diff --git a/packages/core/src/repowise/core/generation/selection/scoring.py b/packages/core/src/repowise/core/generation/selection/scoring.py
index 91ca58910..f663547d9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/repowise/core/generation/selection/scoring.py
+++ b/packages/core/src/repowise/core/generation/selection/scoring.py
@@ -84,9 +84,14 @@ def score_file(
 
     base += kg_bonus
 
-    # Penalties.
+    # Penalties. Actual test specs are penalized so substantive production code
+    # ranks higher under caps; test support/infrastructure files (fixtures, helpers)
+    # are preserved without penalty.
     if fi.is_test:
-        base *= _PENALTY_TEST
+        from repowise.core.test_paths import is_test_support_path
+
+        if not is_test_support_path(fi.path, getattr(fi, "language", None)):
+            base *= _PENALTY_TEST
     if (
         n_symbols <= _PENALTY_TRIVIAL_SYMBOL_CAP
         and fi.size_bytes < _PENALTY_TRIVIAL_SIZE_BYTES
diff --git a/packages/core/src/repowise/core/generation/selection/selector.py b/packages/core/src/repowise/core/generation/selection/selector.py
index 057c779aa..b3832a716 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/repowise/core/generation/selection/selector.py
+++ b/packages/core/src/repowise/core/generation/selection/selector.py
@@ -274,27 +274,26 @@ def count_documentable_files(parsed_files: list[Any]) -> int:
     to do before generation starts, in the same terms the policy uses.
     """
     return sum(
-        1 for p in parsed_files if _is_code_file(p) and _passes_importance_floor(p.file_info.path)
+        1
+        for p in parsed_files
+        if _is_code_file(p)
+        and _passes_importance_floor(p.file_info.path, getattr(p.file_info, "language", None))
     )
 
 
-def _passes_importance_floor(path: str) -> bool:
+def _passes_importance_floor(path: str, language: str | None = None) -> bool:
     """Whether *path* is worth a file page at all.
 
-    Two exclusions, both measured rather than assumed: test files and pure
-    ``__init__.py`` re-export files. Pages for either only dilute retrieval
-    (test-file pages pushed real answers below rank 5 in dogfood), and neither
-    says anything a reader cannot get from the file it re-exports or tests.
-
-    This used to gate only the coverage tail, back when the budget picked a
-    fraction of the repo and the tail backfilled the rest. There is no tail any
-    more because every file that clears this floor gets a page, so the floor is
-    now simply what file-page selection means. The rule is unchanged; only the
-    set it applies to grew from the remainder to the whole.
+    Two exclusions, both measured rather than assumed: actual test spec files
+    (is_test_path) and pure ``__init__.py`` re-export files. Test support/fixture
+    modules (conftest.py, helpers/, fixtures/) pass the floor because they
+    contain key architectural and harness conventions needed for retrieval.
     """
-    norm = path.replace("\\", "/")
-    if norm.startswith("tests/") or "/tests/" in norm:
+    from repowise.core.test_paths import is_test_path
+
+    if is_test_path(path, language):
         return False
+    norm = path.replace("\\", "/")
     return norm.rsplit("/", 1)[-1] != "__init__.py"
 
 
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ def _build_file_candidates(
         if not _is_code_file(p):
             continue
         path = p.file_info.path
-        if not _passes_importance_floor(path):
+        if not _passes_importance_floor(path, getattr(p.file_info, "language", None)):
             continue
         is_hotspot = bool(git.get(path, {}).get("is_hotspot", False))
         s = score_file(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/repowise/core/ingestion/languages/specs/javascript.py b/packages/core/src/repowise/core/ingestion/languages/specs/javascript.py
index 9a3e119a0..d987babb7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/repowise/core/ingestion/languages/specs/javascript.py
+++ b/packages/core/src/repowise/core/ingestion/languages/specs/javascript.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     display_name="JavaScript",
     import_support="full",
     test_infixes=(".test.", ".spec."),
+    test_fixture_stems=("fixtures", "fixture", "setup-tests"),
+    test_stem_suffixes=("_test", ".test", ".spec"),
     extensions=frozenset({".js", ".jsx", ".mjs", ".cjs"}),
     grammar_package="tree_sitter_javascript",
     scm_file="javascript.scm",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/repowise/core/ingestion/languages/specs/typescript.py b/packages/core/src/repowise/core/ingestion/languages/specs/typescript.py
index bb6ff97f2..47e81aba3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/repowise/core/ingestion/languages/specs/typescript.py
+++ b/packages/core/src/repowise/core/ingestion/languages/specs/typescript.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
     display_name="TypeScript",
     import_support="full",
     test_infixes=(".test.", ".spec."),
+    test_fixture_stems=("fixtures", "fixture", "setup-tests"),
+    test_stem_suffixes=("_test", ".test", ".spec"),
     extensions=frozenset({".ts", ".tsx", ".mts", ".cts"}),
     grammar_package="tree_sitter_typescript",
     grammar_loader="language_typescript",
diff --git a/tests/unit/generation/test_selection_contract.py b/tests/unit/generation/test_selection_contract.py
index 1fe1d99e2..7afb05b60 100644
--- a/tests/unit/generation/test_selection_contract.py
+++ b/tests/unit/generation/test_selection_contract.py
@@ -156,6 +156,51 @@ def test_importance_floor_excludes_tests_and_reexports():
     assert len(sel.file_page_paths) == 6
 
 
+def test_test_support_files_pass_importance_floor():
+    """Test infrastructure and fixture files pass the floor to receive file pages."""
+    parsed, pagerank, betweenness, community = _build_synthetic_repo(6)
+    extras = [
+        ("tests/conftest.py", "python"),
+        ("tests/fixtures/setup.py", "python"),
+        ("apps/console/e2e/helpers/hydration.ts", "typescript"),
+        ("apps/console/e2e/fixtures.ts", "typescript"),
+    ]
+    for path, lang in extras:
+        parsed.append(
+            FakeParsedFile(
+                file_info=FakeFileInfo(path=path, language=lang, is_test=True),
+                symbols=[FakeSymbol(name="fixture_helper")],
+            )
+        )
+        pagerank[path] = 0.1
+        betweenness[path] = 0.0
+        community[path] = 0
+
+    # Also add pure specs which must be excluded
+    test_specs = [
+        ("tests/unit/test_foo.py", "python"),
+        ("apps/console/e2e/specs/login.spec.ts", "typescript"),
+    ]
+    for path, lang in test_specs:
+        parsed.append(
+            FakeParsedFile(
+                file_info=FakeFileInfo(path=path, language=lang, is_test=True),
+                symbols=[FakeSymbol(name="test_login")],
+            )
+        )
+        pagerank[path] = 0.1
+        betweenness[path] = 0.0
+        community[path] = 0
+
+    sel = select_pages(_inputs(parsed, pagerank, betweenness, community, GenerationConfig()))
+
+    for path, _ in extras:
+        assert path in sel.file_page_paths, f"Expected {path} to receive a file_page"
+
+    for path, _ in test_specs:
+        assert path not in sel.file_page_paths, f"Expected {path} to be excluded"
+
+
 def test_selection_does_not_depend_on_having_a_key():
     """Keyed and keyless runs select exactly the same pages.
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_test_paths.py b/tests/unit/test_test_paths.py
index 74027cec0..9d388e568 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_test_paths.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_test_paths.py
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
     ("spec/support/helper.rb", None, "support"),
     # e2e suites
     ("e2e/login.ts", None, "test"),
+    ("apps/console/e2e/helpers/hydration.ts", "typescript", "support"),
+    ("apps/console/e2e/fixtures.ts", "typescript", "support"),
+    ("apps/console/e2e/specs/login.spec.ts", "typescript", "test"),
     # production code that merely contains the word: the unanchored
     # `test[s_/]` substring rule classified the first three as tests
     ("src/latest/api.py", None, ""),  # #1103 finding 1