diff --git a/test/quick-start.test.ts b/test/quick-start.test.ts
index 107654e1..3ff346f5 100644
--- a/test/quick-start.test.ts
+++ b/test/quick-start.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { existsSync, rmSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 
-const TEST_PORT = 3099;
+const TEST_PORT = 3299;
 const ORIGINAL_HOME = process.env.HOME;
 const TEST_HOME = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'codeman-quick-start-'));
 const CASES_DIR = join(TEST_HOME, 'codeman-cases');
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('Quick Start API', () => {
     server = await createTestServer(TEST_PORT);
     await server.start();
     baseUrl = `http://localhost:${TEST_PORT}`;
-  });
+  }, 30000);
 
   afterEach(() => {
     // Clean up cases created during this test
diff --git a/test/respawn-test-plan.md b/test/respawn-test-plan.md
index aada16eb..31afc51a 100644
--- a/test/respawn-test-plan.md
+++ b/test/respawn-test-plan.md
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Integration tests that spawn web servers use unique ports to avoid conflicts.
 
 | Port  | Test File                    | Notes                           |
 |-------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
-| 3099  | quick-start.test.ts          | Basic startup tests             |
+| 3299  | quick-start.test.ts          | Basic startup tests             |
 | 3102  | session.test.ts              | Session lifecycle tests         |
 | 3105  | scheduled-runs.test.ts       | Scheduled task tests            |
 | 3107  | sse-events.test.ts           | Server-Sent Events tests        |
diff --git a/test/setup.ts b/test/setup.ts
index a7bed796..0ef7e35b 100644
--- a/test/setup.ts
+++ b/test/setup.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ process.env.HOME = testHome;
 process.env.USERPROFILE = testHome;
 process.env.VITEST = 'true';
 
+for (const key of Object.keys(process.env)) {
+  if (key.startsWith('CODEMAN_')) delete process.env[key];
+}
+
+// Explicitly document the most consequential inherited settings below. The
+// loop above intentionally also catches future container/deployment variables.
 delete process.env.CODEMAN_PASSWORD;
 delete process.env.CODEMAN_USERNAME;
 // Gesture availability changes renderIndexHtml output (injects the
@@ -84,6 +90,9 @@ delete process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR;
 delete process.env.CODEMAN_INSTANCE;
 delete process.env.CODEMAN_DATA_DIR;
 delete process.env.CODEMAN_TMUX_SOCKET;
+// Docker Compose binds cases outside HOME. Leaving this set makes route tests
+// write into the deployment's real case root instead of their temp HOME.
+delete process.env.CODEMAN_CASES_PATH;
 
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.clearAllMocks();
diff --git a/test/test-env-isolation.test.ts b/test/test-env-isolation.test.ts
index c1097dd8..9ea5e0c7 100644
--- a/test/test-env-isolation.test.ts
+++ b/test/test-env-isolation.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const STRIPPED_ENV_VARS: Array<[name: string, why: string]> = [
   ['CODEMAN_DATA_DIR', 'ABSOLUTE override: bypasses the temp HOME and points the suite at a real data dir'],
   ['CODEMAN_TMUX_SOCKET', 'renames the socket resolveTmuxSocketName() returns'],
   ['CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR', 'relocates the Claude tree, so transcript fixtures under the temp HOME read as missing'],
+  ['CODEMAN_CASES_PATH', 'bypasses the temporary HOME and points case routes at a deployment bind mount'],
 ];
 
 const SETUP_SOURCE = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL('./setup.ts', import.meta.url)), 'utf-8');
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ const SETUP_SOURCE = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL('./setup.ts', import.met
 const SETUP_STRIP_SECTION = SETUP_SOURCE.split(/^afterEach\(/m)[0];
 
 describe('test environment isolation', () => {
+  it('removes every inherited CODEMAN_* environment variable', () => {
+    expect(Object.keys(process.env).filter((key) => key.startsWith('CODEMAN_'))).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it.each(STRIPPED_ENV_VARS)('%s is unset while the suite runs', (name) => {
     expect(process.env[name], `${name} leaked into the test environment`).toBeUndefined();
   });