diff --git a/test/auth/login.test.ts b/test/auth/login.test.ts
index e1bf4a6..177b5ed 100644
--- a/test/auth/login.test.ts
+++ b/test/auth/login.test.ts
@@ -200,11 +200,25 @@ const buildMockFetch = (
             srpServer.checkM1(Buffer.from(body.srpM1, "base64"));
             const M2 = srpServer.computeM2();
 
+            // IMPORTANT: the museum server's EmailAuthorizationResponse
+            // (server/ente/user.go) declares passkeySessionID, accountsUrl,
+            // twoFactorSessionID, and twoFactorSessionIDV2 WITHOUT the
+            // `omitempty` JSON tag. Go therefore always serializes them,
+            // sending "" (empty string, NOT null/absent) for any that do
+            // not apply. These mocks must reproduce that faithfully: a
+            // client that distinguishes fields with `??` instead of `||`
+            // passes against an omitting mock but breaks against the real
+            // server.
+
             if (opts?.requireTOTP) {
                 return new Response(
                     JSON.stringify({
+                        id: 42,
                         srpM2: M2.toString("base64"),
+                        passkeySessionID: "",
+                        accountsUrl: "",
                         twoFactorSessionID: "totp-session-999",
+                        twoFactorSessionIDV2: "",
                     }),
                     {
                         status: 200,
@@ -218,11 +232,14 @@ const buildMockFetch = (
                 // server sets passkeySessionID + twoFactorSessionIDV2 (not
                 // twoFactorSessionID -- that's deliberate, so old clients
                 // that only know the V1 field keep using the passkey flow).
+                // The V1 field is still present on the wire as "".
                 return new Response(
                     JSON.stringify({
+                        id: 42,
                         srpM2: M2.toString("base64"),
                         passkeySessionID: "passkey-session-123",
                         accountsUrl: "https://accounts.ente.io",
+                        twoFactorSessionID: "",
                         twoFactorSessionIDV2: "totp-session-v2-456",
                     }),
                     {
@@ -238,6 +255,10 @@ const buildMockFetch = (
                     id: 42,
                     keyAttributes: fixture.keyAttributes,
                     encryptedToken: fixture.encryptedToken,
+                    passkeySessionID: "",
+                    accountsUrl: "",
+                    twoFactorSessionID: "",
+                    twoFactorSessionIDV2: "",
                 }),
                 {
                     status: 200,