diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/support/developer-ui.mjs b/packages/app/e2e/support/developer-ui.mjs
index 36d5752688..6b9e199a6c 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/support/developer-ui.mjs
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/support/developer-ui.mjs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 /** @param {import('@playwright/test').Page} page */
-export async function installDeveloperToastDismissal(page) {
+export async function hideDeveloperToasts(page) {
   // Developer chrome must not cover app actions or move the test's pointer/focus.
-  // Console errors remain in the runner's logs.
-  const dismiss = page.locator("#error-toast").getByRole("button", { name: "", exact: true });
-  await page.addLocatorHandler(dismiss, () => dismiss.dispatchEvent("click"), {
-    // A new logged error can replace the toast before the old one disappears.
-    noWaitAfter: true,
+  // Console errors remain in the runner's logs. Hiding the toast, instead of clicking it away,
+  // leaves no race with a toast that closes or is replaced between matching and clicking.
+  await page.addInitScript(() => {
+    const style = document.createElement("style");
+    style.textContent = "#error-toast { display: none !important; }";
+    document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => document.head.append(style));
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/support/fixtures.ts b/packages/app/e2e/support/fixtures.ts
index aa83df8e91..c621f43fce 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/support/fixtures.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/support/fixtures.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { test as base, expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
-import { installDeveloperToastDismissal } from "./developer-ui.mjs";
+import { hideDeveloperToasts } from "./developer-ui.mjs";
 import { startOutdatedDaemon, type OutdatedDaemon } from "./helpers/daemon-update";
 import { startE2EWorker } from "./helpers/e2e-worker";
 import { getE2EDaemonPort } from "./helpers/daemon-port";
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ const test = daemonTest.extend<{
         await ws.close({ code: 1008, reason: "Blocked connection to localhost:6767 during e2e." });
       });
 
-      await installDeveloperToastDismissal(page);
+      await hideDeveloperToasts(page);
 
       const entries: string[] = [];