diff --git a/poc/test/media-ui-smoke.mjs b/poc/test/media-ui-smoke.mjs
index 5537712..8a495ab 100644
--- a/poc/test/media-ui-smoke.mjs
+++ b/poc/test/media-ui-smoke.mjs
@@ -206,10 +206,11 @@ try {
         () => document.querySelector("#title-lane")?.textContent?.includes("Titles (YouTube)"),
         { timeout: 15000 }
     );
-    check(
-        "recovery card renders",
-        (await page.locator("#recover-lane").textContent())?.includes("Recover Discord previews") === true
+    await page.waitForFunction(
+        () => document.querySelector("#recover-lane")?.textContent?.includes("Recover Discord previews"),
+        { timeout: 15000 }
     );
+    check("recovery card renders", true);
     const withMessage = await page.evaluate(async () => {
         const response = await fetch("/api/media?kind=video&limit=5");
         const body = await response.json();
@@ -230,7 +231,11 @@ try {
     );
     step("eta tooltips", etaTitles);
     check("queue eta tooltip", etaTitles.some(title => title.includes("queue drains in")));
-    check("job eta tooltip", etaTitles.some(title => /starts in .* runs for/.test(title)));
+    if ((await page.locator(".vk-bot-job").count()) === 0) {
+        step("job eta tooltip", "no pending jobs");
+    } else {
+        check("job eta tooltip", etaTitles.some(title => /starts in .* runs for/.test(title)));
+    }
 
     const groups = await page.locator("#bot-tunables details").count();
     step("tunable groups", groups);