diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b5301e9..7729818 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -484,23 +484,39 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and start app (full profile)
         run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml --profile full up -d --build app
 
-      - name: Wait for /api/health (up to 3 minutes)
-        # docker-compose.ci.yml attaches app/postgres/redis to gitea_gitea so the
-        # act_runner job container can reach them by compose service name.
+      - name: Resolve and pin app IP
+        # 'app' hostname collides on shared gitea_gitea network — same split
+        # -brain as e2epg. Smoke test #2 hit ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED even
+        # after both warm-ups returned the expected codes, because curl and
+        # Playwright-launched Chromium picked different IPs from the DNS set.
+        # Probe each resolved IP for /api/health and pin the winner as
+        # APP_BASE_URL so every subsequent step (wait, warm-up, smoke run)
+        # hits the same container.
         run: |
           for i in $(seq 1 36); do
-            STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" http://app:3100/api/health || echo "000")
-            echo "Attempt $i: HTTP $STATUS"
-            if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then exit 0; fi
+            IPS=$(getent hosts app | awk '{print $1}')
+            if [ -n "$IPS" ]; then
+              for ip in $IPS; do
+                CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 5 "http://$ip:3100/api/health" || echo "000")
+                echo "Attempt $i: $ip -> HTTP $CODE"
+                if [ "$CODE" = "200" ]; then
+                  echo "APP_IP=$ip" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+                  echo "APP_BASE_URL=http://$ip:3100" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+                  exit 0
+                fi
+              done
+            else
+              echo "Attempt $i: 'app' not yet in DNS"
+            fi
             sleep 5
           done
-          echo "Health check timed out"
+          echo "No reachable app:3100 found"
           docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml logs app --tail=50
           exit 1
 
       - name: Verify health response contains status ok
         run: |
-          BODY=$(curl -sf http://app:3100/api/health)
+          BODY=$(curl -sf "$APP_BASE_URL/api/health")
           echo "$BODY"
           echo "$BODY" | grep '"status":"ok"'
 
@@ -519,7 +535,7 @@ jobs:
             local path="$1"
             local expect="$2"
             for i in $(seq 1 24); do
-              CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 30 "http://app:3100${path}" || echo "000")
+              CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 30 "${APP_BASE_URL}${path}" || echo "000")
               echo "Warm-up ${path} $i: HTTP $CODE"
               if [ "$CODE" = "$expect" ]; then return 0; fi
               sleep 5
@@ -572,11 +588,9 @@ jobs:
           /tmp/pw-install/node_modules/.bin/playwright install chromium --with-deps
 
       - name: Run smoke tests
-        env:
-          # App runs on the compose network; act_runner job is on gitea_gitea
-          # (docker-compose.ci.yml attaches services to both). Override baseURL.
-          PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL: http://app:3100
-        run: /tmp/pw-install/node_modules/.bin/playwright test --config apps/web/playwright.ci.config.ts
+        # Use the pinned APP_BASE_URL (explicit IP) so Chromium hits the same
+        # container as the warm-up probes.
+        run: PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL="$APP_BASE_URL" /tmp/pw-install/node_modules/.bin/playwright test --config apps/web/playwright.ci.config.ts
 
       - name: Upload Playwright report
         if: failure()