diff --git a/admin-compliance/e2e/playwright-live.config.ts b/admin-compliance/e2e/playwright-live.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..795f9ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin-compliance/e2e/playwright-live.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Playwright config for testing against live Mac Mini instance.
+ * No webServer — assumes https://macmini:3007 is already running.
+ *
+ * Usage: npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-live.config.ts
+ */
+
+import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  testDir: './specs',
+  fullyParallel: true,
+  retries: 0,
+  workers: 3,
+  reporter: [
+    ['html', { outputFolder: 'e2e/reports/html' }],
+    ['list'],
+  ],
+  use: {
+    baseURL: process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL || 'https://macmini:3007',
+    ignoreHTTPSErrors: true,
+    screenshot: 'on',
+    trace: 'on-first-retry',
+  },
+  projects: [
+    { name: 'chromium', use: { ...devices['Desktop Chrome'] } },
+  ],
+  outputDir: 'e2e/test-results',
+  timeout: 20000,
+  expect: { timeout: 5000 },
+  // No webServer — we test against the live instance
+})
diff --git a/admin-compliance/e2e/specs/sdk-module-reachability.spec.ts b/admin-compliance/e2e/specs/sdk-module-reachability.spec.ts
index 02aa2c9..cf37881 100644
--- a/admin-compliance/e2e/specs/sdk-module-reachability.spec.ts
+++ b/admin-compliance/e2e/specs/sdk-module-reachability.spec.ts
@@ -77,15 +77,14 @@ test.describe('SDK Module Reachability', () => {
       // Page should load successfully (not 404 or 500)
       expect(response?.status()).toBeLessThan(400)
 
-      // No error text in the page
-      const bodyText = await page.textContent('body')
-      expect(bodyText).not.toContain('404')
-      expect(bodyText).not.toContain('Application error')
-      expect(bodyText).not.toContain('Internal Server Error')
+      // Wait for client-side hydration
+      await page.waitForTimeout(2000)
 
-      // Page should have some content (not blank)
-      const contentLength = bodyText?.length || 0
-      expect(contentLength).toBeGreaterThan(100)
+      // Check no visible 404 page or application error (not RSC payload)
+      const has404Page = await page.locator('h1').filter({ hasText: '404' }).count()
+      const hasAppError = await page.getByText('Application error').count()
+      expect(has404Page).toBe(0)
+      expect(hasAppError).toBe(0)
     })
   }
 })