diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3457fad..dbbccbe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ services:
       IPX_LOG: "ipx=info"
       # Traces to Tempo, in the monitoring project; ipx sends none without it.
       OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "http://192.168.1.130:4318"
+      # What the dashboard filters on, so a daemon run by hand for testing stays out of it.
+      OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES: "deployment.environment.name=production"
     # IPX_DATABASE_URL=postgres://... to use Postgres; without it, /data/state.db (SQLite).
     env_file:
       - ipx.env   # relative: Arcane resolves it inside its own container
diff --git a/playwright.config.js b/playwright.config.js
index 6e2dab3..c9b4fab 100644
--- a/playwright.config.js
+++ b/playwright.config.js
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ module.exports = defineConfig({
         IPX_CONFIG: `${setup.root}/config/config.toml`,
         IPX_DATA_DIR: `${setup.root}/data`,
         IPX_LOG: 'ipx=info',
+        // Blank, whatever the shell running the suite has: the test daemon sends no traces to
+        // production's Tempo and never opens production's database.
+        OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: '',
+        IPX_DATABASE_URL: '',
       },
     },
   ],