diff --git a/app/api/endpoints/session.py b/app/api/endpoints/session.py
index 81e6820..82670ae 100644
--- a/app/api/endpoints/session.py
+++ b/app/api/endpoints/session.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import logging
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
 
 from app.cloud_session import CloudUser, _auth_label, get_session
+from app.core.config import settings
 
 router = APIRouter()
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -22,8 +23,13 @@ def session_bootstrap(session: CloudUser = Depends(get_session)) -> dict:
     Expected log output:
         INFO:app.api.endpoints.session: session auth=authed tier=paid
         INFO:app.api.endpoints.session: session auth=anon tier=free
+
+    E2E test sessions (E2E_TEST_USER_ID) are logged at DEBUG so they don't
+    pollute analytics counts while still being visible when DEBUG=true.
     """
-    log.info("session auth=%s tier=%s", _auth_label(session.user_id), session.tier)
+    is_test = bool(settings.E2E_TEST_USER_ID and session.user_id == settings.E2E_TEST_USER_ID)
+    logger = log.debug if is_test else log.info
+    logger("session auth=%s tier=%s%s", _auth_label(session.user_id), session.tier, " e2e=true" if is_test else "")
     return {
         "auth": _auth_label(session.user_id),
         "tier": session.tier,
diff --git a/app/core/config.py b/app/core/config.py
index fa55bc1..6b55f07 100644
--- a/app/core/config.py
+++ b/app/core/config.py
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ class Settings:
     # CFOrchClient reads CF_LICENSE_KEY automatically; exposed here for startup validation.
     CF_LICENSE_KEY: str | None = os.environ.get("CF_LICENSE_KEY")
 
+    # E2E test account — analytics logging is suppressed for this user_id so test
+    # runs don't pollute session counts.  Set to the Directus UUID of the test user.
+    E2E_TEST_USER_ID: str | None = os.environ.get("E2E_TEST_USER_ID") or None
+
     # Feature flags
     ENABLE_OCR: bool = os.environ.get("ENABLE_OCR", "false").lower() in ("1", "true", "yes")