diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09af52ce16..b3b2a90e11 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ tests/e2e/test-results/
 tests/e2e/playwright-report/
 tests/release-smoke/test-results/
 tests/release-smoke/playwright-report/
+tests/storybook-visual/test-results/
+tests/storybook-visual/playwright-report/
 .superset/
 .superpowers/
 .claude/worktrees/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 75007b518d..9c6eeb4d37 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
     "smoke:pipelines-tutorial": "./scripts/smoke/pipelines-tutorial-smoke.sh",
     "smoke:terminal-bench-loop-skill": "node scripts/smoke/terminal-bench-loop-skill-smoke.mjs",
     "test:release-registry": "node --test scripts/verify-release-registry-state.test.mjs scripts/release-package-map.test.mjs scripts/check-release-package-bootstrap.test.mjs scripts/check-no-git-push.test.mjs scripts/release-lib.test.mjs scripts/link-plugin-dev-sdk.test.js",
+    "test:storybook-visual": "pnpm build-storybook && npx playwright test --config tests/storybook-visual/playwright.config.ts",
+    "test:storybook-visual:update": "pnpm build-storybook && npx playwright test --config tests/storybook-visual/playwright.config.ts --update-snapshots",
     "test:e2e": "npx playwright test --config tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts",
     "test:e2e:headed": "npx playwright test --config tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts --headed",
     "test:e2e:multiuser-authenticated": "npx playwright test --config tests/e2e/playwright-multiuser-authenticated.config.ts",
diff --git a/scripts/serve-storybook-static.mjs b/scripts/serve-storybook-static.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e57c428fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/serve-storybook-static.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Tiny dependency-free static file server for the built Storybook
+// (ui/storybook-static). Used by the visual snapshot suite's webServer so we
+// don't add an http-server dependency.
+import { createServer } from "node:http";
+import { createReadStream, existsSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
+import { extname, join, normalize, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const root = resolve(
+  fileURLToPath(new URL(".", import.meta.url)),
+  "..",
+  "ui",
+  "storybook-static",
+);
+const port = Number(process.env.PORT ?? 6106);
+
+if (!existsSync(join(root, "index.html"))) {
+  console.error(
+    `No built Storybook at ${root}. Run \`pnpm build-storybook\` first.`,
+  );
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const MIME = {
+  ".html": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
+  ".js": "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",
+  ".mjs": "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",
+  ".css": "text/css; charset=utf-8",
+  ".json": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  ".png": "image/png",
+  ".jpg": "image/jpeg",
+  ".jpeg": "image/jpeg",
+  ".gif": "image/gif",
+  ".svg": "image/svg+xml",
+  ".ico": "image/x-icon",
+  ".woff": "font/woff",
+  ".woff2": "font/woff2",
+  ".ttf": "font/ttf",
+  ".map": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  ".txt": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
+  ".webm": "video/webm",
+  ".mp4": "video/mp4",
+};
+
+const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+  const url = new URL(req.url ?? "/", `http://localhost:${port}`);
+  let filePath = normalize(join(root, decodeURIComponent(url.pathname)));
+  if (!filePath.startsWith(root)) {
+    res.writeHead(403).end("forbidden");
+    return;
+  }
+  if (existsSync(filePath) && statSync(filePath).isDirectory()) {
+    filePath = join(filePath, "index.html");
+  }
+  if (!existsSync(filePath)) {
+    res.writeHead(404).end("not found");
+    return;
+  }
+  res.writeHead(200, {
+    "content-type": MIME[extname(filePath)] ?? "application/octet-stream",
+    "cache-control": "no-store",
+  });
+  createReadStream(filePath).pipe(res);
+});
+
+server.listen(port, () => {
+  console.log(`storybook-static served at http://localhost:${port}`);
+});
diff --git a/tests/storybook-visual/playwright.config.ts b/tests/storybook-visual/playwright.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38ee805f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storybook-visual/playwright.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { defineConfig } from "@playwright/test";
+
+// Visual snapshot suite for the design-token extraction run: screenshots every
+// built Storybook story in both themes and compares against the committed
+// Phase 0 baseline. Run via `pnpm test:storybook-visual` (builds Storybook
+// first) or `SKIP_SB_BUILD=1` + `npx playwright test -c tests/storybook-visual`
+// against an existing ui/storybook-static build.
+export default defineConfig({
+  testDir: ".",
+  outputDir: "./test-results",
+  timeout: 60_000,
+  retries: 1,
+  workers: 4,
+  fullyParallel: true,
+  reporter: [["list"], ["html", { open: "never", outputFolder: "playwright-report" }]],
+  expect: {
+    toHaveScreenshot: {
+      animations: "disabled",
+      caret: "hide",
+      scale: "css",
+      // Same machine, same browser build: require byte-identical rendering.
+      maxDiffPixels: 0,
+    },
+  },
+  snapshotPathTemplate: "{testDir}/__snapshots__/{arg}{ext}",
+  use: {
+    browserName: "chromium",
+    viewport: { width: 1200, height: 800 },
+    deviceScaleFactor: 1,
+    reducedMotion: "reduce",
+    baseURL: "http://localhost:6106",
+  },
+  webServer: {
+    command: "node ../../scripts/serve-storybook-static.mjs",
+    url: "http://localhost:6106/index.json",
+    reuseExistingServer: true,
+    timeout: 30_000,
+  },
+});
diff --git a/tests/storybook-visual/storybook-visual.spec.ts b/tests/storybook-visual/storybook-visual.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f37237754c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storybook-visual/storybook-visual.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { expect, test, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
+
+// One screenshot test per story per theme, generated from the built
+// Storybook's index.json. The committed __snapshots__/ folder is the Phase 0
+// zero-visual-change baseline; any later refactor must keep every image
+// byte-identical.
+
+const repoRoot = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..", "..");
+const indexJsonPath = join(repoRoot, "ui", "storybook-static", "index.json");
+
+if (!existsSync(indexJsonPath)) {
+  throw new Error(
+    `Missing ${indexJsonPath} — run \`pnpm build-storybook\` before the visual suite.`,
+  );
+}
+
+type IndexEntry = { id: string; type: string; title: string; name: string };
+const entries = Object.values(
+  (JSON.parse(readFileSync(indexJsonPath, "utf8")) as { entries: Record<string, IndexEntry> })
+    .entries,
+).filter((entry) => entry.type === "story");
+
+// Freeze wall-clock time so relative timestamps, spinners driven by
+// setInterval, and Date.now()-based rendering are deterministic.
+const FIXED_TIME = new Date("2026-06-24T12:00:00.000Z");
+
+const THEMES = ["dark", "light"] as const;
+
+// Stories whose components schedule a delayed state flip (e.g. a "recently
+// focused" highlight that clears via setTimeout). Wait past the flip so the
+// screenshot always captures the settled terminal state.
+const EXTRA_SETTLE_MS: Record<string, number> = {
+  // IssueContinuationHandoff clears its focus highlight after 3s + 1s fade.
+  "product-issue-management--full-surface-matrix": 4500,
+};
+
+// Stories with a genuinely bimodal render race that cannot be settled by
+// waiting. The affected element is masked (solid overlay in both baseline and
+// comparison) so the rest of the story still snapshot-verifies.
+const MASKED_SELECTORS: Record<string, string> = {
+  // DocumentAnnotationLayer's ::highlight range over "two selectors" ends 1-2
+  // characters short on ~half of renders (anchor offsets race). Mask only the
+  // paragraph that carries that highlight.
+  "product-documents-annotations--integrated-mobile-bottom-sheet":
+    'p:has-text("Use a sidecar anchor made from")',
+};
+
+async function renderStory(page: Page, storyId: string, theme: (typeof THEMES)[number]) {
+  // Freeze Date only (not timers): page.clock.setFixedTime breaks React
+  // rendering in several stories (intermittent "must be used within Provider"
+  // errors), so shim the Date constructor instead.
+  await page.addInitScript(`{
+    const fixedNow = ${FIXED_TIME.getTime()};
+    const RealDate = Date;
+    class FixedDate extends RealDate {
+      constructor(...args) {
+        if (args.length === 0) { super(fixedNow); } else { super(...args); }
+      }
+      static now() { return fixedNow; }
+    }
+    FixedDate.parse = RealDate.parse;
+    FixedDate.UTC = RealDate.UTC;
+    window.Date = FixedDate;
+  }`);
+  await page.goto(
+    `/iframe.html?id=${encodeURIComponent(storyId)}&viewMode=story&globals=theme:${theme}`,
+    { waitUntil: "load" },
+  );
+  // Wait for Storybook to finish rendering (sb-show-main) or error out.
+  // Don't check #storybook-root children: portal-only stories (open dialogs,
+  // sheets) render into document.body and leave the root empty.
+  await page.waitForFunction(() => {
+    const body = document.body;
+    return (
+      body.classList.contains("sb-show-main") ||
+      body.classList.contains("sb-show-errordisplay")
+    );
+  });
+  const errored = await page.locator(".sb-show-errordisplay").count();
+  expect(errored, `story ${storyId} threw during render`).toBe(0);
+  await page.evaluate(() => document.fonts.ready.then(() => undefined));
+  const settleMs = EXTRA_SETTLE_MS[storyId];
+  if (settleMs) await page.waitForTimeout(settleMs);
+}
+
+for (const entry of entries) {
+  for (const theme of THEMES) {
+    test(`${entry.id} [${theme}]`, async ({ page }) => {
+      await renderStory(page, entry.id, theme);
+      const maskSelector = MASKED_SELECTORS[entry.id];
+      await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot(`${entry.id}--${theme}.png`, {
+        fullPage: true,
+        mask: maskSelector ? [page.locator(maskSelector)] : undefined,
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}