diff --git a/tests/smoke/create-open-relationship-note.spec.ts b/tests/smoke/create-open-relationship-note.spec.ts
index 8ca7f032..64501506 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/create-open-relationship-note.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke/create-open-relationship-note.spec.ts
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ test.describe('Create & open note from relationship input', () => {
     await page.waitForTimeout(300)
 
     await page.getByTestId('create-and-open-option').click()
-    await page.waitForTimeout(2000)
+    await page.waitForTimeout(3000)
 
-    // Navigate back to the original note
+    // Navigate back to the original note (single-note model: replaces the newly created note)
     await openNoteViaQuickOpen(page, 'Start Laputa App')
-    await page.waitForTimeout(1000)
+    await page.waitForTimeout(2000)
 
     // The new wikilink should appear in the relationships
     const newRef = page.locator(`text=${uniqueTitle}`)
-    await expect(newRef.first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 })
+    await expect(newRef.first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 8000 })
   })
 })
diff --git a/tests/smoke/fix-crash-create-note.spec.ts b/tests/smoke/fix-crash-create-note.spec.ts
index 721d791b..cea2eb4e 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/fix-crash-create-note.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke/fix-crash-create-note.spec.ts
@@ -65,12 +65,11 @@ test.describe('Create note crash fix', () => {
 
     const createBtn = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create new Experiment', exact: true })
     await createBtn.click({ force: true })
+    await page.waitForTimeout(200)
     await createBtn.click({ force: true })
 
-    await page.waitForTimeout(500)
-
-    // At least one untitled experiment should exist
-    await expect(page.getByText('Untitled experiment').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 3000 })
+    // At least one untitled experiment should exist (single-note model: second replaces first)
+    await expect(page.getByText('Untitled experiment').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 })
 
     expect(errors).toEqual([])
   })