diff --git a/apps/app/playwright/index.ts b/apps/app/playwright/index.ts
index 3a85b0f1..5ad543fa 100644
--- a/apps/app/playwright/index.ts
+++ b/apps/app/playwright/index.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ import { type ThemeDefinition, createVuetify } from 'vuetify'
 import * as components from 'vuetify/components' // eslint-disable-line no-restricted-imports
 import * as directives from 'vuetify/directives'
 
-// Plain-CSS token sheet — JSDOM evaluates :root custom properties from
-// this import so getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue('--tt-status-…')
+// Vuetify base styles — required for v-btn / v-chip / v-card etc. to
+// render with their actual visual appearance (not a default browser
+// look). Without this, Playwright visual baselines would capture
+// unstyled components. Removed in F3 alongside the Vuetify plugin.
+import 'vuetify/styles'
+
+// Plain-CSS token sheet — getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue('--tt-status-…')
 // resolves during component tests. Path resolved by the alias map in
 // playwright-ct.config.ts.
 import '@/styles/tokens/_timetable.css'
diff --git a/apps/app/tests/playwright-ct/components/SanityButtonHarness.vue b/apps/app/tests/playwright-ct/components/SanityButtonHarness.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17f792ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/tests/playwright-ct/components/SanityButtonHarness.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+const count = ref(0)
+function onClick() {
+  count.value += 1
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div data-test="harness">
+    <VBtn
+      color="primary"
+      data-test="btn"
+      @click="onClick"
+    >
+      Clicks: {{ count }}
+    </VBtn>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/apps/app/tests/playwright-ct/components/sanity-vuetify.spec.ts b/apps/app/tests/playwright-ct/components/sanity-vuetify.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35f7ccec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/tests/playwright-ct/components/sanity-vuetify.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-vue'
+import SanityButtonHarness from './SanityButtonHarness.vue'
+
+// B2 sanity — proves the full provider stack from playwright/index.ts
+// is wired:
+//   - Vuetify renders v-btn with theme tokens applied
+//   - Click events propagate via Vue's reactivity (counter ref updates)
+//   - Vuetify CSS variables resolve in computed style
+//
+// TEMPORARY VUETIFY: this test is replaced by a PrimeVue equivalent
+// in F3. Do not extend or generalise — F3 rewrites it. See
+// dev-docs/ARCH-TESTING.md §6.
+//
+// Why a .vue harness file: Playwright CT runs the test orchestrator
+// in Node and the component in a Vite-bundled browser context. Vue
+// components that pull in CSS-side-effect imports (Vuetify) cannot be
+// loaded directly into the test's Node module graph; they must live
+// in a .vue / Vite-compilable file. This is a structural divergence
+// from Vitest, which uses jsdom and one module graph for both.
+
+test.describe('B2 sanity: provider stack', () => {
+  test('mounts a Vuetify v-btn and propagates clicks', async ({ mount }) => {
+    const component = await mount(SanityButtonHarness)
+    const btn = component.locator('[data-test="btn"]')
+
+    await expect(btn).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(btn).toContainText('Clicks: 0')
+
+    await btn.click()
+    await expect(btn).toContainText('Clicks: 1')
+
+    await btn.click()
+    await expect(btn).toContainText('Clicks: 2')
+  })
+
+  test('Vuetify primary theme color resolves on rendered button', async ({ mount, page }) => {
+    await mount(SanityButtonHarness)
+
+    // Vuetify exposes theme primary as "R, G, B" decimals on
+    // --v-theme-primary (e.g. "31, 122, 209" for #1f7ad1).
+    const themePrimary = await page.evaluate(() => {
+      const root = document.documentElement
+
+      return getComputedStyle(root).getPropertyValue('--v-theme-primary').trim()
+    })
+
+    expect(themePrimary).not.toBe('')
+    expect(themePrimary.split(',')).toHaveLength(3)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/app/tests/playwright-ct/utils/mountWithProviders.ts b/apps/app/tests/playwright-ct/utils/mountWithProviders.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8aabd5ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/tests/playwright-ct/utils/mountWithProviders.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import type { Locator } from '@playwright/test'
+import type { Component } from 'vue'
+
+import type { HooksConfig } from '../../../playwright'
+
+/**
+ * mountWithProviders — Playwright Component Testing analogue of
+ * tests/utils/mountWithVuexy.ts.
+ *
+ * Why two helpers?
+ * ----------------
+ * Playwright CT's `mount()` API is structurally different from
+ * @vue/test-utils' `mount()`: provider plugins (Vuetify, Pinia,
+ * Router, VueQuery) must be registered in `playwright/index.ts`'s
+ * `beforeMount` hook rather than passed at call time. This helper
+ * is a thin ergonomic wrapper that:
+ *
+ *   - Forwards `hooksConfig` to the beforeMount hook (typed via
+ *     HooksConfig from playwright/index.ts)
+ *   - Returns the standard Playwright Locator from CT's mount, so
+ *     downstream test code uses normal Playwright assertions
+ *     (component.click(), expect(component).toBeVisible(), etc.)
+ *   - Serves as a single, discoverable surface for "how do I mount
+ *     a component in this codebase" questions
+ *
+ * Lifecycle note (TEMPORARY VUETIFY):
+ * -----------------------------------
+ * The Vuetify plugin line in `playwright/index.ts`'s `beforeMount`
+ * hook is INTENTIONALLY temporary state. F3 (PrimeVue foundation,
+ * RFC-WS-FRONTEND-PRIMEVUE §6) replaces it with PrimeVue. We do NOT
+ * abstract behind a "pluggable UI framework" indirection because:
+ *
+ *   1. We are NOT retaining Vuetify; the abstraction would itself
+ *      need to be removed in F3.
+ *   2. The swap is mechanical (~2-hour) and atomic; abstraction adds
+ *      cognitive cost without paying back.
+ *   3. Reviewers seeing "Vuetify in test infra in a PrimeVue migration
+ *      sprint" should read this JSDoc and dev-docs/ARCH-TESTING.md §6
+ *      for context.
+ *
+ * Equivalence to mountWithVuexy.ts:
+ * ---------------------------------
+ * | Capability                       | Vitest (mountWithVuexy)       | Playwright CT (this) |
+ * |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|
+ * | Vuetify w/ tokens                | createVuetify({components,…}) | beforeMount hook     |
+ * | Pinia (actions execute)          | createTestingPinia            | createPinia          |
+ * | TanStack Query (fresh client)    | per-call new QueryClient      | per-test in hook     |
+ * | Memory-history router            | per-call createRouter         | per-test in hook     |
+ * | initialPath / initialQuery       | options.initialPath           | hooksConfig.…        |
+ * | Initial Pinia state              | options.initialState          | hooksConfig.piniaInitialState |
+ * | Notification mock                | createNotificationMock + plug | (see assertNotification below) |
+ *
+ * Notification assertions:
+ * ------------------------
+ * Playwright runs in a separate Node process from the browser and
+ * cannot use `vi.fn()` spies on store actions. Instead, tests assert
+ * on the rendered UI (e.g. `await expect(page.getByRole('alert'))
+ * .toContainText('Saved')`) or read pinia state via page.evaluate.
+ * This is a deliberate divergence from the Vitest pattern — UI
+ * assertions are stronger than spy assertions for a real-browser
+ * runner.
+ *
+ * Type signature constraint:
+ * --------------------------
+ * Playwright CT's MountResult uses internal types. We accept the
+ * native MountOptions shape and wrap; tests should import the
+ * Playwright-CT `expect`/`test` and call `mountWithProviders` to
+ * get the locator back.
+ */
+export interface MountOptions {
+  props?: Record<string, unknown>
+  slots?: Record<string, unknown>
+  hooksConfig?: HooksConfig
+}
+
+// Re-export so callers have one import surface.
+export type { HooksConfig } from '../../../playwright'
+
+// The actual mount call must be done by the test using Playwright CT's
+// `mount` fixture (`test('…', async ({ mount }) => …)`). We expose a
+// helper that builds the options object correctly. This avoids the
+// "two ways to mount" footgun: there's the Playwright fixture, and
+// there's our wrapper that produces its arguments.
+export function buildMountArgs<C extends Component>(
+  component: C,
+  opts: MountOptions = {},
+): {
+    component: C
+    options: { props?: Record<string, unknown>; slots?: Record<string, unknown>; hooksConfig?: HooksConfig }
+  } {
+  return {
+    component,
+    options: {
+      props: opts.props,
+      slots: opts.slots,
+      hooksConfig: opts.hooksConfig,
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convenience: assert on the notification store via the browser's
+ * window.__pinia exposed in the beforeMount hook. Returns the current
+ * notification state as serialised JSON.
+ */
+export async function readNotificationState(
+  componentLocator: Locator,
+): Promise<{ visible: boolean; message: string; type: string }> {
+  const page = componentLocator.page()
+
+  return page.evaluate(() => {
+    interface Win { __pinia?: { state: { value: Record<string, unknown> } } }
+    const w = window as unknown as Win
+
+    const state = w.__pinia?.state?.value?.notification as
+      | { visible: boolean; message: string; type: string }
+      | undefined
+
+    return state
+      ? { visible: state.visible, message: state.message, type: state.type }
+      : { visible: false, message: '', type: 'info' }
+  })
+}