diff --git a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/steer-all/mid-steer.expected.md b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/steer-all/mid-steer.expected.md
index 20d799ca79..998ee98129 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/snapshots/steer-all/mid-steer.expected.md
+++ b/apps/web/tests/snapshots/steer-all/mid-steer.expected.md
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
   - img
   - img
   - text: Context injection @deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt
+- text: Running
+- button "Think The user wants me to ask them a checkpoint question first, then continue with whatever they interject. Let me do exactly that.":
+  - img
+  - img
+  - text: Think The user wants me to ask them a checkpoint question first, then continue with whatever they interject. Let me do exactly that.
 - status: Deep diving...
 - text: "Interjection Interjection: include the word BANANA in your final reply."
 - button "Copy":
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/steering.e2e.ts b/apps/web/tests/steering.e2e.ts
index 182f892d54..8a09582b56 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/steering.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/web/tests/steering.e2e.ts
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ describe('web e2e: empty-draft Cmd+Enter steers the whole queue', () => {
       { timeout: 10_000 },
     ).toBe(2)
     expect(await page.locator('[data-queue-dock]').count()).toBe(0)
+    // The reasoning row streams independently of the steering handoff; wait
+    // for it so the mid snapshot pins the assistant step, not the pre-render
+    // gap a fast machine can catch between steering acceptance and the block.
+    await page.locator('[data-variant="think"]').first().waitFor({ timeout: 10_000 })
     const mid = await captureStableAria(page, '[class*="centerCol"]', scaffold.workspaceCwd)
     await compareOrRefreshGolden(STEER_ALL_MID, mid, MODE)