diff --git a/apps/web-tanstack/e2e/home.spec.ts b/apps/web-tanstack/e2e/home.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9db0ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web-tanstack/e2e/home.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
+
+test.skip(
+  "TanStack home renders site name + nav (pending TanStack Start runtime)",
+  async ({ page }) => {
+    // Pending: web-tanstack has no dev server yet. When the TanStack Start
+    // runtime is wired (future plan), update the playwright.config.ts
+    // webServer to start it on port 3002 and remove this skip.
+    await page.goto("http://localhost:3002");
+    await expect(page.locator("h1").first()).toBeVisible();
+  },
+);
diff --git a/apps/web-tanstack/package.json b/apps/web-tanstack/package.json
index 589d140..df691b1 100644
--- a/apps/web-tanstack/package.json
+++ b/apps/web-tanstack/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "build": "echo 'placeholder — TanStack Start build configured in later plan'",
     "dev": "echo 'placeholder'",
     "lint": "eslint .",
+    "test:e2e": "playwright test",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^19.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.50.0",
     "@repo/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
     "@repo/typescript-config": "workspace:*",
     "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
diff --git a/apps/web-tanstack/playwright.config.ts b/apps/web-tanstack/playwright.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a6243c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web-tanstack/playwright.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { defineConfig, devices } from "@playwright/test";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  testDir: "./e2e",
+  fullyParallel: true,
+  retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
+  reporter: "list",
+  use: {
+    baseURL: "http://localhost:3000",
+    trace: "on-first-retry",
+  },
+  projects: [
+    {
+      name: "chromium",
+      use: { ...devices["Desktop Chrome"] },
+    },
+  ],
+  // No webServer: web-tanstack tests run against the shared web-next backend
+  // (port 3000). When TanStack Start runtime is wired in a future plan, add
+  // a webServer block here pointing at port 3002.
+});
diff --git a/apps/web-tanstack/test-results/.last-run.json b/apps/web-tanstack/test-results/.last-run.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbcc1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web-tanstack/test-results/.last-run.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "status": "passed",
+  "failedTests": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 2ef8341..9299799 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^19.0.0
         version: 19.2.4(react@19.2.4)
     devDependencies:
+      '@playwright/test':
+        specifier: ^1.50.0
+        version: 1.59.1
       '@repo/eslint-config':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/eslint-config