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 34. Enter your PIN from Step 1 and click **Anmelden**
 35. ✅ Expected: You're signed in to the existing `Max` account and redirected to the feed
 36. Alternatively, click **Anderen Namen wählen** — ✅ Expected: the name input reappears with `max` pre-filled so you can edit it
+
+---
+
+## Admin & Host Features
+
+For these steps you need an admin session. Log in via the admin API (or use the curl command below):
+
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/v1/admin/login \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"password":"admin123"}' | python3 -m json.tool
+```
+
+Copy the `jwt` value — you'll need it for the Authorization header in curl commands.
+To use the admin dashboard in the browser, paste the token into DevTools console:
+
+```js
+localStorage.setItem('token', '<jwt>');
+localStorage.setItem('role', 'admin');
+```
+
+Then navigate to **http://localhost:5173/admin**.
+
+### Step 10 — Admin Dashboard: Stats & Config
+1. Go to **http://localhost:5173/admin**
+2. ✅ Expected: Stats card shows user count, upload count, comment count, and a disk-usage progress bar
+3. In the **Konfiguration** section, change **Upload-Limit pro Stunde** to a different value (e.g. `5`) and click **Speichern**
+4. ✅ Expected: Toast "Konfiguration gespeichert." appears briefly
+5. Reload — ✅ Expected: the changed value persists
+
+### Step 11 — Admin Dashboard: Export Jobs
+6. The **Export-Jobs** section shows all past jobs (likely empty if gallery hasn't been released yet)
+7. Click **Aktualisieren** — ✅ Expected: list refreshes without a full page reload
+
+### Step 12 — Host Dashboard: Event Controls
+8. Navigate to **http://localhost:5173/host** (or click "Host-Dashboard" from the admin page)
+9. ✅ Expected: Event name shown in the header; two status dots (Uploads open/locked, Export released/locked)
+10. Click **Uploads sperren**
+11. ✅ Expected: Toast "Uploads wurden gesperrt."; button changes to "Uploads wieder öffnen"; status dot turns red
+12. Try uploading a photo as a guest — ✅ Expected: "Uploads sind gesperrt." error
+13. Click **Uploads wieder öffnen** — ✅ Expected: dot turns green; uploads work again
+
+### Step 13 — Host Dashboard: User Management
+14. The **Gäste** list shows all registered users with upload counts and sizes
+15. Find a guest and click **Host** next to their name
+16. ✅ Expected: Toast "X ist jetzt Host."; a blue "Host" badge appears next to their name
+17. As admin, a **Degradieren** button is now visible — click it
+18. ✅ Expected: Toast "X ist jetzt Gast."; badge disappears
+
+### Step 14 — Host Dashboard: Ban & Unban
+19. Click **Sperren** next to a guest
+20. ✅ Expected: A confirmation modal opens asking what to do with their uploads, with a checkbox "Uploads aus der Galerie ausblenden"
+21. Leave the checkbox unchecked and click **Sperren**
+22. ✅ Expected: Toast "X wurde gesperrt."; a red "Gesperrt" badge appears; buttons change to **Entsperren**
+23. Try uploading as that banned user — ✅ Expected: "Du bist gesperrt." error
+24. Click **Entsperren** — ✅ Expected: ban lifted; badge gone
+
+### Step 15 — Gallery Release & Export
+25. Make sure you have at least a few photos uploaded, then on the Host Dashboard click **Galerie freigeben**
+26. ✅ Expected: Toast "Galerie wurde freigegeben. Export wird vorbereitet…"; button becomes disabled "Galerie bereits freigegeben"
+27. Navigate to **http://localhost:5173/export** as any logged-in user
+28. ✅ Expected: Two cards — **ZIP-Archiv** and **HTML-Viewer** — both initially showing "Wird vorbereitet…" or a progress bar
+29. Wait for both to show "Bereit zum Download" (reload or wait for SSE to update the UI)
+30. Click **Download** on the ZIP card — ✅ Expected: `Gallery.zip` downloads
+31. Click **Download** on the HTML card — ✅ Expected: A guide modal appears explaining how to open the file; click **Herunterladen** to get `Memories.zip`
+32. In the Admin Dashboard → **Export-Jobs**, click **Aktualisieren** — ✅ Expected: both jobs show "Fertig" with green badges