diff --git a/e2e/tests/my-resources.spec.js b/e2e/tests/my-resources.spec.js
index b2cf06c1..dedfea06 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/my-resources.spec.js
+++ b/e2e/tests/my-resources.spec.js
@@ -211,8 +211,12 @@ test.describe('My Resources', () => {
     const done = Object.assign({}, running, { status: 'done', resource_id: 9,
       result: { resource: { id: 9, title: 'Croup in children (new)' },
         grounding: { used: true, count: 7 }, searches: [], imageJobs: [], imageFailures: [] } });
-    await stub(page, {
-      jobs: n => [n === 0 ? running : done],
+    // Running until Generate is pressed, done after it. The page polls the job
+    // list as soon as it opens, so a job that lands on a poll *count* would
+    // have landed before the click and there would be no transition to
+    // announce — which is the behaviour under test, not a detail of the stub.
+    const sent = await stub(page, {
+      jobs: () => (sent.length ? [done] : [running]),
       library: n => n === 0 ? LIBRARY : { success: true, resources: LIBRARY.resources.concat([
         { id: 9, title: 'Croup in children (new)', kind: 'presentation', topic: 'croup',
           grounded_count: 7, created_at: new Date().toISOString() }]) },
@@ -232,7 +236,8 @@ test.describe('My Resources', () => {
     const running = { id: 9, topic: 'croup', kind: 'presentation', status: 'running',
       created_at: new Date().toISOString() };
     const failed = Object.assign({}, running, { status: 'failed', error: 'The model returned nothing. Try again.' });
-    await stub(page, { jobs: n => [n === 0 ? running : failed] });
+    // As above: running until the click, so the failure is a transition.
+    const sent = await stub(page, { jobs: () => (sent.length ? [failed] : [running]) });
     await openTab(page);
     await page.fill('#mr-topic', 'croup');
     await page.click('#btn-mr-generate');
@@ -389,7 +394,9 @@ test.describe('My Resources', () => {
           { tool: 'pubmed_search', query: 'croup', count: 6, reason: null },
           { tool: 'web_search', query: 'croup', count: 0, reason: 'no results' },
         ], imageJobs: [], imageFailures: [] } });
-    await stub(page, { jobs: n => [n === 0 ? running : done] });
+    // Running until the click, done after it — searching happens server-side,
+    // inside the job, so what was searched for arrives with the landing.
+    const sent = await stub(page, { jobs: () => (sent.length ? [done] : [running]) });
     await openTab(page);
     await page.fill('#mr-topic', 'croup');
     await page.click('#btn-mr-generate');