diff --git a/canvas/e2e/chat-desktop.spec.ts b/canvas/e2e/chat-desktop.spec.ts
index bf3f1e22c..761e0386b 100644
--- a/canvas/e2e/chat-desktop.spec.ts
+++ b/canvas/e2e/chat-desktop.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
-import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
+import { test, expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
 import { startEchoRuntime } from "./fixtures/echo-runtime";
 import { seedWorkspace, startHeartbeat, cleanupWorkspace } from "./fixtures/chat-seed";
 
+/**
+ * The Org Concierge reskin (PR f91583efa) changed the desktop entrypoint:
+ * `app/page.tsx` now renders `<ConciergeShell/>`, whose store defaults to
+ * `topView: "home"` (canvas/src/store/canvas.ts). The React Flow graph (the
+ * `.react-flow__node` cards + the side-panel chat these tests drive) only
+ * mounts when `topView === "map"` — see ConciergeShell's
+ * `{topView === "map" && <Canvas/>}` branch. So a bare `goto("/")` lands on
+ * the chat-home view and `.react-flow__node` never appears.
+ *
+ * Enter the Org-map view the way a real user does — click the left-rail
+ * "Org map" nav button (stable `data-testid="nav-map"`, which calls
+ * `setTopView("map")`) — before waiting for the graph. Mirrors the proven
+ * `navTo(page, "map")` helper in staging-concierge.spec.ts. `topView` is NOT
+ * persisted across reloads, so this also runs after `page.reload()`.
+ */
+async function enterMapView(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const navMap = page.getByTestId("nav-map");
+  await expect(navMap, "concierge rail button nav-map missing").toBeVisible({
+    timeout: 10_000,
+  });
+  await navMap.click();
+}
 
 test.describe("Desktop ChatTab", () => {
   let cleanup: () => Promise<void> = async () => {};
@@ -29,6 +51,9 @@ test.describe("Desktop ChatTab", () => {
   test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
     await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1280, height: 800 });
     await page.goto("/");
+    // Concierge reskin opens on topView:"home"; switch to the Org map so the
+    // React Flow graph mounts before we wait for it.
+    await enterMapView(page);
     await page.waitForSelector(".react-flow__node", { timeout: 10_000 });
     // Dismiss onboarding guide if present.
     const skipGuide = page.getByText("Skip guide");
@@ -67,6 +92,8 @@ test.describe("Desktop ChatTab", () => {
     await expect(page.getByText("Echo: Persistence test")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
 
     await page.reload();
+    // Reload resets the concierge store to topView:"home"; re-enter the map.
+    await enterMapView(page);
     await page.waitForSelector(".react-flow__node", { timeout: 10_000 });
     await page.getByText(workspaceName, { exact: true }).first().click();
     await page.locator('#tab-chat').click();
@@ -143,6 +170,9 @@ test.describe("Desktop ChatTab — Markdown rendering", () => {
   test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
     await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1280, height: 800 });
     await page.goto("/");
+    // Concierge reskin opens on topView:"home"; switch to the Org map so the
+    // React Flow graph mounts before we wait for it.
+    await enterMapView(page);
     await page.waitForSelector(".react-flow__node", { timeout: 10_000 });
     const skipGuide2 = page.getByText("Skip guide");
     if (await skipGuide2.isVisible().catch(() => false)) {