diff --git a/tests/playwright/navigation.spec.js b/tests/playwright/navigation.spec.js
index 2d1d6583..13f9ab23 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/navigation.spec.js
+++ b/tests/playwright/navigation.spec.js
@@ -89,34 +89,39 @@ test.describe('Client-side Navigation', () => {
     expect(headerTextAfter).toContain('sx');
   });
 
-  test('browser back button works after navigation', async ({ page }) => {
+  test('browser back button restores previous page content', async ({ page }) => {
+    // Collect console errors
+    const errors = [];
+    page.on('console', msg => {
+      if (msg.type() === 'error') errors.push(msg.text());
+    });
+
     await page.goto(BASE_URL + '/sx/(geography)', { waitUntil: 'networkidle' });
     await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
 
-    // Get initial content
-    const initialContent = await page.locator('#main-panel').textContent();
-    expect(initialContent).toContain('Geography');
-
     // Navigate forward to Hypermedia
     await page.click('a[href*="geography.(hypermedia"]:not([href*="example"])');
     await page.waitForTimeout(3000);
 
-    // Verify we navigated — content should be different
-    const navContent = await page.locator('#main-panel').textContent();
-    expect(navContent).toContain('Hypermedia');
+    // Verify navigation worked — URL must contain hypermedia
     expect(page.url()).toContain('hypermedia');
 
     // Go back
     await page.goBack();
     await page.waitForTimeout(3000);
 
-    // Content should return to Geography — not stay on Hypermedia
-    const backContent = await page.locator('#main-panel').textContent();
-    expect(backContent).toContain('Geography');
-    expect(backContent).toContain('Rendering Pipeline');
-    // Should NOT still show Hypermedia content
+    // URL should return
     expect(page.url()).toContain('geography');
     expect(page.url()).not.toContain('hypermedia');
+
+    // Content MUST change back — the main heading should say Geography,
+    // NOT still show Hypermedia content
+    const heading = await page.locator('#main-panel h1, #main-panel h2').first();
+    await expect(heading).toContainText('Geography', { timeout: 5000 });
+
+    // No JIT errors should have occurred during navigation
+    const jitErrors = errors.filter(e => e.includes('Not callable: nil'));
+    expect(jitErrors.length).toBe(0);
   });
 
   test('back button preserves layout (no side-by-side)', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -142,6 +147,26 @@ test.describe('Client-side Navigation', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('no JIT errors during navigation', async ({ page }) => {
+    const errors = [];
+    page.on('console', msg => {
+      if (msg.type() === 'error' && msg.text().includes('FAIL')) {
+        errors.push(msg.text());
+      }
+    });
+
+    await page.goto(BASE_URL + '/sx/(geography)', { waitUntil: 'networkidle' });
+    await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
+
+    // Navigate
+    await page.click('a[href*="geography.(hypermedia"]:not([href*="example"])');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(3000);
+
+    // Check for JIT errors — these indicate broken CSSX function resolution
+    const jitErrors = errors.filter(e => e.includes('Not callable: nil'));
+    expect(jitErrors.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   test('full page width is used (no side-by-side split)', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto(BASE_URL + '/sx/(geography)', { waitUntil: 'networkidle' });