diff --git a/resources/views/user/liked.blade.php b/resources/views/user/liked.blade.php
index 6a50a95..316f2cb 100644
--- a/resources/views/user/liked.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/user/liked.blade.php
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@
             @endforeach
         </div>
         
-        <div class="mt-4">{{ $videos->onEachSide(1)->links() }}</div>
+        {{-- Cursor paginator has no "N pages" concept — just prev/next. --}}
+        <div class="mt-4">{{ $videos->links() }}</div>
     @endif
 @endsection
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/PostAuditPolishTest.php b/tests/Feature/PostAuditPolishTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d11648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/PostAuditPolishTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Feature;
+
+use App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken;
+use App\Models\Comment;
+use App\Models\SportsMatch;
+use App\Models\User;
+use App\Models\Video;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Post-audit polish — the deferred items we tackled in bulk after Phase 7:
+ * match channel row, read-more clamp, nested-reply prefill, player hotkeys,
+ * cursor pagination on /liked and /history.
+ */
+class PostAuditPolishTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        putenv('DB_CONNECTION=sqlite');
+        putenv('DB_DATABASE=:memory:');
+        $_ENV['DB_CONNECTION'] = 'sqlite';
+        $_ENV['DB_DATABASE']   = ':memory:';
+
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->withoutMiddleware([
+            VerifyCsrfToken::class,
+            \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\AuthenticateSession::class,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    // ─── Match page: channel row ─────────────────────
+
+    public function test_match_watch_page_renders_the_channel_row(): void
+    {
+        $owner = $this->makeUser('match-owner');
+        $video = Video::create([
+            'user_id'     => $owner->id,
+            'title'       => 'MatchTitle',
+            'description' => '',
+            'filename'    => 'users/x/sports/y/video.mp4',
+            'path'        => 'users/x/sports/y/video.mp4',
+            'type'        => 'match',
+            'visibility'  => 'public',
+            'status'      => 'ready',
+            'share_token' => bin2hex(random_bytes(8)),
+        ]);
+        // Minimal sports_match so the match blade renders without null checks exploding.
+        SportsMatch::create([
+            'video_id'     => $video->id,
+            'user_id'      => $owner->id,
+            'title'        => 'MatchTitle',
+            'participants' => [],
+            'sport'        => 'karate',
+        ]);
+
+        $html = $this->get(route('videos.show', $video))->getContent();
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('channel-row', $html,
+            'Match watch page must render the shared channel row component.');
+    }
+
+    // ─── Comment reply: nested handle button present ──
+
+    public function test_reply_to_reply_button_carries_data_handle(): void
+    {
+        $owner = $this->makeUser('replyowner');
+        $this->actingAs($owner);
+        $video = Video::create([
+            'user_id'    => $owner->id,
+            'title'      => 'Vid',
+            'description'=> '',
+            'filename'   => 'users/x/videos/y/video.mp4',
+            'path'       => 'users/x/videos/y/video.mp4',
+            'type'       => 'generic',
+            'visibility' => 'public',
+            'status'     => 'ready',
+            'share_token'=> bin2hex(random_bytes(8)),
+        ]);
+        $parent = Comment::create([
+            'user_id'  => $owner->id,
+            'video_id' => $video->id,
+            'body'     => 'top',
+        ]);
+        $replier = $this->makeUser('replier');
+        Comment::create([
+            'user_id'   => $replier->id,
+            'video_id'  => $video->id,
+            'parent_id' => $parent->id,
+            'body'      => 'nested',
+        ]);
+
+        $html = view('components.video-comments', ['video' => $video])->render();
+
+        // The nested reply trigger must carry the reply author's handle so the
+        // JS can prefill "@handle " when the parent's reply form opens.
+        $this->assertMatchesRegularExpression(
+            '/_comment-reply-nested-trigger[^"]*"\s+data-parent-id="' . $parent->id . '"\s+data-handle="' . preg_quote($replier->username, '/') . '"/',
+            $html
+        );
+    }
+
+    // ─── Liked feed: cursor pagination ────────────────
+
+    public function test_liked_controller_returns_a_cursor_paginator(): void
+    {
+        // The controller introspection is enough to confirm the pagination
+        // mode — the full HTML path depends on view rendering that costs
+        // 400 KB per test and isn't the behaviour we're asserting on.
+        $user = $this->makeUser('liker');
+        $this->actingAs($user);
+
+        $route = app('router')->getRoutes()->getByName('liked');
+        [$class, $method] = explode('@', $route->getActionName());
+        $controller = app($class);
+
+        $response = $controller->$method();
+        $videos   = $response->getData()['videos'] ?? null;
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(
+            \Illuminate\Pagination\CursorPaginator::class,
+            $videos,
+            'liked() must return a CursorPaginator instance.'
+        );
+    }
+
+    // ─── Player hotkey code is present ────────────────
+
+    public function test_player_component_handles_shift_dot_hotkey(): void
+    {
+        // The player component accepts a $video context — pass a bare
+        // record so the view renders.
+        $u = $this->makeUser('p');
+        $v = Video::create([
+            'user_id'    => $u->id,
+            'title'      => 't',
+            'description'=> '',
+            'filename'   => 'users/x/videos/y/video.mp4',
+            'path'       => 'users/x/videos/y/video.mp4',
+            'type'       => 'generic',
+            'visibility' => 'public',
+            'status'     => 'ready',
+            'share_token'=> bin2hex(random_bytes(8)),
+        ]);
+        $html = view('components.video-player', ['video' => $v])->render();
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString("case '>':", $html);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString("case '<':", $html);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('video.playbackRate', $html);
+    }
+
+    // ─── Helpers ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+    private function makeUser(string $prefix): User
+    {
+        return User::factory()->create([
+            'username' => $prefix.'-'.substr(bin2hex(random_bytes(4)), 0, 6),
+        ]);
+    }
+}