diff --git a/e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts
index 07dfe10..e5d1efd 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/journeys.spec.ts
@@ -789,9 +789,21 @@ test('the brand asset set is complete and served', async ({ page }) => {
   expect(og.ok()).toBe(true);
   expect(og.headers()['content-type']).toContain('image/png');
 
-  // iOS ignores SVG touch icons, so this must be a real raster.
-  const apple = await page.request.get('/apple-icon');
-  expect(apple.ok()).toBe(true);
+  /*
+   * iOS ignores SVG touch icons, so this must be a real raster.
+   *
+   * Read the href off the page rather than hardcoding a path. The route moved
+   * when the generated app/apple-icon.tsx became a static app/apple-icon.png:
+   * a generated icon is served at /apple-icon, a static one at /apple-icon.png
+   * with a content hash. This test kept asking for /apple-icon and got a 404 —
+   * reporting a missing icon while the icon was present and correctly linked.
+   */
+  const appleLink = page.locator('link[rel="apple-touch-icon"]');
+  await expect(appleLink).toHaveCount(1);
+  const appleHref = await appleLink.getAttribute('href');
+  expect(appleHref).toBeTruthy();
+  const apple = await page.request.get(appleHref!);
+  expect(apple.ok(), `apple touch icon at ${appleHref} should be served`).toBe(true);
   expect(apple.headers()['content-type']).toContain('image/png');
 
   // Android needs a maskable PNG or the install prompt has no icon.
@@ -912,8 +924,22 @@ test('the header carries the schoolcompare lockup', async ({ page }) => {
   // hashed at build time and change on any unrelated edit.
   await expect(home).toHaveText(/^\s*schoolcompare\s*$/);
 
-  const mark = home.locator('svg').first();
+  /*
+   * The mark is raster artwork, not an inline SVG — it has been since the
+   * supplied logo replaced the reconstruction, and this locator went on
+   * looking for an <svg> that no longer exists.
+   *
+   * Assert on naturalWidth rather than visibility: a <picture> whose sources
+   * all 404 still lays out and still passes toBeVisible(), so the weaker
+   * assertion would go green on a broken lockup.
+   */
+  const mark = home.locator('img').first();
   await expect(mark).toBeVisible();
+  const markState = await mark.evaluate((el: HTMLImageElement) => ({
+    loaded: el.complete && el.naturalWidth > 0,
+    src: el.currentSrc,
+  }));
+  expect(markState.loaded, `header mark failed to load: ${markState.src}`).toBe(true);
 });
 
 test('no visible text falls back to the browser default black', async ({ page }) => {