diff --git a/.github/workflows/studio-ui-smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/studio-ui-smoke.yml
index 297a585430..51d6d6ee1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/studio-ui-smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/studio-ui-smoke.yml
@@ -255,17 +255,21 @@ jobs:
           jq -e '.status == "healthy"' /tmp/health3.json
 
       - name: Pass bootstrap pw for IME / i18n test
-        # IME smoke does the change-password against the bootstrap that
-        # Studio's frontend injects into the page, so it only needs the
-        # NEW password.
+        # IME smoke does its own change-password through the UI. The page no
+        # longer autofills the seed, so the test needs the current (bootstrap)
+        # password to fill the Current password field plus the NEW password.
         run: |
+          OLD=$(cat ~/.unsloth/studio/auth/.bootstrap_password)
           NEW="CIIme-$(python -c 'import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(16))')"
+          echo "::add-mask::$OLD"
           echo "::add-mask::$NEW"
+          echo "STUDIO_IME_OLD_PW=$OLD" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "STUDIO_IME_NEW_PW=$NEW" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Drive IME + multilingual paste regression with Playwright
         env:
           BASE_URL: http://127.0.0.1:18896
+          STUDIO_OLD_PW: ${{ env.STUDIO_IME_OLD_PW }}
           STUDIO_NEW_PW: ${{ env.STUDIO_IME_NEW_PW }}
           PW_ART_DIR: logs/playwright_ime
           STUDIO_UI_STRICT: '1'
diff --git a/tests/studio/playwright_chat_ime_i18n.py b/tests/studio/playwright_chat_ime_i18n.py
index 9c01e95fd4..3189ff475c 100644
--- a/tests/studio/playwright_chat_ime_i18n.py
+++ b/tests/studio/playwright_chat_ime_i18n.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from _playwright_robust import (  # noqa: E402
 )
 
 BASE = os.environ["BASE_URL"]
+OLD = os.environ["STUDIO_OLD_PW"]
 NEW = os.environ["STUDIO_NEW_PW"]
 ART_DIR = os.environ.get("PW_ART_DIR", "logs/playwright_ime")
 ART = Path(ART_DIR)
@@ -161,6 +162,10 @@ with sync_playwright() as p:
                 pass
             pw_field = page.locator("#new-password")
             pw_field.wait_for(state = "visible", timeout = 60_000)
+            # Served page no longer autofills the seed; fill Current password when shown.
+            cur_pw = page.locator("#current-password")
+            if cur_pw.count():
+                cur_pw.fill(OLD, timeout = 60_000)
             pw_field.fill(NEW, timeout = 60_000)
             page.fill("#confirm-password", NEW, timeout = 60_000)
             shoot("01-change-password-filled")
diff --git a/tests/studio/playwright_chat_ui.py b/tests/studio/playwright_chat_ui.py
index 065ba7a745..4d995aaebd 100644
--- a/tests/studio/playwright_chat_ui.py
+++ b/tests/studio/playwright_chat_ui.py
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ with sync_playwright() as p:
                 pass  # best-effort -- proceed even if network never idles
             pw_field = page.locator("#new-password")
             pw_field.wait_for(state = "visible", timeout = 60_000)
+            # Served page no longer autofills the seed; fill Current password when shown.
+            cur_pw = page.locator("#current-password")
+            if cur_pw.count():
+                cur_pw.fill(OLD, timeout = 60_000)
             # Do NOT shoot() between wait_for and fill -- the screenshot's
             # font-load wait can let a background poll detach the form.
             pw_field.fill(NEW, timeout = 60_000)
diff --git a/tests/studio/playwright_extra_ui.py b/tests/studio/playwright_extra_ui.py
index 209a8a06f1..f6ada49f00 100644
--- a/tests/studio/playwright_extra_ui.py
+++ b/tests/studio/playwright_extra_ui.py
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ with sync_playwright() as p:
                 pass
             pw_field = page.locator("#new-password")
             pw_field.wait_for(state = "visible", timeout = 60_000)
+            # Served page no longer autofills the seed; fill Current password when shown.
+            cur_pw = page.locator("#current-password")
+            if cur_pw.count():
+                cur_pw.fill(OLD, timeout = 60_000)
             pw_field.fill(NEW, timeout = 60_000)
             page.fill("#confirm-password", NEW, timeout = 60_000)
             # Click submit AND wait for the POST response together so a server-side reject