Auto-refuel on dispatch; remove manual refueling UI/API/action (ISS-082, v0.42.0)

e2e/actions.spec.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { initialBearingDeg } from '../lib/geo';
 import { weatherFor } from '../lib/weather';
 import { windBurnFactor } from '../lib/sim/movement';
-// v0.38.0 (ISS-072) — reputation discounts: expectations computed from the LIVE snapshot's rep with the real helpers.
-import { FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, FUEL_PRICE_PER_L, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT, repRate } from '../lib/game/catalog';
 
 // v0.12.0 package model against the live origin (https://flight.dev.kkhost.pl):
 // the full core loop through the UI — hook creates a short package at EDDF → Load
@@ -18,12 +16,9 @@ import { FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, FUEL_PRICE_PER_L, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT, repRate } f
 
 const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top) — keeps flights to seconds of real time
 const HUB = 'EDDF'; // Frankfurt Main — the seeded starter plane's home base (lib/game/seed.ts)
-const FAR = 'LEZL'; // Seville — a long leg: under the v0.16.0 weighted model a full tank covers the
-                    // round trip, but the return leaves too little for another outbound
 
-// Mirrors lib/sim/movement.ts (v0.16.0 weight-proportional burn) + lib/game/catalog.ts (atr72).
+// Mirrors lib/sim/movement.ts (v0.16.0 weight-proportional burn).
 const FUEL_DENSITY_KG_PER_L = 0.8; // Jet-A1 density — must match FUEL_DENSITY_KG_PER_L in movement.ts
-// FUEL_PRICE_PER_L is imported from ../lib/game/catalog (v0.38.0) instead of mirrored here.
 const REP_BASE = 1; // lib/sim/engine.ts
 const REP_PER_KM = 0.0005;
 
@@ -79,6 +74,14 @@ async function postSim(page: Page, body: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void>
   expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
 }
 
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): top a plane's tank back to full — replaces the removed /refuel
+// endpoint (ISS-082). Reads maxFuel from the snapshot so no catalog mirror is needed.
+async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const s = await getState(page);
+  const p = s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)!;
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId, fuel: p.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
 // Set the time scale and VERIFY from the response that it stuck — if something external ever
 // resets the live instance's controls mid-test, fail loudly here instead of timing out later.
 // ISS-041 also clears pause: a landing pauses the sim, so any fast-forward after one must
@@ -119,8 +122,8 @@ test.describe.configure({ mode: 'serial' }); // shared live DB — order matters
 // exact cash/rep assertions start from a clean baseline even after an interrupted previous run.
 async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   // v0.39.0 (ISS-069): wear accumulates across the shared CI DB — restore full health and clear any
-  // active repair gate from an interrupted run before the steps below act on the starter, so the FAR
-  // round-trip feasibility pin never sees a worn or broken plane.
+  // active repair gate from an interrupted run before the steps below act on the starter, so the
+  // exact-fuel pins never see a worn or broken plane (broken planes burn ×1.5 more).
   expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-health', { data: { planeId: 'plane-starter', health: 100, repairUntilMs: 0 } })).status()).toBe(200);
   let s = await getState(page); // ticks — a shortened gate flips the plane back to available here
   let plane = s.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!;
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
 
 
 test('full core loop via UI: load → fly to destination → exact reward + rep on arrival', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal (worst case ~20 s at 1000×) + two short flights + refuel
+  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal (worst case ~20 s at 1000×) + two short flights
   // Self-heal: the starter plane may be anywhere from a previous run/spec.
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
   const before = await getState(page);
@@ -247,15 +250,8 @@ test('full core loop via UI: load → fly to destination → exact reward + rep
     6,
   );
 
-  // Refuel via the API: cost = (maxFuel − fuel) × FUEL_PRICE_PER_L, rep-scaled (v0.38.0, ISS-072), deducted exactly.
-  const refuelRes = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${planeId}/refuel`);
-  expect(refuelRes.ok()).toBeTruthy();
-  s = await getState(page);
-  const afterRefuel = s.planes.find((p) => p.id === planeId)!;
-  expect(afterRefuel.fuel).toBe(afterRefuel.maxFuel); // back to full
-  const fuelRate = repRate(s.account.reputation, FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT);
-  const refuelCost = Math.round((afterRefuel.maxFuel - landed.fuel) * FUEL_PRICE_PER_L * (1 - fuelRate) * 100) / 100;
-  expect(s.account.cash).toBeCloseTo(before.account.cash + pkg.reward - refuelCost, 6);
+  // ISS-082 (v0.42.0): manual refuel is gone — the return leg below auto-refuels on dispatch; the
+  // exact top-up cost delta is pinned in e2e/right-pane.spec.ts instead of here.
 
   // Restore: fly home (repositioning — no package needed in the v0.12.0 model). ISS-041: the
   // arrival above paused the sim, so re-set SCALE for the return leg (setScale clears pause).
@@ -347,9 +343,9 @@ test('expired packages deliver and abandon with no reward and no penalty', async
   expect(s.packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgB.id)!.status).toBe('abandoned');
   expect(s.account.cash).toBe(cashBeforeAbandon); // free — expired abandons cost nothing
 
-  // Restore: refuel + fly home. ISS-041: the LEMD arrival above paused the sim, so
+  // Restore: top up + fly home. ISS-041: the LEMD arrival above paused the sim, so
   // re-set SCALE for the return leg (setScale clears pause; the expiry wait's scale is kept).
-  await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   const homeRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
   expect(homeRes.ok()).toBeTruthy();
@@ -357,7 +353,7 @@ test('expired packages deliver and abandon with no reward and no penalty', async
 });
 
 test('load and fly validation paths (404 / 409 / 400)', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(600_000); // the FAR round trip alone is ~30 s real time at 1000×
+  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal + one short hop each way at scale 1000
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
 
   // Load a package whose origin the plane is not at → 409.
@@ -395,37 +391,10 @@ test('load and fly validation paths (404 / 409 / 400)', async ({ page }) => {
   expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
   await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.locationIcao), { timeout: 120_000 }).toBe(HUB);
 
-  // Insufficient fuel (v0.16.0 weighted burn): a full tank covers the FAR round trip —
-  // the plane gets lighter as fuel burns off, so both legs fit — but landing back at the
-  // hub leaves too little for ANOTHER long leg: the second outbound must 409.
-  const s0 = await getState(page);
-  const starter = s0.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!;
-  expect(starter.locationIcao).toBe(HUB); // landed back at the hub from the hop above
-  if (starter.fuel < starter.maxFuel) {
-    await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel'); // ensure a full tank for the long legs
-  }
-  const farRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: FAR } });
-  expect(farRes.ok()).toBeTruthy();
-  await setScale(page, SCALE);
-  await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.status), { timeout: 240_000 }).toBe('available');
-
-  const sFar = await getState(page);
-  const atFar = sFar.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!;
-  expect(atFar.locationIcao).toBe(FAR);
-  // The return leg fits: the weighted burn over it is less than what's left in the tank.
-  // ISS-041: the FAR arrival above paused the sim, so re-set SCALE for this leg (setScale clears pause).
-  await setScale(page, SCALE);
-  const backRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-  expect(backRes.ok()).toBeTruthy();
-  await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.locationIcao), { timeout: 240_000 }).toBe(HUB);
-
-  // …but the tank is now too light for another FAR leg.
-  const againFar = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: FAR } });
-  expect(againFar.status()).toBe(409);
-  expect(((await againFar.json()) as { error: string }).error).toMatch(/insufficient fuel/i);
-
-  // Restore: refuel (the plane is already home).
-  await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
+  // ISS-082 (v0.42.0): the old "second outbound must 409 on insufficient fuel" pin is gone — dispatch
+  // auto-refuels any full-tank-flyable leg, so a partial tank no longer blocks it. The remaining
+  // insufficient-fuel case (a leg that doesn't fit even a FULL tank) is pinned in the unit tests and
+  // app/api/planes/[planeId]/fly/route.test.ts instead of spending ~60 s of CI time on a FAR round trip here.
 });
 
 // Great-circle distance in km — mirrors lib/geo.ts (same formula, same R).

e2e/api.spec.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ test('GET /api/version returns the app version from package.json', async ({ page
   expect(body.version).toBe(pkg.version);
 });
 
-test('GET /api/openapi serves the spec with all fourteen endpoints and the package.json version', async ({ page }) => {
+test('GET /api/openapi serves the spec with all thirteen endpoints and the package.json version', async ({ page }) => {
   const res = await page.request.get('/api/openapi');
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
   expect(res.headers()['content-type']).toContain('application/json');
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ test('GET /api/openapi serves the spec with all fourteen endpoints and the packa
     '/api/planes/{planeId}/fly',
     '/api/planes/{planeId}/queue',
     '/api/planes/{planeId}/queue/cancel',
-    '/api/planes/{planeId}/refuel',
     '/api/planes/{planeId}/repair', // v0.39.0 (ISS-069)
     '/api/sim',
     '/api/state',

e2e/hover.spec.ts

@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ async function createPackage(page: Page, fromIcao: string, toIcao: string): Prom
   return (await created.json()) as PackageState;
 }
 
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): top the starter's tank back to full — replaces the removed /refuel
+// endpoint (ISS-082). Reads maxFuel from the snapshot so no catalog mirror is needed.
+async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const s = await getState(page);
+  const p = s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)!;
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId, fuel: p.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
 // Self-heal: let any in-flight leg finish, then reposition plane-starter home via the API.
 async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   const s0 = await getState(page);
@@ -445,9 +453,8 @@ test('hovering the fleet row of a flying plane highlights its route', async ({ p
   test.setTimeout(600_000); // self-heal + one flight at scale 1000 + fly-home cleanup
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
 
-  // Full tank before departure — the EDDF↔LEMD round trip burns ~4970 L of the 6300 L tank.
-  const refuel = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
-  expect(refuel.status()).toBe(200);
+  // Full tank before departure — deterministic baseline (ISS-082 hook; dispatch would auto-refuel anyway).
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
 
   await page.goto('/');
   await waitForAirportCount(page);
@@ -506,9 +513,8 @@ test('hovering an on-board package while its carrier is mid-flight traces from t
   test.setTimeout(600_000); // self-heal + one flight at scale 1000 + fly-home cleanup
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
 
-  // Full tank before departure — the EDDF↔LEMD round trip burns ~4970 L of the 6300 L tank.
-  const refuel = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
-  expect(refuel.status()).toBe(200);
+  // Full tank before departure — deterministic baseline (ISS-082 hook; dispatch would auto-refuel anyway).
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
 
   await page.goto('/');
   await waitForAirportCount(page);

e2e/maintenance.spec.ts

@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ async function setHealth(
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): top a plane's tank back to full — replaces the removed /refuel
+// endpoint (ISS-082). Reads maxFuel from the snapshot so no catalog mirror is needed.
+async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const s = await getState(page);
+  const p = s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)!;
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId, fuel: p.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
 // Mirrors haversineKm in lib/geo.ts (same formula → identical floats).
 function haversineKm(lat1: number, lon1: number, lat2: number, lon2: number): number {
   const toRad = (d: number) => (d * Math.PI) / 180;
@@ -132,12 +140,9 @@ async function healStarterHome(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   if (starter.locationIcao !== HUB) {
     // ISS-041: the landing above slowed the sim to 1× — setScale restores it for the return leg.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
-    let flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-    if (!flyHome.ok()) {
-      // A long outbound leg can leave the tank too empty for the return — top up and retry.
-      expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
-      flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-    }
+    // ISS-082: dispatch auto-refuels, so a grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable
+    // leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
+    const flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(flyHome.status()).toBe(200); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
     await expect
       .poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER)?.locationIcao ?? ''), {
@@ -189,8 +194,8 @@ test('health shown → broken burn ×1.5 → repair grounds for 3 sim days → b
   await expect(page.getByTestId(`plane-broken-${STARTER}`), 'the broken pill appears')
     .toHaveText('broken', { timeout: 15_000 });
 
-  // Full tank for the flight (free no-op if already full)…
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
+  // Full tank for the flight (ISS-082 hook — dispatch would only top up to 150% of the leg, not full)…
+  await setFuelFull(page, STARTER);
   s = await getState(page);
   const starter = s.planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER)!;
   expect(starter.fuel).toBe(starter.maxFuel);

e2e/map-interactions.spec.ts

@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ async function createPackage(page: Page, fromIcao: string, toIcao: string): Prom
   return (await created.json()) as PackageState;
 }
 
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): top the starter's tank back to full — replaces the removed /refuel
+// endpoint (ISS-082). Reads maxFuel from the snapshot so no catalog mirror is needed.
+async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const s = await getState(page);
+  const p = s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)!;
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId, fuel: p.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
 // Load a package onto plane-starter and fly it from → to via the API, then poll at
 // scale 1000 until the plane lands at `to`. Same pattern as e2e/actions.spec.ts.
 async function loadAndFly(page: Page, fromIcao: string, toIcao: string): Promise<PackageState> {
@@ -198,10 +206,8 @@ test('plane markers move while flying and the plane popup shows status + route',
     await loadAndFly(page, starterLoc, HUB);
   }
 
-  // Full tank before departure — the EDDF↔LEMD round trip burns ~4970 L of the 6300 L tank,
-  // so a partially drained plane left by an earlier spec could not make it home.
-  const refuel = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
-  expect(refuel.status()).toBe(200);
+  // Full tank before departure — deterministic baseline (ISS-082 hook; dispatch would auto-refuel anyway).
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
 
   // 1) Load the hook-created package — a GROUNDED plane draws no route line yet.
   const pkg = await createPackage(page, HUB, DEST);

e2e/panes.spec.ts

@@ -75,13 +75,10 @@ test('left pane renders wallet, reputation and the starter fleet at Frankfurt',
   await expect(page.getByTestId('left-pane').getByRole('heading', { name: 'On board', exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
   await expect(page.getByTestId('right-pane').getByRole('heading', { name: 'On board', exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
 
-  // ISS-035 (v0.23.0): the Refuel-to-full row moved to the left pane next to Relocate — its section
-  // heading and button render here…
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('left-pane').getByRole('heading', { name: 'Refuel', exact: true })).toBeVisible();
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('left-pane').getByTestId('market-refuel')).toBeVisible();
-  // …and neither the heading nor the row remains in the right pane.
+  // ISS-082 (v0.42.0): manual refuel is gone — dispatch auto-refuels instead, so neither pane has a
+  // Refuel heading or row anymore.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('left-pane').getByRole('heading', { name: 'Refuel', exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
   await expect(page.getByTestId('right-pane').getByRole('heading', { name: 'Refuel', exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('right-pane').getByTestId('market-refuel')).toHaveCount(0);
 });
 
 test('sim clock ticks smoothly between polls — seconds advance without waiting for a snapshot (ISS-007)', async ({ page }) => {

e2e/queue.spec.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const QUEUE = 'EHAM'; // Amsterdam — a third airport, distinct from hub and de
 interface PlaneState {
   id: string;
   status: 'available' | 'flying';
+  maxFuel: number;
   locationIcao: string;
   destIcao: string | null;
   queue: string[];
@@ -69,6 +70,14 @@ async function createPackage(page: Page, fromIcao: string, toIcao: string): Prom
   return (await created.json()) as PackageState;
 }
 
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): top the starter's tank back to full — replaces the removed /refuel
+// endpoint (ISS-082). Reads maxFuel from the snapshot so no catalog mirror is needed.
+async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const s = await getState(page);
+  const p = s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)!;
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId, fuel: p.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
 // Self-heal: let any in-flight leg finish, reposition plane-starter home via the API, and abandon
 // leftover cargo so every test starts from the canonical state even after an interrupted run.
 async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
@@ -201,9 +210,8 @@ test('queue display + cancel via UI (ISS-043 part 2)', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal can take minutes after an interrupted run
   await flyHomeViaApi(page); // deterministic: the starter sits grounded at EDDF
 
-  // Full tank before departure — keeps the long EDDF→LEMD leg fuel-feasible (same as tests 2 & 3).
-  const refuel = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
-  expect(refuel.status()).toBe(200);
+  // Full tank before departure — deterministic baseline (ISS-082 hook; dispatch would auto-refuel anyway).
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
 
   const pkg = await createPackage(page, HUB, DEST);
 
@@ -272,9 +280,8 @@ test('dotted queue line renders the queued path on the map (ISS-043 part 2)', as
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal + one flight at scale 1000 + fly-home cleanup
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
 
-  // Full tank before departure — keeps the state canonical for whatever the cleanup does.
-  const refuel = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
-  expect(refuel.status()).toBe(200);
+  // Full tank before departure — keeps the state canonical for whatever the cleanup does (ISS-082 hook).
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
 
   // Load + queue + fly via the API: a package EDDF→LEMD, one queued leg LEMD→EHAM (works while
   // grounded — part 1), then start leg 1. The dotted line must show ONLY dest → queue[0].
@@ -412,9 +419,8 @@ test('landing auto-starts the next queued leg (ISS-043 chain end-to-end)', async
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal + two chained legs at scale 1000
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
 
-  // Full tank so fuel covers the chained return leg (same feasibility rule as /fly).
-  const refuel = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
-  expect(refuel.status()).toBe(200);
+  // Full tank for a deterministic baseline — the engine auto-chains (and auto-refuels, ISS-082) the return leg regardless.
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
 
   // Package EDDF→LEMD + a queued return leg LEMD→EDDF, then start leg 1.
   const pkg = await createPackage(page, HUB, DEST);

e2e/relocation.spec.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const HUB = 'EDDF'; // Frankfurt Main — the seeded starter plane's home base (
 const POPUP_AIRPORT = { icao: 'LFRS', lon: -1.61073, lat: 47.153198 };
 
 interface StateBody {
-  planes: Array<{ id: string; status: string; locationIcao: string; destIcao: string | null }>;
+  planes: Array<{ id: string; status: string; maxFuel: number; locationIcao: string; destIcao: string | null }>;
 }
 
 async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ async function getState(page: Page): Promise<StateBody> {
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): top the starter's tank back to full — replaces the removed /refuel
+// endpoint (ISS-082). Reads maxFuel from the snapshot so no catalog mirror is needed.
+async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const s = await getState(page);
+  const p = s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)!;
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId, fuel: p.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
 async function postSim(page: Page, body: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
   const res = await page.request.post('/api/sim', { data: body });
   expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
@@ -96,10 +104,8 @@ test('left pane Relocate section relocates a grounded plane', async ({ page }) =
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal (worst case ~20 s at 1000×) + one short leg
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
 
-  // Full tank before departure — a partially drained plane left by an earlier spec could not
-  // afford the cleanup round trip.
-  const refuel = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
-  expect(refuel.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  // Full tank before departure — deterministic baseline (ISS-082 hook; dispatch would auto-refuel anyway).
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
 
   const nearest = await nearestToHub(page);
 
@@ -130,8 +136,8 @@ test('airport popup offers Relocate options for grounded planes', async ({ page
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal (worst case ~20 s at 1000×) + one leg to LFRS
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
 
-  const refuel = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel');
-  expect(refuel.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+  // Full tank before departure — deterministic baseline (ISS-082 hook; dispatch would auto-refuel anyway).
+  await setFuelFull(page, 'plane-starter');
 
   await page.goto('/');
 

e2e/right-pane.spec.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 // the repo's tsconfig paths, so importing beats mirroring a third copy of the formulas.
 import { initialBearingDeg } from '../lib/geo';
 import { weatherFor } from '../lib/weather';
-import { windBurnFactor } from '../lib/sim/movement';
+import { fuelAtWeighted, windBurnFactor } from '../lib/sim/movement';
 // v0.38.0 (ISS-072) — reputation discounts: expectations computed from the LIVE snapshot's rep with the real helpers.
-import { FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT, MAX_PLANE_DISCOUNT, PLANE_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, repRate } from '../lib/game/catalog';
+import { conditionBurnMultiplier, FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT, MAX_PLANE_DISCOUNT, PLANE_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, repRate } from '../lib/game/catalog';
 import { STARTING_REPUTATION } from '../lib/game/seed';
 
 // v0.12.0 — right Jobs & Market pane against the live origin: open packages render with
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import { STARTING_REPUTATION } from '../lib/game/seed';
 // (moved to the left pane in v0.20.0, ISS-021) shows loaded packages with fly-to-destination +
 // abandon buttons (penalty preview from the same
 // formula as the server); flying planes show their current leg; market buy/sell previews match
-// the catalog + economy constants exposed in /api/state, and the Refuel-to-full row (moved to the
-// left pane in v0.23.0, ISS-035) deducts exactly its cost. Packages are created via
+// the catalog + economy constants exposed in /api/state, and dispatch auto-refuels a low tank to
+// 150% of the leg requirement at exactly its rep-discounted cost (ISS-082). Packages are created via
 // POST /api/test/create-package (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1), same pattern as e2e/actions.spec.ts.
 
 const SCALE = 1000; // fastest sim speed (v0.14.0 ladder top) — keeps flights to seconds of real time
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ interface PlaneState {
   status: 'available' | 'flying';
   fuel: number;
   maxFuel: number;
+  health: number; // v0.39.0 (ISS-069) — feeds conditionBurnMultiplier in the auto-refuel math
   locationIcao: string;
   destIcao: string | null;
 }
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ function penaltyFor(reward: number, createdSimTime: number, deadlineSimTime: num
 }
 
 // Closest airport to EDDF from /api/airports → shortest possible arrival time at scale 1000.
-async function nearestToHub(page: Page): Promise<{ icao: string; lat: number; lon: number }> {
+// Returns both endpoints' coordinates so exact-km fuel assertions can mirror lib/geo.ts.
+async function nearestToHub(page: Page): Promise<{ icao: string; lat: number; lon: number; hubLat: number; hubLon: number }> {
   const fc = (await (await page.request.get('/api/airports')).json()) as {
     features: Array<{ properties: { icao: string; lat: number; lon: number } }>;
   };
@@ -124,38 +126,7 @@ async function nearestToHub(page: Page): Promise<{ icao: string; lat: number; lo
       nearest = f.properties;
     }
   }
-  return nearest;
-}
-
-// Farthest airport from EDDF whose leg still FITS A FULL TANK — the longest flyable leg (v0.16.0
-// refuel-for-flight test). The dataset's absolute farthest can exceed the aircraft's range, so a
-// full-tank fly there would rightly 409; this test wants a long-but-flyable leg instead. Wind-
-// adjusted (v0.36.0): BOTH directions must fit — the outbound is flown from a full tank and the
-// return leg is what the forFlight refuel below buys, which also 409s if it doesn't fit.
-async function farthestFlyableToHub(
-  page: Page,
-  entry: CatalogEntry,
-): Promise<{ icao: string; lat: number; lon: number; d: number; hubLat: number; hubLon: number }> {
-  const fc = (await (await page.request.get('/api/airports')).json()) as {
-    features: Array<{ properties: { icao: string; lat: number; lon: number } }>;
-  };
-  const hub = fc.features.find((f) => f.properties.icao === HUB)!.properties;
-  const wHub = weatherFor(HUB);
-  let farthest: { icao: string; lat: number; lon: number; d: number } | null = null;
-  for (const f of fc.features) {
-    if (f.properties.icao === HUB) continue;
-    const d = haversineKm(hub.lat, hub.lon, f.properties.lat, f.properties.lon);
-    const wDest = weatherFor(f.properties.icao);
-    const outBurn = entry.burnPerKm * windBurnFactor(wHub.windKt, wHub.windDirDeg, initialBearingDeg(hub.lat, hub.lon, f.properties.lat, f.properties.lon));
-    if (requiredFuelFor(outBurn, entry.emptyWeightKg, entry.maxFuel, d) > entry.maxFuel) continue; // beyond range
-    const backBurn = entry.burnPerKm * windBurnFactor(wDest.windKt, wDest.windDirDeg, initialBearingDeg(f.properties.lat, f.properties.lon, hub.lat, hub.lon));
-    if (requiredFuelFor(backBurn, entry.emptyWeightKg, entry.maxFuel, d) > entry.maxFuel) continue; // return leg wouldn't fit a full tank either
-    if (!farthest || d > farthest.d) {
-      farthest = { icao: f.properties.icao, lat: f.properties.lat, lon: f.properties.lon, d };
-    }
-  }
-  if (!farthest) throw new Error('no full-tank-flyable airport found in the dataset');
-  return { ...farthest, hubLat: hub.lat, hubLon: hub.lon };
+  return { ...nearest, hubLat: hub.lat, hubLon: hub.lon };
 }
 
 // Mirrors lib/sim/movement.ts (v0.16.0): fuel required to cover distanceKm arriving empty —
@@ -204,14 +175,10 @@ async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   }
   if (starter.locationIcao !== HUB) {
     // ISS-041: the landing above paused the sim — setScale clears pause so the return leg
-    // fast-forwards instead of taking real-time hours.
+    // fast-forwards instead of taking real-time hours. ISS-082: dispatch auto-refuels, so a
+    // grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
-    let flyHome = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-    if (!flyHome.ok()) {
-      // A long outbound leg can leave the tank too empty for the return — top up and retry.
-      expect((await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel')).status()).toBe(200);
-      flyHome = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-    }
+    const flyHome = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(flyHome.status()).toBe(200); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
     await expect
       .poll(async () => (await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')?.locationIcao === HUB, {
@@ -361,7 +328,7 @@ test('on-board list: fly-to-destination + abandon with penalty preview; flying p
     .toBe(true);
 });
 
-test('market buy/sell render with previews from the catalog in /api/state; left-pane Refuel deducts exactly', async ({ page }) => {
+test('market buy/sell render with previews from the catalog in /api/state', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal can take minutes after an interrupted run
   await flyHomeViaApi(page); // grounded starter at EDDF (tank partial after the previous test's flight)
 
@@ -397,117 +364,80 @@ test('market buy/sell render with previews from the catalog in /api/state; left-
   await page.getByTestId('market-sell-plane').selectOption('plane-starter', { timeout: 15_000 });
   const payout = Math.round(entry.price * body.sellFraction * 100) / 100;
   await expect(page.getByTestId('market-sell-payout')).toContainText(eur(payout));
-
-  // ISS-035 (v0.23.0): the Refuel-to-full row now lives in the LEFT pane next to Relocate — same global testids.
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('left-pane').getByTestId('market-refuel')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-
-  // Refuel through the pane: the flight genuinely burned fuel…
-  if (starter.fuel < starter.maxFuel) {
-    // v0.38.0 (ISS-072): rep-scaled cost — same formula as the server's refuelPlane 'full'.
-    const fuelRate = repRate(body.account.reputation, FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT);
-    const expectedCost = Math.round((starter.maxFuel - starter.fuel) * body.fuelPricePerL * (1 - fuelRate) * 100) / 100;
-    const cashBefore = body.account.cash;
-
-    // …the refuel picker lists it, the preview matches the exact cost, and the click deducts it.
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('market-refuel-plane')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-    await page.getByTestId('market-refuel-plane').selectOption('plane-starter');
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('market-refuel-cost')).toContainText(eur(expectedCost));
-    await page.getByTestId('market-refuel').click();
-
-    // Cash decreased by exactly the expected cost and the tank is full (server truth).
-    await expect
-      .poll(async () => {
-        const b = await getState(page);
-        return Math.abs(b.account.cash - (cashBefore - expectedCost)) < 0.001;
-      }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the refuel cost to land in /api/state' })
-      .toBe(true);
-    const after = await getState(page);
-    expect(after.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.fuel).toBe(starter.maxFuel);
-  }
 });
 
-test('on-board row Refuel buys 150% of the weather-adjusted leg requirement; left-pane button says "Refuel to full"', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal + one long flight each way at scale 1000
+// ISS-082 (v0.42.0): manual refuel is gone — dispatch auto-refuels instead. This test pins the new
+// behavior end-to-end: drop a grounded starter to low fuel via the hook, fly a leg, and assert the
+// cash delta equals the EXACT rep-discounted top-up cost (computed from the snapshot + real lib
+// helpers) while the post-flight landed fuel matches the weighted burn from the topped start value.
+test('dispatch auto-refuels: a low tank tops up to 150% of the leg requirement and deducts exactly', async ({ page }) => {
+  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal + one short flight each way at scale 1000
   await flyHomeViaApi(page);
 
   const body = await getState(page);
   const entry = body.catalog.find((e) => e.model === 'atr72')!;
 
-  // Deterministic baseline: a full tank.
-  expect((await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel')).status()).toBe(200);
+  // Drop the grounded starter to a low, deterministic fuel level via the test hook — well below the
+  // 150%-of-requirement target even for the shortest dataset leg (EDFH, ~93 km), so a top-up is guaranteed.
+  const LOW_FUEL = 50;
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId: 'plane-starter', fuel: LOW_FUEL } })).status()).toBe(200);
 
-  // Longest FLYABLE leg from the hub (fits a full tank) — long enough that 150% of its requirement
-  // exceeds what's left on arrival.
-  const farthest = await farthestFlyableToHub(page, entry);
-  const pkg1 = await createPackage(page, HUB, farthest.icao, 24 * 3_600_000);
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/packages/${pkg1.id}/load`, { data: { planeId: 'plane-starter' } })).status()).toBe(200);
+  // Nearest airport to the hub → short leg, fast at scale 1000.
+  const nearest = await nearestToHub(page);
+  const pre = await getState(page);
+  const starter = pre.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!;
+  expect(starter.fuel).toBe(LOW_FUEL); // the hook stuck
 
-  // Fly there (delivers pkg1 on arrival) — the tank is now partial.
-  expect((await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: farthest.icao } })).status()).toBe(200);
+  // Expected top-up from the snapshot constants — mirrors flyPlane's math (lib/game/actions.ts):
+  // wind-adjusted requirement × condition multiplier, 150% margin capped at tank capacity.
+  const km = haversineKm(nearest.hubLat, nearest.hubLon, nearest.lat, nearest.lon);
+  const wHub = weatherFor(HUB);
+  const required = requiredFuelFor(
+    entry.burnPerKm * windBurnFactor(wHub.windKt, wHub.windDirDeg, initialBearingDeg(nearest.hubLat, nearest.hubLon, nearest.lat, nearest.lon)) * conditionBurnMultiplier(starter.health),
+    entry.emptyWeightKg,
+    entry.maxFuel,
+    km,
+  );
+  const target = Math.min(entry.maxFuel, Math.max(LOW_FUEL, required * 1.5)); // ISS-082: 150% margin, capped at tank capacity
+  const liters = Math.max(0, target - LOW_FUEL);
+  expect(liters).toBeGreaterThan(0); // the low tank genuinely needs a top-up
+  const fuelRate = repRate(pre.account.reputation, FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT);
+  const expectedCost = Math.round(liters * pre.fuelPricePerL * (1 - fuelRate) * 100) / 100;
+  const cashBefore = pre.account.cash;
+
+  // Dispatch via the API — the response snapshot is authoritative at the action's clock.
+  const flyRes = await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: nearest.icao } });
+  expect(flyRes.status()).toBe(200); // auto-refuel made the low tank flyable…
+  const post = (await flyRes.json()) as StateBody;
+  expect(post.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.fuel).toBeCloseTo(target, 6); // …departing with exactly the topped level
+  expect(post.account.cash).toBeCloseTo(cashBefore - expectedCost, 6); // …at exactly the rep-discounted cost
+
+  // Fast-forward to arrival; the landed fuel is the weighted burn from the TOPPED start value.
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   await expect
     .poll(async () => {
       const b = await getState(page);
       const p = b.planes.find((x) => x.id === 'plane-starter');
-      return !!p && p.status === 'available' && p.locationIcao === farthest.icao;
-    }, { timeout: 240_000, message: `waiting for arrival at ${farthest.icao} (scale 1000)` })
+      return !!p && p.status === 'available' && p.locationIcao === nearest.icao;
+    }, { timeout: 120_000, message: `waiting for arrival at ${nearest.icao} (scale 1000)` })
     .toBe(true);
 
-  // New work at the far end: a package back to the hub — its leg is exactly what we refuel for.
-  const pkg2 = await createPackage(page, farthest.icao, HUB, 24 * 3_600_000);
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/packages/${pkg2.id}/load`, { data: { planeId: 'plane-starter' } })).status()).toBe(200);
-
-  // Expected "150% of the requirement" from the snapshot constants (mirrors requiredFuelFor in
-  // lib/sim/movement.ts, wind-adjusted per v0.36.0 — departure weather at the far end vs heading home).
-  const pre = await getState(page);
-  const fuelBefore = pre.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.fuel;
-  const cashBefore = pre.account.cash;
-  const km = haversineKm(farthest.hubLat, farthest.hubLon, farthest.lat, farthest.lon); // symmetric: hub ↔ far end
-  const wFar = weatherFor(farthest.icao);
-  const required = requiredFuelFor(
-    entry.burnPerKm * windBurnFactor(wFar.windKt, wFar.windDirDeg, initialBearingDeg(farthest.lat, farthest.lon, farthest.hubLat, farthest.hubLon)),
-    entry.emptyWeightKg,
-    entry.maxFuel,
-    km,
+  const landed = await getState(page);
+  expect(landed.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.fuel).toBeCloseTo(
+    fuelAtWeighted(target, entry.burnPerKm * windBurnFactor(wHub.windKt, wHub.windDirDeg, initialBearingDeg(nearest.hubLat, nearest.hubLon, nearest.lat, nearest.lon)) * conditionBurnMultiplier(starter.health), entry.emptyWeightKg, entry.maxFuel, km, 1),
+    6,
   );
-  const target = Math.min(entry.maxFuel, required * 1.5); // ISS-071: 150% margin, capped at tank capacity
-  const liters = Math.max(0, target - fuelBefore);
-  expect(liters).toBeGreaterThan(0); // the long leg genuinely needs more than what's left
-  // v0.38.0 (ISS-072): rep-scaled cost — same formula as the server's refuelPlane 'forFlight'.
-  const fuelRate = repRate(pre.account.reputation, FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT);
-  const expectedCost = Math.round(liters * pre.fuelPricePerL * (1 - fuelRate) * 100) / 100;
 
-  await page.goto('/');
-  const refuelBtn = page.getByTestId(`refuel-for-${pkg2.id}`);
-  await expect(refuelBtn, 'row Refuel button appears for the loaded package').toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-  // Capture the endpoint's OWN response — the full post-action snapshot at the action's clock.
-  const [res] = await Promise.all([
-    page.waitForResponse((r) => r.url().includes(`/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel`), { timeout: 15_000 }),
-    refuelBtn.click(),
-  ]);
-  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
-  const post = (await res.json()) as StateBody;
-
-  // Cash dropped by exactly L × price and fuel rose by exactly L.
-  expect(post.account.cash).toBeCloseTo(cashBefore - expectedCost, 6);
-  expect(post.planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.fuel).toBeCloseTo(fuelBefore + liters, 6);
-
-  // Left pane (moved from the market in v0.23.0, ISS-035): the fill-up button is labeled "Refuel to full" (testid unchanged).
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('market-refuel')).toHaveText('Refuel to full');
-
-  // Restore: fly home — pkg2's destination IS the hub, so it delivers on arrival. The tank holds
-  // 150% of the leg requirement (or a full tank), so the return is comfortably feasible. ISS-041:
-  // the far-end arrival above paused the sim, so re-set SCALE for this leg (setScale clears pause).
+  // Restore: fly home (auto-refuel covers the return leg) and top the tank back up for later specs.
   await setScale(page, SCALE);
   expect((await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/fly', { data: { destIcao: HUB } })).status()).toBe(200);
   await expect
     .poll(async () => (await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')?.locationIcao === HUB, {
-      timeout: 240_000,
+      timeout: 120_000,
       message: 'waiting for plane-starter to land back at the hub',
     })
     .toBe(true);
-  // Top the tank back up so later specs start with a full tank.
-  expect((await page.request.post('/api/planes/plane-starter/refuel')).status()).toBe(200);
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId: 'plane-starter', fuel: entry.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
 });
 
 test('Ignore removes an open job from the list permanently (ISS-047 part B)', async ({ page }) => {

e2e/slow-on-landing.spec.ts

@@ -80,12 +80,9 @@ async function flyHomeViaApi(page: Page): Promise<void> {
     // ISS-057: the landing above slowed the sim to 1× — setScale restores 1000× (and records it as
     // lastSelectedTimeScale) so the return leg fast-forwards instead of taking real-time hours.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
-    let flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${plane.id}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-    if (!flyHome.ok()) {
-      // A long outbound leg can leave the tank too empty for the return — top up and retry.
-      expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${plane.id}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
-      flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${plane.id}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-    }
+    // ISS-082: dispatch auto-refuels, so a grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable
+    // leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
+    const flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${plane.id}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(flyHome.ok()).toBeTruthy(); // repositioning needs no package (v0.12.0 manual flight)
     await expect.poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((p) => p.id === 'plane-starter')!.locationIcao), { timeout: 240_000 }).toBe(HUB);
   }

e2e/two-planes.spec.ts

@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { initialBearingDeg } from '../lib/geo';
 import { weatherFor } from '../lib/weather';
 import { windBurnFactor } from '../lib/sim/movement';
-// v0.38.0 (ISS-072) — reputation discounts: expectations computed from the LIVE snapshot's rep with the real helpers.
-import { FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT, repRate } from '../lib/game/catalog';
 
 // v0.31.0 — ISS-055: gameplay with TWO planes in the fleet. The reported bug ("can't load cargo
 // if both planes are on the same airport") was UX-only: LoadControls' multi-plane path rendered a
 // greyed-out Load button until a plane was picked from the dropdown, while the single-plane path
 // is one-click. v0.31.0 preselects the first eligible plane (components/RightPane.tsx), and this
 // spec covers every two-plane flow: load (preselect + picker), parallel flights with the ISS-057
-// slow/resume semantics, refuel, relocate, per-plane queues (scoped testids) and sell.
+// slow/resume semantics, relocate, per-plane queues (scoped testids) and sell.
 //
 // Each test buys its own second plane via the UI (after a cash grant from the new
 // POST /api/test/add-cash hook — ATR €200k vs the €20k starting balance); beforeEach/afterEach
@@ -171,6 +169,14 @@ async function addCash(page: Page, amount?: number): Promise<StateBody> {
   return (await res.json()) as StateBody;
 }
 
+// Test hook (FLIGHT_TEST_HOOKS=1): top a plane's tank back to full — replaces the removed /refuel
+// endpoint (ISS-082). Reads maxFuel from the snapshot so no catalog mirror is needed.
+async function setFuelFull(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const s = await getState(page);
+  const p = s.planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)!;
+  expect((await page.request.post('/api/test/set-fuel', { data: { planeId, fuel: p.maxFuel } })).status()).toBe(200);
+}
+
 // Buy a second ATR through the UI (Planes market tab) and return its id — discovered in /api/state
 // as the plane that isn't plane-starter (bought planes get random UUIDs, no stable name).
 async function buySecondPlaneViaUi(page: Page): Promise<string> {
@@ -244,13 +250,10 @@ async function healPlaneHome(page: Page, planeId: string): Promise<void> {
   }
   if (p.locationIcao !== HUB) {
     // ISS-057: the landing above slowed the sim to 1× — setScale restores 1000× for the return leg.
+    // ISS-082: dispatch auto-refuels, so a grounded plane can always start any full-tank-flyable
+    // leg when cash allows — no top-up retry needed.
     await setScale(page, SCALE);
-    let flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${planeId}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-    if (flyHome.status() === 409) {
-      // A long outbound leg can leave the tank too empty for the return — top up and retry.
-      expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${planeId}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
-      flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${planeId}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
-    }
+    const flyHome = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${planeId}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
     expect(flyHome.status()).toBe(200);
     await expect
       .poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.find((x) => x.id === planeId)?.locationIcao ?? ''), {
@@ -350,8 +353,8 @@ test('two planes fly in parallel; the last landing slows to 1× and the next dis
   const secondId = await buySecondPlaneViaUi(page);
 
   // Full tanks for both — the starter's may be partial from an earlier run.
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${secondId}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
+  await setFuelFull(page, STARTER);
+  await setFuelFull(page, secondId);
 
   // Two very different leg lengths: the starter takes the SHORTEST hop, the second plane the longest
   // full-tank-flyable one — their landings are separated by hours of game time and can never fall on
@@ -402,8 +405,8 @@ test('two planes fly in parallel; the last landing slows to 1× and the next dis
   expect(landed.packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgA.id)?.status).toBe('delivered');
   expect(landed.packages.find((p) => p.id === pkgB.id)?.status).toBe('delivered');
 
-  // The outbound to the range edge left the tank nearly empty — top up for the return leg.
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${secondId}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
+  // The outbound to the range edge left the tank nearly empty — top it back up (ISS-082 hook).
+  await setFuelFull(page, secondId);
 
   // Resume semantics: with the starter still grounded, dispatching the second plane does NOT resume…
   const flyB2 = await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${secondId}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: HUB } });
@@ -418,64 +421,8 @@ test('two planes fly in parallel; the last landing slows to 1× and the next dis
   expect(body.simState.timeScale, 'the last grounded plane resumes lastSelectedTimeScale').toBe(SCALE); // setScale posted 1000
 });
 
-test('refuel section lists both planes; refueling one tops only its tank', async ({ page }) => {
-  test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal + two short hops at scale 1000
-  const secondId = await buySecondPlaneViaUi(page);
-
-  // Partial tanks: a short hop each, to different destinations.
-  const [a, b] = await twoNearestToHub(page);
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${secondId}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: a.icao } })).status()).toBe(200);
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${secondId}/fly`, { data: { destIcao: b.icao } })).status()).toBe(200);
-
-  // Fast-forward to the first landing, restore speed (ISS-057 slows on any landing), then wait for both.
-  await setScale(page, SCALE);
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.some((p) => p.status === 'available')), {
-      timeout: 240_000,
-      message: 'waiting for the first plane to land',
-    })
-    .toBe(true);
-  await setScale(page, SCALE);
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => ((await getState(page)).planes.every((p) => p.status === 'available')), {
-      timeout: 240_000,
-      message: 'waiting for both planes to land',
-    })
-    .toBe(true);
-
-  const pre = await getState(page);
-  const starter = pre.planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER)!;
-  const second = pre.planes.find((p) => p.id === secondId)!;
-  expect(starter.fuel, 'the hop burned fuel').toBeLessThan(starter.maxFuel);
-  expect(second.fuel, 'the hop burned fuel').toBeLessThan(second.maxFuel);
-
-  // The left-pane Refuel section lists BOTH grounded planes with partial tanks…
-  const refuelSelect = page.getByTestId('market-refuel-plane');
-  await expect(refuelSelect).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
-  await expect(refuelSelect.locator(`option[value="${STARTER}"]`)).toHaveCount(1);
-  await expect(refuelSelect.locator(`option[value="${secondId}"]`)).toHaveCount(1);
-
-  // …select the SECOND plane — the preview is its exact fill-up cost (mirrors refuelPlane 'full'),
-  // rep-scaled (v0.38.0, ISS-072) from the live snapshot's reputation.
-  const fuelRate = repRate(pre.account.reputation, FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP, MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT);
-  const expectedCost = Math.round((second.maxFuel - second.fuel) * pre.fuelPricePerL * (1 - fuelRate) * 100) / 100;
-  await refuelSelect.selectOption(secondId);
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('market-refuel-cost')).toContainText(eur(expectedCost));
-
-  await page.getByTestId('market-refuel').click();
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const s = await getState(page);
-      return Math.abs(s.account.cash - (pre.account.cash - expectedCost)) < 0.001;
-    }, { timeout: 15_000, message: 'waiting for the refuel cost to land in /api/state' })
-    .toBe(true);
-
-  const post = await getState(page);
-  expect(post.planes.find((p) => p.id === secondId)!.fuel, 'that tank is full').toBe(second.maxFuel);
-  expect(post.planes.find((p) => p.id === STARTER)!.fuel, 'the other tank is untouched').toBe(starter.fuel);
-});
+// ISS-082 (v0.42.0): the "refuel section lists both planes" test is gone with the manual refuel UI —
+// its absence is pinned in e2e/panes.spec.ts instead.
 
 test('relocate section moves one plane without touching the other', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(300_000); // self-heal + one short hop at scale 1000
@@ -527,7 +474,7 @@ test('per-plane queues are independent; landing auto-chains the next queued leg'
   const [a, b] = await twoNearestToHub(page);
 
   // Full tank for the starter — it flies both legs (EDDF→a then the auto-chained a→b).
-  expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/refuel`)).status()).toBe(200);
+  await setFuelFull(page, STARTER);
 
   // Seed one queued leg per plane via the API so BOTH on-board blocks render…
   expect((await page.request.post(`/api/planes/${STARTER}/queue`, { data: { destIcao: a.icao } })).status()).toBe(200);