diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/graphDetails.test.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/graphDetails.test.ts
index dbaa183ffc9b9..33ad864bdd72b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/graphDetails.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/graphDetails.test.ts
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ test.describe('Graph Details - Compare Mode', () => {
 		// Ctrl+Click second commit to multi-select
 		const secondCommit = graphWebview.getByText('Add utils module', { exact: true }).first();
 		await expect(secondCommit).toBeVisible({ timeout: MaxTimeout });
-		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 
 		// Compare panel should appear with its header
 		const compareHeader = graphWebview.locator('.compare-header__title').first();
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ test.describe('Graph Details - Compare Mode', () => {
 		await selectCommitByMessage(graphWebview, 'Add greeting module');
 		await waitForDetailsLoaded(graphWebview);
 		const secondCommit = graphWebview.getByText('Add utils module', { exact: true }).first();
-		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 
 		// Wait for compare panel
 		await expect(graphWebview.locator('.compare-header__title').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15000 });
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ test.describe('Graph Details - Compare Mode', () => {
 		await selectCommitByMessage(graphWebview, 'Add greeting module');
 		await waitForDetailsLoaded(graphWebview);
 		const secondCommit = graphWebview.getByText('Add utils module', { exact: true }).first();
-		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 
 		await expect(graphWebview.locator('.compare-header__title').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15000 });
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ test.describe('Graph Details - Compare Mode', () => {
 		await selectCommitByMessage(graphWebview, 'Add greeting module');
 		await waitForDetailsLoaded(graphWebview);
 		const secondCommit = graphWebview.getByText('Add utils module', { exact: true }).first();
-		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 
 		await expect(graphWebview.locator('.compare-header__title').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15000 });
 
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ test.describe('Graph Details - Compare Mode', () => {
 		await selectCommitByMessage(graphWebview, 'Add greeting module');
 		await waitForDetailsLoaded(graphWebview);
 		const secondCommit = graphWebview.getByText('Add utils module', { exact: true }).first();
-		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 
 		await expect(graphWebview.locator('.compare-header__title').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15000 });
 
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ test.describe('Graph Details - Compare Mode', () => {
 		await selectCommitByMessage(graphWebview, 'Add greeting module');
 		await waitForDetailsLoaded(graphWebview);
 		const secondCommit = graphWebview.getByText('Add utils module', { exact: true }).first();
-		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+		await secondCommit.click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 
 		await expect(graphWebview.locator('.compare-header__title').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15000 });
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/graphHeader.test.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/graphHeader.test.ts
index 9ebcf4f45c18d..9cc5d020701b8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/graphHeader.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/graphHeader.test.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ test.describe('Graph — Header menus', () => {
 		const webview = await openGraph(vscode);
 
 		// No integration is connected in the test environment, so the indicator advertises that.
-		const launchpadButton = webview.locator('button[aria-label^="Launchpad"]').first();
+		// The indicator's anchor is an <a href> (click opens Launchpad directly), not a <button>.
+		const launchpadButton = webview.locator('.action-button[aria-label^="Launchpad"]').first();
 		await expect(launchpadButton).toBeVisible({ timeout: MaxTimeout });
 		await expect(launchpadButton).toHaveAttribute('aria-label', /connect an integration/i);
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/graphPin.test.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/graphPin.test.ts
index 77194fc6efd2e..31f37cbd9b262 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/graphPin.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/graphPin.test.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ async function getPinnedWebviewItem(webview: FrameLocator): Promise<string | nul
 	return JSON.parse(json) as string | null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Collapse the details panel if it is open. The panel auto-opens at the bottom of the graph
+ * (WIP initial selection + vertical layout), and in the short E2E panel it squeezes the row
+ * grid to near-zero height — the virtualizer then paints no branch rows, so ref-pill
+ * `data-vscode-context` assertions can never match. Closing it gives the grid the height to
+ * actually render the rows.
+ */
+async function ensureDetailsPanelClosed(webview: FrameLocator): Promise<void> {
+	const toggle = webview.locator('gl-button[aria-label$="Details Panel"]').first();
+	await expect(toggle).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15000 });
+	if ((await toggle.getAttribute('aria-label')) === 'Hide Details Panel') {
+		await toggle.click();
+		await expect(webview.locator('gl-button[aria-label="Show Details Panel"]').first()).toBeVisible({
+			timeout: 15000,
+		});
+	}
+}
+
 const test = base.extend({
 	vscodeOptions: [
 		{
@@ -168,6 +186,8 @@ test.describe('Graph — Pin Branch to Edge', () => {
 		// Verify the webviewItem context includes +pinned (rows re-processed after pin).
 		// The row re-send (updateState) arrives separately from — and later than — the
 		// pinnedRef state update above, so poll until the row context picks up +pinned.
+		// The branch rows must actually be painted for the context to exist in the DOM.
+		await ensureDetailsPanelClosed(graphWebview!);
 		await expect.poll(() => getPinnedWebviewItem(graphWebview!), { timeout: 15000 }).toContain('+pinned');
 	});
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/graphReview.test.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/graphReview.test.ts
index 13165e63a50a2..3a8293f120719 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/graphReview.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/graphReview.test.ts
@@ -276,9 +276,12 @@ test.describe('Review & Compose Sub-Panels', () => {
 		const branchRow = graphWebview.locator('.graph-details-header__branch-row');
 		await expect(branchRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30000 });
 
-		// Create branch icon should be in branch row
-		const createBranchChip = branchRow.locator('gl-action-chip[icon="custom-start-work"]');
-		await expect(createBranchChip).toBeVisible();
+		// Branch actions kebab (hosts the Create Branch... context menu, replacing the old
+		// standalone create-branch chip) should be in branch row
+		const branchActionsChip = branchRow.locator(
+			'gl-action-chip[icon="kebab-vertical"][label="Show Branch Actions"]',
+		);
+		await expect(branchActionsChip).toBeVisible();
 
 		// Review/compose chips should NOT be in branch row
 		const reviewInBranch = branchRow.locator('gl-action-chip[icon="checklist"]');
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/rebase.test.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/rebase.test.ts
index 9f5e21cf14904..2320427f003a1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/rebase.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/rebase.test.ts
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ test.describe('Editor — Core', () => {
 
 			// Test bulk action change: multi-select with Ctrl+Click then drop with 'd'
 			await entries.nth(2).click();
-			await entries.nth(3).click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+			await entries.nth(3).click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 			await page.keyboard.press('d');
 			await page.waitForTimeout(ShortTimeout / 2);
 			await expect(entries.nth(2).locator('.action-select')).toHaveAttribute('value', 'drop');
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ test.describe('Editor — Core', () => {
 
 			// Select oldest then newest (so newest is focused)
 			await oldestEntry.click();
-			await newestEntry.click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+			await newestEntry.click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 
 			// Press 's' to squash selection
 			await page.keyboard.press('s');
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ test.describe('Editor — Core', () => {
 
 			// Test moving commits down: Select 2nd and 3rd entries (Commit C and Commit B)
 			await entries.nth(1).click();
-			await entries.nth(2).click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+			await entries.nth(2).click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 			await page.keyboard.press('Alt+ArrowDown');
 			await page.waitForTimeout(ShortTimeout / 2);
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ test.describe('Editor — Core', () => {
 
 			// Test moving commits up: Select repositioned Commit C and Commit B (now at indices 2 and 3)
 			await entries.nth(2).click();
-			await entries.nth(3).click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+			await entries.nth(3).click({ modifiers: ['ControlOrMeta'] });
 			await page.keyboard.press('Alt+ArrowUp');
 			await page.waitForTimeout(ShortTimeout / 2);