diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/home.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/home.spec.ts
index ff57923d5..29a070609 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/home.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/home.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test"
 
-test("home shows recent projects header", async ({ page }) => {
+test("home renders and shows an open project entrypoint", async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto("/")
-  await expect(page.getByText("Recent projects")).toBeVisible()
+
+  await expect(page.getByText("Recent projects").or(page.getByText("No recent projects"))).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Open project" }).first()).toBeVisible()
+})
+
+test("server picker dialog opens from home", async ({ page }) => {
+  const host = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_SERVER_HOST ?? "localhost"
+  const port = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_SERVER_PORT ?? "4096"
+  const name = `${host}:${port}`
+
+  await page.goto("/")
+
+  const trigger = page.getByRole("button", { name })
+  await expect(trigger).toBeVisible()
+  await trigger.click()
+
+  const dialog = page.getByRole("dialog", { name: "Servers" })
+  await expect(dialog).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(dialog.getByPlaceholder("Search servers")).toBeVisible()
 })
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/session.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/session.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1ca12449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/session.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test"
+import { createOpencodeClient } from "@opencode-ai/sdk/v2/client"
+import { base64Encode } from "@opencode-ai/util/encode"
+
+const host = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_SERVER_HOST ?? "localhost"
+const port = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_SERVER_PORT ?? "4096"
+const url = `http://${host}:${port}`
+
+async function getWorktree() {
+  const sdk = createOpencodeClient({ baseUrl: url, throwOnError: true })
+  const result = await sdk.path.get()
+  const data = result.data
+  if (!data?.worktree) throw new Error(`Failed to resolve a worktree from ${url}/path`)
+  return data.worktree
+}
+
+test("can open an existing session and type into the prompt", async ({ page }) => {
+  const directory = await getWorktree()
+  const sdk = createOpencodeClient({ baseUrl: url, directory, throwOnError: true })
+  const title = `e2e smoke ${Date.now()}`
+  const created = await sdk.session.create({ title }).then((r) => r.data)
+
+  if (!created?.id) throw new Error("Session create did not return an id")
+  const sessionID = created.id
+
+  try {
+    await page.goto(`/${base64Encode(directory)}/session/${sessionID}`)
+
+    const prompt = page.locator('[data-component="prompt-input"]')
+    await expect(prompt).toBeVisible()
+
+    await prompt.click()
+    await page.keyboard.type("hello from e2e")
+    await expect(prompt).toContainText("hello from e2e")
+  } finally {
+    await sdk.session.delete({ sessionID }).catch(() => undefined)
+  }
+})