diff --git a/tests/e2e/ui/tests/auth/logout.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/ui/tests/auth/logout.spec.ts
index fcdd71898e2..8d251d52ef7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ui/tests/auth/logout.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/ui/tests/auth/logout.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import { Role, users } from "../../fixtures/users";
 import { logInThroughLoginPage } from "../../helpers/userOnboarding";
 
+const LOGOUT_URL = process.env.PROXY_LOGOUT_URL ?? "";
+
 test.describe("Logout", () => {
   test.use({ storageState: { cookies: [], origins: [] } });
 
@@ -9,9 +11,21 @@ test.describe("Logout", () => {
     const admin = users[Role.ProxyAdmin];
     await logInThroughLoginPage(page, admin.email, admin.password);
 
+    if (LOGOUT_URL) {
+      const target = new URL(LOGOUT_URL);
+      await page.route(
+        (url) => url.origin === target.origin,
+        (route) =>
+          route.fulfill({ status: 200, contentType: "text/html", body: "<html><body>logged out</body></html>" }),
+      );
+    }
+    const settingsLoaded = page.waitForResponse((r) => r.url().includes("/sso/get/ui_settings") && r.ok(), {
+      timeout: 30_000,
+    });
     await page.goto("/ui");
     // Scope to the sidebar; the top-bar breadcrumb also shows "Virtual Keys".
     await expect(page.getByRole("complementary").getByText("Virtual Keys")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+    await settingsLoaded;
 
     // Open the sidebar account menu. The trigger button exposes an aria-label
     // of "Account menu — <role> — signed in as <email>"; clicking it opens the
@@ -22,8 +36,12 @@ test.describe("Logout", () => {
     await expect(popup).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5_000 });
 
     // Click Logout — the handler clears the auth cookie and navigates via
-    // window.location.href = PROXY_LOGOUT_URL (empty string in the e2e env).
+    // window.location.href = PROXY_LOGOUT_URL.
+    const loggedOut = LOGOUT_URL
+      ? page.waitForURL((url) => url.origin === new URL(LOGOUT_URL).origin, { timeout: 15_000 })
+      : page.waitForEvent("load", { timeout: 15_000 });
     await popup.getByRole("button", { name: "Logout" }).click();
+    await loggedOut;
     await expect
       .poll(async () => (await page.context().cookies()).filter((c) => c.name === "token").length, {
         timeout: 15_000,