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@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ contract between the two frontends, and that target is the only thing checking i
 
 ## CI
 
-`.gitea/workflows/` runs four jobs, each writing `.env` from `.env.example` first:
+`.gitea/workflows/` runs four jobs:
 `test-backend.yml` (pytest on Python 3.12 and 3.14, plus a check that both wheels build), `playwright.yml` (the e2e suite in
 two shards, one compose project each, the browser loading the SPA from the nginx `frontend`
 service), `pre-commit.yml` (the hooks above, plus strict mypy, which they do not cover) and
-`test-compose.yml` (a smoke test that the production images actually come up).
+`test-compose.yml` (a smoke test that the production images actually come up). All but
+`test-backend.yml` write `.env` from `.env.example` first. The backend suite needs none.