diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 83ecc9a..baab2ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -530,75 +530,9 @@ jobs:
           # so a test failure or emulator flake is diagnosable from the uploaded artifact.
           # Backgrounded; gradle stays the last foreground command so the step's exit status is
           # still the test result (a real failure still trips continue-on-error -> the retry).
-          # WEDGE CAPTURE (#404): the gradle run is wrapped in an explicit `timeout` well below the
-          # job's hard cap but comfortably above a normal run (~13-15 min), so a WEDGE (hang) trips
-          # the wrapper (exit 124) instead of hanging until the force-kill — GUARANTEEING the
-          # capture below runs WHILE THE EMULATOR IS STILL ALIVE (the runner action tears it down as
-          # soon as this script returns, so a post-step can't probe it). A normal run finishes long
-          # before 1200s and is unaffected. See the shared capture body in `capture_wedge`.
           script: |
-            WEDGE_TIMEOUT=1200
-            LOGCAT="$RUNNER_TEMP/logcat-api${{ matrix.api-level }}.txt"
-            WEDGE="$RUNNER_TEMP/wedge-diagnostics-api${{ matrix.api-level }}.txt"
-            adb logcat -v time > "$LOGCAT" 2>&1 &
-            # On a wedge, grab the smoking gun: which test was running, SIGQUIT (kill -3) thread
-            # dumps of the app + instrumentation processes (ART -> logcat + /data/anr), activity/
-            # window state, and — the boot-race crux — whether the binder services are published.
-            # Every probe guarded (|| true) so a missing tool / dead device can't abort it; appended
-            # (not overwritten) so a wedge on attempt 1 survives even if the retry later passes.
-            capture_wedge() {
-              {
-                echo "==================================================================="
-                echo "===== E2E WEDGE — API ${{ matrix.api-level }} — $1 ====="
-                echo "===== $(date -u +%FT%TZ) — after ${WEDGE_TIMEOUT}s wrapper timeout ====="
-                echo "==================================================================="
-                echo "--- snapshot: was 'Create AVD' a cache-hit (warm snapshot restore)? ---"
-                echo "avd-cache cache-hit: '${{ steps.avd-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}'"
-                echo "--- running/last instrumented test (logcat TestRunner) ---"
-                grep -a TestRunner "$LOGCAT" 2>/dev/null | tail -25 || true
-                echo "--- getprop sys.boot_completed ---"
-                adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed 2>&1 || true
-                echo "--- getprop init.svc.* (per-service init state) ---"
-                adb shell getprop 2>&1 | grep -a init.svc || true
-                echo "--- service list (are binder services published?) ---"
-                adb shell service list 2>&1 || true
-                for svc in input window activity; do
-                  echo "--- service check $svc ---"
-                  adb shell service check "$svc" 2>&1 || true
-                done
-                echo "--- pids ---"
-                APP_PID="$(adb shell pidof org.libremail.app 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')" || true
-                TEST_PID="$(adb shell pidof org.libremail.app.test 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')" || true
-                echo "app  pid: ${APP_PID:-<none>}"
-                echo "test pid: ${TEST_PID:-<none>}"
-                echo "--- SIGQUIT (kill -3) thread dumps -> ART writes to logcat + /data/anr ---"
-                for pid in $APP_PID $TEST_PID; do
-                  [ -n "$pid" ] && adb shell kill -3 "$pid" 2>&1 || true
-                done
-                sleep 5
-                echo "--- /data/anr/* (SIGQUIT + ANR traces) ---"
-                adb shell 'cat /data/anr/* 2>/dev/null' 2>&1 || true
-                echo "--- dumpsys activity ---"
-                adb shell dumpsys activity 2>&1 || true
-                echo "--- dumpsys window ---"
-                adb shell dumpsys window 2>&1 || true
-                echo "--- logcat -d (tail 400 — includes the SIGQUIT thread dump) ---"
-                adb logcat -d 2>&1 | tail -400 || true
-                echo "--- emulator accel / kvm / mem / disk ---"
-                "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/emulator/emulator" -accel-check 2>&1 || true
-                ls -l /dev/kvm 2>&1 || true
-                free -h 2>&1 || true
-                df -h 2>&1 || true
-              } >> "$WEDGE" 2>&1 || true
-              echo "::warning::E2E API ${{ matrix.api-level }} WEDGED ($1) — see the wedge-diagnostics-api${{ matrix.api-level }} artifact"
-            }
-            # `|| status=$?` (not `if timeout; then`) so the exit code survives regardless of `set -e`;
-            # -k 30s SIGKILLs a gradle client that ignores SIGTERM. 124 == wedge -> capture, then exit
-            # with the real status so continue-on-error still fires the retry.
-            status=0
-            timeout -k 30s "$WEDGE_TIMEOUT" ./gradlew connectedDebugAndroidTest --stacktrace || status=$?
-            if [ "$status" -eq 124 ]; then capture_wedge "attempt 1"; fi
-            exit "$status"
+            adb logcat -v time > "$RUNNER_TEMP/logcat-api${{ matrix.api-level }}.txt" 2>&1 &
+            ./gradlew connectedDebugAndroidTest --stacktrace
 
       - name: Run E2E tests (retry after emulator boot race)
         if: steps.e2e.outcome == 'failure'
@@ -612,64 +546,10 @@ jobs:
           disable-animations: true
           # Retry runs a fresh emulator boot; stream its logcat the same way. `>` overwrites
           # attempt 1's file so the artifact holds the FINAL attempt's logs, matching the
-          # failure-time dump below (which reflects this last attempt's state). Same #404 wrapper
-          # timeout + wedge capture as attempt 1 (appended to the same WEDGE file) so a wedge is
-          # captured on the RETRY too, not just the first attempt.
+          # failure-time dump below (which reflects this last attempt's state).
           script: |
-            WEDGE_TIMEOUT=1200
-            LOGCAT="$RUNNER_TEMP/logcat-api${{ matrix.api-level }}.txt"
-            WEDGE="$RUNNER_TEMP/wedge-diagnostics-api${{ matrix.api-level }}.txt"
-            adb logcat -v time > "$LOGCAT" 2>&1 &
-            capture_wedge() {
-              {
-                echo "==================================================================="
-                echo "===== E2E WEDGE — API ${{ matrix.api-level }} — $1 ====="
-                echo "===== $(date -u +%FT%TZ) — after ${WEDGE_TIMEOUT}s wrapper timeout ====="
-                echo "==================================================================="
-                echo "--- snapshot: was 'Create AVD' a cache-hit (warm snapshot restore)? ---"
-                echo "avd-cache cache-hit: '${{ steps.avd-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}'"
-                echo "--- running/last instrumented test (logcat TestRunner) ---"
-                grep -a TestRunner "$LOGCAT" 2>/dev/null | tail -25 || true
-                echo "--- getprop sys.boot_completed ---"
-                adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed 2>&1 || true
-                echo "--- getprop init.svc.* (per-service init state) ---"
-                adb shell getprop 2>&1 | grep -a init.svc || true
-                echo "--- service list (are binder services published?) ---"
-                adb shell service list 2>&1 || true
-                for svc in input window activity; do
-                  echo "--- service check $svc ---"
-                  adb shell service check "$svc" 2>&1 || true
-                done
-                echo "--- pids ---"
-                APP_PID="$(adb shell pidof org.libremail.app 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')" || true
-                TEST_PID="$(adb shell pidof org.libremail.app.test 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')" || true
-                echo "app  pid: ${APP_PID:-<none>}"
-                echo "test pid: ${TEST_PID:-<none>}"
-                echo "--- SIGQUIT (kill -3) thread dumps -> ART writes to logcat + /data/anr ---"
-                for pid in $APP_PID $TEST_PID; do
-                  [ -n "$pid" ] && adb shell kill -3 "$pid" 2>&1 || true
-                done
-                sleep 5
-                echo "--- /data/anr/* (SIGQUIT + ANR traces) ---"
-                adb shell 'cat /data/anr/* 2>/dev/null' 2>&1 || true
-                echo "--- dumpsys activity ---"
-                adb shell dumpsys activity 2>&1 || true
-                echo "--- dumpsys window ---"
-                adb shell dumpsys window 2>&1 || true
-                echo "--- logcat -d (tail 400 — includes the SIGQUIT thread dump) ---"
-                adb logcat -d 2>&1 | tail -400 || true
-                echo "--- emulator accel / kvm / mem / disk ---"
-                "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/emulator/emulator" -accel-check 2>&1 || true
-                ls -l /dev/kvm 2>&1 || true
-                free -h 2>&1 || true
-                df -h 2>&1 || true
-              } >> "$WEDGE" 2>&1 || true
-              echo "::warning::E2E API ${{ matrix.api-level }} WEDGED ($1) — see the wedge-diagnostics-api${{ matrix.api-level }} artifact"
-            }
-            status=0
-            timeout -k 30s "$WEDGE_TIMEOUT" ./gradlew connectedDebugAndroidTest --stacktrace || status=$?
-            if [ "$status" -eq 124 ]; then capture_wedge "attempt 2 (retry)"; fi
-            exit "$status"
+            adb logcat -v time > "$RUNNER_TEMP/logcat-api${{ matrix.api-level }}.txt" 2>&1 &
+            ./gradlew connectedDebugAndroidTest --stacktrace
 
       # On any E2E failure (both boot attempts failed, a hung emulator, or an earlier setup/SDK
       # step), snapshot device + runner state to the step log AND a file for the artifact upload —
@@ -712,19 +592,6 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.temp }}/diagnostics-api${{ matrix.api-level }}.txt
           if-no-files-found: warn
 
-      # Wedge-specific smoking gun (#404): only present when the wrapper `timeout` tripped (a hang) —
-      # written by capture_wedge inside the E2E run step(s), covering BOTH the first attempt and the
-      # retry. Separate from the #388 e2e-diagnostics artifact above (the general failure dump).
-      # `if-no-files-found: ignore` keeps the overwhelmingly-common healthy run quiet (no wedge => no
-      # file). Per-api-level name (upload-artifact@v7 rejects duplicate names).
-      - name: Upload wedge diagnostics
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          name: wedge-diagnostics-api${{ matrix.api-level }}
-          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/wedge-diagnostics-api${{ matrix.api-level }}.txt
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
-
   # API 37 (Android 17, preview) E2E. Its only system image is the nonstandard
   # android-37.0 / google_apis_ps16k (16 KB page size), which reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner
   # can't provision (it builds android-37 / google_apis, neither of which exists), so this job