Why: git submodule clone over the flaky Gitea SSH endpoint hangs the whole run; local archive + pinned-checkout snapshot removes the network dependency and cuts the build stage to seconds.
Evidence: this exact tree ran scripts/e2e.sh to green (4 passed) twice, recorded in the task card.
Impact: scripts/e2e.sh only; behavior unchanged when the network is healthy.
Why: U4 acceptance needs a reproducible real-browser run: build the
RDM binary from its origin/main, seed projects/ingest via the command
API, serve with auth on, and drive Playwright against vite preview.
Evidence: scripts/e2e.sh --seed-only smoke (in progress this task);
frontend pin points at the Playwright harness commit.
Impact: dev tooling only (.tmp artifacts ignored; no runtime changes).
Refs: task feature/rdm-e2e-acceptance; frontend feature branch of
the same name.
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