diff --git a/internal/e2e/pion_loopback_poc_test.go b/internal/e2e/pion_loopback_poc_test.go
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-package e2e
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/pion/webrtc/v4"
-	"github.com/pion/webrtc/v4/pkg/media"
-)
-
-// errPionLoopbackNoRTP signals that the receiving PeerConnection never
-// surfaced a single RTP packet during the proof-of-concept window.
-var errPionLoopbackNoRTP = errors.New("pion loopback: no RTP delivered")
-
-// vp8KeyframeStub is the smallest byte sequence pion accepts as a VP8
-// keyframe sample. It is meaningless visually but valid enough that the
-// depacketizer/sample builder on the receiving side accepts the RTP
-// stream and OnTrack fires. We are not testing video quality here — only
-// that two PeerConnections inside the same process can negotiate, gather
-// loopback ICE candidates, and exchange RTP without an external bridge.
-//
-//nolint:gochecknoglobals // test-only constant byte literal
-var vp8KeyframeStub = []byte{
-	0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9d, 0x01, 0x2a, 0x40, 0x01, 0xf0, 0x00,
-}
-
-// TestPionLoopbackPOC is a focused proof-of-concept: spin up two pion
-// PeerConnections inside one process, wire them together with manual
-// SDP+trickle-ICE exchange, publish a VP8 track on one side, and wait
-// for OnTrack to surface real RTP on the other side. If this test
-// passes, the same wiring can be embedded into memoryStream so that
-// videochannel/seichannel/vp8channel transports complete their
-// handshake under the in-memory carrier used by the e2e suite.
-//
-// The test is intentionally small and self-contained — no production
-// code is touched, no e2e fixtures are involved.
-//
-//nolint:gocognit,cyclop // PoC is intentionally linear; splitting helpers hurts readability
-func TestPionLoopbackPOC(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15*time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	api := webrtc.NewAPI()
-
-	pcOffer, err := api.NewPeerConnection(webrtc.Configuration{})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("new offer pc: %v", err)
-	}
-	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = pcOffer.Close() })
-
-	pcAnswer, err := api.NewPeerConnection(webrtc.Configuration{})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("new answer pc: %v", err)
-	}
-	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = pcAnswer.Close() })
-
-	// Trickle ICE: forward every gathered candidate straight to the peer.
-	// A nil candidate terminates gathering and is intentionally ignored.
-	pcOffer.OnICECandidate(func(c *webrtc.ICECandidate) {
-		if c == nil {
-			return
-		}
-		if err := pcAnswer.AddICECandidate(c.ToJSON()); err != nil {
-			t.Logf("answer AddICECandidate: %v", err)
-		}
-	})
-	pcAnswer.OnICECandidate(func(c *webrtc.ICECandidate) {
-		if c == nil {
-			return
-		}
-		if err := pcOffer.AddICECandidate(c.ToJSON()); err != nil {
-			t.Logf("offer AddICECandidate: %v", err)
-		}
-	})
-
-	gotRTP := make(chan struct{})
-	pcAnswer.OnTrack(func(track *webrtc.TrackRemote, _ *webrtc.RTPReceiver) {
-		buf := make([]byte, 1500)
-		// First read confirms RTP is actually flowing end-to-end.
-		if _, _, err := track.Read(buf); err != nil {
-			t.Logf("answer first Read: %v", err)
-			return
-		}
-		select {
-		case <-gotRTP:
-		default:
-			close(gotRTP)
-		}
-		// Keep draining so pion's per-track buffer doesn't back up.
-		for {
-			if _, _, err := track.Read(buf); err != nil {
-				return
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
-	localTrack, err := webrtc.NewTrackLocalStaticSample(
-		webrtc.RTPCodecCapability{MimeType: webrtc.MimeTypeVP8, ClockRate: 90000},
-		"poc-stream",
-		"poc-track",
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("new local track: %v", err)
-	}
-	if _, err := pcOffer.AddTrack(localTrack); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("offer AddTrack: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	offer, err := pcOffer.CreateOffer(nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("create offer: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := pcOffer.SetLocalDescription(offer); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("offer SetLocalDescription: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := pcAnswer.SetRemoteDescription(offer); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("answer SetRemoteDescription: %v", err)
-	}
-	answer, err := pcAnswer.CreateAnswer(nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("create answer: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := pcAnswer.SetLocalDescription(answer); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("answer SetLocalDescription: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := pcOffer.SetRemoteDescription(answer); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("offer SetRemoteDescription: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Pump tiny VP8 keyframe stubs at 20 fps until OnTrack fires or
-	// the test times out. Real frame content is irrelevant — we only
-	// care that RTP packets traverse the loopback ICE/DTLS/SRTP stack.
-	go func() {
-		ticker := time.NewTicker(50 * time.Millisecond)
-		defer ticker.Stop()
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				return
-			case <-ticker.C:
-				_ = localTrack.WriteSample(media.Sample{
-					Data:     vp8KeyframeStub,
-					Duration: 50 * time.Millisecond,
-				})
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case <-gotRTP:
-		t.Logf("pion loopback delivered RTP successfully")
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Fatalf("%v: timed out after %s", errPionLoopbackNoRTP, 15*time.Second)
-	}
-}