diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-22-local-only-logout-visibility.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-22-local-only-logout-visibility.md
index bb85108e..9da09738 100644
--- a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-22-local-only-logout-visibility.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-22-local-only-logout-visibility.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 - Preserve the existing `POST /auth/logout` route, logout coordinator, authentication-state cleanup, query cleanup, and session/transcript isolation behavior.
 - Do not change backend, Compose, native `tht`, deployment, or packaging files.
 - Do not add dependencies or change the English UI string `Log out`.
+- Visibility integration tests must render the real `App` and real `AppShell`; do not assert on
+  props or elements exposed only by the mocked `AppShell` in `AuthGate.test.tsx`.
 - Use strict TDD: add the focused regression tests, observe the intended RED, implement the minimum change, then run focused and full GREEN gates.
 - Preserve and do not stage the pre-existing changes in `.superpowers/sdd/progress.md`, `brain/index.md`, and `brain/codebase/psd-dwh-transport.md`.
 
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@
 ### Task 1: Propagate the local-auth capability and conditionally render logout
 
 **Files:**
-- Modify: `frontend/src/auth/AuthGate.test.tsx:10-17,63-68`
+- Modify: `frontend/src/App.test.tsx:1-15`
 - Modify: `frontend/src/shell/AppShell.auth.test.tsx:11-28,45-89,90-153`
 - Modify: `frontend/src/auth/AuthGate.tsx:20-29,79-81`
 - Modify: `frontend/src/shell/AppShell.tsx:39-40,715-722`
@@ -51,65 +53,68 @@ export function AppShell({ canLogout }: AppShellProps): JSX.Element;
 
 - [ ] **Step 1: Add RED tests for capability propagation and shell visibility**
 
-In `frontend/src/auth/AuthGate.test.tsx`, replace the `AppShell` mock with a capability-observing
-mock:
+Replace `frontend/src/App.test.tsx` with a real `App` integration test that supplies all shell
+requests and varies only the public authentication mode:
 
 ```tsx
-vi.mock("../shell/AppShell", () => ({
-  AppShell: ({ canLogout }: { canLogout: boolean }) => (
-    <div data-testid="authenticated-shell" data-can-logout={String(canLogout)}>
-      Authenticated shell
-      {canLogout && (
-        <button type="button" onClick={() => { window.dispatchEvent(new Event("test-logout")); }}>
-          Log out
-        </button>
-      )}
-    </div>
-  ),
-}));
-```
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { http, HttpResponse } from "msw";
+import { server } from "./test/msw";
+import { App } from "./App";
 
-Extend the existing local authenticated-shell test so it proves the positive contract:
-
-```tsx
-test("renders the authenticated shell from the safe /me DTO", async () => {
-  render(<AuthGate />);
-
-  const shell = await screen.findByTestId("authenticated-shell");
-  expect(shell).toHaveAttribute("data-can-logout", "true");
-  expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Log out" })).toBeInTheDocument();
-  expect(screen.queryByRole("heading", { name: /sign in/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-});
-```
-
-Add an upstream regression beside it:
-
-```tsx
-test("disables shell logout for trusted upstream authentication", async () => {
+function registerAuthenticatedShell(mode: "local" | "upstream") {
   server.use(
     http.get("/api/auth/config", () => HttpResponse.json({
-      mode: "upstream", localLogin: false, oidcLogin: false,
+      mode,
+      localLogin: mode === "local",
+      oidcLogin: false,
     })),
     http.get("/api/me", () => HttpResponse.json({
-      issuer: "portal",
+      issuer: mode === "local" ? "local" : "portal",
       subject: "portal-user",
       displayName: "Portal user",
       roles: ["user"],
       permissions: ["session.use"],
       isAdmin: false,
-      csrfToken: null,
+      csrfToken: mode === "local" ? "c".repeat(43) : null,
       session: null,
     })),
+    http.get("/api/settings", () => HttpResponse.json({
+      workspace: "psd", provider: "zai", model: "glm-5.2", thinking: "medium",
+    })),
+    http.get("/api/workspaces", () => HttpResponse.json([])),
+    http.get("/api/models", () => HttpResponse.json({ models: [] })),
+    http.get("/api/sessions", () => HttpResponse.json([])),
+    http.get("/api/workspace-registry/status", () => HttpResponse.json({
+      branch: "main", ahead: 0, behind: 0, degraded: false,
+    })),
   );
+}
 
-  render(<AuthGate />);
+test("local authentication renders the standalone logout control", async () => {
+  registerAuthenticatedShell("local");
 
-  const shell = await screen.findByTestId("authenticated-shell");
-  expect(shell).toHaveAttribute("data-can-logout", "false");
+  render(<App />);
+
+  expect(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "New session" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(screen.getByText("Portal user")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Log out" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+});
+
+test("trusted upstream authentication keeps identity but omits ThothII logout", async () => {
+  registerAuthenticatedShell("upstream");
+
+  render(<App />);
+
+  expect(await screen.findByText("Portal user")).toBeInTheDocument();
   expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Log out" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 });
 ```
 
+Keep the existing `AppShell` mock in `frontend/src/auth/AuthGate.test.tsx` unchanged. That suite
+continues to test gate state transitions; the new `App.test.tsx` cases own the real propagation
+and rendered-visibility contract.
+
 In `frontend/src/shell/AppShell.auth.test.tsx`, add a `canLogout` argument to the existing helper
 and make the keyed/direct local-auth renders explicit:
 
@@ -169,11 +174,11 @@ test("hides logout outside local authentication while preserving the identity",
 Run from `frontend/`:
 
 ```bash
-npx vitest run src/auth/AuthGate.test.tsx src/shell/AppShell.auth.test.tsx
+npx vitest run src/App.test.tsx src/shell/AppShell.auth.test.tsx
 ```
 
-Expected: FAIL. The local `AuthGate` test receives no `canLogout` prop, and the real `AppShell`
-still renders `Log out` when the new negative test passes `false`.
+Expected: FAIL. The real `AppShell` still renders `Log out` in both the upstream integration and
+the new negative shell test.
 
 - [ ] **Step 3: Implement the minimal explicit capability flow**
 
@@ -272,7 +277,7 @@ Do not alter `signOut()`, `logoutUser()`, `frontend/src/api/auth.ts`, or any bac
 Run from `frontend/`:
 
 ```bash
-npx vitest run src/auth/AuthGate.test.tsx src/shell/AppShell.auth.test.tsx
+npx vitest run src/App.test.tsx src/shell/AppShell.auth.test.tsx
 ```
 
 Expected: both test files PASS, including the new local-positive and upstream-negative cases.
@@ -307,7 +312,7 @@ Run from the repository root:
 ```bash
 git diff --check
 git diff -- frontend/src/auth/AuthGate.tsx \
-  frontend/src/auth/AuthGate.test.tsx \
+  frontend/src/App.test.tsx \
   frontend/src/shell/AppShell.tsx \
   frontend/src/shell/AppShell.auth.test.tsx \
   frontend/src/shell/AppShell.new-session.test.tsx \
@@ -324,7 +329,7 @@ Commit only the implementation files:
 
 ```bash
 git add frontend/src/auth/AuthGate.tsx \
-  frontend/src/auth/AuthGate.test.tsx \
+  frontend/src/App.test.tsx \
   frontend/src/shell/AppShell.tsx \
   frontend/src/shell/AppShell.auth.test.tsx \
   frontend/src/shell/AppShell.new-session.test.tsx \