diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a51c4e0..e292ee5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -337,24 +337,18 @@ jobs:
     name: E2E Tests (shard ${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ strategy.job-total }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint, load-tests, changes]
-    # PAUSED 2026-08-11 — remove this line to resume. test-summary's
-    # E2E-report steps are guarded on `needs.e2e-tests.result != 'skipped'`
-    # and degrade cleanly while this is off. Do NOT restore `if: always()`
-    # (that was the original value) — removed the same pattern from
-    # accessibility-tests/visual-tests 2026-08-12 after verifying live that
-    # it ignores workflow cancellation.
-    #
-    # Path filtering was added 2026-08-14 (see the `changes` job) to every
-    # other suite in this chain. When resuming e2e, delete the `if: false`
-    # line above and uncomment the real gated condition below instead of
-    # restoring plain always() — same always()+!cancelled() pairing used
-    # everywhere else in this file.
-    if: false
-    # if: |
-    #   always() && !cancelled() &&
-    #   needs.lint.result == 'success' &&
-    #   (needs.load-tests.result == 'success' || needs.load-tests.result == 'skipped') &&
-    #   (needs.changes.result != 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.e2e == 'true')
+    # RESUMED 2026-08-17 — was paused since 2026-08-11 pending the e2e
+    # round-2 re-verification (all 12 shard groups / 543 tests confirmed
+    # clean, see PR #7). Path-filtered gating, same pattern as every other
+    # suite in this chain (always()+!cancelled() so this job is still
+    # evaluated when its predecessor was filtered-out-skipped, not just on
+    # success; never bare always() — that ignores workflow cancellation,
+    # verified live 2026-08-12).
+    if: |
+      always() && !cancelled() &&
+      needs.lint.result == 'success' &&
+      (needs.load-tests.result == 'success' || needs.load-tests.result == 'skipped') &&
+      (needs.changes.result != 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.e2e == 'true')
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/docs/ci_workflow_notes.md b/docs/ci_workflow_notes.md
index 34ce27b..2dd1113 100644
--- a/docs/ci_workflow_notes.md
+++ b/docs/ci_workflow_notes.md
@@ -69,14 +69,18 @@ code or contort a naming scheme.
 
 ## Currently paused jobs
 
-| Job | Status | Notes |
-|---|---|---|
-| `e2e-tests` | **paused** since 2026-08-11 (`if: false`) | By request, not due to failures. `test-summary`'s E2E-report steps are guarded on `needs.e2e-tests.result != 'skipped'` so the pipeline degrades cleanly on missing shard artifacts. To resume: delete the active `if: false` line and uncomment the real gated condition already sitting commented-out directly below it in `ci.yml` — do **not** restore `if: always()`, see the "Path-filtered CI" section below for why. |
-
-`e2e-tests` now depends on `needs: [lint, load-tests, changes]` (as of the
-2026-08-14 path-filtering change below) rather than just `visual-tests` —
-resuming it still works independent of any of those, since the job's own
-`if:` is what actually controls it.
+None. `e2e-tests` was paused 2026-08-11 through 2026-08-17 (`if: false`, by
+request, not due to failures) and resumed once the full 543-test e2e round-2
+re-verification came back clean (PR #7) — it now uses the same path-filtered
+`if:` pattern as every other suite in this chain (see "Path-filtered CI"
+below), gated on `needs.changes.outputs.e2e`. `test-summary`'s E2E-report
+steps are still guarded on `needs.e2e-tests.result != 'skipped'`, which was
+originally added for the pause but stays harmless now that e2e runs
+normally — a path-filtered skip (no `tests/e2e/**` changes in a given PR)
+degrades the same way a paused job did.
+
+`e2e-tests` depends on `needs: [lint, load-tests, changes]` (as of the
+2026-08-14 path-filtering change below) rather than just `visual-tests`.
 
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