diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Audit/AuditLogPageTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Audit/AuditLogPageTests.cs
index f2b34c3b..644f655e 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Audit/AuditLogPageTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/Audit/AuditLogPageTests.cs
@@ -808,8 +808,11 @@ public class AuditLogPageTests
             await row.ClickAsync();
 
             // The drawer opens for the DbOutbound row, but the cURL action — gated
-            // on IsApiChannel — is absent.
+            // on IsApiChannel — is absent. Wait for the AuditEventDetail body
+            // ([data-test='drawer-fields']) to render BEFORE the negative count
+            // assertion, so a not-yet-rendered child can't false-pass count 0.
             await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("[data-test='audit-drilldown-drawer']")).ToBeVisibleAsync();
+            await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("[data-test='drawer-fields']")).ToBeVisibleAsync();
             await Assertions.Expect(page.Locator("[data-test='copy-as-curl']")).ToHaveCountAsync(0);
         }
         finally
@@ -829,8 +832,8 @@ public class AuditLogPageTests
         // the drawer, dismiss via the X, re-open, then dismiss via the footer,
         // asserting the drawer is gone (count 0) after each.
         // Escape-to-close is NOT wired on AuditDrilldownDrawer (only
-        // ExecutionDetailModal has a keydown handler); covering the X and
-        // footer-Close paths that ARE wired.
+        // ExecutionDetailModal has a keydown handler). The backdrop is also wired
+        // to HandleClose, but we cover the X and footer-Close paths here for brevity.
         var runId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
         var targetPrefix = $"playwright-test/wave4-audit2c/{runId}/";
         var apiId = Guid.NewGuid();