diff --git a/tests/lifecycle/bats/ui-coverage.bats b/tests/lifecycle/bats/ui-coverage.bats
index 3a5a336b..97c313e6 100644
--- a/tests/lifecycle/bats/ui-coverage.bats
+++ b/tests/lifecycle/bats/ui-coverage.bats
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ setup_file() {
   unset ARCHY_FORCE_LOGIN
   HOST="${ARCHY_HOST:-127.0.0.1}"
   export HOST
+  # Honour ARCHY_SCHEME like lib/rpc.bash does, defaulting to https so nodes
+  # that already pass keep testing the TLS path. These probes used to hardcode
+  # https, which made the whole suite unrunnable on a node that serves the
+  # dashboard over http: on archi-dev-box :443 is bound to the Tailscale /
+  # WireGuard / LAN interface addresses but NOT to loopback, while :80 is bound
+  # on 0.0.0.0 — so every proxy probe failed "curl failed (network/timeout)"
+  # against http-reachable endpoints that were in fact serving 200.
+  UI_BASE="${ARCHY_SCHEME:-https}://$HOST"
+  export UI_BASE
 }
 
 teardown_file() {
@@ -37,7 +46,7 @@ teardown_file() {
 # Dashboard shell + catalog (always required)
 # ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-@test "dashboard https://host/ returns the Vue SPA shell" {
+@test "dashboard / returns the Vue SPA shell" {
   run probe_dashboard_shell
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
@@ -59,30 +68,30 @@ teardown_file() {
 # HTTPS proxy paths — match HTTPS_PROXY_PATHS in appSessionConfig.ts
 # ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-@test "lnd proxy https://host/app/lnd/ responds when lnd is running" {
-  probe_app_url lnd "https://$HOST/app/lnd/" "lnd (proxy /app/lnd/)"
+@test "lnd proxy /app/lnd/ responds when lnd is running" {
+  probe_app_url lnd "$UI_BASE/app/lnd/" "lnd (proxy /app/lnd/)"
 }
 
-@test "electrumx proxy https://host/app/electrumx/ responds when electrumx is running" {
+@test "electrumx proxy /app/electrumx/ responds when electrumx is running" {
   # electrumx companion (archy-electrs-ui) is what serves the iframe HTML;
   # the electrumx daemon is just the TCP backend.
-  probe_app_url archy-electrs-ui "https://$HOST/app/electrumx/" "electrumx (proxy /app/electrumx/)"
+  probe_app_url archy-electrs-ui "$UI_BASE/app/electrumx/" "electrumx (proxy /app/electrumx/)"
 }
 
-@test "mempool proxy https://host/app/mempool/ responds when mempool is running" {
-  probe_app_url mempool "https://$HOST/app/mempool/" "mempool (proxy /app/mempool/)"
+@test "mempool proxy /app/mempool/ responds when mempool is running" {
+  probe_app_url mempool "$UI_BASE/app/mempool/" "mempool (proxy /app/mempool/)"
 }
 
-@test "fedimint proxy https://host/app/fedimint/ responds when fedimint is running" {
-  probe_app_url fedimint "https://$HOST/app/fedimint/" "fedimint (proxy /app/fedimint/)"
+@test "fedimint proxy /app/fedimint/ responds when fedimint is running" {
+  probe_app_url fedimint "$UI_BASE/app/fedimint/" "fedimint (proxy /app/fedimint/)"
 }
 
-@test "btcpay proxy https://host/app/btcpay/ responds when btcpay-server is running" {
-  probe_app_url btcpay-server "https://$HOST/app/btcpay/" "btcpay (proxy /app/btcpay/)"
+@test "btcpay proxy /app/btcpay/ responds when btcpay-server is running" {
+  probe_app_url btcpay-server "$UI_BASE/app/btcpay/" "btcpay (proxy /app/btcpay/)"
 }
 
-@test "filebrowser proxy https://host/app/filebrowser/ responds when filebrowser is running" {
-  probe_app_url filebrowser "https://$HOST/app/filebrowser/" "filebrowser (proxy /app/filebrowser/)"
+@test "filebrowser proxy /app/filebrowser/ responds when filebrowser is running" {
+  probe_app_url filebrowser "$UI_BASE/app/filebrowser/" "filebrowser (proxy /app/filebrowser/)"
 }
 
 # ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/tests/lifecycle/lib/ui-probes.bash b/tests/lifecycle/lib/ui-probes.bash
index 038c6892..73b42ea0 100644
--- a/tests/lifecycle/lib/ui-probes.bash
+++ b/tests/lifecycle/lib/ui-probes.bash
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ probe_app_url() {
 # layout" — see feedback_release_tarball_layout.md.
 probe_dashboard_shell() {
   local host="${ARCHY_HOST:-127.0.0.1}"
-  local url="https://$host/"
+  local url="${ARCHY_SCHEME:-https}://$host/"
   local body
   body=$(curl "${PROBE_CURL_OPTS[@]}" "$url" 2>/dev/null) || {
     echo "probe_dashboard_shell: $url — curl failed" >&2
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ probe_dashboard_shell() {
 probe_dashboard_catalog() {
   local host="${ARCHY_HOST:-127.0.0.1}"
   local body
-  body=$(curl "${PROBE_CURL_OPTS[@]}" "https://$host/catalog.json" 2>/dev/null) || {
+  body=$(curl "${PROBE_CURL_OPTS[@]}" "${ARCHY_SCHEME:-https}://$host/catalog.json" 2>/dev/null) || {
     echo "probe_dashboard_catalog: /catalog.json fetch failed" >&2
     return 1
   }