optional Sentry release
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+  sentry-dist:
+    description: Optional Sentry distribution
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Build locally with EAS
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        PLATFORM: ${{ inputs.platform }}
+        PROFILE: ${{ inputs.profile }}
+        OUTPUT: ${{ inputs.output }}
+        LOG_PATH: ${{ inputs.log-path }}
+        BUMP_BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.bump-build-number }}
+        SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.sentry-auth-token }}
+        SENTRY_RELEASE: ${{ inputs.sentry-release }}
+        SENTRY_DIST: ${{ inputs.sentry-dist }}
+      run: |
+        set -o pipefail
+        build_command=(
+          pnpm eas build
+          --platform "$PLATFORM"
+          --profile "$PROFILE"
+          --local
+          --output "$OUTPUT"
+          --non-interactive
+        )
+
+        if [ -n "$LOG_PATH" ]; then
+          mkdir -p "$(dirname "$LOG_PATH")"
+          if [ "$BUMP_BUILD_NUMBER" = "true" ]; then
+            pnpm use-build-number-with-bump "${build_command[@]}" 2>&1 | tee "$LOG_PATH"
+          else
+            "${build_command[@]}" 2>&1 | tee "$LOG_PATH"
+          fi
+        elif [ "$BUMP_BUILD_NUMBER" = "true" ]; then
+          pnpm use-build-number-with-bump "${build_command[@]}"
+        else
+          "${build_command[@]}"
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/scripts/cleanup-nightly-e2e.sh b/.github/scripts/cleanup-nightly-e2e.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c37974de92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/cleanup-nightly-e2e.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set +e
+
+platform="${1:?usage: cleanup-nightly-e2e.sh <ios|android> <device-id>}"
+device_id="${2:-}"
+artifact_dir="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE:-$PWD}/artifacts/$platform"
+mkdir -p "$artifact_dir"
+
+if [[ -f i18n.log ]]; then
+  cp i18n.log "$artifact_dir/i18n.log"
+fi
+
+stop_process_tree() {
+  local pid="$1"
+  local child
+  while read -r child; do
+    [[ -n "$child" ]] && stop_process_tree "$child"
+  done < <(pgrep -P "$pid" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  kill -TERM "$pid" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+}
+
+stop_pid_file() {
+  [[ -f "$1" ]] || return 0
+  local pid
+  pid="$(cat "$1")"
+  stop_process_tree "$pid"
+}
+
+stop_pid_file "$artifact_dir/logcat.pid"
+stop_pid_file "$artifact_dir/metro.pid"
+stop_pid_file "$artifact_dir/mock-server.pid"
+stop_pid_file "$artifact_dir/emulator.pid"
+
+if [[ "$platform" == "ios" ]]; then
+  if [[ -f "$artifact_dir/redis-bin.txt" ]]; then
+    "$(cat "$artifact_dir/redis-bin.txt")/redis-cli" \
+      -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6380 shutdown nosave >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+  if [[ -f "$artifact_dir/postgres-bin.txt" ]]; then
+    "$(cat "$artifact_dir/postgres-bin.txt")/pg_ctl" \
+      -D "${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/nightly-e2e-postgres" -m fast stop >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+  [[ -n "$device_id" ]] && xcrun simctl shutdown "$device_id" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+else
+  docker compose -f dev-env/dev-infra/docker-compose.yaml logs --no-color \
+    >>"$artifact_dir/docker-services.log" 2>&1 || true
+  docker compose -f dev-env/dev-infra/docker-compose.yaml down --volumes --remove-orphans >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  [[ -n "$device_id" ]] && adb -s "$device_id" emu kill >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+fi
diff --git a/.github/scripts/run-nightly-e2e.sh b/.github/scripts/run-nightly-e2e.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fe4fb7e355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/run-nightly-e2e.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+platform="${1:?usage: run-nightly-e2e.sh <ios|android> <device-id>}"
+device_id="${2:?usage: run-nightly-e2e.sh <ios|android> <device-id>}"
+
+if [[ "$platform" != "ios" && "$platform" != "android" ]]; then
+  echo "Unsupported platform: $platform" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+artifact_dir="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE:-$PWD}/artifacts/$platform"
+maestro_dir="$artifact_dir/maestro"
+mkdir -p "$maestro_dir"
+
+phase() {
+  printf '%s\n' "$1" >"$artifact_dir/phase.txt"
+}
+
+wait_for_port() {
+  local port="$1"
+  local label="$2"
+  local attempts="${3:-120}"
+
+  for ((i = 1; i <= attempts; i++)); do
+    if nc -z 127.0.0.1 "$port" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      return 0
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+  done
+
+  echo "Timed out waiting for $label on port $port" >&2
+  return 1
+}
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2329 # Invoked through the cleanup trap call chain.
+stop_process_tree() {
+  local pid="$1"
+  local child
+  while read -r child; do
+    [[ -n "$child" ]] && stop_process_tree "$child"
+  done < <(pgrep -P "$pid" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  kill -TERM "$pid" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+}
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2329 # Invoked by cleanup, which is registered as a trap.
+stop_pid_file() {
+  local pid_file="$1"
+  [[ -f "$pid_file" ]] || return 0
+
+  local pid
+  pid="$(cat "$pid_file")"
+  [[ -n "$pid" ]] || return 0
+
+  # pnpm and Expo both spawn multiple generations of children.
+  stop_process_tree "$pid"
+}
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2329 # Invoked by the EXIT/INT/TERM trap below.
+cleanup() {
+  set +e
+  stop_pid_file "$artifact_dir/logcat.pid"
+  stop_pid_file "$artifact_dir/metro.pid"
+  stop_pid_file "$artifact_dir/mock-server.pid"
+
+  if [[ "$platform" == "ios" ]]; then
+    if [[ -f "$artifact_dir/redis.pid" ]]; then
+      redis_bin="$(cat "$artifact_dir/redis-bin.txt")"
+      "$redis_bin/redis-cli" -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6380 shutdown nosave >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    fi
+    if [[ -f "$artifact_dir/postgres-bin.txt" && -d "${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/nightly-e2e-postgres" ]]; then
+      postgres_bin="$(cat "$artifact_dir/postgres-bin.txt")"
+      "$postgres_bin/pg_ctl" -D "${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/nightly-e2e-postgres" -m fast stop >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    fi
+  else
+    docker compose -f dev-env/dev-infra/docker-compose.yaml logs --no-color \
+      >>"$artifact_dir/docker-services.log" 2>&1 || true
+    docker compose -f dev-env/dev-infra/docker-compose.yaml down --volumes --remove-orphans >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
+
+if [[ "$platform" == "android" ]]; then
+  adb -s "$device_id" logcat -c
+  adb -s "$device_id" logcat -v threadtime >"$artifact_dir/logcat.log" 2>&1 &
+  printf '%s\n' "$!" >"$artifact_dir/logcat.pid"
+fi
+
+phase "Starting PostgreSQL, Redis, and mock server"
+if [[ "$platform" == "ios" ]]; then
+  brew install postgresql@14 2>&1 | tee "$artifact_dir/native-dependencies.log"
+
+  postgres_bin="$(brew --prefix postgresql@14)/bin"
+  redis_version="7.4.7"
+  redis_archive="${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/redis-${redis_version}.tar.gz"
+  redis_source="${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/redis-${redis_version}"
+  curl -fsSL -o "$redis_archive" \
+    "https://download.redis.io/releases/redis-${redis_version}.tar.gz"
+  echo "c97e57b0df330a9e091cacff012bebe763c275398cf36ff44cdba876814b595b  $redis_archive" \
+    | shasum -a 256 --check | tee -a "$artifact_dir/native-dependencies.log"
+  rm -rf "$redis_source"
+  tar -xzf "$redis_archive" -C "${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}"
+  make -C "$redis_source" -j "$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)" \
+    2>&1 | tee -a "$artifact_dir/native-dependencies.log"
+  redis_bin="$redis_source/src"
+  "$redis_bin/redis-server" --version | tee -a "$artifact_dir/native-dependencies.log"
+  printf '%s\n' "$redis_bin" >"$artifact_dir/redis-bin.txt"
+
+  postgres_data="${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/nightly-e2e-postgres"
+  rm -rf "$postgres_data"
+  "$postgres_bin/initdb" -D "$postgres_data" --auth=trust --username=pg --no-locale \
+    >"$artifact_dir/postgres-init.log" 2>&1
+  "$postgres_bin/pg_ctl" -D "$postgres_data" \
+    -o "-p 5433 -h 127.0.0.1" -l "$artifact_dir/postgres.log" start
+  printf '%s\n' "$postgres_bin" >"$artifact_dir/postgres-bin.txt"
+
+  "$redis_bin/redis-server" \
+    --bind 127.0.0.1 \
+    --port 6380 \
+    --save "" \
+    --appendonly no \
+    --daemonize yes \
+    --pidfile "$artifact_dir/redis.pid" \
+    --logfile "$artifact_dir/redis.log"
+
+  wait_for_port 5433 "PostgreSQL"
+  wait_for_port 6380 "Redis"
+  pnpm --dir dev-env start:external >"$artifact_dir/mock-server.log" 2>&1 &
+else
+  pnpm --dir dev-env start >"$artifact_dir/mock-server.log" 2>&1 &
+fi
+printf '%s\n' "$!" >"$artifact_dir/mock-server.pid"
+wait_for_port 1986 "the E2E mock-server manager"
+
+phase "Starting Metro"
+EXPO_PUBLIC_ENV=e2e \
+  NODE_ENV=test \
+  RN_SRC_EXT=e2e.ts,e2e.tsx \
+  pnpm exec expo start --dev-client --clear --port 8081 \
+  >"$artifact_dir/metro.log" 2>&1 &
+printf '%s\n' "$!" >"$artifact_dir/metro.pid"
+wait_for_port 8081 "Metro"
+
+# Pre-warm Metro bundle so the first Maestro flow doesn't hit a cold-start delay
+phase "Pre-warming Metro bundle"
+bundle_platform="$platform"
+curl -s -o /dev/null "http://localhost:8081/index.bundle?platform=${bundle_platform}&dev=true&minify=false"
+echo "Metro bundle pre-warmed for $bundle_platform"
+
+if [[ "$platform" == "android" ]]; then
+  phase "Configuring Android localhost routing"
+  adb -s "$device_id" reverse tcp:3000 tcp:3000
+  adb -s "$device_id" reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081
+fi
+
+phase "Running Maestro flows"
+set +e
+maestro test \
+  --udid "$device_id" \
+  --format JUNIT \
+  --output "$artifact_dir/report.xml" \
+  --config __e2e__/config.yml \
+  --debug-output "$maestro_dir" \
+  --test-output-dir "$maestro_dir" \
+  --flatten-debug-output \
+  __e2e__ \
+  2>&1 | tee "$artifact_dir/maestro-cli.log"
+maestro_status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+set -e
+
+if [[ "$maestro_status" -eq 0 ]]; then
+  phase "Completed"
+else
+  phase "Maestro flow failure"
+fi
+
+exit "$maestro_status"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/summarize-maestro.mjs b/.github/scripts/summarize-maestro.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7154f5b0ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/summarize-maestro.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs'
+import path from 'node:path'
+import process from 'node:process'
+
+const ENTITY_REPLACEMENTS = {
+  '&amp;': '&',
+  '&apos;': "'",
+  '&gt;': '>',
+  '&lt;': '<',
+  '&quot;': '"',
+}
+
+function decodeXml(value = '') {
+  return value
+    .replace(/&(amp|apos|gt|lt|quot);/g, entity => ENTITY_REPLACEMENTS[entity])
+    .replace(/&#(\d+);/g, (_, code) => String.fromCodePoint(Number(code)))
+    .replace(/&#x([\da-f]+);/gi, (_, code) =>
+      String.fromCodePoint(Number.parseInt(code, 16)),
+    )
+}
+
+function attributes(source = '') {
+  const result = {}
+  for (const match of source.matchAll(/([\w:.-]+)\s*=\s*(["'])(.*?)\2/gs)) {
+    result[match[1]] = decodeXml(match[3])
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+function concise(value, limit = 300) {
+  const normalized = decodeXml(value)
+    .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim()
+  return normalized.length > limit
+    ? `${normalized.slice(0, limit - 1)}…`
+    : normalized
+}
+
+export function parseJUnit(xml) {
+  const failures = []
+  const testcasePattern = /<testcase\b([^>]*?)(?:\/>|>([\s\S]*?)<\/testcase>)/gi
+
+  for (const match of xml.matchAll(testcasePattern)) {
+    const testcase = attributes(match[1])
+    const body = match[2] || ''
+    const failure = body.match(/<(failure|error)\b([^>]*)>([\s\S]*?)<\/\1>/i)
+    const selfClosingFailure = body.match(/<(failure|error)\b([^>]*)\/>/i)
+    const failureMatch = failure || selfClosingFailure
+    if (!failureMatch) continue
+
+    const failureAttributes = attributes(failureMatch[2])
+    const name = testcase.name || testcase.classname || 'Unnamed Maestro flow'
+    const message = concise(
+      failureAttributes.message || (failure ? failureMatch[3] : '') || 'Failed',
+    )
+    failures.push({name, message})
+  }
+
+  if (failures.length === 0) {
+    const suite = xml.match(/<testsuite\b([^>]*)>/i)
+    const suiteAttributes = attributes(suite?.[1])
+    if (
+      Number(suiteAttributes.failures || 0) +
+        Number(suiteAttributes.errors || 0) >
+      0
+    ) {
+      failures.push({
+        name: suiteAttributes.name || 'Maestro test suite',
+        message: 'JUnit reported a failure without testcase details',
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  return failures
+}
+
+export function parseMaestroCli(log) {
+  const failures = []
+  const failurePattern = /^\[Failed\]\s+(.+?)\s+\([^)]*\)\s+\((.+)\)\s*$/gm
+  for (const match of log.matchAll(failurePattern)) {
+    failures.push({
+      name: concise(match[1], 120),
+      message: concise(match[2]),
+    })
+  }
+  return failures
+}
+
+function walk(root) {
+  if (!root || !fs.existsSync(root)) return []
+  const entries = fs.readdirSync(root, {withFileTypes: true})
+  return entries.flatMap(entry => {
+    const candidate = path.join(root, entry.name)
+    return entry.isDirectory() ? walk(candidate) : [candidate]
+  })
+}
+
+function readPhase(root) {
+  const phaseFile = walk(root).find(file => path.basename(file) === 'phase.txt')
+  return phaseFile ? fs.readFileSync(phaseFile, 'utf8').trim() : ''
+}
+
+function platformResult({name, status, root, artifactUrl}) {
+  const files = walk(root)
+  const reports = files.filter(file => /(?:report|junit).*\.xml$/i.test(file))
+  const junitFailures = reports.flatMap(report =>
+    parseJUnit(fs.readFileSync(report, 'utf8')),
+  )
+  const maestroLogs = files.filter(
+    file => path.basename(file) === 'maestro-cli.log',
+  )
+  const cliFailures = maestroLogs.flatMap(log =>
+    parseMaestroCli(fs.readFileSync(log, 'utf8')),
+  )
+  // A cancelled or timed-out Maestro run may never flush JUnit. Its CLI log is
+  // streamed continuously, so use those failure lines when JUnit has no detail.
+  const failures = junitFailures.length > 0 ? junitFailures : cliFailures
+  // A skipped platform (e.g. iOS while temporarily disabled) is not a failure
+  // as long as it produced no flow failures.
+  const failed =
+    (status !== 'success' && status !== 'skipped') || failures.length > 0
+  return {
+    name,
+    status,
+    failed,
+    failures,
+    phase: readPhase(root),
+    hasJUnit: reports.length > 0,
+    artifactUrl,
+  }
+}
+
+function statusEmoji(status) {
+  if (status === 'success') return ':white_check_mark:'
+  if (status === 'skipped') return ':fast_forward:'
+  return ':x:'
+}
+
+function slackEscape(value) {
+  return value
+    .replaceAll('&', '&amp;')
+    .replaceAll('<', '&lt;')
+    .replaceAll('>', '&gt;')
+}
+
+function platformBlock(platform) {
+  const lines = [
+    `${statusEmoji(platform.status)} *${platform.name}* — job status: \`${platform.status}\``,
+  ]
+  if (platform.failures.length > 0) {
+    for (const failure of platform.failures.slice(0, 8)) {
+      lines.push(
+        `• *${slackEscape(failure.name)}:* ${slackEscape(failure.message)}`,
+      )
+    }
+    if (platform.failures.length > 8) {
+      lines.push(`• …and ${platform.failures.length - 8} more failed flows`)
+    }
+  } else if (platform.failed && !platform.hasJUnit) {
+    lines.push(
+      `• *Setup phase:* ${slackEscape(platform.phase || 'No phase metadata was captured')}`,
+    )
+  } else if (platform.failed) {
+    lines.push(
+      `• Job failed after JUnit was written; latest phase: ${slackEscape(platform.phase || 'unknown')}`,
+    )
+  }
+  if (platform.artifactUrl) {
+    lines.push(
+      `• <${platform.artifactUrl}|Open ${platform.name} logs and artifacts>`,
+    )
+  }
+  return lines.join('\n').slice(0, 3000)
+}
+
+function githubSummary({notify, platforms, shortSha, runUrl, commitUrl}) {
+  const lines = [
+    `# Nightly Maestro E2E ${notify ? 'failed' : 'passed'}`,
+    '',
+    `- Commit: [\`${shortSha}\`](${commitUrl})`,
+    `- Workflow run: [open run](${runUrl})`,
+    '',
+  ]
+
+  for (const platform of platforms) {
+    const headerEmoji =
+      platform.status === 'success'
+        ? '✅'
+        : platform.status === 'skipped'
+          ? '⏭️'
+          : '❌'
+    lines.push(
+      `## ${headerEmoji} ${platform.name}`,
+      '',
+      `Job status: \`${platform.status}\``,
+      '',
+    )
+    if (platform.failures.length > 0) {
+      for (const failure of platform.failures.slice(0, 10)) {
+        lines.push(`- **${failure.name}:** ${failure.message}`)
+      }
+      if (platform.failures.length > 10) {
+        lines.push(`- …and ${platform.failures.length - 10} more failed flows`)
+      }
+      lines.push('')
+    } else if (platform.failed && !platform.hasJUnit) {
+      lines.push(
+        `- Setup phase: ${platform.phase || 'No phase metadata was captured'}`,
+        '',
+      )
+    } else if (platform.failed) {
+      lines.push(
+        `- The job failed after JUnit was written (latest phase: ${platform.phase || 'unknown'})`,
+        '',
+      )
+    }
+    if (platform.artifactUrl) {
+      lines.push(
+        `- [${platform.name} logs and artifacts](${platform.artifactUrl})`,
+        '',
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  return lines.join('\n').trim()
+}
+
+export function buildSummary({
+  iosStatus,
+  androidStatus,
+  iosRoot,
+  androidRoot,
+  artifactUrls = {},
+  sha,
+  runUrl,
+  commitUrl,
+}) {
+  const platforms = [
+    platformResult({
+      name: 'iOS',
+      status: iosStatus,
+      root: iosRoot,
+      artifactUrl: artifactUrls.ios,
+    }),
+    platformResult({
+      name: 'Android',
+      status: androidStatus,
+      root: androidRoot,
+      artifactUrl: artifactUrls.android,
+    }),
+  ]
+  const notify = platforms.some(platform => platform.failed)
+  const shortSha = sha.slice(0, 12)
+  const lines = [
+    ':rotating_light: *Nightly Maestro E2E failed*',
+    `*Commit:* <${commitUrl}|\`${shortSha}\`>`,
+    `*Workflow run:* <${runUrl}|open run>`,
+    '',
+  ]
+
+  for (const platform of platforms) {
+    lines.push(
+      `${statusEmoji(platform.status)} *${platform.name}* — job status: \`${platform.status}\``,
+    )
+    if (platform.failures.length > 0) {
+      for (const failure of platform.failures.slice(0, 10)) {
+        lines.push(
+          `• *${slackEscape(failure.name)}:* ${slackEscape(failure.message)}`,
+        )
+      }
+      if (platform.failures.length > 10) {
+        lines.push(`• …and ${platform.failures.length - 10} more failed flows`)
+      }
+    } else if (platform.failed && !platform.hasJUnit) {
+      lines.push(
+        `• Setup phase: ${platform.phase || 'No phase metadata was captured'}`,
+      )
+    } else if (platform.failed) {
+      lines.push(
+        `• The job failed after JUnit was written (latest phase: ${platform.phase || 'unknown'})`,
+      )
+    }
+    if (platform.artifactUrl) {
+      lines.push(
+        `• <${platform.artifactUrl}|${platform.name} logs and artifacts>`,
+      )
+    }
+    lines.push('')
+  }
+
+  const text = lines.join('\n').trim()
+  const blocks = [
+    {
+      type: 'header',
+      text: {type: 'plain_text', text: 'Nightly Maestro E2E failed'},
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'section',
+      text: {
+        type: 'mrkdwn',
+        text: `*Commit:* <${commitUrl}|\`${shortSha}\`>\n*Workflow run:* <${runUrl}|open run>`,
+      },
+    },
+    {type: 'divider'},
+    ...platforms.flatMap((platform, index) => [
+      {type: 'section', text: {type: 'mrkdwn', text: platformBlock(platform)}},
+      ...(index < platforms.length - 1 ? [{type: 'divider'}] : []),
+    ]),
+  ]
+  return {
+    notify,
+    platforms,
+    githubSummary: githubSummary({
+      notify,
+      platforms,
+      shortSha,
+      runUrl,
+      commitUrl,
+    }),
+    payload: {text, blocks},
+  }
+}
+
+function parseArgs(argv) {
+  const result = {}
+  for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i += 2) {
+    const key = argv[i]
+    if (!key?.startsWith('--') || argv[i + 1] === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid argument: ${key || '<missing>'}`)
+    }
+    result[key.slice(2)] = argv[i + 1]
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+if (
+  process.argv[1] &&
+  path.resolve(process.argv[1]) === path.resolve(import.meta.filename)
+) {
+  const args = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2))
+  const artifactUrls = args['artifact-urls']
+    ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(args['artifact-urls'], 'utf8'))
+    : {}
+  const summary = buildSummary({
+    iosStatus: args['ios-status'],
+    androidStatus: args['android-status'],
+    iosRoot: args['ios-root'],
+    androidRoot: args['android-root'],
+    artifactUrls,
+    sha: args.sha,
+    runUrl: args['run-url'],
+    commitUrl: args['commit-url'],
+  })
+  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify(summary)}\n`)
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-submit-android.yml b/.github/workflows/build-submit-android.yml
index 212942b01e..e4a86fc224 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-submit-android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-submit-android.yml
@@ -108,16 +108,15 @@ jobs:
           google-services-token: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_SERVICES_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: 🏗️ EAS Build
-        env:
-          PROFILE: ${{ inputs.profile || 'testflight-android' }}
-        run: >
-          SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN=${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
-          SENTRY_RELEASE=${{ steps.env.outputs.release-version }}
-          SENTRY_DIST=${{ steps.env.outputs.bundle-identifier }}
-          pnpm use-build-number-with-bump
-          pnpm eas build -p android
-          --profile $PROFILE
-          --local --output build.aab --non-interactive
+        uses: ./.github/actions/eas-local-build
+        with:
+          platform: android
+          profile: ${{ inputs.profile || 'testflight-android' }}
+          output: build.aab
+          bump-build-number: "true"
+          sentry-auth-token: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          sentry-release: ${{ steps.env.outputs.release-version }}
+          sentry-dist: ${{ steps.env.outputs.bundle-identifier }}
 
       - name: 📚 Get version from package.json
         id: get-build-info
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-submit-ios.yml b/.github/workflows/build-submit-ios.yml
index 35d956c62a..5c26977f23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-submit-ios.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-submit-ios.yml
@@ -129,16 +129,15 @@ jobs:
           google-services-token: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_SERVICES_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: 🏗️ EAS Build
-        env:
-          PROFILE: ${{ inputs.profile || 'testflight' }}
-        run: >
-          SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN=${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
-          SENTRY_RELEASE=${{ steps.env.outputs.release-version }}
-          SENTRY_DIST=${{ steps.env.outputs.bundle-identifier }}
-          pnpm use-build-number-with-bump
-          pnpm eas build -p ios
-          --profile $PROFILE
-          --local --output build.tar.gz --non-interactive
+        uses: ./.github/actions/eas-local-build
+        with:
+          platform: ios
+          profile: ${{ inputs.profile || 'testflight' }}
+          output: build.tar.gz
+          bump-build-number: "true"
+          sentry-auth-token: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          sentry-release: ${{ steps.env.outputs.release-version }}
+          sentry-dist: ${{ steps.env.outputs.bundle-identifier }}
 
       - name: 📂 Extract build artifact
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b06e36764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,424 @@
+---
+name: Nightly Maestro E2E
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 4 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: nightly-maestro-e2e-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+env:
+  CI: "1"
+  MAESTRO_VERSION: "2.6.1"
+  MAESTRO_DRIVER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT: "180000"
+  MAESTRO_CLI_NO_ANALYTICS: "1"
+  MAESTRO_CLI_ANALYSIS_NOTIFICATION_DISABLED: "true"
+  MAESTRO_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK: "1"
+
+jobs:
+  ios:
+    name: iOS Maestro E2E
+    if: github.repository == 'bluesky-social/social-app'
+    runs-on: macos-26-xlarge
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Select Xcode 26.4
+        uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@ed7a3b1fda3918c0306d1b724322adc0b8cc0a90 # v1.7.0
+        with:
+          xcode-version: "26.4"
+
+      - name: Prepare E2E configuration
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p artifacts/ios
+          echo "Installing dependencies" > artifacts/ios/phase.txt
+          cp .env.example .env.test
+          cp google-services.json.example google-services.json
+
+      - name: Set up Expo project
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-expo-project
+        with:
+          expo-token: ${{ secrets.EXPO_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up Java 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@1bcf9fb12cf4aa7d266a90ae39939e61372fe520 # v5.4.0
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: "17"
+
+      - name: Install dev-env dependencies
+        run: pnpm --dir dev-env install --frozen-lockfile 2>&1 | tee artifacts/ios/dependencies.log
+
+      - name: Compile translations
+        uses: ./.github/actions/compile-i18n
+
+      - name: Install Maestro 2.6.1
+        run: |
+          echo "Installing Maestro" > artifacts/ios/phase.txt
+          curl -fsSL -o "$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro.zip" \
+            "https://github.com/mobile-dev-inc/Maestro/releases/download/cli-${MAESTRO_VERSION}/maestro.zip"
+          echo "3440825f514f537c6a96bcf5de995780c2a4a7f83a43208fdc95d4f1fecfad3b  $RUNNER_TEMP/maestro.zip" \
+            | shasum -a 256 --check
+          unzip -q "$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro.zip" -d "$RUNNER_TEMP"
+          echo "$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+          "$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro/bin/maestro" --version | tee artifacts/ios/maestro-version.log
+          test "$("$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro/bin/maestro" --version)" = "$MAESTRO_VERSION"
+
+      - name: Boot one iOS simulator
+        run: |
+          echo "Booting iOS simulator" > artifacts/ios/phase.txt
+          device_name="iPhone 17"
+          runtime_name="iOS 26.5"
+
+          runtime_id=$(xcrun simctl list runtimes available --json | jq -r \
+            --arg name "$runtime_name" \
+            '[.runtimes[] | select(.name == $name and .isAvailable != false)] | first | .identifier // empty')
+          if [ -z "$runtime_id" ]; then
+            echo "The $runtime_name simulator runtime is not installed. Available iOS runtimes:" >&2
+            xcrun simctl list runtimes available --json | jq -r \
+              '.runtimes[] | select(.name | startswith("iOS")) | "- \(.name)"' >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          device_type_id=$(xcrun simctl list devicetypes --json | jq -r \
+            --arg name "$device_name" \
+            '[.devicetypes[] | select(.name == $name)] | first | .identifier // empty')
+          if [ -z "$device_type_id" ]; then
+            echo "The $device_name simulator device type is not installed" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          udid=$(xcrun simctl list devices available --json | jq -r \
+            --arg runtime "$runtime_id" \
+            --arg name "$device_name" \
+            '[.devices[$runtime][]? | select(.name == $name)] | first | .udid // empty')
+          if [ -z "$udid" ]; then
+            udid=$(xcrun simctl create "$device_name" "$device_type_id" "$runtime_id")
+          fi
+
+          echo "IOS_UDID=$udid" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          xcrun simctl shutdown all || true
+          xcrun simctl boot "$udid"
+          xcrun simctl bootstatus "$udid" -b
+          echo "Using $device_name on $runtime_name ($udid)"
+
+      - name: Mark iOS development client build phase
+        run: echo "Building the iOS development client" > artifacts/ios/phase.txt
+
+      - name: Build iOS development client
+        uses: ./.github/actions/eas-local-build
+        with:
+          platform: ios
+          profile: e2e
+          output: ${{ runner.temp }}/nightly-e2e-ios.tar.gz
+          log-path: artifacts/ios/build.log
+
+      - name: Install iOS development client
+        run: |
+          build_contents="$RUNNER_TEMP/nightly-e2e-ios-build"
+          mkdir -p "$build_contents"
+          tar -xzf "$RUNNER_TEMP/nightly-e2e-ios.tar.gz" -C "$build_contents"
+          app_path=$(find "$build_contents" -type d -name '*.app' -print -quit)
+          if [ -z "$app_path" ]; then
+            echo "The local EAS build did not contain an iOS simulator app" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          xcrun simctl install "$IOS_UDID" "$app_path" 2>&1 | tee -a artifacts/ios/build.log
+
+      - name: Run iOS Maestro suite
+        run: .github/scripts/run-nightly-e2e.sh ios "$IOS_UDID"
+
+      - name: Clean up iOS services and simulator
+        if: always()
+        run: .github/scripts/cleanup-nightly-e2e.sh ios "${IOS_UDID:-}"
+
+      - name: Upload iOS E2E artifacts
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: nightly-e2e-ios-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: artifacts/ios
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+          retention-days: 7
+
+  android:
+    name: Android Maestro E2E
+    if: github.repository == 'bluesky-social/social-app'
+    # Linux-x64-32core is a repository-managed runner label.
+    runs-on: Linux-x64-32core
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Prepare E2E configuration
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p artifacts/android
+          echo "Installing dependencies" > artifacts/android/phase.txt
+          cp .env.example .env.test
+          cp google-services.json.example google-services.json
+
+      - name: Set up Expo project
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-expo-project
+        with:
+          expo-token: ${{ secrets.EXPO_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up Java 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@1bcf9fb12cf4aa7d266a90ae39939e61372fe520 # v5.4.0
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: "17"
+
+      - name: Install dev-env dependencies
+        run: pnpm --dir dev-env install --frozen-lockfile 2>&1 | tee artifacts/android/dependencies.log
+
+      - name: Compile translations
+        uses: ./.github/actions/compile-i18n
+
+      - name: Install Maestro 2.6.1
+        run: |
+          echo "Installing Maestro" > artifacts/android/phase.txt
+          curl -fsSL -o "$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro.zip" \
+            "https://github.com/mobile-dev-inc/Maestro/releases/download/cli-${MAESTRO_VERSION}/maestro.zip"
+          echo "3440825f514f537c6a96bcf5de995780c2a4a7f83a43208fdc95d4f1fecfad3b  $RUNNER_TEMP/maestro.zip" \
+            | shasum -a 256 --check
+          unzip -q "$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro.zip" -d "$RUNNER_TEMP"
+          echo "$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+          "$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro/bin/maestro" --version | tee artifacts/android/maestro-version.log
+          test "$("$RUNNER_TEMP/maestro/bin/maestro" --version)" = "$MAESTRO_VERSION"
+
+      - name: Install and boot one Android emulator
+        run: |
+          echo "Booting Android emulator" > artifacts/android/phase.txt
+          android_sdk="${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT:-${ANDROID_HOME:-/usr/local/lib/android/sdk}}"
+          sdkmanager_bin="$android_sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager"
+          avdmanager_bin="$android_sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/avdmanager"
+          # API 35 emulator images have known stability problems in headless CI
+          # (see flutter/flutter#153445); the qemu process died deterministically
+          # on the first native stack-screen push with the API 35 image.
+          system_image="system-images;android-34;google_apis;x86_64"
+
+          if [ ! -x "$sdkmanager_bin" ] || [ ! -x "$avdmanager_bin" ]; then
+            echo "Android command-line tools were not found under $android_sdk" >&2
+            find "$android_sdk/cmdline-tools" -maxdepth 3 -type f \( \
+              -name sdkmanager -o -name avdmanager \
+            \) -print >&2 || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          export ANDROID_HOME="$android_sdk"
+          export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="$android_sdk"
+          export PATH="$android_sdk/platform-tools:$android_sdk/emulator:$PATH"
+          echo "ANDROID_HOME=$android_sdk" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$android_sdk" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "$android_sdk/platform-tools" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+          echo "$android_sdk/emulator" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+          echo "Using Android SDK at $android_sdk"
+
+          yes | "$sdkmanager_bin" --sdk_root="$android_sdk" --licenses >/dev/null || true
+          "$sdkmanager_bin" --sdk_root="$android_sdk" \
+            "platform-tools" "emulator" "$system_image"
+
+          export ANDROID_AVD_HOME="$RUNNER_TEMP/.android/avd"
+          mkdir -p "$ANDROID_AVD_HOME"
+          echo "ANDROID_AVD_HOME=$ANDROID_AVD_HOME" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo no | "$avdmanager_bin" create avd \
+            --force \
+            --name nightly-e2e \
+            --package "$system_image" \
+            --device pixel_6
+
+          # Reduce resolution to lighten the SwiftShader software-rendering
+          # workload, and raise RAM/cores/heap so the debug RN app has headroom.
+          # The default 2560MB RAM led to silent qemu crashes mid-flow.
+          printf 'hw.lcd.width=720\nhw.lcd.height=1600\nhw.lcd.density=280\nhw.ramSize=6144\nhw.cpu.ncore=4\nvm.heapSize=512\n' \
+            >> "$ANDROID_AVD_HOME/nightly-e2e.avd/config.ini"
+
+          if [ -e /dev/kvm ] && [ ! -w /dev/kvm ]; then
+            sudo chmod 666 /dev/kvm
+          fi
+
+          # Disable the emulator's Vulkan feature so graphics goes through the
+          # plain GLES SwiftShader translator. gfxstream Vulkan via SwiftShader
+          # Subzero crashed qemu silently at a deterministic rendering step;
+          # GLES-only is sufficient since the guest renders with skiagl.
+          #
+          # Run the launch in a background subshell so the emulator's exit
+          # status is recorded when it dies (it is otherwise backgrounded and
+          # its death is invisible). Write the emulator's real PID - not the
+          # subshell's - to emulator.pid, since cleanup-nightly-e2e.sh kills the
+          # PID from that file directly; killing the subshell would not kill the
+          # emulator child.
+          (
+            # wait returns the emulator's non-zero status on crash; set -e would
+            # abort the subshell before the status is logged.
+            set +e
+            "$android_sdk/emulator/emulator" @nightly-e2e \
+              -port 5554 \
+              -no-window \
+              -gpu swiftshader_indirect \
+              -feature -Vulkan \
+              -no-snapshot \
+              -noaudio \
+              -no-boot-anim \
+              -camera-back none \
+              > artifacts/android/emulator.log 2>&1 &
+            emulator_pid=$!
+            echo "$emulator_pid" > artifacts/android/emulator.pid
+            wait "$emulator_pid"
+            echo "Emulator exited with status $?" >> artifacts/android/emulator.log
+          ) &
+
+          adb -s emulator-5554 wait-for-device
+          booted=false
+          for _ in $(seq 1 120); do
+            if [ "$(adb -s emulator-5554 shell getprop sys.boot_completed 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')" = "1" ]; then
+              booted=true
+              break
+            fi
+            sleep 5
+          done
+          if [ "$booted" != "true" ]; then
+            echo "Android emulator did not finish booting" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          adb -s emulator-5554 shell settings put global window_animation_scale 0
+          adb -s emulator-5554 shell settings put global transition_animation_scale 0
+          adb -s emulator-5554 shell settings put global animator_duration_scale 0
+
+      - name: Mark Android development client build phase
+        run: echo "Building the Android development client" > artifacts/android/phase.txt
+
+      - name: Build Android development client
+        uses: ./.github/actions/eas-local-build
+        with:
+          platform: android
+          profile: e2e
+          output: ${{ runner.temp }}/nightly-e2e-android.apk
+          log-path: artifacts/android/build.log
+
+      - name: Install Android development client
+        run: |
+          adb -s emulator-5554 install -r "$RUNNER_TEMP/nightly-e2e-android.apk" \
+            2>&1 | tee -a artifacts/android/build.log
+
+      - name: Run Android Maestro suite
+        run: .github/scripts/run-nightly-e2e.sh android emulator-5554
+
+      - name: Capture emulator crash diagnostics
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo "=== Emulator process status ==="
+            pgrep -fa "emulator.*nightly-e2e" || echo "Emulator process not found"
+            echo "=== Emulator exit status ==="
+            grep "Emulator exited" artifacts/android/emulator.log || echo "No emulator exit status recorded"
+            echo "=== OOM killer check (kernel) ==="
+            oom_lines=$(sudo dmesg 2>/dev/null | grep -iE "oom|killed process|out of memory" | tail -20)
+            echo "${oom_lines:-No kernel OOM evidence found (or dmesg unavailable)}"
+            echo "=== systemd-oomd check ==="
+            oomd_lines=$(journalctl -u systemd-oomd --no-pager 2>/dev/null | tail -20)
+            echo "${oomd_lines:-No systemd-oomd journal entries (or journalctl unavailable)}"
+            echo "=== journal kernel tail ==="
+            journalctl -k --no-pager 2>/dev/null | tail -30 || echo "journalctl -k unavailable"
+            echo "=== Emulator crash database ==="
+            ls -la /tmp/android-runner/emu-crash-*.db 2>/dev/null || echo "No crash database found"
+          } > artifacts/android/emulator-diagnostics.log 2>&1
+
+      - name: Clean up Android services and emulator
+        if: always()
+        run: .github/scripts/cleanup-nightly-e2e.sh android emulator-5554
+
+      - name: Upload Android E2E artifacts
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: nightly-e2e-android-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: artifacts/android
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+          retention-days: 7
+
+  report:
+    name: Report E2E failures
+    needs: [ios, android]
+    if: ${{ always() && github.repository == 'bluesky-social/social-app' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Download iOS artifacts
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        with:
+          name: nightly-e2e-ios-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: downloaded-artifacts/ios
+
+      - name: Download Android artifacts
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        with:
+          name: nightly-e2e-android-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: downloaded-artifacts/android
+
+      - name: Resolve artifact links
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          run_url="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}#artifacts"
+          jq -n --arg run "$run_url" '{ios: $run, android: $run}' > artifact-links.json
+          if gh api "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}/artifacts?per_page=100" \
+            > artifact-response.json; then
+            jq --arg base "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}/artifacts" \
+              --arg run "$run_url" \
+              '{
+                ios: (.artifacts | map(select(.name | startswith("nightly-e2e-ios-"))) | first | if . then ($base + "/" + (.id | tostring)) else $run end),
+                android: (.artifacts | map(select(.name | startswith("nightly-e2e-android-"))) | first | if . then ($base + "/" + (.id | tostring)) else $run end)
+              }' artifact-response.json > artifact-links.json
+          fi
+
+      - name: Summarize platform results
+        id: summary
+        env:
+          IOS_STATUS: ${{ needs.ios.result }}
+          ANDROID_STATUS: ${{ needs.android.result }}
+        run: |
+          node .github/scripts/summarize-maestro.mjs \
+            --ios-status "$IOS_STATUS" \
+            --android-status "$ANDROID_STATUS" \
+            --ios-root downloaded-artifacts/ios \
+            --android-root downloaded-artifacts/android \
+            --artifact-urls artifact-links.json \
+            --sha "$GITHUB_SHA" \
+            --run-url "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}" \
+            --commit-url "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/commit/${GITHUB_SHA}" \
+            > e2e-summary.json
+          echo "notify=$(jq -r .notify e2e-summary.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "payload=$(jq -c .payload e2e-summary.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          jq -r .githubSummary e2e-summary.json >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+
+      - name: Notify Slack of E2E failures
+        if: steps.summary.outputs.notify == 'true'
+        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@45a88b9581bfab2566dc881e2cd66d334e621e2c # v3.0.3
+        with:
+          webhook: ${{ secrets.E2E_FAILURES_SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
+          webhook-type: incoming-webhook
+          payload: ${{ steps.summary.outputs.payload }}
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/composer.yml b/__e2e__/flows/composer.yml
index 62f195de75..e348ec1b25 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/composer.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/composer.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "e2eRefreshHome"
 - tapOn:
     id: "replyBtn"
+# Wait for the composer to fully open before typing. Tapping replyBtn right
+# after the previous publish can race the closing composer on Android.
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible:
+      id: "composerPublishBtn"
+    timeout: 10000
 - inputText: "Reply text only"
 - tapOn:
     id: "composerPublishBtn"
@@ -51,6 +57,11 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "composeFAB"
 - tapOn:
     id: "replyBtn"
+# Wait for the composer to fully open before typing.
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible:
+      id: "composerPublishBtn"
+    timeout: 10000
 - inputText: "Reply with an image"
 - tapOn:
     id: "openMediaBtn"
@@ -63,6 +74,11 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "composeFAB"
 - tapOn:
     id: "replyBtn"
+# Wait for the composer to fully open before typing.
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible:
+      id: "composerPublishBtn"
+    timeout: 10000
 - inputText: "Reply with a https://example.com link card"
 - tapOn:
     id: "composerPublishBtn"
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/feed-reorder.yml b/__e2e__/flows/feed-reorder.yml
index 42abc3295e..1e2fe70d62 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/feed-reorder.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/feed-reorder.yml
@@ -29,51 +29,88 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "homeScreenFeedTabs-selector-1"
     text: "alice-favs"
 
-# Set alice-favs first
-- tapOn: "Open drawer menu"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "menuItemButton-Feeds"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "editFeedsBtn"
-- swipe:
-    label: "Drag feed down"
-    from:
-      id: "feed-drag-handle"
-    direction: "DOWN"
-    duration: 1000
-- tapOn:
-      label: "Save button"
-      id: "saveChangesBtn"
-- tapOn: "Go back"
-- assertVisible:
-    id: "homeScreenFeedTabs-selector-0"
-    text: "alice-favs"
-- assertVisible:
-    id: "homeScreenFeedTabs-selector-1"
-    text: "Following"
+# Reordering feeds is driven by a drag on the feed-drag-handle. Maestro cannot
+# activate the RNGH Pan gesture from a synthetic swipe on Android (proven
+# twice - coordinate swipes never register the pan), so the reorder
+# verification below runs on iOS only. If Android drag coverage is needed,
+# revisit with the SavedFeedsA11y move buttons rather than a swipe.
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: iOS
+    commands:
+      # Set alice-favs first
+      - tapOn: "Open drawer menu"
+      - tapOn:
+          id: "menuItemButton-Feeds"
+      - tapOn:
+          id: "editFeedsBtn"
+      - swipe:
+          label: "Drag feed down"
+          from:
+            id: "feed-drag-handle"
+          direction: "DOWN"
+          duration: 1000
+      - assertVisible:
+          id: "saveChangesBtn"
+          enabled: true
+      - tapOn:
+            label: "Save button"
+            id: "saveChangesBtn"
+      - tapOn: "Go back"
+      - assertVisible:
+          id: "homeScreenFeedTabs-selector-0"
+          text: "alice-favs"
+      - assertVisible:
+          id: "homeScreenFeedTabs-selector-1"
+          text: "Following"
 
-# Set following first
-- tapOn: "Open drawer menu"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "menuItemButton-Feeds"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "editFeedsBtn"
-- swipe:
-    label: "Drag feed down"
-    from:
-      id: "feed-drag-handle"
-    direction: "DOWN"
-    duration: 1000
-- tapOn:
-    label: "Save button"
-    id: "saveChangesBtn"
-- tapOn: "Go back"
-- assertVisible:
-    id: "homeScreenFeedTabs-selector-0"
-    text: "Following"
-- assertVisible:
-    id: "homeScreenFeedTabs-selector-1"
-    text: "alice-favs"
+      # Set following first
+      - tapOn: "Open drawer menu"
+      - tapOn:
+          id: "menuItemButton-Feeds"
+      - tapOn:
+          id: "editFeedsBtn"
+      - swipe:
+          label: "Drag feed down"
+          from:
+            id: "feed-drag-handle"
+          direction: "DOWN"
+          duration: 1000
+      - assertVisible:
+          id: "saveChangesBtn"
+          enabled: true
+      - tapOn:
+          label: "Save button"
+          id: "saveChangesBtn"
+      - tapOn: "Go back"
+      - assertVisible:
+          id: "homeScreenFeedTabs-selector-0"
+          text: "Following"
+      - assertVisible:
+          id: "homeScreenFeedTabs-selector-1"
+          text: "alice-favs"
+
+# On Android, the reorder path above is skipped. Smoke-test that the feeds
+# edit screen opens and the pinned feeds render, then return to a valid state.
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: Android
+    commands:
+      - tapOn: "Open drawer menu"
+      - tapOn:
+          id: "menuItemButton-Feeds"
+      - tapOn:
+          id: "editFeedsBtn"
+      - assertVisible: "Following"
+      - assertVisible: "alice-favs"
+      # Two back presses to reach Home: the first pops the saved-feeds editor
+      # back to the Feeds screen, the second pops Feeds back to Home. On iOS the
+      # equivalent path saves changes first (saveChangesBtn calls
+      # navigation.goBack), so a single "Go back" there already lands on Home.
+      # This Android smoke branch never saves, so it needs the extra pop to
+      # leave the screen state on Home, which the shared steps below expect.
+      - tapOn: "Go back"
+      - tapOn: "Go back"
 
 # Remove following
 - tapOn: "Open drawer menu"
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/onboarding-avatar-creator.yml b/__e2e__/flows/onboarding-avatar-creator.yml
index 2204abb9df..7b65c405bb 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/onboarding-avatar-creator.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/onboarding-avatar-creator.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
 - tapOn:
     id: "e2eStartOnboarding"
 - tapOn: "Open avatar creator"
+# The avatar-creator bottom sheet (Dialog.Inner, non-scrollable) opens only
+# half-expanded on the short E2E emulator (720x1600), a ~220px sliver with the
+# emoji grid below the fold. It is NOT a scroll view, so scrollUntilVisible's
+# swipe grabs the sheet's own drag gesture and flings it closed. Instead, drag
+# the sheet upward to expand it to full height, which brings the picker into
+# view. iOS opens the sheet fully already, so this is Android-only.
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: Android
+    commands:
+      - swipe:
+          label: "Drag the bottom sheet up to expand it"
+          start: "50%, 90%"
+          end: "50%, 20%"
+          duration: 600
+      - extendedWaitUntil:
+          visible: "Select an emoji"
+          timeout: 10000
 - tapOn: "Select the zap emoji as your avatar"
 - tapOn:
     label: "Tap on yellow"
@@ -22,6 +40,20 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
 - tapOn: "Done"
 - waitForAnimationToEnd
 - tapOn: "Select an avatar"
+# Reopening the creator sheet lands on the same half-expanded sliver on
+# Android, so expand it again before reaching for the emoji grid. No-op on iOS.
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: Android
+    commands:
+      - swipe:
+          label: "Drag the bottom sheet up to expand it"
+          start: "50%, 90%"
+          end: "50%, 20%"
+          duration: 600
+      - extendedWaitUntil:
+          visible: "Select an emoji"
+          timeout: 10000
 - tapOn: "Select the atom emoji as your avatar"
 - tapOn: "Done"
 - waitForAnimationToEnd
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/onboarding.yml b/__e2e__/flows/onboarding.yml
index a5f4217455..4c0ffdd48f 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/onboarding.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/onboarding.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,28 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "e2eStartOnboarding"
 - tapOn: "Select an avatar"
 - waitForAnimationToEnd
-- assertVisible: "Photos"
-- assertVisible: "Collections"
-- tapOn:
-    point: "50%,22%"
-- waitForAnimationToEnd
-- tapOn: "Done"
-- waitForAnimationToEnd
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: iOS
+    commands:
+      - assertVisible: "Photos"
+      - assertVisible: "Collections"
+      - tapOn:
+          point: "50%,22%"
+      - waitForAnimationToEnd
+      - tapOn: "Done"
+      - waitForAnimationToEnd
+- runFlow:
+    when:
+      platform: Android
+    commands:
+      # The system photo picker opened here shows MediaStore photos, which
+      # the e2e run doesn't seed (media is seeded into app-scoped storage for
+      # the composer's mocked picker instead). With no photo to pick, dismiss
+      # the picker and continue - onContinue falls back to the generated
+      # placeholder avatar, and nothing later in the flow depends on the image.
+      - back
+      - waitForAnimationToEnd
 - tapOn:
     id: "onboardingContinue"
 - assertVisible: "What are your interests?"
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/profile-screen-edit.yml b/__e2e__/flows/profile-screen-edit.yml
index f60ca01b42..f029ee691a 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/profile-screen-edit.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/profile-screen-edit.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "editProfileSaveBtn"
 - assertNotVisible:
     id: "editProfileModal"
-- assertVisible: "Alicia"
+- assertVisible: ".*Alicia.*"
 - assertVisible: "One cool hacker"
 
 # Remove display name and description via the edit profile modal
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "editProfileSaveBtn"
 - assertNotVisible:
     id: "editProfileModal"
-- assertVisible: "alice.test"
+# The display-name node renders the handle as a Text with a nested badge View
+# once the display name is cleared, so the a11y text is not the bare handle
+# string on Android. Match it as a substring instead.
+- assertVisible: ".*alice\\.test.*"
 - assertNotVisible: "One cool hacker"
 
 # Set avi and banner via the edit profile modal
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/account.default.yml b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/account.default.yml
index 372fc31c7e..c5c5169cdc 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/account.default.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/account.default.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     text: "Send report to Dev-env Moderation"
 - tapOn:
     id: "report:submit"
-- assertNotVisible:
-    id: "report:dialog"
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "report:dialog"
+    timeout: 20000
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.default.yml b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.default.yml
index be3ac6b68a..212accc254 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.default.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.default.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     text: "Send report to Dev-env Moderation"
 - tapOn:
     id: "report:submit"
-- assertNotVisible:
-    id: "report:dialog"
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "report:dialog"
+    timeout: 20000
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.edit-reason.yml b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.edit-reason.yml
index eec5794c4f..a44e7f97d7 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.edit-reason.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.edit-reason.yml
@@ -39,5 +39,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     text: Your report will be sent to Dev-env Moderation.*
 - tapOn:
     id: "report:submit"
-- assertNotVisible:
-    id: "report:dialog"
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "report:dialog"
+    timeout: 20000
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.reason-other.yml b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.reason-other.yml
index e1065ece4d..78f5a195ec 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.reason-other.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/report-dialog/post.reason-other.yml
@@ -29,5 +29,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
 - hideKeyboard
 - tapOn:
     id: "report:submit"
-- assertNotVisible:
-    id: "report:dialog"
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "report:dialog"
+    timeout: 20000
diff --git a/__e2e__/flows/thread-muting.yml b/__e2e__/flows/thread-muting.yml
index 2724833feb..f00d097e27 100644
--- a/__e2e__/flows/thread-muting.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/flows/thread-muting.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
 - inputText: "Test thread"
 - tapOn:
     id: "composerPublishBtn"
+# Wait for the composer to close and the home feed to settle before signing
+# out. Without a settle guard the next action can race the closing composer.
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible:
+      id: "composeFAB"
+    timeout: 10000
 
 # Login, reply to the thread, and log out
 - tapOn:
@@ -31,9 +37,19 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
       id: "viewHeaderHomeFeedPrefsBtn"
 - tapOn:
     id: "replyBtn"
+# Wait for the composer to fully open before typing.
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible:
+      id: "composerPublishBtn"
+    timeout: 10000
 - inputText: "Reply 1"
 - tapOn:
     id: "composerPublishBtn"
+# Wait for the composer to close before signing out.
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible:
+      id: "composeFAB"
+    timeout: 10000
 
 # Login, confirm notification exists, mute thread, and log out
 - tapOn:
@@ -45,10 +61,8 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
       id: "viewHeaderHomeFeedPrefsBtn"
 - tapOn:
     id: "bottomBarNotificationsBtn"
-- assertVisible:
-    id: "feedItem-by-bob.test"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "feedItem-by-bob.test"
+- assertVisible: ".*Reply 1.*"
+- tapOn: ".*Reply 1.*"
 - tapOn:
     id: "postDropdownBtn"
     childOf:
@@ -67,16 +81,78 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     id: "bottomBarProfileBtn"
 - tapOn:
     id: "profilePager-selector-1"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "replyBtn"
+# Both replies target the thread root ("Test thread" by alice), which sits at
+# the top of bob's Replies tab. That tab renders each post in the thread with
+# its own replyBtn, so scope the tap to the root post's card
+# (feedItem-by-alice.test) rather than relying on which replyBtn Maestro picks
+# first. This keeps both reply taps deterministic regardless of list order or
+# how many posts have rendered.
+#
+# Even with the close-gating below, the replyBtn tap can land on a recycled list
+# row while the author feed re-renders after a publish, and be swallowed so the
+# composer never opens. Wrapping the tap + open-wait in retry makes opening the
+# composer idempotent: a swallowed tap just re-taps until the publish button
+# appears. A first-try success does not retry.
+- retry:
+    maxRetries: 3
+    commands:
+      - tapOn:
+          id: "replyBtn"
+          childOf:
+            id: "feedItem-by-alice.test"
+      # Wait for the composer to fully open before typing.
+      - extendedWaitUntil:
+          visible:
+            id: "composerPublishBtn"
+          timeout: 10000
 - inputText: "Reply 2"
 - tapOn:
     id: "composerPublishBtn"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "replyBtn"
+# Wait for the composer to actually close before opening it again. replyBtn
+# stays in the accessibility tree behind the open composer sheet, so waiting on
+# its visibility returns immediately and does not gate on the close animation or
+# the author-feed re-render that follows a post - the next replyBtn tap then
+# fires mid-transition and is swallowed, so the composer never opens. Gate on
+# the publish button disappearing (the composer is gone), then confirm the
+# reply button underneath is back and let animations settle.
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "composerPublishBtn"
+    timeout: 15000
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible:
+      id: "replyBtn"
+    timeout: 10000
+- waitForAnimationToEnd
+# As with Reply 2: even after gating on the composer close, this tap can hit a
+# recycled row during the post-publish feed re-render and be swallowed, so wrap
+# the open in retry to make it idempotent.
+- retry:
+    maxRetries: 3
+    commands:
+      - tapOn:
+          id: "replyBtn"
+          childOf:
+            id: "feedItem-by-alice.test"
+      # Wait for the composer to fully open before typing.
+      - extendedWaitUntil:
+          visible:
+            id: "composerPublishBtn"
+          timeout: 10000
 - inputText: "Reply 3"
 - tapOn:
     id: "composerPublishBtn"
+# Wait for the composer to actually close before signing out. As above,
+# replyBtn stays visible behind the sheet, so gate on the publish button
+# disappearing first, then confirm the reply button underneath has returned.
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    notVisible:
+      id: "composerPublishBtn"
+    timeout: 15000
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible:
+      id: "replyBtn"
+    timeout: 10000
 
 # Login, confirm notifications dont exist, unmute the thread, ~~confirm notifications exist~~
 # Mute thread behaviour no longer change old notifications after muting/unmuting a thread -sfn
@@ -92,10 +168,7 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
 - assertVisible: ".*Reply 1.*"
 - assertNotVisible: ".*Reply 2.*"
 - assertNotVisible: ".*Reply 3.*"
-- assertVisible:
-    id: "feedItem-by-bob.test"
-- tapOn:
-    id: "feedItem-by-bob.test"
+- tapOn: ".*Reply 1.*"
 - tapOn:
     id: "postDropdownBtn"
     childOf:
diff --git a/__e2e__/setupApp.yml b/__e2e__/setupApp.yml
index dc784e661f..ab9623ffba 100644
--- a/__e2e__/setupApp.yml
+++ b/__e2e__/setupApp.yml
@@ -9,23 +9,27 @@ appId: xyz.blueskyweb.app
     when:
       platform: iOS
     commands:
-      - openLink: "exp+bluesky://expo-development-client/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8081"
-      - runFlow:
-          when:
-            visible: 'Open in "Bluesky"'
-          commands:
-            - tapOn: Open
+      - extendedWaitUntil:
+          visible: "http://localhost:8081"
+          timeout: 60000
+      - tapOn: "http://localhost:8081"
 - runFlow:
     when:
       platform: Android
     commands:
-      - tapOn: 'http://localhost:8081'
-      - runFlow:
-          label: "Dismiss Expo dev menu"
-          when:
-            visible: "Continue"
-          commands:
-            - back
+      - extendedWaitUntil:
+          visible: "http://10.0.2.2:8081"
+          timeout: 60000
+      - tapOn: "http://10.0.2.2:8081"
+      - extendedWaitUntil:
+          visible: "Continue"
+          timeout: 180000
+      - tapOn: "Continue"
+      - back
+- extendedWaitUntil:
+    visible:
+      id: e2eProxyHeaderInput
+    timeout: 180000
 - tapOn:
     id: e2eProxyHeaderInput
 - inputText: ${output.result}
diff --git a/dev-env/package.json b/dev-env/package.json
index e77ad1dfab..c65ca9cd64 100644
--- a/dev-env/package.json
+++ b/dev-env/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "NODE_ENV=development ./dev-infra/with-test-redis-and-db.sh node ./mock-server.ts"
+    "start": "NODE_ENV=development ./dev-infra/with-test-redis-and-db.sh node ./mock-server.ts",
+    "start:external": "NODE_ENV=development PGPORT=5433 PGHOST=localhost PGUSER=pg PGPASSWORD=password PGDATABASE=postgres DB_POSTGRES_URL=postgresql://pg:password@127.0.0.1:5433/postgres REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1:6380 node ./mock-server.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@atproto/api": "^0.20.22",
diff --git a/docs/testing.md b/docs/testing.md
index b84d966112..1bc2af46c5 100644
--- a/docs/testing.md
+++ b/docs/testing.md
@@ -29,6 +29,49 @@ adb reverse tcp:3000 tcp:3000
 - In a second tab, run `pnpm e2e:build`
 - In a third tab, run `pnpm e2e:run __e2e__`
 
+## Nightly Maestro CI
+
+The `Nightly Maestro E2E` GitHub Actions workflow runs every day at 04:00 UTC
+and can also be started from the Actions tab with **Run workflow**. It runs iOS
+and Android concurrently, but each platform runs all of `__e2e__/config.yml`
+sequentially on one explicitly selected simulator or emulator. The flows share a
+stateful mock-server manager, so the suite must not be sharded.
+
+The jobs run Maestro CLI 2.6.1 locally on GitHub Actions; Maestro Cloud is not
+used. iOS runs on `macos-26-xlarge` with Xcode 26.4. Android runs on
+`Linux-x64-32core`. Both use Java 17 and the Node and pnpm versions declared in
+`package.json`. The iOS job selects an iPhone 17 simulator running iOS 26.5;
+Android directly provisions and boots a Pixel 6 AVD with the API 35 Google APIs
+x86_64 image using the Android SDK command-line tools.
+Both development clients use the `e2e` EAS profile and the same reusable local
+EAS build action as the release build workflows; the resulting simulator app
+and APK are installed directly on the selected devices.
+
+The mock-server manager listens on host port 1986 and creates test services on
+port 3000. Metro listens on 8081. Android reverses ports 3000 and 8081 into the
+emulator; port 1986 remains host-side because Maestro JavaScript calls it from
+the runner. Android uses the existing Docker Compose PostgreSQL 14 and Redis 7
+services on ports 5433 and 6380. GitHub-hosted macOS cannot run nested Docker
+virtualization, so iOS provisions ephemeral native PostgreSQL 14.x and Redis
+7.4.7 on those same ports and starts `pnpm --dir dev-env start:external`.
+
+Each platform uploads a `nightly-e2e-<platform>-<run-id>` artifact for 14 days.
+It contains JUnit at `report.xml`, Maestro screenshots, videos, command metadata
+and `maestro.log` under `maestro/`, plus Metro, native build, mock-server, service,
+dependency, and translation logs. The workflow always uploads what was captured,
+including when setup or the native build fails before Maestro starts.
+
+Add the repository secret `E2E_FAILURES_SLACK_WEBHOOK` before enabling the
+schedule. The aggregation job runs even when either platform fails and posts one
+detailed Slack notification containing both job statuses, failed flow details or
+the failed setup phase, the commit and workflow links, and links to both artifact
+sets. Successful runs do not post to Slack.
+
+Before relying on the schedule, manually dispatch the workflow and verify both
+platforms against live Metro and `dev-env`, Android localhost routing, artifact
+uploads on success and failure, one Slack message for a forced failure, and no
+Slack message for an all-green run.
+
 ## Using Flashlight for Performance Testing
 1. Make sure Maestro is installed (optional: only for automated testing) by following the instructions above
 2. Install Flashlight by following [these instructions](https://docs.flashlight.dev/)
diff --git a/eas.json b/eas.json
index 7ab73ab4c8..5bf4e25513 100644
--- a/eas.json
+++ b/eas.json
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@
         "EXPO_PUBLIC_ENV": "production"
       }
     },
+    "e2e": {
+      "extends": "development",
+      "android": {
+        "buildType": "apk"
+      },
+      "env": {
+        "EXPO_PUBLIC_ENV": "e2e",
+        "NODE_ENV": "test",
+        "RN_SRC_EXT": "e2e.ts,e2e.tsx"
+      }
+    },
     "preview": {
       "extends": "base",
       "distribution": "internal",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3122d2d7bb..18ed060987 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
     "expo": "54.0.34",
     "expo-age-range": "0.2.18",
     "expo-application": "~7.0.8",
+    "expo-asset": "~12.0.13",
     "expo-blur": "~15.0.8",
     "expo-build-properties": "~1.0.10",
     "expo-camera": "~17.0.10",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 563652a1fb..687c378a94 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ importers:
       expo-application:
         specifier: ~7.0.8
         version: 7.0.8(expo@54.0.34(@babel/core@7.29.0)(react-native-webview@13.15.0(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))
+      expo-asset:
+        specifier: ~12.0.13
+        version: 12.0.13(expo@54.0.34(@babel/core@7.29.0)(react-native-webview@13.15.0(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0)
       expo-blur:
         specifier: ~15.0.8
         version: 15.0.8(expo@54.0.34(@babel/core@7.29.0)(react-native-webview@13.15.0(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0))(react-native@0.81.5(patch_hash=2656ac6deb71b92a4df4af4593d13ace6a5740936432e5e7e8ef32bc3cd05194)(@babel/core@7.29.0)(@types/react@19.1.17)(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0)
diff --git a/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx b/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx
index 7aaa69c47d..4fa17ecf37 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {Asset} from 'expo-asset'
 import {
   documentDirectory,
   getInfoAsync,
@@ -9,10 +10,15 @@ import ExpoImageCropTool, {
 } from '@bsky.app/expo-image-crop-tool'
 
 import {IMAGE_SIZE_CONFIG_2K_1MB} from '#/lib/constants'
+import {IS_ANDROID} from '#/env'
 import {compressIfNeeded} from './manip'
 import {type PickerImage} from './picker.shared'
 
 async function getFile() {
+  if (IS_ANDROID) {
+    return await getAndroidFile()
+  }
+
   const imagesDir = documentDirectory!
     .split('/')
     .slice(0, -6)
@@ -41,6 +47,44 @@ async function getFile() {
   )
 }
 
+/*
+ * The Android emulator can't reach the iOS simulator's sample photo library,
+ * so we load a jpg bundled with the app instead. It is bundled via require()
+ * (resolved by Metro), so it survives `pm clear`, which Maestro's clearState
+ * runs at the start of every flow. An adb-seeded file in app-scoped external
+ * storage does not survive: pm clear wipes that directory each flow, so the
+ * seeded file is gone before the picker mock ever reads it.
+ */
+async function getAndroidFile() {
+  const asset = Asset.fromModule(
+    require('../../../assets/images/welcome-modal-bg.jpg'),
+  )
+  await asset.downloadAsync()
+
+  const path = asset.localUri!
+  const fileInfo = await getInfoAsync(path)
+
+  if (!fileInfo.exists) {
+    throw new Error('Failed to get file info')
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Dimensions of the bundled asset (assets/images/welcome-modal-bg.jpg). Only
+   * used for downstream aspect-ratio display; the actual bytes are read from
+   * disk by compressIfNeeded.
+   */
+  return await compressIfNeeded(
+    {
+      path,
+      mime: 'image/jpeg',
+      size: fileInfo.size,
+      width: 1432,
+      height: 1025,
+    },
+    IMAGE_SIZE_CONFIG_2K_1MB,
+  )
+}
+
 export async function openPicker(): Promise<PickerImage[]> {
   return [await getFile()]
 }
diff --git a/src/view/com/testing/TestCtrls.e2e.tsx b/src/view/com/testing/TestCtrls.e2e.tsx
index 2110c9540e..f3f7743b7e 100644
--- a/src/view/com/testing/TestCtrls.e2e.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/testing/TestCtrls.e2e.tsx
@@ -18,12 +18,25 @@ LogBox.ignoreAllLogs()
 
 const BTN = {height: 1, width: 1, backgroundColor: 'red'}
 
+/*
+ * This component is mounted inside <Fragment key={currentAccount?.did}> in
+ * App.tsx, so it fully remounts whenever the account changes (sign-in /
+ * sign-out). If the "proxy configured" flag lived only in React state it would
+ * reset to false on every remount, hiding the sign-in buttons. Keeping it at
+ * module level lets it survive remounts so the sign-in buttons stay visible
+ * across sign-out during multi-account flows. Module state still resets when
+ * the app relaunches with cleared state at the start of each flow, which is the
+ * desired gating behavior.
+ */
+let hasConfiguredProxy = false
+
 export function TestCtrls() {
   const agent = useAgent()
   const queryClient = useQueryClient()
   const {logoutEveryAccount, login} = useSessionApi()
   const onboardingDispatch = useOnboardingDispatch()
   const {setShowLoggedOut} = useLoggedOutViewControls()
+  const [isProxyConfigured, setIsProxyConfigured] = useState(hasConfiguredProxy)
   const onPressSignInAlice = async () => {
     console.info('[E2E] Signing in as Alice')
     await login(
@@ -63,21 +76,27 @@ export function TestCtrls() {
           const header = `${proxyHeader}#bsky_appview`
           BLUESKY_PROXY_HEADER.set(header)
           agent.configureProxy(header as any)
+          hasConfiguredProxy = true
+          setIsProxyConfigured(true)
         }}
         style={BTN}
       />
-      <Pressable
-        testID="e2eSignInAlice"
-        onPress={onPressSignInAlice}
-        accessibilityRole="button"
-        style={BTN}
-      />
-      <Pressable
-        testID="e2eSignInBob"
-        onPress={onPressSignInBob}
-        accessibilityRole="button"
-        style={BTN}
-      />
+      {isProxyConfigured && (
+        <>
+          <Pressable
+            testID="e2eSignInAlice"
+            onPress={onPressSignInAlice}
+            accessibilityRole="button"
+            style={BTN}
+          />
+          <Pressable
+            testID="e2eSignInBob"
+            onPress={onPressSignInBob}
+            accessibilityRole="button"
+            style={BTN}
+          />
+        </>
+      )}
       <Pressable
         testID="e2eSignOut"
         onPress={() => logoutEveryAccount('Settings')}