diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/test-go.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/test-go.yml
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+name: test-go
+
+# Go server: vet + golangci-lint + short race tests. Runs on push to
+# dev/main and PRs to main, scoped to Go-side files only — web-only or
+# Flutter-only diffs don't trigger this workflow.
+#
+# Integration tests needing Postgres/ffmpeg run locally via docker-compose;
+# they should guard with testing.Short() so this short-mode run skips them.
+#
+# `web/build/` has a committed placeholder index.html so go:embed succeeds
+# without needing the SPA to be freshly built. Real builds happen in
+# release.yml (container) and locally during dev.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [dev, main]
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.go'
+      - 'go.mod'
+      - 'go.sum'
+      - 'sqlc.yaml'
+      - 'internal/**'
+      - 'cmd/**'
+      - '.forgejo/workflows/test-go.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.go'
+      - 'go.mod'
+      - 'go.sum'
+      - 'sqlc.yaml'
+      - 'internal/**'
+      - 'cmd/**'
+      - '.forgejo/workflows/test-go.yml'
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: go-ci
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Toolchain versions
+        run: |
+          go version
+          golangci-lint --version
+
+      - name: go vet
+        run: go vet ./...
+
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        run: golangci-lint run ./...
+
+      - name: go test (short, race)
+        run: go test -short -race ./...
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/test-web.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/test-web.yml
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+name: test-web
+
+# Web SPA: vitest + svelte-check. Runs on push to dev/main and PRs to
+# main, scoped to web/** changes only — Go-only or Flutter-only diffs
+# don't trigger this workflow.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [dev, main]
+    paths:
+      - 'web/**'
+      - '.forgejo/workflows/test-web.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - 'web/**'
+      - '.forgejo/workflows/test-web.yml'
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: go-ci
+
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: web
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '22'
+          cache: 'npm'
+          cache-dependency-path: web/package-lock.json
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Type-check + svelte-check
+        run: npm run check
+
+      - name: Vitest
+        run: npm test
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
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-name: test
-
-# Lint + short unit tests. Integration tests needing Postgres/ffmpeg run
-# locally via docker-compose; they should guard with testing.Short().
-
-on:
-  # PRs against main are the gate. Direct pushes to dev no longer trigger
-  # CI on their own — opening a PR fires the pull_request event and gates
-  # the merge. Avoids the duplicate push+pull_request runs we were
-  # accumulating on every PR commit.
-  #
-  # paths-ignore skips this workflow when only Flutter-client files change;
-  # the Flutter workflow (.forgejo/workflows/flutter.yml) handles those.
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'flutter_client/**'
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - '**/*.md'
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: go-ci
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '22'
-          cache: 'npm'
-          cache-dependency-path: web/package-lock.json
-
-      - name: Install web deps
-        working-directory: web
-        run: npm ci
-
-      - name: Web build (populates web/build/ for go:embed)
-        working-directory: web
-        run: npm run build
-
-      - name: Web test (vitest)
-        working-directory: web
-        run: npm test
-
-      - name: Detect Go project
-        id: gomod
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if [ -f go.mod ]; then
-            echo "present=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "present=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "::notice::No go.mod yet — Go steps will be skipped until the skeleton lands"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Toolchain versions
-        if: steps.gomod.outputs.present == 'true'
-        run: |
-          go version
-          golangci-lint --version
-
-      - name: go vet
-        if: steps.gomod.outputs.present == 'true'
-        run: go vet ./...
-
-      - name: golangci-lint
-        if: steps.gomod.outputs.present == 'true'
-        run: golangci-lint run ./...
-
-      - name: go test (short, race)
-        if: steps.gomod.outputs.present == 'true'
-        run: go test -short -race ./...