chore(e2e): no committed default for the E2E account password

The localdev e2e account's password was a hard-coded default in this public repo, so it
was never a credential. E2E_PASSWORD is now required; the ops wrapper exports it from
the secret store, and the seed/setup fail with a clear message when it is missing.

frontend/e2e/README.md

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ user), reset to a deterministic baseline every run by
 [`scripts/e2e_seed.py`](../../scripts/e2e_seed.py) (run
 in-container so it reuses the app's models + argon2 hasher): the top-3 organic channels subscribed,
 one in-progress + one watched + one saved video, prefs pinned to `language: en`. Credentials come
-from `E2E_EMAIL` / `E2E_PASSWORD` (local-only defaults). Override the container name with
+from `E2E_EMAIL` (default `e2e@siftlode.local`) and `E2E_PASSWORD` — **required, no default**: run
+the suite through the ops wrapper, which exports it from the secret store. Override the container name with
 `E2E_API_CONTAINER`; skip the in-container seed with `E2E_SKIP_SEED=1`.
 
 ## Selectors

frontend/e2e/global.setup.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 const STORAGE = "e2e/.auth/state.json";
 const EMAIL = process.env.E2E_EMAIL || "e2e@siftlode.local";
-const PASSWORD = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD || "e2e-golden-master";
+// No default: a password committed to a public repo is not a credential. The ops wrapper
+// (`siftlode e2e` / `check-full`) exports it from the secret store.
+const PASSWORD = process.env.E2E_PASSWORD ?? "";
 const CONTAINER = process.env.E2E_API_CONTAINER || "siftlode-api-1";
 const BASE_URL = process.env.PW_BASE_URL || "http://127.0.0.1:8080";
 
@@ -25,6 +27,11 @@ const SEED_SCRIPT = resolve(HERE, "../../scripts/e2e_seed.py");
 const isLocalTarget = /\/\/(127\.0\.0\.1|localhost)[:/]/.test(BASE_URL);
 
 setup("seed + authenticate", async ({ page }) => {
+  expect(
+    PASSWORD,
+    "E2E_PASSWORD is not set — run the suite through `siftlode e2e` (it reads the secret store)",
+  ).not.toBe("");
+
   // 1. Preflight: fail fast (with a useful message) if the stack isn't running.
   const health = await page.request.get("/healthz");
   expect(