diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/documents/[id]/edit/page.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/routes/documents/[id]/edit/page.svelte.spec.ts
index 0172d09c..a20d08a0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/documents/[id]/edit/page.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/documents/[id]/edit/page.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -61,8 +61,14 @@ describe('Edit page — delete button', () => {
 			context: new Map([[CONFIRM_KEY, mockService]])
 		});
 
-		await page.getByRole('button', { name: /löschen/i }).click();
-		await vi.waitFor(() => expect(capturedOptions).not.toBeNull());
+		// Playwright CDP click has latency that can exceed vi.waitFor's 1000ms deadline.
+		// Dispatching the MouseEvent directly from browser-JS context is synchronous and
+		// reliably triggers Svelte 5 onclick — same pattern as GeschichteEditor.svelte.spec.ts.
+		const btn = (await page
+			.getByRole('button', { name: /löschen/i })
+			.element()) as HTMLButtonElement;
+		btn.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true }));
+		expect(capturedOptions).not.toBeNull();
 		expect(capturedOptions).toMatchObject({ destructive: true });
 		settleRef?.(false);
 	});