diff --git a/core/artwork/e2e/blurhash_test.go b/core/artwork/e2e/blurhash_test.go
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+++ b/core/artwork/e2e/blurhash_test.go
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+package artworke2e_test
+
+import (
+	"testing/fstest"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("BlurHash", func() {
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		setupHarness()
+	})
+
+	It("persists a real blurhash after album artwork is served", func() {
+		setLayout(fstest.MapFS{
+			"Artist/Album/01 - Song.mp3": trackFile(1, "Song"),
+			"Artist/Album/cover.png":     realPNG("blurhash-album"),
+		})
+		scan()
+		al := firstAlbum()
+		Expect(al.BlurHash).To(BeEmpty())
+
+		// Serving the artwork enqueues the async blurhash computation.
+		readArtwork(al.CoverArtID())
+
+		Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+			updated, err := ds.Album(ctx).Get(al.ID)
+			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			g.Expect(len(updated.BlurHash)).To(BeNumerically(">", 6))
+			g.Expect(updated.BlurHashUpdatedAt).ToNot(BeNil())
+			// The snapshot must match the artwork version, or the DTO layer would treat it as stale.
+			g.Expect(updated.BlurHashUpdatedAt.Equal(updated.ArtworkUpdatedAt())).To(BeTrue())
+		}, "10s", "100ms").Should(Succeed())
+	})
+
+	It("does not persist a blurhash when the served image cannot be decoded", func() {
+		setLayout(fstest.MapFS{
+			"Artist/Album/01 - Song.mp3": trackFile(1, "Song"),
+			"Artist/Album/cover.png":     imageFile("not-a-real-image"),
+		})
+		scan()
+		al := firstAlbum()
+
+		readArtwork(al.CoverArtID())
+
+		Consistently(func(g Gomega) {
+			updated, err := ds.Album(ctx).Get(al.ID)
+			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			g.Expect(updated.BlurHash).To(BeEmpty())
+		}, "600ms", "100ms").Should(Succeed())
+	})
+})