diff --git a/frontend/e2e/playlists.spec.ts b/frontend/e2e/playlists.spec.ts
index 08cc28c9..d63ed3dc 100644
--- a/frontend/e2e/playlists.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/e2e/playlists.spec.ts
@@ -66,11 +66,13 @@ async function carry(page: Page, grip: Locator, to: { x: number; y: number }) {
 
 /** The same onto the rail. An unpinned one is a tab until the drag's own hover peeks it open. */
 async function carryToRail(page: Page, grip: Locator, target: Locator) {
+  const tab = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Pin Playlists open" });
+  // The rail's lists answer after the rows: until then a pinned rail shows neither the list nor a tab.
+  await target.or(tab).first().waitFor();
   if (await target.isVisible()) {
     await carry(page, grip, await centre(target));
     return;
   }
-  const tab = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Pin Playlists open" });
   await carry(page, grip, await centre(tab));
   await expect(target).toBeVisible();
   await page.mouse.move(...(Object.values(await centre(target)) as [number, number]), { steps: 6 });