diff --git a/web/src/lib/auth/store.test.ts b/web/src/lib/auth/store.test.ts
index cc81499c..c6356643 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/auth/store.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/auth/store.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({
-  api: {
-    get: vi.fn(),
-    post: vi.fn(),
-    del: vi.fn()
-  }
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 
 vi.mock('$lib/query/client', () => ({
   queryClient: { clear: vi.fn() }
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/AlbumCard.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/AlbumCard.test.ts
index 39327a4c..307c2b52 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/AlbumCard.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/AlbumCard.test.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import type { AlbumRef, AlbumDetail, TrackRef } from '$lib/api/types';
 import { FALLBACK_COVER } from '$lib/media/covers';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 import { makeTrack } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({
-  api: { get: vi.fn() }
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   enqueueTracks: vi.fn(),
   playQueue: vi.fn()
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/AlbumMenu.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/AlbumMenu.test.ts
index 6db143d4..6fad4573 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/AlbumMenu.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/AlbumMenu.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/svelte';
-import { readable } from 'svelte/store';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { emptyPlaylistsMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/playlists';
 import type { TrackRef } from '$lib/api/types';
 import { makeTracks } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
 
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/albums', async (orig) => {
   return { ...actual, listAlbumTracks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]) };
 });
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => ({
-  createPlaylistsQuery: () =>
-    readable({ data: { owned: [], public: [] }, isPending: false, isError: false }),
-  appendTracks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', tracks: [] }),
-  createPlaylist: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', name: 'New' })
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => emptyPlaylistsMock());
 
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   enqueueTracks: vi.fn()
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/ArtistCard.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/ArtistCard.test.ts
index c92dbfae..aa299870 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/ArtistCard.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/ArtistCard.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 import type { ArtistRef, TrackRef } from '$lib/api/types';
 import { makeTrack, makeTracks } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({
-  api: { get: vi.fn() }
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   playQueue: vi.fn(),
   enqueueTracks: vi.fn()
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/ArtistMenu.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/ArtistMenu.test.ts
index d8439841..15812307 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/ArtistMenu.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/ArtistMenu.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/svelte';
-import { readable } from 'svelte/store';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { emptyPlaylistsMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/playlists';
 import type { TrackRef } from '$lib/api/types';
 import { makeTracks } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
 
@@ -13,12 +13,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/artists', () => ({
   listArtistTracks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([])
 }));
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => ({
-  createPlaylistsQuery: () =>
-    readable({ data: { owned: [], public: [] }, isPending: false, isError: false }),
-  appendTracks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', tracks: [] }),
-  createPlaylist: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', name: 'New' })
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => emptyPlaylistsMock());
 
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   enqueueTracks: vi.fn()
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/CompactTrackCard.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/CompactTrackCard.test.ts
index 0dfb1532..0936ce2d 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/CompactTrackCard.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/CompactTrackCard.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import type { TrackRef } from '$lib/api/types';
-import { readable } from 'svelte/store';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { emptyPlaylistsMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/playlists';
 import { emptyQuarantineMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/quarantine';
 import { makeTracks } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
 
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/admin/tracks', () => ({
   removeTrack: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ deleted_track_id: 't1' })
 }));
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => ({
-  createPlaylistsQuery: () =>
-    readable({ data: { owned: [], public: [] }, isPending: false, isError: false }),
-  appendTracks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', tracks: [] }),
-  createPlaylist: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', name: 'New' })
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => emptyPlaylistsMock());
 
 vi.mock('$lib/auth/store.svelte', () => ({
   user: { get value() { return { id: 'u1', username: 'u', is_admin: false }; } }
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/TrackMenu.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/TrackMenu.test.ts
index 7a50a9dc..6e359649 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/TrackMenu.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/TrackMenu.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/svelte';
-import { readable } from 'svelte/store';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { emptyPlaylistsMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/playlists';
 import { emptyQuarantineMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/quarantine';
 import { makeTrack } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
 
@@ -29,12 +29,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/admin/tracks', () => ({
   removeTrack: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ deleted_track_id: 't1' })
 }));
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => ({
-  createPlaylistsQuery: () =>
-    readable({ data: { owned: [], public: [] }, isPending: false, isError: false }),
-  appendTracks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', tracks: [] }),
-  createPlaylist: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', name: 'New' })
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => emptyPlaylistsMock());
 
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   playNext: vi.fn(),
diff --git a/web/src/routes/discover/discover.test.ts b/web/src/routes/discover/discover.test.ts
index 2172d626..c01b4580 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/discover/discover.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/discover/discover.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { mockQuery } from '../../test-utils/query';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 import type { LidarrSearchResult } from '$lib/api/types';
 
 // Lidarr search query factory and createRequest are mocked at the module
@@ -18,9 +19,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/requests', () => ({
   createRequest: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'r1' })
 }));
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({
-  api: { get: vi.fn(), post: vi.fn(), put: vi.fn(), del: vi.fn() }
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 
 import DiscoverPage from './+page.svelte';
 import { createLidarrSearchQuery } from '$lib/api/lidarr';
diff --git a/web/src/routes/library/albums/page.test.ts b/web/src/routes/library/albums/page.test.ts
index a48ef9a6..64a92275 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/library/albums/page.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/library/albums/page.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { readable } from 'svelte/store';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 
 vi.mock('$lib/api/albums', () => ({
   createAlbumsAlphaInfiniteQuery: () => readable({
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/albums', () => ({
   }),
   ALBUM_PAGE_SIZE: 50
 }));
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({ api: { get: vi.fn() } }));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   enqueueTracks: vi.fn(),
   playQueue: vi.fn()
diff --git a/web/src/routes/library/artists/page.test.ts b/web/src/routes/library/artists/page.test.ts
index 27e221d4..35d14f2e 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/library/artists/page.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/library/artists/page.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { readable } from 'svelte/store';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 
 vi.mock('$lib/api/queries', () => ({
   createArtistsQuery: () => readable({
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/queries', () => ({
     fetchNextPage: () => {}
   })
 }));
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({ api: { get: vi.fn() } }));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   playQueue: vi.fn(),
   enqueueTracks: vi.fn()
diff --git a/web/src/routes/library/liked/liked.test.ts b/web/src/routes/library/liked/liked.test.ts
index 0211c94f..ee9ae4b4 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/library/liked/liked.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/library/liked/liked.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { mockInfiniteQuery } from '../../../test-utils/query';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 import type { ArtistRef, AlbumRef, TrackRef, Page } from '$lib/api/types';
 import { readable } from 'svelte/store';
 import { makeTrack } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/likes', () => ({
   unlikeEntity: vi.fn()
 }));
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({ api: { get: vi.fn() } }));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   playQueue: vi.fn(), enqueueTrack: vi.fn(), enqueueTracks: vi.fn()
 }));
diff --git a/web/src/routes/requests/requests.test.ts b/web/src/routes/requests/requests.test.ts
index 8d29eb92..5639d09e 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/requests/requests.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/requests/requests.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { mockQuery } from '../../test-utils/query';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 import type { LidarrRequest } from '$lib/api/types';
 
 // Capture invalidateQueries on the mocked QueryClient so the cancel test can
@@ -23,9 +24,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/queries', () => ({
   }
 }));
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({
-  api: { get: vi.fn(), post: vi.fn(), put: vi.fn(), del: vi.fn() }
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 
 import RequestsPage from './+page.svelte';
 import { createMyRequestsQuery, cancelRequest } from '$lib/api/requests';
diff --git a/web/src/routes/search/albums/albums.test.ts b/web/src/routes/search/albums/albums.test.ts
index 21beaeb6..c5529323 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/search/albums/albums.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/search/albums/albums.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { mockInfiniteQuery } from '../../../test-utils/query';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 import { pageUrlModule } from '$test-utils/mocks/appState';
 import type { AlbumRef, Page } from '$lib/api/types';
 
@@ -13,9 +14,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/queries', () => ({
   createSearchAlbumsInfiniteQuery: vi.fn()
 }));
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({
-  api: { get: vi.fn() }
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   enqueueTracks: vi.fn()
 }));
diff --git a/web/src/routes/search/search.test.ts b/web/src/routes/search/search.test.ts
index ae13d0a4..44bc3986 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/search/search.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/search/search.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { mockQuery } from '../../test-utils/query';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/client';
 import { pageUrlModule } from '$test-utils/mocks/appState';
 import type { ArtistRef, AlbumRef, SearchResponse } from '$lib/api/types';
 import { makeTrack } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
@@ -23,9 +24,7 @@ vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   enqueueTracks: vi.fn()
 }));
 
-vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => ({
-  api: { get: vi.fn() }
-}));
+vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
 
 vi.mock('$lib/api/likes', () => emptyLikesMock());
 
diff --git a/web/src/test-utils/mocks/client.ts b/web/src/test-utils/mocks/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..792751f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/test-utils/mocks/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Default api-client mock for $lib/api/client. Provides spies for
+// every HTTP verb so tests don't need to anticipate which methods
+// the code under test might reach for.
+//
+// Usage:
+//   vi.mock('$lib/api/client', () => apiClientMock());
+//
+// Tests that need a specific resolved value (e.g. events tests that
+// assert on the play_event_id round trip) keep custom mocks inline.
+
+import { vi } from 'vitest';
+
+export function apiClientMock() {
+  return {
+    api: {
+      get: vi.fn(),
+      post: vi.fn(),
+      put: vi.fn(),
+      del: vi.fn()
+    }
+  };
+}
diff --git a/web/src/test-utils/mocks/playlists.ts b/web/src/test-utils/mocks/playlists.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..100488f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/test-utils/mocks/playlists.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Default empty-playlists mock for $lib/api/playlists. The
+// dominant shape across the menu / card tests: no playlists for
+// the user, append/create as resolved spies.
+//
+// Usage:
+//   vi.mock('$lib/api/playlists', () => emptyPlaylistsMock());
+//
+// Tests that exercise richer return payloads (AddToPlaylistMenu's
+// full PlaylistDetail return, PlaylistCard's getPlaylist, route
+// tests that need owned playlists pre-populated) keep custom
+// mocks inline.
+
+import { readable } from 'svelte/store';
+import { vi } from 'vitest';
+
+export function emptyPlaylistsMock() {
+  return {
+    createPlaylistsQuery: () =>
+      readable({ data: { owned: [], public: [] }, isPending: false, isError: false }),
+    appendTracks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', tracks: [] }),
+    createPlaylist: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'p1', name: 'New' })
+  };
+}