The deploy gate ran e2e specs that depend on live content and data, so a missing
upload (the /help article images) or a legacy malformed avatar figure could turn
a safe code deploy red. Split the suites by what they actually guarantee:
- Blocking gate (`pnpm test:e2e`, `playwright.config.ts`): only checks the CMS
can guarantee itself — anonymous redirects, register form fields, the captcha
DOM contract and the cache-control headers (deterministic origin-direct).
- Advisory suite (`pnpm test:e2e:quality`, `playwright.quality.config.ts`):
broken images, layout overflow and warm-page latency, which depend on live
content/upload state and the host. It runs as a `continue-on-error` CI job
against the public site so a real content problem stays visible without
blocking the pipeline.
Also add `scripts/sync-readme-versions.mjs` (+ tests, docs and a CI check) so
the pinned versions in README.md can never drift from package.json / .nvmrc.
The starter look for a new account was `hr-100-.hd-180-1...`, whose empty
hair colour slot is rejected by the imager with 400 "Invalid figure format".
Every player who registered without a look therefore got a broken avatar.
Add the missing colour slot (`hr-100-1`), which the imager renders.