perf(tests): reuse immutable admin auth configuration

requirements-optional.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Optional dependencies — install only if you use the corresponding feature.
 # Local OCR for screenshots, scans, labels, and coordinate-grounded text extraction.
-rapidocr==3.10.0
+rapidocr==3.9.2
-onnxruntime>=1.31.0,<2
+onnxruntime>=1.20,<2
 # The app handles their absence gracefully (clear error message on first use).
 #
 # Note: chromadb-client + fastembed moved to requirements.txt — RAG, semantic
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ PyMuPDF
 # magika (onnxruntime), already a core dep via fastembed. We avoid the
 # [all]/Azure/audio extras (cloud + heavy). Pinned to a release >30 days old per
 # the dependency-age discussion in issue #485.
-markitdown[docx,pptx,xlsx,xls]==0.1.9
+markitdown[docx,pptx,xlsx,xls]==0.1.6
 
 # Photoshop PSD opening / flattened previews / layer inspection.
 psd-tools

requirements.txt

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ python-dotenv
 httpx
 # HTTPS clients using certifi must distrust the compromised eMudhra CA paths.
 certifi>=2026.10.23
-httpcore>=1.0.9,<2.0
+httpcore>=1.0,<2.0
-pydantic>=2.14.1
+pydantic>=2.13.4
-pydantic-settings>=2.16.1
+pydantic-settings>=2.14.1
 SQLAlchemy
 pypdf
 pypdfium2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ numpy
 # ChromaDB service); fastembed runs local ONNX embeddings.
 chromadb-client
 # gRPC vendors independent roots; 1.84.1 removes the incident trust anchors.
-grpcio>=1.85.0
+grpcio>=1.84.1
 fastembed>=0.9.1
 youtube-transcript-api
 yt-dlp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bcrypt
 # Built-in servers use the v1 low-level Server decorator API. MCP SDK v2 is a
 # breaking rewrite, so keep fresh installs on the maintained v1 line until the
 # servers are migrated together.
-mcp<3
+mcp<2
 pyotp
 qrcode[pil]
 croniter

tests/test_admin_listing_authorization.py

@@ -14,12 +14,22 @@ from routes.auth_routes import SESSION_COOKIE
 from tests.helpers.database import disposable_database
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-def authenticated_app(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+def auth_configuration(tmp_path_factory):
-    monkeypatch.setenv("AUTH_ENABLED", "true")
+    """Hash real fixture passwords once; only immutable bytes are reused."""
-    auth = AuthManager(str(tmp_path / "auth.json"))
+    path = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("admin-auth-seed") / "auth.json"
+    auth = AuthManager(str(path))
     for user, admin in (("member", False), ("admin", True)):
         assert auth.create_user(user, "disposable-test-password", is_admin=admin)
+    return path.read_bytes()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def authenticated_app(tmp_path, monkeypatch, auth_configuration):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("AUTH_ENABLED", "true")
+    path = tmp_path / "auth.json"
+    path.write_bytes(auth_configuration)
+    auth = AuthManager(str(path))
     app = FastAPI()
     app.state.auth_manager = auth
 
@@ -133,3 +143,17 @@ def test_diagnostics_require_real_admin_before_sensitive_work(
         for operation in (stats, rag.get_stats, research.call_research_service,
                           extract_id, transcript, collect, read_log):
             operation.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("instance", [0, 1])
+def test_authenticated_fixture_has_private_users_sessions_and_file(authenticated_app, instance):
+    app, client_for = authenticated_app
+    auth = app.state.auth_manager
+    assert set(auth.users) == {"member", "admin"}
+    assert not auth._sessions
+    with client_for("member") as client:
+        assert auth.get_username_for_token(client.cookies.get(SESSION_COOKIE)) == "member"
+    assert auth.create_user("fixture-local", "disposable-test-password")
+    # Both parameter cases mutate their own file. Any shared manager, mutable
+    # users/sessions or written-back seed makes the next case fail, in any order.
+    assert "fixture-local" in auth.users