diff --git a/.changelog/1780.internal.md b/.changelog/1780.internal.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1bf891d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/1780.internal.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve e2e tests
diff --git a/playwright/utils/extensionTestExtend.ts b/playwright/utils/extensionTestExtend.ts
index d4659766d7..87f8ce4232 100644
--- a/playwright/utils/extensionTestExtend.ts
+++ b/playwright/utils/extensionTestExtend.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export const test = base.extend<{
   context: BrowserContext
   extensionId: string
   extensionPopupURL: `chrome-extension://${string}`
+  extensionManifestURL: `chrome-extension://${string}/manifest.json`
 }>({
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-empty-pattern
   context: async ({}, use) => {
@@ -38,4 +39,7 @@ export const test = base.extend<{
   extensionPopupURL: async ({ extensionId }, use) => {
     await use(`chrome-extension://${extensionId}/${popupFile}#`)
   },
+  extensionManifestURL: async ({ extensionId }, use) => {
+    await use(`chrome-extension://${extensionId}/manifest.json`)
+  },
 })
diff --git a/playwright/utils/storage.ts b/playwright/utils/storage.ts
index b8e9ff0cca..acf38ca155 100644
--- a/playwright/utils/storage.ts
+++ b/playwright/utils/storage.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@ import { privateKeyPersistedState } from '../../src/utils/__fixtures__/test-inpu
 
 export async function clearPersistedStorage(
   page: Page,
-  url: '/app.webmanifest' | `chrome-extension://${string}`,
+  url: '/app.webmanifest' | `chrome-extension://${string}/manifest.json`,
 ) {
   // Move to the right domain, but don't needlessly load HTML and JS.
   await page.goto(url)
-  await page.evaluate(() => window.localStorage.clear())
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    window.localStorage.clear()
+
+    const chrome = (window as any).chrome
+    chrome?.extension?.getBackgroundPage?.().location.reload()
+  })
 }
 
 export async function addPersistedStorageV1(
   page: Page,
-  url: '/app.webmanifest' | `chrome-extension://${string}`,
+  url: '/app.webmanifest' | `chrome-extension://${string}/manifest.json`,
 ) {
   // Move to the right domain, but don't needlessly load HTML and JS.
   await page.goto(url)