diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 48ead75..8cfb697 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ jobs:
           E2E_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5173 E2E_MAILPIT_URL=http://mailpit:8025 \
             pnpm --filter @dorfteich/web exec playwright test e2e/auth.spec.ts
 
+      # auth.spec.ts's own logins (contextForUser per test) already spend
+      # a good chunk of the login rate limit (10/min/IP, operations.md) —
+      # reset it before content.spec.ts's five more, or its later tests
+      # 429 (found by reproducing this job's failure locally, issue #32).
+      - name: Reset login rate limit between e2e packs
+        run: |
+          echo "DELETE FROM rate_limits WHERE key LIKE 'login%';" | \
+            pnpm --filter @dorfteich/api exec prisma db execute --stdin --url "$DATABASE_URL"
+
       - name: Run content pack
         run: |
           E2E_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5173 \