diff --git a/apps/pwa/e2e/calendar.spec.ts b/apps/pwa/e2e/calendar.spec.ts
index 94ba8eb..d364048 100644
--- a/apps/pwa/e2e/calendar.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/pwa/e2e/calendar.spec.ts
@@ -67,14 +67,19 @@ test.describe('Rule 5 — populated calendar state', () => {
     // The Schedule-X React adapter emits a div.sx-react-calendar-wrapper.
     // Prefer a stable locator: the class name is documented in apps/pwa/src/styles/index.css.
     // No semantic role exists for the widget wrapper, so CSS class is the documented fallback.
+    // NOTE: the wrapper renders on any successful auth — this proves the grid mounts, NOT that
+    // the seed reached the UI. The DB→UI proof is the separate "seeded event is rendered" test.
     const calendarGrid = page.locator('.sx-react-calendar-wrapper')
     await expect(calendarGrid).toBeVisible()
   })
 
-  test('EmptyState "Nothing here" is NOT present when events are seeded', async ({ page }) => {
-    // CalendarShell renders EmptyState when the events query succeeds with zero occurrences.
-    // With the seeded event, EmptyState must not appear. Use toHaveCount(0) for strict absence.
-    await expect(page.getByText('Nothing here')).toHaveCount(0)
+  test('seeded event "Seeded Test Event" is rendered in the grid (DB→UI proof)', async ({ page }) => {
+    // The one assertion that actually proves the seeded row flows DB → API → query → grid.
+    // global-setup seeds a timed event titled 'Seeded Test Event' (noon today) on calendar 10.
+    // Schedule-X renders the event with its title text inside the grid. If the seed broke, the
+    // /api/events join regressed, or hydration dropped events, THIS fails (unlike a wrapper /
+    // dead-EmptyState check, which would stay green). Deep-review BL-01.
+    await expect(page.getByText('Seeded Test Event').first()).toBeVisible()
   })
 
   test('no horizontal overflow on populated /calendar (Rule 2)', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/apps/pwa/e2e/global-setup.ts b/apps/pwa/e2e/global-setup.ts
index c4189b6..be0e13b 100644
--- a/apps/pwa/e2e/global-setup.ts
+++ b/apps/pwa/e2e/global-setup.ts
@@ -92,9 +92,17 @@ export default async function globalSetup(): Promise<void> {
     )
 
     // Seed one timed (not all-day) calendar event on shared calendar id=10.
-    // Uses a future dtstart_utc so the event is visible in the UI's default "upcoming" view.
+    // Anchor to NOON TODAY (UTC) — deliberately NOT "tomorrow" (deep-review BL-02):
+    // both device profiles are phone-width and render the month-agenda view of the
+    // CURRENT month. On the last day of a month "tomorrow" rolls into the next month
+    // and disappears from the rendered grid, making any "seeded event is visible"
+    // assertion date-fragile. Noon-today lands on today's local calendar date in every
+    // project timezone and is always inside the current-month view.
     const uid = 'e2e-seed-event-001'
-    const futureStart = new Date(Date.now() + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000) // tomorrow UTC
+    const _now = new Date()
+    const futureStart = new Date(
+      Date.UTC(_now.getUTCFullYear(), _now.getUTCMonth(), _now.getUTCDate(), 12, 0, 0),
+    )
     // MariaDB TIMESTAMP requires 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' format, not ISO 8601 with 'T'.
     const futureStartUtc = futureStart
       .toISOString()