diff --git a/pages/LoginPage.ts b/pages/LoginPage.ts
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+import { expect, Locator, Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+export class LoginPage {
+  readonly page: Page;
+  readonly mainContent: Locator;
+  readonly usernameInput: Locator;
+  readonly passwordInput: Locator;
+  readonly submitButton: Locator;
+
+  constructor(page: Page) {
+    this.page = page;
+    this.mainContent = page.locator('main, [role="main"], body').first();
+
+    this.usernameInput = page
+      .locator(
+        'input[name*="user" i], input[id*="user" i], input[name*="email" i], input[id*="email" i], input[type="text"]'
+      )
+      .first();
+
+    this.passwordInput = page.locator('input[type="password"]').first();
+
+    this.submitButton = page
+  .locator(
+    'button[type="submit"], input[type="submit"], button:has-text("Log In"), button:has-text("Login"), button:has-text("Sign In"), input[value*="Log" i], input[value*="Sign" i]'
+  )
+  .first();
+  }
+
+  async goto(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.page.goto('/login', {
+      waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded',
+    });
+  }
+
+  async expectPageLoaded(): Promise<void> {
+    await expect(this.page).toHaveURL(/\/login|\/signin|\/users\/login/i);
+    await expect(this.mainContent).toBeVisible();
+  }
+
+  async expectLoginFormVisible(): Promise<void> {
+    await expect(this.usernameInput).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
+    await expect(this.passwordInput).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
+    await expect(this.submitButton).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
+  }
+
+  async expectAuthenticationRequiredState(): Promise<void> {
+  const currentUrl = this.page.url();
+
+  const isLoginUrl = /\/login|\/signin|\/users\/login/i.test(currentUrl);
+
+  const hasLoginText = await this.mainContent
+    .getByText(/log in|login|sign in|authentication|required/i)
+    .first()
+    .isVisible()
+    .catch(() => false);
+
+  const hasSecurityChallenge =
+    /__cf_chl_rt_tk|cdn-cgi|challenge/i.test(currentUrl) ||
+    (await this.page
+      .locator('body')
+      .getByText(
+        /checking your browser|verify you are human|security check|cloudflare|just a moment/i
+      )
+      .first()
+      .isVisible()
+      .catch(() => false));
+
+  expect(
+    isLoginUrl || hasLoginText || hasSecurityChallenge,
+    `Expected unauthenticated user to be redirected to login, shown an authentication-required message, or blocked by a security challenge. Current URL: ${currentUrl}`
+  ).toBeTruthy();
+}
+}
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diff --git a/tests/auth/login-page.spec.ts b/tests/auth/login-page.spec.ts
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+import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+import { LoginPage } from '../../pages/LoginPage';
+
+test.describe('Discogs login page', () => {
+  test('@smoke @auth login page loads with expected fields', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const loginPage = new LoginPage(page);
+
+    await test.step('Navigate to login page', async () => {
+      await loginPage.goto();
+    });
+
+    await test.step('Validate login page and form fields are visible', async () => {
+      await loginPage.expectPageLoaded();
+      await loginPage.expectLoginFormVisible();
+    });
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/tests/auth/unauthenticated-collection.spec.ts b/tests/auth/unauthenticated-collection.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+import { LoginPage } from '../../pages/LoginPage';
+
+test.describe('Discogs unauthenticated collection access', () => {
+  test('@negative @auth unauthenticated user cannot access collection page', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const loginPage = new LoginPage(page);
+
+    await test.step('Navigate directly to account collection area without authentication', async () => {
+      await page.goto('/my', {
+        waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded',
+      });
+    });
+
+    await test.step('Validate user is not allowed into authenticated account area', async () => {
+      await loginPage.expectAuthenticationRequiredState();
+
+      await expect(page.locator('body')).not.toContainText(
+        /estimated collection value|manage folders|export my collection/i
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
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