diff --git a/e2e/cli/deploy.test.ts b/e2e/cli/deploy.test.ts
index 7ec2828..912114f 100644
--- a/e2e/cli/deploy.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/cli/deploy.test.ts
@@ -128,11 +128,10 @@ describe("dot deploy — preflight and validation", () => {
 			result.exitCode,
 			`expected non-zero exit for --env mainnet, got 0\n${output}`,
 		).not.toBe(0);
-		// Exact wording from src/commands/deploy/index.ts: "`--env mainnet` is
-		// not yet supported. Use `--env testnet` (default) while mainnet launch
-		// is pending."
+		// Exact wording from src/config.ts::getChainConfig():
+		//   "--env polkadot is not yet supported. Use --env paseo-next-v2 (default)."
 		expect(output).toContain("not yet supported");
-		expect(output).toContain("--env testnet");
+		expect(output).toContain("--env paseo-next-v2");
 	});
 
 	test("detects foundry contracts type in project", async () => {
diff --git a/e2e/cli/fixtures/accounts.ts b/e2e/cli/fixtures/accounts.ts
index adf53b7..67bd419 100644
--- a/e2e/cli/fixtures/accounts.ts
+++ b/e2e/cli/fixtures/accounts.ts
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ export const BOB: TestAccount = devAccount("Bob");
  * publish path (storage / re-deploy / cross-owner collision); reuse a single
  * domain for the preflight / validation tests.
  *
- * DotNS classifies names with a 6-8 character base plus exactly two trailing
- * digits as PopLite. Keep these labels in that shape so E2E tests do not
- * accidentally require Full personhood on testnet.
+ * DotNS classifies names with a base of ≥ 9 chars plus exactly two trailing
+ * digits as NoStatus (no PoP required). Keep these labels in that shape so
+ * the E2E deployer (NoStatus signer) can register them on any environment,
+ * including paseo-next-v2 where setUserPopStatus is owner-gated and
+ * self-attestation is not available.
  *
  * NOTE: do not assert on the registry state of `preflight` — it's shared by
  * six tests in the same file and the metadata at any moment reflects whichever
@@ -105,22 +107,22 @@ export const E2E_DOMAINS = {
 	 * tests do reach `registry.publish`. SIGNER ends up owning this domain
 	 * regardless; subsequent runs are same-owner re-publishes.
 	 */
-	preflight: "e2epre00",
+	preflight: "e2eprefly00",
 	/** Used by the storage-phase happy path. */
-	storage: "e2estr00",
+	storage: "e2estorag00",
 	/** Used by the same-owner re-deploy test. */
-	redeploy: "e2ered00",
+	redeploy: "e2eredepl00",
 	/** Used by the cross-owner collision test (BOB tries to take SIGNER's). */
-	collision: "e2ecol00",
+	collision: "e2ecollis00",
 	/**
 	 * Phase 3 cell domains — registered by `tools/register-e2e-fixtures.ts`.
 	 * Owned by SIGNER; subsequent runs are same-owner re-publishes.
 	 * Not yet wired to any test — see Phase 4 of docs-internal/2026-05-02-e2e-test-suite-design.md.
 	 */
-	foundry: "e2efnd00",
-	cdm: "e2ecdm00",
-	hardhat: "e2ehat00",
-	multi: "e2emul00",
+	foundry: "e2efoundry00",
+	cdm: "e2ecdmapp00",
+	hardhat: "e2ehardhat00",
+	multi: "e2emultip00",
 	/**
 	 * Used by the nightly-chaos-sigint cell only. The deploy is interrupted by
 	 * SIGINT before it completes, so this domain is never actually registered.
@@ -128,5 +130,5 @@ export const E2E_DOMAINS = {
 	 * storage test in test-publish when both run in a nightly that triggers all
 	 * matrices.
 	 */
-	chaos: "e2echs00",
+	chaos: "e2echaosp00",
 } as const;
diff --git a/e2e/cli/mod.test.ts b/e2e/cli/mod.test.ts
index 1487ae1..8a2f590 100644
--- a/e2e/cli/mod.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/cli/mod.test.ts
@@ -127,20 +127,20 @@ describe("dot mod — clone", () => {
 		},
 	);
 
-	test("exits non-zero with signer suggestion when no signer available", async () => {
-		const tempHome = makeTempDir("dot-e2e-mod-home-");
-		const cwd = makeTempDir("dot-e2e-mod-cwd-");
-		const result = await dot(["mod", "some-app.dot"], { home: tempHome, cwd });
-		expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
-		const output = result.stdout + result.stderr;
-		// Exact wording from src/utils/signer.ts SignerNotAvailableError:
-		//   `No signer available. Run "dot init" to log in, or pass --suri //Alice for dev.`
-		// The previous regex /signer|init|log.?in/i matched any of those words
-		// anywhere — including help text — so it passed even on early crashes
-		// that never reached the signer-resolution path.
-		expect(output).toContain("No signer available");
-		expect(output).toContain("dot init");
-	});
+	test(
+		"exits non-zero for unknown domain with no prior session (mod is signer-less)",
+		{ timeout: 60_000 },
+		async () => {
+			const tempHome = makeTempDir("dot-e2e-mod-home-");
+			const cwd = makeTempDir("dot-e2e-mod-cwd-");
+			const result = await dot(["mod", "some-app.dot"], { home: tempHome, cwd, timeout: 60_000 });
+			expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+			const output = result.stdout + result.stderr;
+			// dot mod is signer-less — it proceeds directly to the registry lookup.
+			// An unknown domain produces: App "some-app.dot" not found in registry
+			expect(output).toContain("not found in registry");
+		},
+	);
 });
 
 describe("dot mod — registry miss", () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/deploy/availability.ts b/src/utils/deploy/availability.ts
index 9f2e00e..80f2a19 100644
--- a/src/utils/deploy/availability.ts
+++ b/src/utils/deploy/availability.ts
@@ -297,9 +297,12 @@ export async function checkDomainAvailability(
 
         const plan: DeployPlan = { action: "register", needsPopUpgrade };
 
-        // Names that require Proof-of-Personhood are still registrable on
-        // testnet — bulletin-deploy self-attests during `register()` via
-        // `setUserPopStatus`. Surface it as an advisory note, not a blocker.
+        // Names that require Proof-of-Personhood are registrable on testnet
+        // environments where self-attestation is allowed (bulletin-deploy calls
+        // `setUserPopStatus` during `register()`). On paseo-next-v2 that call
+        // is owner-gated, so a NoStatus signer cannot self-attest and the
+        // deploy will fail at the network phase. We surface this as an advisory
+        // note rather than a hard block because the rule varies per environment.
         if (
             classification.status === POP_STATUS_LITE ||
             classification.status === POP_STATUS_FULL