diff --git a/frontend/e2e/routes.ts b/frontend/e2e/routes.ts
index 9de0908e..8ef9544d 100644
--- a/frontend/e2e/routes.ts
+++ b/frontend/e2e/routes.ts
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ export const ROUTE_MANIFEST: RouteManifestEntry[] = [
             { rule: 'color-contrast', target: /text-muted-foreground\\?\/50/ },
             // The tab-panel ones below are defects awaiting a fix, not accepted design.
             { rule: 'aria-progressbar-name', target: /bg-primary/ },
-            { rule: 'button-name', target: /span\[data-slot|button\[aria-label/ },
-            { rule: 'target-size', target: /text-blue-400|button\[aria-label/ },
+            // Both are the Files tab's file-manager controls. Anchored on the offending nodes: matching
+            // `button[aria-label` instead would waive the rule for every labelled button on the route.
+            { rule: 'button-name', target: /tooltip-trigger.*size-8\[data-slot="button"\]/ },
+            { rule: 'target-size', target: /text-blue-400|button\[aria-label="Select / },
             { rule: 'color-contrast', target: /font-semibold\.truncate/ },
             // The same file-manager row metadata waived on /resources — this tab embeds it.
             { rule: 'color-contrast', target: /text-muted-foreground\\?\/80/ },
diff --git a/frontend/e2e/specs/dashboard/dashboard.spec.ts b/frontend/e2e/specs/dashboard/dashboard.spec.ts
index b0dbd8b6..b34d9c1c 100644
--- a/frontend/e2e/specs/dashboard/dashboard.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/e2e/specs/dashboard/dashboard.spec.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ test.describe('dashboard', { tag: '@coverage' }, () => {
 
         test('overview tab loads lazily and renders metrics and usage tables', async ({ page, pageErrorLog }) => {
             await page.goto('/dashboard');
-            // Lazy: the overview metrics are not mounted while the Analytics tab is active.
+            // The route is lazy, so this must wait for the Analytics panel first: a bare negative
+            // assert is satisfied by "nothing has rendered yet" and can never fail.
+            await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Flows Activity Over Time' })).toBeVisible();
             // not.toBeAttached, not toBeHidden — the latter also passes for a mounted-but-hidden node,
             // so it would not catch the panel being eagerly mounted (all its queries firing).
             await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { exact: true, name: 'Total Flows' })).not.toBeAttached();
diff --git a/frontend/e2e/specs/smoke.spec.ts b/frontend/e2e/specs/smoke.spec.ts
index fba878c0..7ce050fa 100644
--- a/frontend/e2e/specs/smoke.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/e2e/specs/smoke.spec.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ test.describe('smoke', { tag: '@smoke' }, () => {
             // react-hook-form leaves Submit disabled after a failed submit until
             // an input changes.
             await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in' })).toBeDisabled();
+
+            await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Password' }).fill('another-password');
+
+            await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in' })).toBeEnabled();
             // The 401 logs an expected browser console error, but the path must raise no
             // uncaught JS exception / unhandled rejection.
             expect(pageErrorLog.pageErrors).toEqual([]);