diff --git a/repro-account.ts b/repro-account.ts
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+++ b/repro-account.ts
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+import "dotenv/config";
+import config from "./src/payload.config";
+import { getPayload } from "payload";
+
+async function main() {
+  const payload = await getPayload({ config });
+
+  const login = await payload.login({
+    collection: "users",
+    data: { username: "dev", password: "Test123" },
+  });
+  const token = login.token;
+  console.log("login ok, token:", token ? token.slice(0, 20) + "..." : "(none)");
+
+  const headers = new Headers({ cookie: `payload-token=${token}` });
+  const { user } = await payload.auth({ headers, canSetHeaders: false });
+  console.log("auth user:", user?.id, user?.username, user ? "(defined)" : "(NULL)");
+
+  if (!user) throw new Error("no user from auth");
+
+  const fullUser = await payload.findByID({
+    collection: "users",
+    id: user.id,
+    depth: 0,
+    overrideAccess: true,
+  });
+  console.log("findByID(users) ok:", fullUser.id);
+
+  const profiles = await payload.find({
+    collection: "profiles",
+    where: { user: { equals: user.id } },
+    select: { progression: { xp: true } },
+  });
+  console.log("find(profiles) ok:", profiles.docs.length);
+
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+  console.error("REPRO FAILED:", err);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/reset-test-user-password.ts b/reset-test-user-password.ts
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+import { getPayload } from "payload";
+import config from "@payload-config";
+
+const payload = await getPayload({ config });
+
+const userRes = await payload.find({
+  collection: "users",
+  where: { username: { equals: "mt-msmg3li2-buyer" } },
+  limit: 1,
+  overrideAccess: true,
+});
+
+if (!userRes.docs[0]) {
+  console.error("User not found");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log("Found user:", userRes.docs[0].username, userRes.docs[0].id);
+
+await payload.update({
+  collection: "users",
+  id: userRes.docs[0].id,
+  data: { password: "Test123" },
+  overrideAccess: true,
+});
+
+console.log("Password reset complete for mt-msmg3li2-buyer");