diff --git a/tests/ui-specifiers.spec.ts b/tests/ui-specifiers.spec.ts
index e09c967f1d..2dcbd9414f 100644
--- a/tests/ui-specifiers.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/ui-specifiers.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import AxeBuilder from "@axe-core/playwright";
 import { expect, test, type Locator, type Page, type TestInfo } from "playwright/test";
-import { clickWhenSettled, expectSingleSettledOwner } from "./playwright-settlement";
+import { clickWhenSettled, expectSingleSettledOwner, visibleByText } from "./playwright-settlement";
 
 const axeWcagTags = ["wcag2a", "wcag2aa", "wcag21a", "wcag21aa"];
 const axeBlockingImpacts = new Set(["critical", "serious"]);
@@ -141,7 +141,12 @@ test("searches clinical language without provenance fields and carries a result
     await page.goto(guidesUrl.toString());
   }
   await expect(page).toHaveURL(/scope=guides/);
-  await expect(page.getByText("Top match", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  // `visibleByText`, not a bare getByText: until React's `$RV` reveal runs, the
+  // streamed copy of this route is still parked in a `<div hidden id="S:n">` at
+  // the end of <body> (see `(search-app)/loading.tsx`), so a page-level query
+  // resolves to the live badge plus that hidden twin and trips strict mode.
+  // Chromium reveals before this line; WebKit loses the race (#093).
+  await expect(visibleByText(page, "Top match", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
   // Below the sm breakpoint the results band swaps the desktop trigger for its phone twin.
   const phoneWidth = (page.viewportSize()?.width ?? 1280) < 640;
   const filterTrigger = page.getByTestId(