diff --git a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/chatInputOutputUser-shard-0.spec.ts b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/chatInputOutputUser-shard-0.spec.ts
index 690a3b805..72c451c10 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/chatInputOutputUser-shard-0.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/end-to-end/chatInputOutputUser-shard-0.spec.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ test("user must be able to send an image on chat", async ({ page }) => {
     { fileContent },
   );
 
+  await page.waitForSelector('[data-testid="input-chat-playground"]', {
+    timeout: 100000,
+  });
+
   // Locate the target element
   const element = await page.getByTestId("input-chat-playground");