diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/model-search-across-providers.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/model-search-across-providers.spec.ts
index ba2c37f895..c09de28199 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/model-search-across-providers.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/model-search-across-providers.spec.ts
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ catalogTest(
     await test.step("open a draft with a one-row runtime catalog", async () => {
       await setRuntimeCatalog(client, 1, workspace.repoPath);
       await gotoWorkspace(page, workspace.workspaceId);
+      await clickNewChat(page);
       await expectComposerVisible(page);
     });
     await test.step("open New Agent after the provider publishes repeated model rows", async () => {