diff --git a/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/src/tests/e2ee/dehydrated_devices.rs b/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/src/tests/e2ee/dehydrated_devices.rs
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+++ b/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/src/tests/e2ee/dehydrated_devices.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+//! Live MSC3814 round trip against a real homeserver.
+//!
+//! Validates that the [`DehydratedDevices`] manager can:
+//!
+//!  1. Probe support.
+//!  2. Create and upload a dehydrated device with a locally generated pickle
+//!     key.
+//!  3. Rehydrate the very same device and observe that the server-side device
+//!     is gone afterwards.
+//!  4. Drive the same lifecycle from `start` after bootstrapping Recovery,
+//!     proving that the Secret Storage pickle-key round trip works against a
+//!     real account-data backend.
+//!
+//! The test points at `HOMESERVER_URL` and registers a fresh user, so it
+//! works against Synapse and Tuwunel without code changes.
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use assert_matches2::assert_let;
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use matrix_sdk::{
+    encryption::{
+        EncryptionSettings,
+        dehydrated_devices::{DehydratedDeviceEvent, StartDehydrationOpts},
+    },
+    timeout::timeout,
+};
+use matrix_sdk_base::crypto::store::types::DehydratedDeviceKey;
+use tracing::{info, warn};
+
+use crate::helpers::TestClientBuilder;
+
+/// Direct `create` → `rehydrate` round trip without involving Secret Storage.
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_dehydrated_device_direct_round_trip() -> Result<()> {
+    // Cross-signing must be bootstrapped: a dehydrated device upload signs
+    // the device keys with the local self-signing key.
+    let encryption_settings =
+        EncryptionSettings { auto_enable_cross_signing: true, ..Default::default() };
+
+    let alice = TestClientBuilder::new("alice_dehydrated_direct")
+        .use_sqlite()
+        .encryption_settings(encryption_settings)
+        .build()
+        .await?;
+    alice.encryption().wait_for_e2ee_initialization_tasks().await;
+
+    let dehydrated = alice.encryption().dehydrated_devices();
+    if !dehydrated.is_supported().await? {
+        warn!("Homeserver does not advertise MSC3814; skipping the dehydrated-device round trip");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let mut events = Box::pin(dehydrated.events());
+
+    let pickle_key = DehydratedDeviceKey::new();
+    let device_id = dehydrated.create(Some("Direct round trip"), &pickle_key).await?;
+    info!(?device_id, "Alice uploaded a dehydrated device");
+
+    let mut saw_created = false;
+    let mut saw_uploaded = false;
+    let mut saw_rh_started = false;
+    let mut saw_rh_completed = false;
+    let mut saw_deleted = false;
+
+    // Rehydrate first to emit the matching events; observe both lifecycles
+    // off the same stream in one drain.
+    assert!(dehydrated.rehydrate(&pickle_key).await?);
+
+    timeout(
+        async {
+            while !(saw_created
+                && saw_uploaded
+                && saw_rh_started
+                && saw_rh_completed
+                && saw_deleted)
+            {
+                let event = events.next().await.expect("event stream is open")?;
+                match event {
+                    DehydratedDeviceEvent::Created { device_id: id } => {
+                        assert_eq!(id, device_id);
+                        saw_created = true;
+                    }
+                    DehydratedDeviceEvent::Uploaded { device_id: id } => {
+                        assert_eq!(id, device_id);
+                        saw_uploaded = true;
+                    }
+                    DehydratedDeviceEvent::RehydrationStarted { device_id: id } => {
+                        assert_eq!(id, device_id);
+                        saw_rh_started = true;
+                    }
+                    DehydratedDeviceEvent::RehydrationCompleted { device_id: id, .. } => {
+                        assert_eq!(id, device_id);
+                        saw_rh_completed = true;
+                    }
+                    DehydratedDeviceEvent::Deleted => saw_deleted = true,
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+            Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(())
+        },
+        Duration::from_secs(15),
+    )
+    .await??;
+
+    // The server-side device is gone; rehydrate now returns false.
+    assert_let!(Ok(false) = dehydrated.rehydrate(&pickle_key).await);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Full `start` lifecycle with Recovery wired up: the pickle key is
+/// resolved out of Secret Storage rather than supplied by the caller.
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_dehydrated_device_start_via_recovery() -> Result<()> {
+    let encryption_settings = EncryptionSettings {
+        auto_enable_cross_signing: true,
+        auto_enable_backups: true,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+
+    let alice = TestClientBuilder::new("alice_dehydrated_start")
+        .use_sqlite()
+        .encryption_settings(encryption_settings)
+        .build()
+        .await?;
+
+    alice.encryption().wait_for_e2ee_initialization_tasks().await;
+
+    let recovery = alice.encryption().recovery();
+    let recovery_key = recovery.enable().await?;
+    info!("Alice has enabled recovery; the pickle key lives in Secret Storage");
+
+    let dehydrated = alice.encryption().dehydrated_devices();
+    if !dehydrated.is_supported().await? {
+        warn!("Homeserver does not advertise MSC3814; skipping the start-via-recovery flow");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let secret_store = alice.encryption().secret_storage().open_secret_store(&recovery_key).await?;
+
+    let mut events = Box::pin(dehydrated.events());
+
+    dehydrated.start(&secret_store, StartDehydrationOpts::default()).await?;
+    let first_id = timeout(
+        async {
+            loop {
+                let event = events.next().await.expect("event stream is open")?;
+                if let DehydratedDeviceEvent::Uploaded { device_id } = event {
+                    return Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(device_id);
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        Duration::from_secs(15),
+    )
+    .await??;
+    info!(?first_id, "Alice's first start uploaded a dehydrated device");
+
+    dehydrated.start(&secret_store, StartDehydrationOpts::default()).await?;
+    let second_id = timeout(
+        async {
+            loop {
+                let event = events.next().await.expect("event stream is open")?;
+                if let DehydratedDeviceEvent::Uploaded { device_id } = event {
+                    return Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(device_id);
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        Duration::from_secs(15),
+    )
+    .await??;
+    assert_ne!(second_id, first_id, "the rotation must produce a different device id");
+
+    dehydrated.stop();
+    dehydrated.delete().await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/src/tests/e2ee/mod.rs b/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/src/tests/e2ee/mod.rs
index 608aa3dbc..c99f19daf 100644
--- a/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/src/tests/e2ee/mod.rs
+++ b/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/src/tests/e2ee/mod.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, warn};
 
 use crate::helpers::{SyncTokenAwareClient, TestClientBuilder};
 
+mod dehydrated_devices;
 mod shared_history;
 #[cfg(feature = "experimental-encrypted-state-events")]
 mod state_events;