diff --git a/e2e/dashboard.spec.js b/e2e/dashboard.spec.js
index 83c6669f..137b790c 100644
--- a/e2e/dashboard.spec.js
+++ b/e2e/dashboard.spec.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    its Content-Security-Policy in force. */
 
 const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');
-const { seedConfig, dismissSetupPrompt, app } = require('./helpers');
+const { seedConfig, dismissSetupPrompt, app, widgetFramesLoaded } = require('./helpers');
 
 /* The dashboard shows the first-run prompt until it is dismissed, and builds no
    tiles behind it. */
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ test('one rotation into the phone layout loads each widget once', async ({ page,
   await stubPolls(page);
   await page.setViewportSize({ width: 844, height: 390 });
   await page.goto('/');
-  await page.locator('iframe').first().waitFor({ state: 'attached' });
-  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+  await widgetFramesLoaded(page);
   let loads = 0;
   page.on('framenavigated', f => {
     if (f !== page.mainFrame() && f.url().includes('/widgets/')) loads++;
@@ -157,8 +156,7 @@ test('a safe-area change rebuilds the phone layout once', async ({ page, request
   await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.locator('body.is-mob').waitFor({ state: 'attached' });
-  await page.locator('iframe').first().waitFor({ state: 'attached' });
-  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+  await widgetFramesLoaded(page);
   let loads = 0;
   page.on('framenavigated', f => {
     if (f !== page.mainFrame() && f.url().includes('/widgets/')) loads++;
diff --git a/e2e/helpers.js b/e2e/helpers.js
index c56a5fc6..6fb26aa0 100644
--- a/e2e/helpers.js
+++ b/e2e/helpers.js
@@ -200,6 +200,20 @@ async function animationsDone(page) {
   });
 }
 
+/** Resolve once every widget frame on the page has finished loading its widget.
+    @param {import('@playwright/test').Page} page */
+async function widgetFramesLoaded(page) {
+  await page.waitForFunction(() => {
+    const frames = [...document.querySelectorAll('iframe')];
+    return (
+      frames.length > 0 &&
+      frames.every(
+        f => f.contentWindow?.location.pathname.includes('/widgets/') && f.contentDocument?.readyState === 'complete',
+      )
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 /** The colour at one point, once it has stopped changing. A panel that fades in
     is still moving when it first becomes visible.
     @param {import('@playwright/test').Locator} locator
@@ -232,5 +246,6 @@ module.exports = {
   pixelAt,
   settledPixelAt,
   animationsDone,
+  widgetFramesLoaded,
   contrast,
 };
diff --git a/e2e/tile-names.spec.js b/e2e/tile-names.spec.js
index 53ba5e2c..a07ac6ec 100644
--- a/e2e/tile-names.spec.js
+++ b/e2e/tile-names.spec.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    tile. A badge is also not a live region. */
 
 const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');
-const { seedConfig, dismissSetupPrompt, app } = require('./helpers');
+const { seedConfig, dismissSetupPrompt, app, animationsDone } = require('./helpers');
 
 /* A host that cannot resolve, so the check fails the same way on every run. */
 const DEAD = 'http://does-not-resolve.invalid/';
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ test.describe('tile names', () => {
     await seedConfig(request, { items: [app('plain', 'Plain')], settings: { showLabels: { desktop: false } } });
     await page.goto('/');
     await page.locator('.icon').first().waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
-    await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+    await animationsDone(page);
     const without = await readLive();
 
     await seedConfig(request, { items: ITEMS, settings: { showLabels: { desktop: false } } });
     await page.goto('/');
     await page.locator('.badge.on').nth(2).waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
-    await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+    await animationsDone(page);
     const with3 = await readLive();
 
     expect(
diff --git a/e2e/wheel-paging.spec.js b/e2e/wheel-paging.spec.js
index ade9d34d..4276636e 100644
--- a/e2e/wheel-paging.spec.js
+++ b/e2e/wheel-paging.spec.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    a wheel inside it never reaches the dashboard unless it is handed on. */
 
 const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');
-const { seedConfig, dismissSetupPrompt, app } = require('./helpers');
+const { seedConfig, dismissSetupPrompt, app, widgetFramesLoaded } = require('./helpers');
 
 const MANY = Array.from({ length: 48 }, (_, i) => app(`a${i}`, `App ${i}`));
 const clock = {
@@ -23,11 +23,7 @@ async function open(page, request) {
   await page.route('**/api/health', r => r.fulfill({ status: 200, contentType: 'application/json', body: '{}' }));
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.locator('#dots .dot').nth(1).waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
-  await page.locator('.widget iframe').first().waitFor({ state: 'attached' });
-  await page.waitForFunction(() => {
-    const f = /** @type {HTMLIFrameElement|null} */ (document.querySelector('.widget iframe'));
-    return !!f && f.contentDocument?.readyState === 'complete';
-  });
+  await widgetFramesLoaded(page);
 }
 
 const current = page => page.locator('#dots .dot').evaluateAll(ds => ds.findIndex(d => d.classList.contains('on')));