diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index eb73308b50..c0371947fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -49,17 +49,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   e2e:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        # The keyless ci.yml matrix runs the MOCK adapter (dsh-llm-replay); the
-        # real fetch + SSE-streaming adapter path runs ONLY here, so its
-        # node-version compat is covered nowhere else. Run the real-API suite on
-        # the engines floor AND the primary line to close that gap. 26 is left to
-        # the keyless matrix — floor + LTS is the meaningful pair for the live
-        # network path, and inference is cheap (we are DeepSeek).
-        node: ['22.18', 24]
-    name: e2e node ${{ matrix.node }}
+    name: e2e
     # Run on every trusted event. Skip untrusted PRs (forks + Dependabot) where
     # the secret is withheld — they would otherwise hard-fail the preflight.
     if: >-
@@ -73,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+          node-version: 24
 
       - name: Enable corepack (pnpm)
         run: corepack enable
diff --git a/docs/rfc/implemented/process/2026-07-06-node-22-18-floor.md b/docs/rfc/implemented/process/2026-07-06-node-22-18-floor.md
index 128d06246f..8e0c736fd9 100644
--- a/docs/rfc/implemented/process/2026-07-06-node-22-18-floor.md
+++ b/docs/rfc/implemented/process/2026-07-06-node-22-18-floor.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The root `engines.node` was `>=24`, which excluded the entire Node 22 LTS line f
 
 ## Decision
 
-Set `engines.node` to `^22.18.0 || >=24.0.0` (Node 22.18+ on the LTS line, or 24+) and test it on the CI matrix `['22.18', 24, 26]` — the real-API e2e job on `['22.18', 24]` (floor plus primary line, since the keyless matrix exercises only the mock adapter and the live `fetch`/SSE path runs only in e2e). Two Node features gate the range, each with its own LTS-line and Current-line unflag point:
+Set `engines.node` to `^22.18.0 || >=24.0.0` (Node 22.18+ on the LTS line, or 24+) and test it on the keyless CI matrix `['22.18', 24, 26]`. The real-API e2e workflow stays on Node 24 because it exercises API integration rather than the runtime floor. Two Node features gate the range, each with its own LTS-line and Current-line unflag point:
 
 - **`node:sqlite`** — `packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-sqlite` does a top-level `import { DatabaseSync } from 'node:sqlite'`. The module dropped its `--experimental-sqlite` flag requirement at **22.13** (LTS) and **23.4** (Current); before those, importing it throws at load.
 - **Native TypeScript type-stripping** — the `packages/ui/stdio-agent/tests/built-bin.e2e.ts` smoke boots the published `lib/bin.js` under plain `node` (no tsx) and loads the example's `.ts` plugins (`mock-llm.ts`, `echo-tool.ts`). Type-stripping is the default from **22.18** (LTS) and **23.6** (Current); before those it needs `--experimental-strip-types`.
diff --git a/docs/rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-19-real-api-e2e-ci.md b/docs/rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-19-real-api-e2e-ci.md
index 5be4427b36..1b348b1515 100644
--- a/docs/rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-19-real-api-e2e-ci.md
+++ b/docs/rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-19-real-api-e2e-ci.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The repo secret is named `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY_EXTERNAL`; it is mapped to the `DEEPS
 
 ### Scope, runtime shape
 
-Run **only** `test:e2e`. The keyless gates (typecheck/lint/coverage/snapshot/build/hygiene) already run in ci.yml on every push and PR; repeating them here would duplicate signal and slow the real-API job. No build step — e2e tests run unbuilt via tsx + the tsconfig paths map. Node matrix `['22.18', 24]` (the `engines` floor plus the primary line): the keyless ci.yml matrix exercises only the MOCK adapter (`dsh-llm-replay`), so the real `fetch` + SSE-streaming adapter path — and its node-version compat — runs nowhere else. Running the real-API suite on both the floor and the primary line closes that gap; 26 is left to the keyless matrix, since floor + LTS is the meaningful pair for the live network path and inference is cheap (we are DeepSeek). `vitest.e2e.config.ts` runs files through a bounded worker pool (`DSH_E2E_MAX_WORKERS`, default `4`, CI value `14`) so CI and local with-key runs parallelize independent files while retaining a one-line serial escape hatch for quota investigations. `timeout-minutes: 45` bounds a wedged run given 120s/test and `retry: 2`. `cancel-in-progress` is enabled only for `pull_request` runs — a superseded PR run is on a stale commit and worth cancelling, whereas a push/schedule run is already producing the post-merge/nightly signal and is never cancelled.
+Run **only** `test:e2e`. The keyless gates (typecheck/lint/coverage/snapshot/build/hygiene) already run in ci.yml on every push and PR; repeating them here would duplicate signal and slow the real-API job. No build step — e2e tests run unbuilt via tsx + the tsconfig paths map. Single Node 24 (the primary line): these tests exercise API integration, not node-version compatibility, which ci.yml's Node 22.18/24/26 matrix owns. `vitest.e2e.config.ts` runs files through a bounded worker pool (`DSH_E2E_MAX_WORKERS`, default `4`, CI value `14`) so CI and local with-key runs parallelize independent files while retaining a one-line serial escape hatch for quota investigations. `timeout-minutes: 45` bounds a wedged run given 120s/test and `retry: 2`. `cancel-in-progress` is enabled only for `pull_request` runs — a superseded PR run is on a stale commit and worth cancelling, whereas a push/schedule run is already producing the post-merge/nightly signal and is never cancelled.
 
 ## Security