diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/stage.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/stage.yaml
index 6b7d754..034401e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/stage.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/stage.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Stage — Build, push & deploy to marketing-stage
 
 # Pipeline: build → push → deploy marketing-stage → smoke test.
 # STOPS HERE. No prod deploy. Merge to main when stage looks good.
-# Triggered: 2026-05-05 (promote fix/gallery-layout-account-otp)
+# Triggered: 2026-05-11 (add tests/** to paths filter)
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ on:
       - 'src/**'
       - 'dist/**'
       - 'runtime/**'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - 'playwright.config.ts'
+      - 'package.json'
       - 'Dockerfile.stage'
       - 'Dockerfile.soul-demo'
       - 'build-stage.sh'