diff --git a/apps/desktop/e2e/session-compression-and-queue-stop.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/e2e/session-compression-and-queue-stop.spec.ts
index 911f15c78407..f9d8218aba2b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/e2e/session-compression-and-queue-stop.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/e2e/session-compression-and-queue-stop.spec.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@
 
 import { expect, test, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
 
-import {
-  type MockBackendFixture,
-  setupMockBackend,
-  waitForAppReady,
-} from './fixtures'
+import { type MockBackendFixture, setupMockBackend, waitForAppReady } from './fixtures'
 import { MOCK_REPLY, receivedUserTexts, restartMockServer } from './mock-server'
 
 async function send(page: Page, text: string, delay = 15): Promise<void> {
@@ -25,12 +21,11 @@ async function pasteAndSend(page: Page, text: string): Promise<void> {
   await page.keyboard.press('Enter')
 }
 
-
 async function waitForTranscript(page: Page, text: string, timeout = 90_000): Promise<void> {
   await page.waitForFunction(
     expected => document.querySelector('[data-slot="aui_thread-viewport"]')?.textContent?.includes(expected) ?? false,
     text,
-    { timeout },
+    { timeout }
   )
 }
 
@@ -70,15 +65,18 @@ test.describe('session compression', () => {
     const composer = page.locator('[contenteditable="true"]').first()
     await composer.click()
     await composer.type('/compress', { delay: 15 })
-    await page.getByText('/compress').first().waitFor({ state: 'visible' })
+    const compressionCompletion = page
+      .locator('[data-slot="composer-completion-drawer"][role="listbox"]')
+      .getByRole('button', { name: /^\/compress\b/ })
+    await expect(compressionCompletion).toBeVisible()
+    await compressionCompletion.hover()
+    await expect(compressionCompletion).toHaveAttribute('data-highlighted', '')
     await page.keyboard.press('Enter')
+    await expect(composer.locator('[data-slot="aui_slash-chip"][title="/compress"]')).toBeVisible()
     await composer.type(' preserve the three test turns', { delay: 15 })
     await page.keyboard.press('Enter')
     await expect
-      .poll(
-        () => page.locator('[data-slot="aui_thread-viewport"]').textContent(),
-        { timeout: 90_000 },
-      )
+      .poll(() => page.locator('[data-slot="aui_thread-viewport"]').textContent(), { timeout: 90_000 })
       .toMatch(/Compressed|No changes from compression/)
 
     // Compression rotates the agent's live session id. A post-compression
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ auxiliary:
     provider: custom
     model: mock-model`,
       mockServer: {
-        holdFirstCompletionContaining: 'You are a summarization agent creating a context checkpoint.',
+        holdFirstCompletionContaining: 'You are a summarization agent creating a context checkpoint.'
       }
     })
     await waitForAppReady(fixture, 120_000)