diff --git a/.github/actions/androidapp-road-test/action.yml b/.github/actions/androidapp-road-test/action.yml
index 7369783f..e4f374d8 100644
--- a/.github/actions/androidapp-road-test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/androidapp-road-test/action.yml
@@ -414,5 +414,6 @@ runs:
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
       with:
         name: ${{ inputs.e2e-artifact-name }}-${{ inputs.flavor }}-android
-        path: apps/AndroidApp/artifacts
-        if-no-files-found: ignore
+        path: apps/AndroidApp/e2e-artifacts
+        if-no-files-found: warn
+        retention-days: 5
diff --git a/apps/AndroidApp/.gitignore b/apps/AndroidApp/.gitignore
index aa724b77..23adb538 100644
--- a/apps/AndroidApp/.gitignore
+++ b/apps/AndroidApp/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 .externalNativeBuild
 .cxx
 local.properties
+
+# Detox E2E artifacts (logcat, screenshots, failure diagnostics)
+/e2e-artifacts
diff --git a/apps/brownfield-example-shared-tests/detox-rc-androidapp-emulator-release.cjs b/apps/brownfield-example-shared-tests/detox-rc-androidapp-emulator-release.cjs
index 7c4f9c86..a7fa16a1 100644
--- a/apps/brownfield-example-shared-tests/detox-rc-androidapp-emulator-release.cjs
+++ b/apps/brownfield-example-shared-tests/detox-rc-androidapp-emulator-release.cjs
@@ -1,6 +1,32 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const { resolveAndroidDetoxDevice } = require('./detox-android-emulator-device.cjs');
+const { getDetoxArtifactsConfig } = require('./detox-artifacts-config.cjs');
+
+/**
+ * Shared Detox artifacts, minus video.
+ *
+ * The shared helper enables video for iOS simulators, where Detox records
+ * host-side via `simctl io recordVideo`. On Android it would record with
+ * `adb shell screenrecord`, writing into the emulator userdata partition —
+ * the partition androidapp-road-test already documents as ENOSPC-prone
+ * ("Do not set disk-size — a large userdata partition fails when the runner
+ * is low on disk after Gradle/NDK builds"). Logcat, screenshots and the
+ * UI hierarchy give us what we need without that risk.
+ *
+ * @returns {import('detox').DetoxArtifactsConfig}
+ */
+function buildAndroidArtifactsConfig() {
+  const shared = getDetoxArtifactsConfig();
+
+  return {
+    ...shared,
+    plugins: {
+      ...shared.plugins,
+      video: { enabled: false },
+    },
+  };
+}
 
 /**
  * Detox Android emulator release config for AndroidApp (native Gradle consumer).
@@ -41,6 +67,7 @@ function createAndroidAppEmulatorReleaseDetoxConfig({
         setupTimeout: 300000,
       },
     },
+    artifacts: buildAndroidArtifactsConfig(),
     behavior: {
       cleanup: {
         // CI owns emulator lifecycle via android-emulator-runner.
diff --git a/apps/brownfield-example-shared-tests/detox-rc-androidapp-emulator-release.test.cjs b/apps/brownfield-example-shared-tests/detox-rc-androidapp-emulator-release.test.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3eba0b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/brownfield-example-shared-tests/detox-rc-androidapp-emulator-release.test.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const test = require('node:test');
+
+const {
+  getDetoxArtifactsConfig,
+} = require('./detox-artifacts-config.cjs');
+const {
+  createAndroidAppEmulatorReleaseDetoxConfig,
+} = require('./detox-rc-androidapp-emulator-release.cjs');
+
+test('writes artifacts where CI uploads from, matching the iOS convention', () => {
+  const config = createAndroidAppEmulatorReleaseDetoxConfig({
+    gradleFlavor: 'expo56',
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(config.artifacts.rootDir, 'e2e-artifacts');
+  assert.equal(config.artifacts.rootDir, getDetoxArtifactsConfig().rootDir);
+});
+
+test('captures logcat only for failed tests', () => {
+  const config = createAndroidAppEmulatorReleaseDetoxConfig({
+    gradleFlavor: 'expo56',
+  });
+
+  // Detox shorthand: record the log plugin, keep it only for failing tests.
+  assert.equal(config.artifacts.plugins.log, 'failing');
+});
+
+test('captures a screenshot when a test finishes failing', () => {
+  const config = createAndroidAppEmulatorReleaseDetoxConfig({
+    gradleFlavor: 'expo56',
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(
+    config.artifacts.plugins.screenshot.keepOnlyFailedTestsArtifacts,
+    true
+  );
+  assert.equal(config.artifacts.plugins.screenshot.takeWhen.testDone, true);
+});
+
+test('keeps video off on Android', () => {
+  const config = createAndroidAppEmulatorReleaseDetoxConfig({
+    gradleFlavor: 'expo56',
+  });
+
+  // The shared helper enables video for iOS simulators (simctl, host-side).
+  // On Android it would be `adb shell screenrecord` writing into the emulator
+  // userdata partition — the partition the road-test action already documents
+  // as ENOSPC-prone ("Do not set disk-size ... low on disk after Gradle/NDK
+  // builds"). Keep it off here; iOS is unaffected.
+  assert.equal(config.artifacts.plugins.video.enabled, false);
+  assert.equal(getDetoxArtifactsConfig().plugins.video.enabled, true);
+});
+
+test('inherits the remaining shared artifact plugins', () => {
+  const config = createAndroidAppEmulatorReleaseDetoxConfig({
+    gradleFlavor: 'expo56',
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(
+    config.artifacts.plugins.uiHierarchy,
+    getDetoxArtifactsConfig().plugins.uiHierarchy
+  );
+});
+
+test('keeps the existing app and device wiring intact', () => {
+  const config = createAndroidAppEmulatorReleaseDetoxConfig({
+    gradleFlavor: 'expo56',
+    detoxConfiguration: 'android.emu.release.expo56',
+    jestConfigPath: 'e2e/jest.config.expo56.cjs',
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(
+    config.apps['android.release'].binaryPath,
+    'app/build/outputs/apk/expo56/release/app-expo56-release.apk'
+  );
+  assert.equal(config.apps['android.release'].launchTimeout, 300000);
+  assert.equal(config.behavior.cleanup.shutdownDevice, false);
+  assert.ok(config.configurations['android.emu.release.expo56']);
+});