test: realign verification baseline and supporting tests

frontend/admin/scripts/run-vitest.mjs

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { parseCLI, startVitest } from 'vitest/node'
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
 
+process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test'
+
 const { filter, options } = parseCLI(['vitest', ...process.argv.slice(2)])
 const { coverage: coverageOptions, ...cliOptions } = options