diff --git a/packages/testing/playwright/composables/WorkflowComposer.ts b/packages/testing/playwright/composables/WorkflowComposer.ts
index 728fb84918e..0f60b285b7d 100644
--- a/packages/testing/playwright/composables/WorkflowComposer.ts
+++ b/packages/testing/playwright/composables/WorkflowComposer.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,15 @@ export class WorkflowComposer {
 			await this.selectFolderInMoveModal(folder);
 		}
 
+		// The list only refetches after the transfer has completed. Waiting for the
+		// request keeps the next navigation from reading the pre-move state.
+		const transferred = this.n8n.page.waitForResponse(
+			(response) =>
+				response.request().method() === 'PUT' &&
+				/\/rest\/workflows\/[^/]+\/transfer$/.test(response.url()),
+		);
 		await this.n8n.resourceMoveModal.clickConfirmMoveButton();
+		expect((await transferred).ok()).toBe(true);
 	}
 
 	private async selectProjectInMoveModal(projectNameOrEmail: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/testing/playwright/pages/SidebarPage.ts b/packages/testing/playwright/pages/SidebarPage.ts
index e2444dfd706..05bc6d5c767 100644
--- a/packages/testing/playwright/pages/SidebarPage.ts
+++ b/packages/testing/playwright/pages/SidebarPage.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import { expect, type Locator } from '@playwright/test';
 
 import { BasePage } from './BasePage';
 
+/** Any page of a project: /projects/<id>/workflows, /projects/<id>/credentials, ... */
+const PROJECT_ROUTE = /\/projects\/[^/]+\//;
+
 export class SidebarPage extends BasePage {
 	get container() {
 		return this.page.locator('#side-menu');
@@ -36,8 +39,15 @@ export class SidebarPage extends BasePage {
 		await this.container.getByTestId('project-home-menu-item').click();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Both project clicks wait for the project route. A click issued while a list
+	 * view is still initializing can be cancelled by that view's own
+	 * `router.replace` of its query string; then the page stays where it was and
+	 * the caller's assertions run against the wrong list.
+	 */
 	async clickPersonalMenuItem() {
 		await this.container.getByTestId('project-personal-menu-item').click();
+		await this.page.waitForURL(PROJECT_ROUTE);
 	}
 
 	async clickWorkflowsLink(): Promise<void> {
@@ -92,6 +102,7 @@ export class SidebarPage extends BasePage {
 	async clickProjectMenuItem(projectName: string) {
 		await this.expand();
 		await this.getProjectMenuItems().filter({ hasText: projectName }).click();
+		await this.page.waitForURL(PROJECT_ROUTE);
 	}
 
 	getSettings(): Locator {
diff --git a/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/projects/projects-move-resources.spec.ts b/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/projects/projects-move-resources.spec.ts
index 466e62f9525..df0e3e44e5c 100644
--- a/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/projects/projects-move-resources.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/projects/projects-move-resources.spec.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ test.describe(
 
 			// Navigate to home to load sidebar with new projects
 			await n8n.goHome();
+			// The Overview lists the three workflows created above. Waiting for them
+			// lets the view finish its first initialization, which ends with a
+			// `router.replace` of the query string. A sidebar click that lands during
+			// that replace is cancelled and the page stays on the Overview.
+			await expect(n8n.workflows.cards.getWorkflows()).toHaveCount(3);
 		});
 
 		test('should move the workflow to expected projects @auth:owner', async ({ n8n }) => {