diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/hydrogen-react-router-7/tests/client-errors.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/hydrogen-react-router-7/tests/client-errors.test.ts
index a14347cdc519..db87e3c0b11b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/hydrogen-react-router-7/tests/client-errors.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/hydrogen-react-router-7/tests/client-errors.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { waitForError } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+import { waitForError, waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
 
 test('Sends a client-side exception to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
+  // The pageload transaction only completes once the client SDK and the router have hydrated.
+  // Awaiting it before clicking guarantees the button's onClick handler is attached — a click that
+  // lands before hydration would do nothing, and the exception would never be captured.
+  const pageloadTransactionPromise = waitForTransaction('hydrogen-react-router-7', transactionEvent => {
+    return transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload' && transactionEvent.transaction === '/';
+  });
+
   const errorPromise = waitForError('hydrogen-react-router-7', errorEvent => {
     return errorEvent.exception?.values?.[0].value === 'I am an error!';
   });
 
   await page.goto('/');
 
+  await pageloadTransactionPromise;
+
   const exceptionButton = page.locator('id=exception-button');
   await exceptionButton.click();
 
@@ -17,12 +26,19 @@ test('Sends a client-side exception to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
 });
 
 test('Sends a client-side ErrorBoundary exception to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
+  // Wait for hydration (see above) before clicking, so the button's onClick handler is attached.
+  const pageloadTransactionPromise = waitForTransaction('hydrogen-react-router-7', transactionEvent => {
+    return transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload' && transactionEvent.transaction === '/client-error';
+  });
+
   const errorPromise = waitForError('hydrogen-react-router-7', errorEvent => {
     return errorEvent.exception?.values?.[0].value === 'Sentry React Component Error';
   });
 
   await page.goto('/client-error');
 
+  await pageloadTransactionPromise;
+
   const throwButton = page.locator('id=throw-on-click');
   await throwButton.click();
 
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/hydrogen-react-router-7/tests/client-transactions.test.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/hydrogen-react-router-7/tests/client-transactions.test.ts
index 1adb44011d07..a23e49338f2c 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/hydrogen-react-router-7/tests/client-transactions.test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/hydrogen-react-router-7/tests/client-transactions.test.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,22 @@ test('Sends a pageload transaction to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
 });
 
 test('Sends a navigation transaction to Sentry', async ({ page }) => {
+  // Wait for the initial pageload transaction first. This ensures the client SDK and router are fully
+  // hydrated before we click the link. Clicking before hydration completes makes the `<Link>` behave
+  // like a plain anchor, triggering a full page navigation (a `pageload` transaction) instead of a
+  // client-side `navigation` one, which makes this test flaky.
+  const pageloadTransactionPromise = waitForTransaction('hydrogen-react-router-7', transactionEvent => {
+    return transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'pageload' && transactionEvent.transaction === '/';
+  });
+
   const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('hydrogen-react-router-7', transactionEvent => {
     return transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op === 'navigation' && transactionEvent.transaction === '/user/:id';
   });
 
   await page.goto('/');
 
+  await pageloadTransactionPromise;
+
   const linkElement = page.locator('id=navigation');
   await linkElement.click();