diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/editor.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/editor.spec.ts
index 01d08de..f63a0d4 100644
--- a/apps/web/e2e/editor.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/e2e/editor.spec.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { contextForUser } from './helpers';
 
 /**
- * TipTap editor pack (issue #25). Runs against the local dev stack (api +
- * web); no Mailpit needed. Creates its own page per test via the api (the
- * sidebar/"new page" flow is issue #26) and navigates straight to
- * `/p/:pondSlug/:pageSlug`.
+ * TipTap editor pack (issue #25, modernized for live collaboration after
+ * #36/#38 — the REST autosave and its "saved" indicator are retired; the
+ * editor syncs over the collab server and reports a connection status).
+ * Runs against the local dev stack (api + web + collab); no Mailpit needed.
+ * Creates its own page per test via the api and navigates straight to
+ * `/p/:pondSlug/:pageSlug`. Status assertions use the language-neutral
+ * `data-status` attribute — the UI language follows the user's locale.
  */
 const BASE_URL = process.env.E2E_BASE_URL ?? 'http://localhost:5173';
 
@@ -31,11 +34,14 @@ test('typing persists across reload and undo/redo work', async ({ browser }) =>
   await page.goto(`/p/${pondSlug}/${pageSlug}`);
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: /edit|bearbeiten/i }).click();
 
+  const status = page.locator('.editor-connection');
+  await expect(status).toHaveAttribute('data-status', 'connected', { timeout: 10000 });
+
   const content = page.locator('.ProseMirror');
   await expect(content).toHaveAttribute('contenteditable', 'true');
   await content.click();
   await page.keyboard.type('Hello editor');
-  await expect(page.getByRole('status')).toHaveText(/saved|gespeichert/i, { timeout: 10000 });
+  await expect(content).toContainText('Hello editor');
 
   await page.reload();
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: /edit|bearbeiten/i }).click();
@@ -75,23 +81,33 @@ test('edit mode hides the sidebar; leaving edit mode restores it', async ({ brow
   await context.close();
 });
 
-test('a save failure shows a truthful error and retries once online again', async ({ browser }) => {
+test('going offline is reported honestly and edits sync after reconnect', async ({ browser }) => {
   const context = await contextForUser(browser, BASE_URL, 'fixture-user');
   const { pondSlug, pageSlug } = await createPage(context, `E2E Offline ${Date.now()}`);
   const page = await context.newPage();
 
   await page.goto(`/p/${pondSlug}/${pageSlug}`);
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: /edit|bearbeiten/i }).click();
-  await page.locator('.ProseMirror').click();
 
+  const status = page.locator('.editor-connection');
+  await expect(status).toHaveAttribute('data-status', 'connected', { timeout: 10000 });
+
+  const content = page.locator('.ProseMirror');
+  await content.click();
+
+  // Editing keeps working offline; the status tells the truth about it.
   await context.setOffline(true);
   await page.keyboard.type('offline text');
-  await expect(page.getByRole('status')).toHaveText(/failed|retrying|fehlgeschlagen/i, {
-    timeout: 10000,
-  });
+  await expect(content).toContainText('offline text');
+  await expect(status).toHaveAttribute('data-status', 'offline', { timeout: 10000 });
 
+  // Reconnect: the provider resumes and the offline edit reaches the server —
+  // proven by a reload, which resolves the page against the live document.
   await context.setOffline(false);
-  await expect(page.getByRole('status')).toHaveText(/saved|gespeichert/i, { timeout: 10000 });
+  await expect(status).toHaveAttribute('data-status', 'connected', { timeout: 20000 });
+  await page.reload();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: /edit|bearbeiten/i }).click();
+  await expect(content).toContainText('offline text');
 
   await context.close();
 });