diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ef81918..ee8f741 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install -g @native-sdk/cli@0.4.1
       - name: Build headless app (automation enabled)
         run: native build -Dplatform=linux -Dautomation=true
-      - name: Drive the app headless and assert the widget tree
+      - name: Drive the GUI headless and assert the widget tree
         run: ./scripts/smoke.sh
-      - name: Upload rendered screenshot
+      - name: Upload rendered screenshots
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: smoke-screenshot
-          path: .zig-cache/native-sdk-automation/screenshot-main-canvas.png
+          name: gui-screenshots
+          path: .zig-cache/native-sdk-automation/screenshot-*.png
           if-no-files-found: ignore
diff --git a/CURRENT_STATE.md b/CURRENT_STATE.md
index 0846865..aabd4f3 100644
--- a/CURRENT_STATE.md
+++ b/CURRENT_STATE.md
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ criticals raise OS notifications live (#60, ADR-0011) — all **in-runner**
 **S6 — public release & launch (0.5.0): in progress.** Packaging is wired
 (#70) — `native package` builds a macOS `.app` (ad-hoc `.dmg`) and a Linux
 `.tar.gz`, and a tag-triggered [release workflow](.github/workflows/release.yml)
-publishes both to a GitHub release (see [RELEASING.md](RELEASING.md)). Remaining:
-GUI test suite (#71), the frozen conformance contract (#72), release-ready docs
-(#73), and the v0.5.0 cut (#74). The menu-bar monitor and notarization are
-post-0.5; see [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md).
+publishes both to a GitHub release (see [RELEASING.md](RELEASING.md)). The
+automation smoke now **drives** the GUI (#71) — clicking the replay transport,
+a filter facet, and the Live tab, asserting the semantics tree after each and
+screenshotting the inspector + live surfaces. Remaining: the frozen conformance
+contract (#72), release-ready docs (#73), and the v0.5.0 cut (#74). The menu-bar
+monitor and notarization are post-0.5; see [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md).
 
 ## What's done
 
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ live inspector surface with notifications (#54–#60) — is landed.
 
 | Area | Status |
 | --- | --- |
-| `repo` (tooling, CI) | ✅ S0 CI; 🔨 S6 packaging + release workflow (#70) |
+| `repo` (tooling, CI) | ✅ S0 CI + S6 packaging/release (#70) + driven GUI suite (#71) |
 | `docs` (docs, ADRs) | ✅ done for S0 |
 | `ocpp` (engine) | ✅ S2 + ingestion (#29) + reports (#41) + anonymize (#42) + diff (#43) + replay core (#44); O(n) detection pending (#36) |
 | `ui` (native views) | ✅ S3 inspector (#27–#32) + replay transport (#44) + live-capture view (#59) + live notifications (#60) |
diff --git a/scripts/smoke.sh b/scripts/smoke.sh
index ef49400..ae4bf74 100755
--- a/scripts/smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/smoke.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Automation smoke test: launch the app, wait for its embedded automation
-# server, assert the widget tree actually rendered, and capture a
-# deterministic screenshot artifact. Portable — uses a virtual framebuffer
-# (Xvfb) when available (CI), otherwise runs the window directly (local
-# macOS). The app must be built with -Dautomation=true.
+# Automation-driven GUI test: launch the app, wait for its embedded automation
+# server, then DRIVE the headline flows through the automation protocol —
+# clicking real widgets and asserting the rendered semantics tree after each
+# step — and capture deterministic screenshots as artifacts. Portable: uses a
+# virtual framebuffer (Xvfb) when available (CI), otherwise runs the window
+# directly (local macOS). The app must be built with -Dautomation=true.
 #
 set -euo pipefail
 
 BIN=zig-out/bin/studio
 AUTO_DIR=.zig-cache/native-sdk-automation
-# Launch with the vendored sample as a command-line trace argument, so the smoke
-# test exercises the real CLI load path and lands on the loaded overview.
+CANVAS=main-canvas
+# Launch with the vendored sample as a command-line trace argument, so the test
+# exercises the real CLI load path and lands on the loaded overview.
 SAMPLE=src/ocpp/testdata/normal-session.json
 
 if [ ! -x "$BIN" ]; then
@@ -44,14 +46,42 @@ launch &
 APP_PID=$!
 trap 'kill "$APP_PID" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true' EXIT
 
+# The numeric widget id for the widget whose accessibility name equals $1. Each
+# snapshot line is `widget @w<win>/<view>#<id> role=<r> name="<label>" …`; anchor
+# on the id in that path so a name never mismatches. Prefer the `snapshot`
+# command's output (a fresh publish); fall back to the dropbox snapshot.txt.
+widget_id() {
+  local snap
+  snap="$(native automate snapshot 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  [ -n "$snap" ] || snap="$(cat "$AUTO_DIR/snapshot.txt" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  printf '%s\n' "$snap" | grep -F "name=\"$1\"" \
+    | sed -E 's/^.*@w[0-9]+\/[a-z0-9-]+#([0-9]+) role=.*/\1/' | head -n1
+}
+
+# Click the widget named $1 (fails loudly, dumping the tree, if it is absent).
+click() {
+  local id
+  id="$(widget_id "$1" || true)"
+  if [ -z "$id" ]; then
+    echo "gui-test: no widget named \"$1\" in the snapshot:" >&2
+    native automate snapshot >&2 || true
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  native automate widget-click "$CANVAS" "$id"
+}
+
+shot() { # capture the canvas to a stably-named PNG artifact ($1)
+  native automate screenshot "$CANVAS"
+  cp "$AUTO_DIR/screenshot-$CANVAS.png" "$AUTO_DIR/screenshot-$1.png"
+  test -s "$AUTO_DIR/screenshot-$1.png"
+}
+
 # Block until the runtime publishes ready=true (or fail loudly on timeout).
 native automate wait --timeout-ms 60000
 
-# The window must exist with the loaded trace rendered. The app was launched
-# with the sample trace as a command-line argument, so it opens straight on the
-# overview — proving the CLI load → parse → render path works end to end. These
-# assertions read the semantics snapshot (GPU-independent), so they hold under
-# software GL too.
+# 1. The CLI load → parse → render path: launched with the sample trace, the app
+#    opens straight on the overview. Assertions read the semantics snapshot
+#    (GPU-independent), so they hold under software GL too.
 native automate assert --timeout-ms 30000 \
   'ready=true' \
   'normal-session.json' \
@@ -59,11 +89,27 @@ native automate assert --timeout-ms 30000 \
   '22 events' \
   'OCPP DebugKit Studio'
 
-# No runtime/dispatch errors surfaced during startup.
-native automate assert --absent 'error event='
+# 2. Drive the replay transport: with nothing selected, Next selects the first
+#    event, and the detail pane unpacks it.
+click 'Next'
+native automate assert --timeout-ms 30000 'Details' 'evt-0001' 'Message ID'
+shot inspector
+
+# 3. Drive the filter: the Call facet narrows the timeline (the status bar counts
+#    the match subset), and Clear restores the full set.
+click 'Call'
+native automate assert --timeout-ms 30000 'of 22 events'
+click 'Clear'
+native automate assert --absent --timeout-ms 30000 'of 22 events'
 
-# A real-pixel capture must land as a non-empty PNG.
-native automate screenshot main-canvas
-test -s "$AUTO_DIR/screenshot-main-canvas.png"
+# 4. Switch to the live-capture surface: its control strip renders (endpoints +
+#    start control + the idle note). No capture is started — that would spawn a
+#    real proxy subprocess.
+click 'Live'
+native automate assert --timeout-ms 30000 'Start capture' 'Ready to capture' 'Listen'
+shot live
+
+# 5. No runtime/dispatch errors surfaced across the whole run.
+native automate assert --absent 'error event='
 
-echo "smoke: ok — window rendered and automation drove the inspector"
+echo "smoke: ok — automation drove the inspector, filter, and live surface"