diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index e5e028b0..6a69d593 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -203,15 +203,22 @@ function HandleRoutes() {
     : <Feed categorySlug={handle} />;
 }
 
-/** Renders the route table, and the floating buttons over every page. */
-function AppRoutes() {
+/**
+ * Renders the route table, and the floating buttons over every page. Exported
+ * for the tests, which reach a page through it as a visit does.
+ */
+export function AppRoutes(): React.JSX.Element {
   return (
     <>
       <Suspense>
         <Routes>
           <Route path="/" element={<Feed />} />
+          {
+            /* The splat takes the `follow` tab's view, which `Feed` reads from
+            the path; without it `/follow/playlists` is category `follow`. */
+          }
           {FEED_TABS.map((tab) => (
-            <Route key={tab} path={`/${tab}`} element={<Feed />} />
+            <Route key={tab} path={`/${tab}/*`} element={<Feed />} />
           ))}
           <Route path="/search" element={<Search />} />
           <Route path="/search/:searchTab" element={<Search />} />
diff --git a/src/test/App.test.tsx b/src/test/App.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c24063e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/App.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { route } from "./fetch.ts";
+import { makeCategory, makeSession, page } from "./fixtures.ts";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "./render.tsx";
+
+const music = makeCategory({ id: "c-music", slug: "music", name: "Music" });
+const next = (path: string) => `/login?next=${encodeURIComponent(path)}`;
+
+function open(url: string, session: ReturnType<typeof makeSession> | null) {
+  route("GET /api/dumps", () => page([]));
+  renderPage(url, { session, categories: [music] });
+}
+
+describe("App's routes", () => {
+  test.each([
+    "/",
+    "/hot",
+    "/new",
+    "/journal",
+    "/follow",
+    "/follow/playlists",
+    "/music",
+    "/music/new",
+    "/music/follow",
+    "/music/follow/playlists",
+  ])("%s is a feed", async (url) => {
+    open(url, makeSession());
+    // The tab bar, which the feed draws at two widths.
+    expect(await screen.findAllByRole("button", { name: "Followed" })).not
+      .toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(currentPath()).toBe(url);
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("heading", { name: "404" })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    "/hot/more",
+    "/follow/users",
+    "/follow/nope",
+    "/follow/playlists/more",
+    "/nope",
+    "/music/nope",
+    "/music/hot/more",
+    "/music/follow/users",
+    "/search/users/more",
+  ])("%s is not found", async (url) => {
+    open(url, makeSession());
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("heading", { name: "404" }))
+      .toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    "/follow",
+    "/follow/playlists",
+    "/music/follow/playlists",
+    "/notifications",
+    "/settings",
+    "/manage",
+    "/community",
+    "/community/monthly",
+    "/@ann/dumps/a-find/edit",
+  ])("%s sends a guest to sign in, and back", async (url) => {
+    open(url, null);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe(next(url)));
+  });
+
+  test.each(["/login", "/register"])(
+    "%s sends a signed-in user home",
+    async (url) => {
+      open(url, makeSession());
+      await waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe("/"));
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Authorize.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Authorize.test.tsx
index fcd30dd3..c4a062dc 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Authorize.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Authorize.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Route } from "react-router";
-import { Authorize } from "../../pages/Authorize.tsx";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import { makeSession } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { currentPath, renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 
 const QUERY =
   "?response_type=code&client_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.example&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.example%2Ffederation%2Fcallback&state=s1&code_challenge=c1&code_challenge_method=S256&nonce=n1";
@@ -24,12 +22,7 @@ describe("Authorize", () => {
 
   function open(session = ann) {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    renderApp(<Authorize />, {
-      route: `/authorize${QUERY}`,
-      path: "/authorize",
-      session,
-      extraRoutes: <Route path="/login" element={<p>login page</p>} />,
-    });
+    renderPage(`/authorize${QUERY}`, { session });
     return user;
   }
 
@@ -78,12 +71,8 @@ describe("Authorize", () => {
   });
 
   test("a signed-out visitor logs in first and comes back", async () => {
-    renderApp(<Authorize />, {
-      route: `/authorize${QUERY}`,
-      path: "/authorize",
-      extraRoutes: <Route path="/login" element={<p>login page</p>} />,
-    });
-    await screen.findByText("login page");
+    renderPage(`/authorize${QUERY}`);
+    await screen.findByRole("heading", { name: "Log in" });
     expect(currentPath()).toBe(
       `/login?next=${encodeURIComponent(`/authorize${QUERY}`)}`,
     );
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Community.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Community.test.tsx
index a8002a67..1398deef 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Community.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Community.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Community } from "../../pages/Community.tsx";
 import { calls, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import {
   makeDump,
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   makeUser,
   wire,
 } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { currentPath, renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 
 function stats(
   {
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ function stats(
 function open(url: string) {
   const user = userEvent.setup();
   const session = makeSession({ username: "ann" });
-  renderApp(<Community />, { route: url, path: "/community/*", session });
+  renderPage(url, { session });
   return user;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Dump.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Dump.test.tsx
index 4f83a609..4c2345fd 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Dump.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Dump.test.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { act, screen, waitFor, within } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Link, Route } from "react-router";
-import { Dump } from "../../pages/Dump.tsx";
-import { DumpEdit } from "../../pages/DumpEdit.tsx";
-import { RestrictedLoggedIn } from "../../pages/RestrictedLoggedIn.tsx";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import {
   makeCategory,
@@ -15,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   makeUser,
   wire,
 } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { currentPath, renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 import { FakeWebSocket } from "../ws.ts";
 
 const owner = makeSession({ id: "owner", username: "owner" });
@@ -48,15 +44,7 @@ function openDump(
   url = "/@owner/dumps/a-find",
 ) {
   const user = userEvent.setup();
-  renderApp(<Dump />, {
-    route: url,
-    path: "/:handle/dumps/:slug",
-    session,
-    categories: [music],
-    extraRoutes: (
-      <Route path="/:handle/dumps/:slug/edit" element={<p>edit page</p>} />
-    ),
-  });
+  renderPage(url, { session, categories: [music] });
   const socket = FakeWebSocket.last;
   socket.welcome();
   return { user, socket };
@@ -160,7 +148,9 @@ describe("Dump page", () => {
     dumpRoutes();
     const { user } = openDump(owner);
     await user.click(await screen.findByRole("link", { name: "Edit" }));
-    expect(currentPath()).toBe("/@owner/dumps/a-find/edit");
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(currentPath()).toBe("/@owner/dumps/a-find/edit")
+    );
   });
 
   test("the title can be edited from the keyboard", async () => {
@@ -268,20 +258,9 @@ describe("Dump page", () => {
       ({ params }) => wire([params.id === first.id ? second : first]),
     );
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    renderApp(<Dump />, {
-      route: "/start",
-      path: "/:handle/dumps/:slug",
-      extraRoutes: (
-        <Route
-          path="/start"
-          element={
-            <Link to="/@owner/dumps/a-find" state={{ dump: first }}>open</Link>
-          }
-        />
-      ),
-    });
+    // Arrived from a card, which hands its dump over with the link.
+    renderPage({ pathname: "/@owner/dumps/a-find", state: { dump: first } });
     FakeWebSocket.last.welcome();
-    await user.click(screen.getByRole("link", { name: "open" }));
     await user.click(await screen.findByRole("link", { name: "Next find" }));
     await user.click(await screen.findByRole("link", { name: "A find" }));
     expect(await screen.findByRole("heading", { name: "A find", level: 1 }))
@@ -455,27 +434,18 @@ describe("DumpEdit page", () => {
   function openEdit(dump: ReturnType<typeof makeDump>, session = owner) {
     route("GET /api/users/:u/dumps/:slug", () => wire(dump));
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    renderApp(
-      <RestrictedLoggedIn>
-        <DumpEdit />
-      </RestrictedLoggedIn>,
-      {
-        route: `/@owner/dumps/${dump.slug}/edit`,
-        path: "/:handle/dumps/:slug/edit",
-        session,
-        categories: [music],
-        extraRoutes: (
-          <>
-            <Route path="/:handle/dumps/:slug" element={<p>dump page</p>} />
-            <Route path="/" element={<p>home</p>} />
-          </>
-        ),
-      },
-    );
+    renderPage(`/@owner/dumps/${dump.slug}/edit`, {
+      session,
+      categories: [music],
+    });
     FakeWebSocket.last.welcome();
     return user;
   }
 
+  /** Waits for the editor to have handed over to a dump's page. */
+  const onDumpPage = () =>
+    waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toMatch(/^\/@[^/]+\/dumps\/[^/]+$/));
+
   const urlDump = () =>
     makeDump({
       id: "d1",
@@ -515,7 +485,7 @@ describe("DumpEdit page", () => {
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Music" }));
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Private" }));
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
-    await screen.findByText("dump page");
+    await onDumpPage();
     expect(currentPath()).toBe("/@owner/dumps/new-title");
     expect(calls("PUT /api/dumps/:id")[0].body).toEqual({
       url: "https://a.test/",
@@ -542,7 +512,7 @@ describe("DumpEdit page", () => {
     await user.type(title, "A Find!");
     expect(link).toHaveValue("a-find");
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
-    await screen.findByText("dump page");
+    await onDumpPage();
     expect(calls("PUT /api/dumps/:id")[0].body).not.toHaveProperty("slug");
   });
 
@@ -572,7 +542,7 @@ describe("DumpEdit page", () => {
     const user = openEdit(urlDump());
     await user.clear(await screen.findByLabelText("Why?"));
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
-    await screen.findByText("dump page");
+    await onDumpPage();
     expect(calls("PUT /api/dumps/:id")[0].body).toHaveProperty("comment", null);
   });
 
@@ -642,7 +612,7 @@ describe("DumpEdit page", () => {
     );
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Private" }));
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
-    await screen.findByText("dump page");
+    await onDumpPage();
     const [put] = calls("PUT /api/dumps/:id/file");
     const form = put.body as FormData;
     expect(form.get("file")).toBeInstanceOf(File);
@@ -676,7 +646,7 @@ describe("DumpEdit page", () => {
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Save" }));
     expect(await screen.findByText("File too large (max 50 MB)"))
       .toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(screen.queryByText("dump page")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(currentPath()).toBe(`/@owner/dumps/${fileDump.slug}/edit`);
     expect(calls("PUT /api/dumps/:id/file")).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(calls("PUT /api/dumps/:id")).toHaveLength(0);
   });
@@ -719,7 +689,7 @@ describe("DumpEdit page", () => {
         name: "Delete dump",
       }),
     );
-    await screen.findByText("home");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe("/"));
     expect(
       JSON.parse(
         document.querySelector('[data-testid="location"]')!.getAttribute(
@@ -760,17 +730,12 @@ describe("DumpEdit page", () => {
     expect(await screen.findByText("Not an image")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  test("guests are sent to log in", () => {
-    renderApp(
-      <RestrictedLoggedIn>
-        <DumpEdit />
-      </RestrictedLoggedIn>,
-      {
-        route: "/@owner/dumps/x/edit",
-        path: "/:handle/dumps/:slug/edit",
-        extraRoutes: <Route path="/login" element={<p>login page</p>} />,
-      },
+  test("guests are sent to log in, and back", async () => {
+    renderPage("/@owner/dumps/x/edit");
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(currentPath()).toBe(
+        `/login?next=${encodeURIComponent("/@owner/dumps/x/edit")}`,
+      )
     );
-    expect(screen.getByText("login page")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/test/pages/FederationCallback.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/FederationCallback.test.tsx
index 22a1acd2..e6da6cac 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/FederationCallback.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/FederationCallback.test.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
-import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
-import { Route } from "react-router";
-import { FederationCallback } from "../../pages/FederationCallback.tsx";
+import { screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { AUTH_STORAGE_KEY } from "../../utils/auth/storage.ts";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
-import { makeSession, wire } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { makeSession, page, wire } from "../fixtures.ts";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 
 /** Opens the callback, in a tab that started the sign-in of state `s`. */
 function open(query: string, started = "s") {
   sessionStorage.setItem("federationState", started);
-  renderApp(<FederationCallback />, {
-    route: `/federation/callback${query}`,
-    path: "/federation/callback",
-    extraRoutes: <Route path="/" element={<p>home page</p>} />,
-  });
+  renderPage(`/federation/callback${query}`);
 }
 
 describe("FederationCallback", () => {
@@ -23,8 +17,9 @@ describe("FederationCallback", () => {
       "POST /api/federation/sessions",
       () => wire(makeSession({ username: "alice@home.example" })),
     );
+    route("GET /api/dumps", () => page([]));
     open("?code=c&state=s&iss=https%3A%2F%2Fhome.example");
-    await screen.findByText("home page");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe("/"));
     expect(calls("POST /api/federation/sessions").map((c) => c.body)).toEqual(
       [{ code: "c", state: "s" }],
     );
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Index.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Index.test.tsx
index 65939031..72b2c932 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Index.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Index.test.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import { act, screen, waitFor, within } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { useLocation } from "react-router";
-import { Index } from "../../pages/Index.tsx";
-import {
-  FEED_TABS,
-  type FeedTab,
-  type FollowView,
-} from "../../../shared/paths.ts";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import {
   makeCategory,
@@ -16,41 +9,19 @@ import {
   page,
   wire,
 } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { currentPath, renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 import { FakeWebSocket } from "../ws.ts";
 import { FakeIntersectionObserver } from "../setup.ts";
 
 const HOUR = 3_600_000;
 const music = makeCategory({ id: "c-music", slug: "music", name: "Music" });
 
-/** Reads a feed's path as `App`'s routes do. */
-function Scoped() {
-  const { pathname } = useLocation();
-  const segments = pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean);
-  const isTab = (FEED_TABS as readonly string[]).includes(segments[0] ?? "");
-  const categorySlug = isTab ? undefined : segments[0];
-  const [feedTab, followView] = segments.slice(isTab ? 0 : 1);
-  return (
-    <Index
-      key={categorySlug ?? ""}
-      categorySlug={categorySlug}
-      feedTab={feedTab as FeedTab | undefined}
-      followView={followView as FollowView | undefined}
-    />
-  );
-}
-
 function setup(
   url: string,
   { session = null as ReturnType<typeof makeSession> | null } = {},
 ) {
   const user = userEvent.setup();
-  renderApp(<Scoped />, {
-    route: url,
-    path: "*",
-    session,
-    categories: [music],
-  });
+  renderPage(url, { session, categories: [music] });
   const socket = FakeWebSocket.last;
   socket.welcome();
   return { user, socket };
@@ -309,10 +280,12 @@ describe("Index feeds", () => {
       .toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  test("a guest on the follow tab is sent to sign in, and back", () => {
+  test("a guest on the follow tab is sent to sign in, and back", async () => {
     route("GET /api/dumps", () => page([older]));
     setup("/music/follow");
-    expect(currentPath()).toBe("/login?next=%2Fmusic%2Ffollow");
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(currentPath()).toBe("/login?next=%2Fmusic%2Ffollow")
+    );
   });
 
   test("the Android share sheet opens the new-dump form with the link", async () => {
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Manage.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Manage.test.tsx
index 66f07658..de75f5c2 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Manage.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Manage.test.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { screen, waitFor, within } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Manage } from "../../pages/Manage.tsx";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import { makeCategory, makeSession, wire } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 
 const instance = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   federationIncoming: true,
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ async function group(label: string) {
 function open(session = admin) {
   route("GET /api/federation/peers", () => [], { fallback: true });
   const user = userEvent.setup();
-  renderApp(<Manage />, { route: "/manage", path: "/manage", session });
+  renderPage("/manage", { session });
   return user;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/pages/NotFound.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/NotFound.test.tsx
index 3609a33d..3d57446e 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/NotFound.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/NotFound.test.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import { screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
-import { NotFound } from "../../pages/NotFound.tsx";
-import { renderWithContexts } from "../render.tsx";
+import { renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 
 describe("NotFound", () => {
-  test("NotFound", async () => {
-    renderWithContexts(<NotFound />, { route: "/nope" });
-    expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "404" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  test("a path the app has no page for", async () => {
+    renderPage("/search/users/more");
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("heading", { name: "404" }))
+      .toBeInTheDocument();
     await waitFor(() => expect(document.title).toMatch(/^Page not found/));
     expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: "Go home" })).toHaveAttribute(
       "href",
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Notifications.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Notifications.test.tsx
index 850f5e86..89df9309 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Notifications.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Notifications.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { act, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Notifications } from "../../pages/Notifications.tsx";
 import type { Notification } from "../../../shared/notification.ts";
 import { calls, deferred, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import { makeNotification, makeSession, page, wire } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 import { FakeWebSocket } from "../ws.ts";
 import { FakeIntersectionObserver } from "../setup.ts";
 
@@ -22,10 +21,7 @@ function open(items: Notification[], { hasMore = false } = {}) {
   );
   route("POST /api/me/notifications/read", () => ({}));
   const user = userEvent.setup();
-  const view = renderApp(<Notifications />, {
-    session: me,
-    route: "/notifications",
-  });
+  const view = renderPage("/notifications", { session: me });
   const socket = FakeWebSocket.last;
   socket.welcome({
     unreadNotificationCount: items.filter((n) => !n.read).length,
@@ -247,7 +243,7 @@ describe("Notifications", () => {
 
   test("a failed load shows the server's reason", async () => {
     route("GET /api/me/notifications", () => fail("Database is locked", 500));
-    renderApp(<Notifications />, { session: me });
+    renderPage("/notifications", { session: me });
     const alert = await screen.findByRole("alert");
     expect(alert).toHaveTextContent("Failed to load");
     expect(alert).toHaveTextContent("Database is locked");
@@ -303,7 +299,7 @@ describe("Notifications", () => {
     const list = deferred<unknown>();
     route("GET /api/me/notifications", () => list.promise);
     route("POST /api/me/notifications/read", () => ({}));
-    renderApp(<Notifications />, { session: me, route: "/notifications" });
+    renderPage("/notifications", { session: me });
     const socket = FakeWebSocket.last;
     socket.welcome({ unreadNotificationCount: 1 });
     await waitFor(() =>
@@ -343,7 +339,7 @@ describe("Notifications", () => {
           : page([n.upvoted], false),
     );
     route("POST /api/me/notifications/read", () => ({}));
-    renderApp(<Notifications />, { session: me });
+    renderPage("/notifications", { session: me });
     await screen.findByText(/started following you/);
     act(() => FakeIntersectionObserver.instances.at(-1)!.report(true));
     expect(await screen.findByText(/^upvoted$/)).toBeInTheDocument();
diff --git a/src/test/pages/PlaylistDetail.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/PlaylistDetail.test.tsx
index b454b628..0af2954c 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/PlaylistDetail.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/PlaylistDetail.test.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import {
   within,
 } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Route } from "react-router";
-import { PlaylistDetail } from "../../pages/PlaylistDetail.tsx";
 import type { Dump } from "../../../shared/dump.ts";
 import type { Playlist } from "../../../shared/playlist.ts";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   makeSession,
   wire,
 } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { currentPath, renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 import { FakeWebSocket } from "../ws.ts";
 
 const owner = makeSession({ id: "owner", username: "owner" });
@@ -54,21 +52,7 @@ function open(
     () => wire({ ...pl, dumps: items }),
   );
   const user = userEvent.setup();
-  renderApp(<PlaylistDetail />, {
-    route: url,
-    path: "/:handle/playlists/:slug",
-    session,
-    categories,
-    extraRoutes: (
-      <>
-        <Route path="/" element={<p>home</p>} />
-        <Route
-          path="/:handle/playlists/:slug/edit"
-          element={<PlaylistDetail editing />}
-        />
-      </>
-    ),
-  });
+  renderPage(url, { session, categories });
   const socket = FakeWebSocket.last;
   socket.welcome();
   return { user, socket, pl };
@@ -103,10 +87,7 @@ describe("PlaylistDetail", () => {
       "GET /api/users/:u/playlists/:slug",
       () => fail("Playlist not found", 404),
     );
-    renderApp(<PlaylistDetail />, {
-      route: "/@owner/playlists/x",
-      path: "/:handle/playlists/:slug",
-    });
+    renderPage("/@owner/playlists/x");
     expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent(
       "Playlist not found",
     );
@@ -476,7 +457,7 @@ describe("PlaylistDetail", () => {
       playlistId: "p1",
       userId: "owner",
     });
-    expect(await screen.findByText("home")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe("/"));
   });
 
   test("deleting the playlist asks, then goes home", async () => {
@@ -492,7 +473,7 @@ describe("PlaylistDetail", () => {
         name: "Delete playlist",
       }),
     );
-    expect(await screen.findByText("home")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe("/"));
   });
 
   test("a refused delete stays and says why", async () => {
@@ -537,6 +518,6 @@ describe("PlaylistDetail", () => {
       playlistId: "p1",
       userId: "owner",
     });
-    expect(await screen.findByText("home")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe("/"));
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Playlists.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Playlists.test.tsx
index a31f0b24..313a70f8 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Playlists.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Playlists.test.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
-import { Route } from "react-router";
-import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Playlists } from "../../pages/Playlists.tsx";
 import { calls, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import {
   makeCategory,
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   wire,
 } from "../fixtures.ts";
 import type { Session } from "../../utils/auth/storage.ts";
-import { currentPath, renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 import { FakeWebSocket } from "../ws.ts";
 
 const mixes = makeCategory({
@@ -25,13 +23,7 @@ const music = makeCategory({ id: "dc1", slug: "music", name: "Music" });
 
 function open(url: string, session?: Session) {
   const user = userEvent.setup();
-  renderApp(<Playlists />, {
-    route: url,
-    path: "/playlists/:categorySlug?",
-    categories: [music, mixes],
-    session,
-    extraRoutes: <Route path="/login" element={null} />,
-  });
+  renderPage(url, { categories: [music, mixes], session });
   return { user, socket: FakeWebSocket.last };
 }
 
@@ -216,9 +208,11 @@ describe("Playlists", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Mine" })).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  test("a guest sent to their own playlists signs in first", () => {
+  test("a guest sent to their own playlists signs in first", async () => {
     open("/playlists?mine=1");
-    expect(currentPath()).toBe("/login?next=%2Fplaylists%3Fmine%3D1");
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(currentPath()).toBe("/login?next=%2Fplaylists%3Fmine%3D1")
+    );
   });
 
   test("a slug that names no playlist category is not found", async () => {
diff --git a/src/test/pages/ResetPassword.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/ResetPassword.test.tsx
index 4038ce63..2269815c 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/ResetPassword.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/ResetPassword.test.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
-import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Route } from "react-router";
-import { ResetPassword } from "../../pages/ResetPassword.tsx";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
-import { renderWithContexts } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 
 describe("ResetPassword", () => {
   function setup(search = "?token=rst") {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    renderWithContexts(<ResetPassword />, {
-      route: `/reset-password${search}`,
-      path: "/reset-password",
-      extraRoutes: <Route path="/login" element={<p>login page</p>} />,
-    });
+    renderPage(`/reset-password${search}`);
     return user;
   }
 
@@ -21,7 +15,7 @@ describe("ResetPassword", () => {
     route("POST /api/password-resets", () => ({}));
     const user = setup("");
     await user.type(
-      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Your email address"),
+      await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Your email address"),
       "  a@b.c  {Enter}",
     );
     await screen.findByText(/you'll receive a reset link/);
@@ -38,7 +32,7 @@ describe("ResetPassword", () => {
     route("POST /api/password-resets", () => fail("Internal error", 500));
     const user = setup("");
     await user.type(
-      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Your email address"),
+      await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Your email address"),
       "a@b.c{Enter}",
     );
     expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent(
@@ -50,7 +44,10 @@ describe("ResetPassword", () => {
 
   test("the two passwords must match", async () => {
     const user = setup();
-    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("New password"), "longenough");
+    await user.type(
+      await screen.findByPlaceholderText("New password"),
+      "longenough",
+    );
     await user.type(
       screen.getByPlaceholderText("Confirm new password"),
       "different",
@@ -64,7 +61,10 @@ describe("ResetPassword", () => {
   test("sets the password, then offers login", async () => {
     route("PUT /api/password-resets/:token", () => ({}));
     const user = setup();
-    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("New password"), "longenough");
+    await user.type(
+      await screen.findByPlaceholderText("New password"),
+      "longenough",
+    );
     await user.type(
       screen.getByPlaceholderText("Confirm new password"),
       "longenough{Enter}",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe("ResetPassword", () => {
       newPassword: "longenough",
     });
     await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Go to login" }));
-    expect(screen.getByText("login page")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe("/login"));
   });
 
   test("an expired token is reported", async () => {
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ describe("ResetPassword", () => {
       () => fail("Reset link expired", 400),
     );
     const user = setup();
-    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("New password"), "longenough");
+    await user.type(
+      await screen.findByPlaceholderText("New password"),
+      "longenough",
+    );
     await user.type(
       screen.getByPlaceholderText("Confirm new password"),
       "longenough{Enter}",
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Search.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Search.test.tsx
index ac30e23d..4ea5eed7 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Search.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Search.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import { act, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Search } from "../../pages/Search.tsx";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import {
   makeCategory,
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   makeUser,
   wire,
 } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { currentPath, renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 import { FakeIntersectionObserver } from "../setup.ts";
 import { FakeWebSocket } from "../ws.ts";
 
@@ -40,14 +39,15 @@ function open(
   categories: ReturnType<typeof makeCategory>[] = [],
 ) {
   const user = userEvent.setup();
-  renderApp(<Search />, { route: url, path: "/search/*", session, categories });
+  renderPage(url, { session, categories });
   return user;
 }
 
 describe("Search", () => {
-  test("no query: a prompt, no request", () => {
+  test("no query: a prompt, no request", async () => {
     open("/search");
-    expect(screen.getByText("Enter a query to search.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText("Enter a query to search."))
+      .toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(calls("GET /api/search")).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Settings.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Settings.test.tsx
index a4a0190b..0ee94eed 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Settings.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Settings.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { screen, waitFor, within } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Settings } from "../../pages/Settings.tsx";
 import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from "../../../shared/settings.ts";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import { makeSession, makeToken } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 import { AUTH_STORAGE_KEY } from "../../utils/auth/storage.ts";
 import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ const annSession = makeSession({
 function open(session = annSession) {
   route("GET /api/me/grants", () => [], { fallback: true });
   const user = userEvent.setup();
-  renderApp(<Settings />, { route: "/settings", path: "/settings", session });
+  renderPage("/settings", { session });
   return user;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/pages/Unsubscribe.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/Unsubscribe.test.tsx
index 78b20e71..46f17740 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/Unsubscribe.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/Unsubscribe.test.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Unsubscribe } from "../../pages/Unsubscribe.tsx";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
-import { renderWithContexts } from "../render.tsx";
+import { renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 import { makeJwt } from "../fixtures.ts";
 
 describe("Unsubscribe", () => {
   function setup(token: string) {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    renderWithContexts(<Unsubscribe />, {
-      route: `/unsubscribe?token=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`,
-      path: "/unsubscribe",
-    });
+    renderPage(`/unsubscribe?token=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`);
     return user;
   }
 
@@ -25,7 +21,9 @@ describe("Unsubscribe", () => {
     route("POST /api/unsubscribe", () => ({ cadence: "monthly" }));
     const user = setup(token);
     expect(
-      screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "Turn off the monthly recap?" }),
+      await screen.findByRole("heading", {
+        name: "Turn off the monthly recap?",
+      }),
     ).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(calls("POST /api/unsubscribe")).toHaveLength(0);
 
@@ -49,15 +47,15 @@ describe("Unsubscribe", () => {
       makeJwt({ purpose: "unsubscribe", userId: "u", cadence: "weekly" }),
     );
     await user.click(
-      screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Turn off weekly digests" }),
+      await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Turn off weekly digests" }),
     );
     expect(await screen.findByText("Invalid unsubscribe link"))
       .toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  test("a token that isn't an unsubscribe one is refused before asking", () => {
+  test("a token that isn't an unsubscribe one is refused before asking", async () => {
     setup(makeJwt({ purpose: "media", userId: "u" }));
-    expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "Invalid link" }))
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("heading", { name: "Invalid link" }))
       .toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/test/pages/UserLogin.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/UserLogin.test.tsx
index 1ed2205d..65360174 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/UserLogin.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/UserLogin.test.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Route } from "react-router";
-import { UserLogin } from "../../pages/UserLogin.tsx";
 import { AUTH_STORAGE_KEY } from "../../utils/auth/storage.ts";
 import { calls, deferred, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import { makeSession, wire } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { currentPath, renderWithContexts } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 
 const instance = vi.hoisted(() => ({ federationIncoming: true }));
 vi.mock("../../config/instance.ts", async (importOriginal) => ({
@@ -16,16 +14,14 @@ vi.mock("../../config/instance.ts", async (importOriginal) => ({
   },
 }));
 
-const home = <Route path="/" element={<p>home page</p>} />;
+/** Waits for the sign-in to have left the login page for `path`. */
+const landsOn = (path: string) =>
+  waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe(path));
 
 describe("UserLogin", () => {
   function setup() {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    renderWithContexts(<UserLogin />, {
-      route: "/login",
-      path: "/login",
-      extraRoutes: home,
-    });
+    renderPage("/login");
     return user;
   }
 
@@ -33,10 +29,10 @@ describe("UserLogin", () => {
     const session = makeSession({ username: "ann" });
     route("POST /api/sessions", () => wire(session));
     const user = setup();
+    await user.type(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
     expect(document.title).toMatch(/^Log in · /);
-    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
     await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Password"), "hunter22{Enter}");
-    await screen.findByText("home page");
+    await landsOn("/");
     expect(calls("POST /api/sessions")[0].body).toEqual({
       username: "ann",
       password: "hunter22",
@@ -47,6 +43,7 @@ describe("UserLogin", () => {
 
   test("both fields are required", async () => {
     const user = setup();
+    await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Username");
     // The header has a "Log in" button too; this is the form's.
     await user.click(
       document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(
@@ -54,16 +51,18 @@ describe("UserLogin", () => {
       )!,
     );
     expect(calls("POST /api/sessions")).toHaveLength(0);
-    expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Username")).toHaveAttribute(
-      "aria-invalid",
-      "true",
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Username")).toHaveAttribute(
+        "aria-invalid",
+        "true",
+      )
     );
   });
 
   test("shows the server's refusal", async () => {
     route("POST /api/sessions", () => fail("Invalid credentials", 401));
     const user = setup();
-    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
+    await user.type(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
     await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Password"), "nope{Enter}");
     const alert = await screen.findByRole("alert");
     expect(alert).toHaveTextContent("Login failed");
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ describe("UserLogin", () => {
   test("says when the server can't be reached", async () => {
     route("POST /api/sessions", () => new TypeError("Failed to fetch"));
     const user = setup();
-    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
+    await user.type(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
     await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Password"), "pw{Enter}");
     expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent(
       /Could not connect/,
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ describe("UserLogin", () => {
     const pending = deferred();
     route("POST /api/sessions", () => pending.promise);
     const user = setup();
-    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
+    await user.type(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
     await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Password"), "pw{Enter}");
     expect(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Logging in…" }))
       .toBeDisabled();
@@ -94,40 +93,31 @@ describe("UserLogin", () => {
         JSON.stringify({ success: true, data: wire(makeSession()) }),
       ),
     );
-    await screen.findByText("home page");
+    await landsOn("/");
   });
 
-  test("Forgot password? leads to the reset page", () => {
+  test("Forgot password? leads to the reset page", async () => {
     setup();
-    expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: "Forgot password?" }))
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("link", { name: "Forgot password?" }))
       .toHaveAttribute("href", "/reset-password");
   });
 
   test("a sign-in follows ?next= on this site, and only there", async () => {
     route("POST /api/sessions", () => wire(makeSession()));
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    renderWithContexts(<UserLogin />, {
-      route: `/login?next=${encodeURIComponent("/authorize?client_id=x")}`,
-      path: "/login",
-      extraRoutes: <Route path="/authorize" element={<p>authorize</p>} />,
-    });
-    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
+    renderPage(`/login?next=${encodeURIComponent("/authorize?client_id=x")}`);
+    await user.type(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
     await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Password"), "pw{Enter}");
-    await screen.findByText("authorize");
-    expect(currentPath()).toBe("/authorize?client_id=x");
+    await landsOn("/authorize?client_id=x");
   });
 
   test("ignores a ?next= that leaves the site", async () => {
     route("POST /api/sessions", () => wire(makeSession()));
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    renderWithContexts(<UserLogin />, {
-      route: `/login?next=${encodeURIComponent("//evil.example")}`,
-      path: "/login",
-      extraRoutes: home,
-    });
-    await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
+    renderPage(`/login?next=${encodeURIComponent("//evil.example")}`);
+    await user.type(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Username"), "ann");
     await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Password"), "pw{Enter}");
-    await screen.findByText("home page");
+    await landsOn("/");
   });
 
   describe("with an account on another instance", () => {
@@ -181,10 +171,11 @@ describe("UserLogin", () => {
       );
     });
 
-    test("isn't offered where accounts of other instances don't sign in", () => {
+    test("isn't offered where accounts of other instances don't sign in", async () => {
       instance.federationIncoming = false;
       setup();
-      expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Username")).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Username"))
+        .toBeInTheDocument();
       expect(screen.queryByText(/another gerbeur/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
       expect(calls("GET /api/federation/peers")).toHaveLength(0);
     });
@@ -197,7 +188,7 @@ describe("UserLogin", () => {
       );
       const user = setup();
       await user.type(
-        screen.getByPlaceholderText("Your gerbeur's URL"),
+        await screen.findByPlaceholderText("Your gerbeur's URL"),
         "films.example{Enter}",
       );
       expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent(
diff --git a/src/test/pages/UserPublicProfile.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/UserPublicProfile.test.tsx
index 6236c221..43e7f286 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/UserPublicProfile.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/UserPublicProfile.test.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
 import { describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { act, screen, waitFor, within } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { UserPublicProfile } from "../../pages/UserPublicProfile.tsx";
 import type { PublicUser } from "../../../shared/user.ts";
 import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import {
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   page,
   wire,
 } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { currentPath, renderApp } from "../render.tsx";
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 import { FakeWebSocket } from "../ws.ts";
 import { AUTH_STORAGE_KEY } from "../../utils/auth/storage.ts";
 import { FakeIntersectionObserver } from "../setup.ts";
@@ -47,12 +46,7 @@ function open(
   route("GET /api/users/:u/upvoted", () => page(votes));
   route("GET /api/users/:u/playlists", () => page(playlists));
   const u = userEvent.setup();
-  renderApp(<UserPublicProfile />, {
-    route: url,
-    path: "/:handle/*",
-    session,
-    categories,
-  });
+  renderPage(url, { session, categories });
   return { user: u, socket: FakeWebSocket.last };
 }
 
@@ -107,10 +101,7 @@ describe("UserPublicProfile", () => {
 
   test("an unknown user", async () => {
     route("GET /api/users/:u", () => fail("User not found", 404));
-    renderApp(<UserPublicProfile />, {
-      route: "/@nobody",
-      path: "/:handle/*",
-    });
+    renderPage("/@nobody");
     expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent(
       "User not found",
     );
@@ -133,11 +124,9 @@ describe("UserPublicProfile", () => {
   });
 
   test("a tab or view the profile hasn't is not found", async () => {
-    for (const url of ["/@ann/nope", "/@ann/follow/users", "/@ann/dumps/x"]) {
-      const { unmount } = renderApp(<UserPublicProfile />, {
-        route: url,
-        path: "/:handle/*",
-      });
+    // `/@ann/dumps/x` is a dump's page, not the profile's.
+    for (const url of ["/@ann/nope", "/@ann/follow/users", "/@ann/dumps/x/y"]) {
+      const { unmount } = renderPage(url);
       expect(await screen.findByText("This page does not exist."))
         .toBeInTheDocument();
       unmount();
diff --git a/src/test/pages/UserRegister.test.tsx b/src/test/pages/UserRegister.test.tsx
index d0f3d098..5e29b778 100644
--- a/src/test/pages/UserRegister.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/pages/UserRegister.test.tsx
@@ -1,35 +1,31 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
-import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { userEvent } from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { Route } from "react-router";
-import { UserRegister } from "../../pages/UserRegister.tsx";
-import { calls, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
+import { calls, deferred, fail, route } from "../fetch.ts";
 import { makeSession, wire } from "../fixtures.ts";
-import { renderWithContexts } from "../render.tsx";
-
-const home = <Route path="/" element={<p>home page</p>} />;
+import { currentPath, renderPage } from "../render.tsx";
 
 describe("UserRegister", () => {
   function setup(search = "?token=inv-1") {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
-    renderWithContexts(<UserRegister />, {
-      route: `/register${search}`,
-      path: "/register",
-      extraRoutes: home,
-    });
+    renderPage(`/register${search}`);
     return user;
   }
 
-  test("no token: an invalid invite, no request", () => {
+  test("no token: an invalid invite, no request", async () => {
     setup("");
-    expect(screen.getByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent("Invalid invite");
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent(
+      "Invalid invite",
+    );
     expect(calls("GET /api/invites/:t")).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
   test("an unknown token is invalid", async () => {
-    route("GET /api/invites/:t", () => fail("nope", 404));
+    const invite = deferred();
+    route("GET /api/invites/:t", () => invite.promise);
     setup();
-    expect(screen.getByText("Checking invite…")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText("Checking invite…")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    invite.resolve(fail("nope", 404));
     expect(await screen.findByRole("alert")).toHaveTextContent("already used");
   });
 
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ describe("UserRegister", () => {
       screen.getByPlaceholderText("Password (min. 8 characters)"),
       "longenough{Enter}",
     );
-    await screen.findByText("home page");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(currentPath()).toBe("/"));
     expect(calls("POST /api/users")[0].body).toEqual({
       username: "new_one",
       password: "longenough",
diff --git a/src/test/render.tsx b/src/test/render.tsx
index 69052d7c..df74d69e 100644
--- a/src/test/render.tsx
+++ b/src/test/render.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ import { type ReactElement, type ReactNode, useState } from "react";
 import { render, type RenderOptions } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { I18nProvider } from "@lingui/react";
 import { i18n } from "@lingui/core";
-import { MemoryRouter, Route, Routes, useLocation } from "react-router";
+import {
+  type InitialEntry,
+  MemoryRouter,
+  Route,
+  Routes,
+  useLocation,
+} from "react-router";
 
 import type { Session } from "../utils/auth/storage.ts";
 import type { Category } from "../../shared/category.ts";
@@ -46,6 +52,7 @@ import {
 import { PlayerProvider } from "../contexts/player/PlayerProvider.tsx";
 import { ThemeProvider } from "../contexts/theme/ThemeProvider.tsx";
 import { ChatProvider } from "../contexts/chat/ChatProvider.tsx";
+import { AppRoutes } from "../App.tsx";
 import { route } from "./fetch.ts";
 import { storeSession } from "./fixtures.ts";
 
@@ -69,8 +76,11 @@ export function currentPath(): string {
 }
 
 interface RouterOptions {
-  /** Initial URL, or several for a history stack (the last is current). */
-  route?: string | string[];
+  /**
+   * Initial URL, or several for a history stack (the last is current). An
+   * entry may be a location, to arrive with the `state` a link hands over.
+   */
+  route?: InitialEntry | InitialEntry[];
   /** Route pattern the element is mounted on, for useParams. */
   path?: string;
   /** Extra routes to mount next to it, e.g. a redirect target. */
@@ -277,3 +287,18 @@ export function renderApp(ui: ReactElement, opts: AppOptions = {}) {
   );
   return render(ui, { wrapper: Wrapper });
 }
+
+/**
+ * Opens `url` as a visit does: `App`'s own route table inside its providers
+ * (`renderApp`), so the page under test is whichever one the app routes that
+ * URL to, behind its guard, and a redirect lands on the real page. A page's
+ * test opens it this way; mounting the page on a pattern typed in the test
+ * says nothing of whether the app serves that path. Every page is loaded with
+ * its route, so the first query after it waits (`findBy`, `waitFor`).
+ */
+export function renderPage(
+  url: NonNullable<AppOptions["route"]>,
+  opts: Pick<AppOptions, "session" | "categories"> = {},
+) {
+  return renderApp(<AppRoutes />, { ...opts, route: url });
+}