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+import { test, expect, uniqueSuffix, findOrFail, createAdminContext } from './fixtures';
+
+const RUN = uniqueSuffix();
+
+// The 1x1 PNG the other upload specs use, so this exercises the real validated
+// upload path rather than a buffer that merely starts correctly.
+const PNG = Buffer.from(
+  'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mP8z8BQDwAEhQGAhKmMIQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==',
+  'base64'
+);
+
+let token: string;
+
+test.beforeAll(async ({ playwright }) => {
+  const api = await createAdminContext(playwright);
+  const res = await api.post('/api/admin/upload-links', {
+    data: { label: `Review queue spec ${RUN}` }
+  });
+  expect(res.status(), 'creating the upload link').toBe(201);
+  token = (await res.json()).token;
+  await api.dispose();
+});
+
+/**
+ * Seeded through the intake route rather than POST /api/admin/items, which
+ * writes no item_drafts row — an item created that way would never appear in a
+ * queue that joins that table. This is also the path a real submission takes.
+ */
+async function submitAnItem(page: import('@playwright/test').Page, note: string): Promise<void> {
+  await page.goto(`/submit/${token}`);
+  await page.setInputFiles('input[type="file"]', {
+    name: `${RUN}.png`,
+    mimeType: 'image/png',
+    buffer: PNG
+  });
+  await page.getByLabel('Anything you know about this item').fill(note);
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Send' }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Thank you — it arrived' })).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+// Every assertion is scoped to the card this test created. The dev database
+// never truncates, so a queue-wide assertion outruns its timeout and fails for
+// reasons unrelated to the behaviour under test (#241).
+test.describe('The review queue', () => {
+  test('publishes a submitted item at an edited price', async ({ page, admin }) => {
+    const note = `Stoneware ${RUN}`;
+    await submitAnItem(page, note);
+
+    await admin.open('Review queue');
+
+    // Located by the sender's note, which carries this run's id. The item's own
+    // name is a submission timestamp and is not unique to this test.
+    const card = page.locator('.ant-card').filter({ hasText: note });
+    await expect(card).toBeVisible();
+
+    // The provenance warning is the entire point of the screen. With no API key
+    // configured the draft stays queued at the 8000 default, so this is the
+    // default wording rather than the model's.
+    await expect(card.getByText(/nobody chose this/)).toBeVisible();
+
+    await card.getByLabel('Name').fill(`Blue vase ${RUN}`);
+    await card.getByLabel('Price').fill('95');
+    await card.getByRole('button', { name: 'Publish', exact: true }).click();
+
+    // Editing the price confirms it, so no confirmation dialog appears and the
+    // item simply publishes.
+    await expect(card.getByText('you set this price')).toBeVisible();
+
+    const items = await (await page.request.get('/api/admin/items')).json();
+    const published = findOrFail(
+      items as { id: number; name: string; status: string; price_cents: number }[],
+      (item) => item.name === `Blue vase ${RUN}`,
+      `the published item Blue vase ${RUN}`
+    );
+    expect(published.status).toBe('available');
+    expect(published.price_cents).toBe(9500);
+  });
+
+  // The protection this screen exists to provide. Publishing at a price nobody
+  // chose is allowed — but it must be a decision, not an accident.
+  test('asks before publishing at a price nobody chose', async ({ page, admin }) => {
+    const note = `Unpriced ${RUN}`;
+    await submitAnItem(page, note);
+
+    await admin.open('Review queue');
+    const card = page.locator('.ant-card').filter({ hasText: note });
+    await expect(card).toBeVisible();
+
+    await card.getByRole('button', { name: 'Publish', exact: true }).click();
+
+    // Matched on the dialog's accessible name rather than its text: antd nests
+    // the confirm title in two elements, so getByText resolves to both.
+    const dialog = page.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'Publish at a price nobody chose?' });
+    await expect(dialog).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(dialog.getByText('$80.00')).toBeVisible();
+
+    // Backing out must leave it unpublished.
+    await dialog.getByRole('button', { name: 'Cancel', exact: true }).click();
+    await expect(card.getByText(/nobody chose this/)).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});