diff --git a/e2e/playwright/native-file-menu.spec.ts b/e2e/playwright/native-file-menu.spec.ts
index a6ece3aed..260dd3a2b 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright/native-file-menu.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright/native-file-menu.spec.ts
@@ -2266,14 +2266,15 @@ test.describe('Native file menu', { tag: ['@electron'] }, () => {
 
         // Run electron snippet to find the Menu!
         await page.waitForTimeout(100) // wait for createModelingPageMenu() to run
-        await tronApp.electron.evaluate(async ({ app }) => {
-          if (!app || !app.applicationMenu) fail()
+        await expect.poll(async () => await tronApp.electron.evaluate(async ({ app }) => {
+          if (!app || !app.applicationMenu) return false
           const menu = app.applicationMenu.getMenuItemById(
             'Help.Refresh and report a bug'
           )
-          if (!menu) fail()
+          if (!menu) return false
           menu.click()
-        })
+          return true
+        })).toBe(true)
         // Core dump and refresh magic number timeout
         await scene.connectionEstablished()
         await expect(toolbar.startSketchBtn).toBeVisible()
diff --git a/e2e/playwright/testing-samples-loading.spec.ts b/e2e/playwright/testing-samples-loading.spec.ts
index b2f41b826..c0806387c 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright/testing-samples-loading.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright/testing-samples-loading.spec.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ test.describe('Testing in-app sample loading', () => {
   test(
     'Desktop: should create new file by default, optionally overwrite',
     { tag: '@electron' },
-    async ({ editor, context, page }, testInfo) => {
+    async ({ editor, context, page, scene, cmdBar }, testInfo) => {
       const { dir } = await context.folderSetupFn(async (dir) => {
         const bracketDir = join(dir, 'bracket')
         await fsp.mkdir(bracketDir, { recursive: true })
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ test.describe('Testing in-app sample loading', () => {
       await test.step(`Test setup`, async () => {
         await page.setBodyDimensions({ width: 1200, height: 500 })
         await projectCard.click()
-        await u.waitForPageLoad()
+        await scene.settled(cmdBar)
       })
 
       await test.step(`Precondition: check the initial code`, async () => {