diff --git a/frontend/src/components/LoginPage.tsx b/frontend/src/components/LoginPage.tsx
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+import { useState, FormEvent } from 'react'
+
+interface LoginPageProps {
+  onLogin: (email: string, password: string) => Promise<void>
+}
+
+export function LoginPage({ onLogin }: LoginPageProps) {
+  const [email, setEmail] = useState('')
+  const [password, setPassword] = useState('')
+  const [error, setError] = useState('')
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
+
+  async function handleSubmit(e: FormEvent) {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    setError('')
+    setLoading(true)
+    try {
+      await onLogin(email, password)
+    } catch {
+      setError('Invalid credentials')
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="login-page">
+      <form className="login-card" onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
+        <h2>Research Workbench</h2>
+        {error && <div className="login-error">{error}</div>}
+        <label htmlFor="email">Email</label>
+        <input
+          id="email"
+          type="email"
+          value={email}
+          onChange={e => setEmail(e.target.value)}
+          autoFocus
+          required
+        />
+        <label htmlFor="password">Password</label>
+        <input
+          id="password"
+          type="password"
+          value={password}
+          onChange={e => setPassword(e.target.value)}
+          required
+        />
+        <button type="submit" disabled={loading}>
+          {loading ? 'Signing in...' : 'Sign In'}
+        </button>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/LoginPage.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/LoginPage.test.tsx
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+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
+import { LoginPage } from '../components/LoginPage'
+
+describe('LoginPage', () => {
+  it('renders a form with email and password inputs and heading', () => {
+    const onLogin = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+    render(<LoginPage onLogin={onLogin} />)
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Research Workbench' })).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /email/i })).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText(/password/i)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /sign in/i })).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('renders login-page and login-card CSS classes', () => {
+    const onLogin = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+    const { container } = render(<LoginPage onLogin={onLogin} />)
+
+    expect(container.querySelector('.login-page')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(container.querySelector('.login-card')).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('does not show error message initially', () => {
+    const onLogin = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+    render(<LoginPage onLogin={onLogin} />)
+
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Invalid credentials')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('calls onLogin with email and password on submit', async () => {
+    const onLogin = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+    render(<LoginPage onLogin={onLogin} />)
+
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /email/i }), 'test@example.com')
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByLabelText(/password/i), 'secret')
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /sign in/i }))
+
+    expect(onLogin).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test@example.com', 'secret')
+  })
+
+  it('shows "Invalid credentials" when onLogin rejects', async () => {
+    const onLogin = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('Unauthorized'))
+    render(<LoginPage onLogin={onLogin} />)
+
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /email/i }), 'bad@example.com')
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByLabelText(/password/i), 'wrong')
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /sign in/i }))
+
+    const errorEl = await screen.findByText('Invalid credentials')
+    expect(errorEl).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('disables the submit button and shows "Signing in..." while loading', async () => {
+    let resolve: () => void
+    const onLogin = vi.fn().mockImplementation(
+      () => new Promise<void>(r => { resolve = r })
+    )
+    const { container } = render(<LoginPage onLogin={onLogin} />)
+
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /email/i }), 'test@example.com')
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByLabelText(/password/i), 'password')
+
+    // Dispatch submit synchronously so loading state is captured before resolution
+    container.querySelector('form')!.dispatchEvent(
+      new Event('submit', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true })
+    )
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const btn = screen.getByRole('button', { name: /signing in/i })
+      expect(btn).toBeTruthy()
+      expect((btn as HTMLButtonElement).disabled).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    // Clean up: resolve the pending promise
+    resolve!()
+  })
+
+  it('re-enables button after onLogin resolves', async () => {
+    const onLogin = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+    render(<LoginPage onLogin={onLogin} />)
+
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /email/i }), 'test@example.com')
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByLabelText(/password/i), 'password')
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /sign in/i }))
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const btn = screen.getByRole('button', { name: /sign in/i })
+      expect((btn as HTMLButtonElement).disabled).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('clears error on new submission attempt', async () => {
+    let callCount = 0
+    const onLogin = vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+      callCount++
+      if (callCount === 1) return Promise.reject(new Error('Unauthorized'))
+      return Promise.resolve()
+    })
+
+    render(<LoginPage onLogin={onLogin} />)
+
+    // First submit — fails and shows error
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /email/i }), 'bad@example.com')
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByLabelText(/password/i), 'wrong')
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /sign in/i }))
+
+    const errorEl = await screen.findByText('Invalid credentials')
+    expect(errorEl).toBeTruthy()
+
+    // Second submit — error should be cleared
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /sign in/i }))
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.queryByText('Invalid credentials')).toBeNull()
+    })
+  })
+})