diff --git a/hugo/hugo.toml b/hugo/hugo.toml
index b66c9eca7..13f0e960f 100644
--- a/hugo/hugo.toml
+++ b/hugo/hugo.toml
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ enableRobotsTXT = false  # we ship our own via the robots output format
     [markup.goldmark.renderer]
       unsafe = true
     [markup.goldmark.parser]
+      # #directive-hotspots: a standalone image with a following block-attribute
+      # line (`![](img)\n{hotspots=…}`) only has its attributes delivered to the
+      # image render hook's .Attributes when the image is NOT wrapped in a <p>.
+      # With the default (true) goldmark wraps it and the attribute block never
+      # attaches, so `{hotspots=…}` leaked as literal text and no overlay rendered.
+      # The render hooks already emit <figure>/<div> wrappers, so dropping the
+      # redundant <p> is also cleaner HTML. No CSS depends on p>img (checked).
+      wrapStandAloneImageWithinParagraph = false
       [markup.goldmark.parser.attribute]
         block = true
         title = true
diff --git a/scripts/fetch-tutorials.ts b/scripts/fetch-tutorials.ts
index 6f68b5b48..c0b8835fd 100644
--- a/scripts/fetch-tutorials.ts
+++ b/scripts/fetch-tutorials.ts
@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ export function writeHugoPage(
   variables?: import('./parsers/variables.js').TutorialVariable[],
   syncKeysUsed?: Set<string>,
   syncGroups?: import('./parsers/types.js').TutorialFrontmatter['syncGroups'],
+  testedWith?: import('./parsers/types.js').TutorialFrontmatter['testedWith'],
+  requires?: import('./parsers/types.js').TutorialFrontmatter['requires'],
 ): void {
   const content = renderHugoFrontmatter({
     slug,
@@ -679,6 +681,8 @@ export function writeHugoPage(
     variables,
     syncKeysUsed,
     syncGroups,
+    testedWith,
+    requires,
   })
 
   mkdirSync(outputDir, { recursive: true })
@@ -1721,6 +1725,8 @@ async function main() {
           composed.variables,
           composed.syncKeysUsed.size > 0 ? composed.syncKeysUsed : undefined,
           composed.syncGroups,
+          composed.testedWith,
+          composed.requires,
         )
         authorRows.push({
           authorProfile: frontmatter.author_profile ?? '',
diff --git a/scripts/parsers/__tests__/render-frontmatter-testedwith.test.ts b/scripts/parsers/__tests__/render-frontmatter-testedwith.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bc6b9080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/parsers/__tests__/render-frontmatter-testedwith.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { parse as parseYaml } from 'yaml'
+import { renderHugoFrontmatter } from '../render-frontmatter.js'
+import type { RenderHugoFrontmatterArgs } from '../render-frontmatter.js'
+import type { TutorialNavEntry } from '../types.js'
+
+// #directive-demos: testedWith + requires were parsed, composed, and accepted by
+// renderHugoFrontmatter — but writeHugoPage (fetch-tutorials.ts) never forwarded
+// them, so .Params.testedWith was always empty and the "Tested with" panel never
+// rendered. The only prior testedWith test covered checkTestedWithFreshness, not
+// the generated frontmatter — which is why the drop went unnoticed. These lock
+// the rendered-frontmatter contract the u1 layout + prereq card depend on.
+
+const minimalNav: TutorialNavEntry = {
+  slug: 'demo', title: 'Demo', description: '', time: 5, level: 'beginner',
+  stepCount: 1, primaryTag: '', displayTags: [], displayTagSlugs: [],
+  repo: 'sap-tutorials/demo', branch: 'main', prev: null, next: null,
+}
+
+function fmFrom(content: string): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const m = content.match(/^---\r?\n([\s\S]*?)\r?\n---/)
+  if (!m) throw new Error('no frontmatter')
+  return parseYaml(m[1]) as Record<string, unknown>
+}
+
+describe('renderHugoFrontmatter — testedWith + requires', () => {
+  const baseArgs: RenderHugoFrontmatterArgs = {
+    slug: 'demo', title: 'Demo', description: '', time: 5, level: 'beginner',
+    tags: [], primaryTag: '', author: 'Thomas Jung',
+    authorProfile: 'https://github.com/jung-thomas', youWillLearn: [],
+    prerequisites: '', steps: [{ number: 1, title: 'Step 1', content: '' }],
+    nav: minimalNav, lastUpdated: '', createdAt: '', contributors: [],
+  }
+
+  it('emits testedWith map into the frontmatter (→ .Params.testedWith)', () => {
+    const content = renderHugoFrontmatter({
+      ...baseArgs,
+      testedWith: { '@sap/cds': '10.x', node: '22' },
+    })
+    expect(content).toContain('testedWith:')
+    const fm = fmFrom(content)
+    expect(fm.testedWith).toEqual({ '@sap/cds': '10.x', node: '22' })
+  })
+
+  it('emits requires list into the frontmatter (→ .Params.requires)', () => {
+    const content = renderHugoFrontmatter({
+      ...baseArgs,
+      requires: ['hana-cloud-mission-trial-1'],
+    })
+    const fm = fmFrom(content)
+    expect(fm.requires).toEqual(['hana-cloud-mission-trial-1'])
+  })
+
+  it('omits testedWith when empty/unset', () => {
+    expect('testedWith' in fmFrom(renderHugoFrontmatter(baseArgs))).toBe(false)
+    expect('testedWith' in fmFrom(renderHugoFrontmatter({ ...baseArgs, testedWith: {} }))).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('omits requires when empty/unset', () => {
+    expect('requires' in fmFrom(renderHugoFrontmatter(baseArgs))).toBe(false)
+    expect('requires' in fmFrom(renderHugoFrontmatter({ ...baseArgs, requires: [] }))).toBe(false)
+  })
+})