diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60d1f9f..fc8fe22 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - **Three top-most highlight layers** (`components/Map.tsx`, added inside idempotent `ensureLayers()` so they survive every `setStyle`): `planes-highlight` (circle over both plane layers, filter `['==',['get','id'],<planeId>]`, r=10, #38bdf8 fill + white stroke), `routes-highlight` (line over `routes-legs`, filter on the leg's `planeId`, width 6, #ef4444) and `airports-highlight` (circle ring over `airports-circles`, filter matching the hovered package's two ICAOs via `['any', …]`, r=8 stroke-only). All start filtered to match nothing — an empty-string sentinel no feature can have. Consumption follows the existing ref + effect pattern: a `[hovered]` effect calls `map.setFilter(...)` on the three layers (guarded by `getLayer`), and `ensureLayers` re-applies the current filter at its end so a hover outliving a style switch stays highlighted
 - e2e — new `e2e/hover.spec.ts` (3 tests, same SCALE/self-heal/`window.__flightMap` conventions as the other specs): fleet-row hover → `planes-highlight` renders exactly plane-starter, clears on mouseleave; open-package hover → `airports-highlight` shows both endpoint ICAOs (hook-created EDDF→LEMD package), clears on mouseleave; on-board block of a flying plane → `routes-highlight` shows the leg's planeId (sim paused mid-flight so the ~10 s leg can't land under the assertions, then resumed + fly-home cleanup)
 - Verified: `tsc --noEmit` clean; unit suite **238/238** green locally (no lib changes); e2e not run locally by design — CI verifies against an isolated stack
+- **E2e hover spec mechanics fixed after CI run #32** (`e2e/hover.spec.ts`, no app changes): the fleet-row wait now polls up to 30 s with a diagnostic that distinguishes "server has no plane-starter" from "DOM didn't render" (the browser's /api/state poll can lag node-side requests right after page load, leaving the pane in its loading state); the open-package test fits the map to both endpoint airports before asserting — `queryRenderedFeatures` only returns features inside the current viewport and the default Frankfurt-centered view leaves LEMD off-screen
 
 ## v0.14.0 — 2026-09-19 08:45
 - **Time-scale slider reworked to a 10-step ladder up to 1000× (ISS-006).** The old power-of-two ladder `1/2/4/8/16/32/64` is replaced by the discrete values `1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000` (each step roughly doubles the speed). The server clamp range widens from `[1, 64]` to `[1, 1000]` (`MAX_TIME_SCALE` in `lib/sim/engine.ts`, enforced by `clampTimeScale`; out-of-range values are still clamped, never rejected), and the OpenAPI spec's `timeScale` bounds + description follow. The slider mapping helpers in `lib/timeScale.ts` now place off-ladder scales at the nearest ladder step **by log distance** (the old `log2` formula assumed a pure power-of-two ladder); round-trip, monotonicity and endpoint-exactness are preserved
diff --git a/e2e/hover.spec.ts b/e2e/hover.spec.ts
index f626f5b..a5dcb68 100644
--- a/e2e/hover.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/hover.spec.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,36 @@ async function unhover(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   await page.getByTestId('wallet-cash').hover();
 }
 
+// Fit the map so all given airports are in-viewport — queryRenderedFeatures only returns
+// features rendered inside the CURRENT viewport, and the default Frankfurt-centered view leaves
+// far endpoints (LEMD) off-screen even when they match a layer filter.
+async function fitToAirports(page: Page, icaos: string[]): Promise<void> {
+  const fc = (await (await page.request.get('/api/airports')).json()) as {
+    features: Array<{ properties: { icao: string; lat: number; lon: number } }>;
+  };
+  const points = icaos.map((icao) => {
+    const f = fc.features.find((x) => x.properties.icao === icao);
+    if (!f) throw new Error(`airport ${icao} not found in /api/airports`);
+    return [f.properties.lon, f.properties.lat] as [number, number];
+  });
+  await page.evaluate((pts: [number, number][]) => {
+    const m = (window as any).__flightMap;
+    if (!m) throw new Error('map not ready');
+    const lons = pts.map((p) => p[0]);
+    const lats = pts.map((p) => p[1]);
+    // duration 0 → instant camera jump, no animation to wait out.
+    m.fitBounds(
+      [
+        [Math.min(...lons), Math.min(...lats)],
+        [Math.max(...lons), Math.max(...lats)],
+      ],
+      { padding: 40, duration: 0 },
+    );
+  }, points);
+  // Give the renderer a beat after the camera jump before asserting on rendered features.
+  await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+}
+
 test('hovering a fleet row highlights the plane on the map', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal can take minutes after an interrupted run
   await flyHomeViaApi(page); // deterministic: the starter sits at EDDF, inside the initial view
@@ -134,7 +164,20 @@ test('hovering a fleet row highlights the plane on the map', async ({ page }) =>
   await waitForAirportCount(page);
 
   const row = page.locator('li[data-testid="plane-starter"]');
-  await expect(row).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  // The browser's /api/state polls can lag node-side requests right after a fresh page load
+  // (useGameState keeps loading=true until the first success → no fleet rows yet), so poll with
+  // diagnostics: on timeout the message distinguishes "server has no plane-starter" from
+  // "DOM didn't render". (The value is returned, not thrown — expect.poll fails immediately
+  // on a callback throw instead of retrying.)
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      if ((await row.count()) > 0 && (await row.isVisible())) return 'visible';
+      const body = await getState(page);
+      const serverHasStarter = body.planes.some((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter');
+      const paneHtml = (await page.locator('[data-testid="left-pane"]').first().innerHTML()).slice(0, 200);
+      return `not visible — /api/state has plane-starter: ${serverHasStarter}; left-pane HTML: ${paneHtml}`;
+    }, { timeout: 30_000 })
+    .toBe('visible');
 
   // No highlight before hovering (the layers start filtered to match nothing).
   expect(await renderedFeatures(page, ['planes-highlight'])).toHaveLength(0);
@@ -164,6 +207,10 @@ test('hovering an open package highlights its endpoint airports', async ({ page
   const row = page.locator(`li[data-testid="open-package-${pkg.id}"]`);
   await expect(row, 'the hook-created package appears in the list').toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 
+  // Both endpoints must be in-viewport for queryRenderedFeatures to see them (LEMD is off-screen
+  // at the default Frankfurt-centered view).
+  await fitToAirports(page, [HUB, DEST]);
+
   expect(await renderedFeatures(page, ['airports-highlight'])).toHaveLength(0);
 
   await row.hover();