diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Testing/RetailUiAutomationProbe.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Testing/RetailUiAutomationProbe.cs
index 42218789..d3ab64c1 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Testing/RetailUiAutomationProbe.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Testing/RetailUiAutomationProbe.cs
@@ -131,6 +131,32 @@ public sealed class RetailUiAutomationProbe
         return true;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 2026-08-17 morning gate: synthetic pointer HOVER (no click) at an
+    /// element's center, for rollover/tooltip verification. Deliberately
+    /// does NOT <see cref="Advance"/> the probe's own micro-clock: hover
+    /// dwell (<see cref="UiRoot.MouseIdleMs"/> vs
+    /// <see cref="UiRoot.TooltipDelayMs"/>) and the world-tooltip timing
+    /// must ride the PRODUCTION frame tick's real monotonic clock
+    /// (<c>UiHost.Tick</c>'s <c>TickCount64</c>), which keeps running
+    /// between script commands — an <c>Advance</c> here would stamp the
+    /// idle timestamp with this probe's tiny private counter and make the
+    /// next production tick read an enormous (or negative) idle time.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool HoverElement(uint datElementId)
+    {
+        var target = FindByDatElementId(datElementId);
+        if (target is null) return Fail($"element 0x{datElementId:X8} not found");
+        _root.OnMouseMove((int)target.CenterX, (int)target.CenterY);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Raw synthetic mouse move (canvas coordinates). Same
+    /// no-<see cref="Advance"/> contract as <see cref="HoverElement"/> —
+    /// used to sweep the pointer across the 3D world for the world-hover
+    /// tooltip's mouse-idle dwell verification.</summary>
+    public void MoveMouse(int x, int y) => _root.OnMouseMove(x, y);
+
     public bool ClickItem(uint itemGuid, ItemDragSource? sourceKind = null)
     {
         var target = FindByItemId(itemGuid, sourceKind);
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Testing/RetailUiAutomationScriptRunner.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Testing/RetailUiAutomationScriptRunner.cs
index 4fc0e1f7..46d0ec37 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Testing/RetailUiAutomationScriptRunner.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Testing/RetailUiAutomationScriptRunner.cs
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ public sealed class RetailUiAutomationScriptRunner : IDisposable
         {
             "dump" => DoDump(),
             "click" => DoClick(command),
+            "hover" => DoHover(command),
+            "mousemove" => DoMouseMove(command),
             "doubleclick" => DoDoubleClick(command),
             "drag" => DoDrag(command),
             "wait" => DoWait(command),
@@ -232,6 +234,34 @@ public sealed class RetailUiAutomationScriptRunner : IDisposable
         return Stop(command, "usage: click element <datId> | click item <guid> [source]");
     }
 
+    /// <summary>2026-08-17 morning gate: `hover element &lt;datId&gt;` — a
+    /// synthetic pointer hover with NO click, for rollover-state and
+    /// tooltip-dwell verification (the drive scripts must not move the real
+    /// OS cursor when a user is present). See
+    /// <see cref="RetailUiAutomationProbe.HoverElement"/>'s own doc for the
+    /// deliberate no-<c>Advance</c> clock contract.</summary>
+    private bool DoHover(ScriptCommand command)
+    {
+        var p = command.Parts;
+        if (p.Length < 3 || !string.Equals(p[1], "element", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            return Stop(command, "usage: hover element <datId>");
+        if (!TryParseUInt(p[2], out uint datId)) return Stop(command, $"bad element id '{p[2]}'");
+        return _probe.HoverElement(datId) || Stop(command, "hover element failed");
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>`mousemove &lt;x&gt; &lt;y&gt;` — raw synthetic pointer move in
+    /// canvas coordinates (world-hover dwell sweeps).</summary>
+    private bool DoMouseMove(ScriptCommand command)
+    {
+        var p = command.Parts;
+        if (p.Length != 3)
+            return Stop(command, "usage: mousemove <x> <y>");
+        if (!TryParseInt(p[1], out int x)) return Stop(command, $"bad x '{p[1]}'");
+        if (!TryParseInt(p[2], out int y)) return Stop(command, $"bad y '{p[2]}'");
+        _probe.MoveMouse(x, y);
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private bool DoDoubleClick(ScriptCommand command)
     {
         var p = command.Parts;