diff --git a/test/development/acceptance-app/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts b/test/development/acceptance-app/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts
index d20bcf30f5a8e..0a61381759d7a 100644
--- a/test/development/acceptance-app/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/acceptance-app/ReactRefreshLogBox.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox app %s', () => {
     )
     await session.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('a').click())
 
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
     expect(await session.getRedboxSource()).toMatchSnapshot()
   })
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox app %s', () => {
       `export default function FunctionDefault() { throw new Error('no'); }`
     )
 
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
     expect(await session.getRedboxSource()).toMatchSnapshot()
     expect(
       await session.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('h2').textContent)
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox app %s', () => {
     )
 
     await session.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('button').click())
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
     const header = await session.getRedboxDescription()
     expect(header).toMatchSnapshot()
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox app %s', () => {
     )
 
     await session.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('button').click())
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
     const header2 = await session.getRedboxDescription()
     expect(header2).toMatchSnapshot()
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox app %s', () => {
     )
 
     await session.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('button').click())
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
     const header3 = await session.getRedboxDescription()
     expect(header3).toMatchSnapshot()
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('ReactRefreshLogBox app %s', () => {
     )
 
     await session.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('button').click())
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
     const header4 = await session.getRedboxDescription()
     expect(header4).toEqual(
diff --git a/test/development/acceptance-app/error-message-url.test.ts b/test/development/acceptance-app/error-message-url.test.ts
index f1c5335d0bb9f..f10ed4a6cc62f 100644
--- a/test/development/acceptance-app/error-message-url.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/acceptance-app/error-message-url.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('Error overlay - error message urls', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
     const link = await browser.elementByCss('#nextjs__container_errors__link a')
     const text = await link.text()
diff --git a/test/development/acceptance-app/error-recovery.test.ts b/test/development/acceptance-app/error-recovery.test.ts
index bd6f1cc4bada1..1717c4cee4877 100644
--- a/test/development/acceptance-app/error-recovery.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/acceptance-app/error-recovery.test.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('Error recovery app %s', () => {
       await session.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('p').textContent)
     ).toBe('1')
 
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
     expect(await session.getRedboxSource()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       "index.js (7:11) @ Index.useCallback[increment]
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ describe.each(['default', 'turbo'])('Error recovery app %s', () => {
     )
 
     await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000))
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
     expect(await session.getRedboxSource()).not.toInclude(
       "Expected '}', got '<eof>'"
     )
diff --git a/test/development/acceptance-app/hydration-error.test.ts b/test/development/acceptance-app/hydration-error.test.ts
index 58950320d9de9..890ee7f015595 100644
--- a/test/development/acceptance-app/hydration-error.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/acceptance-app/hydration-error.test.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(1)
 
     expect(await session.getRedboxDescription()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
@@ -153,9 +152,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(1)
 
     const pseudoHtml = await session.getRedboxComponentStack()
@@ -203,9 +201,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(1)
 
     const pseudoHtml = await session.getRedboxComponentStack()
@@ -239,9 +236,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(1)
 
     const pseudoHtml = await session.getRedboxComponentStack()
@@ -288,9 +284,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(1)
 
     const pseudoHtml = await session.getRedboxComponentStack()
@@ -330,9 +325,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(1)
 
     expect(await session.getRedboxDescription()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
@@ -378,9 +372,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(2)
 
     // FIXME: Should also have "text nodes cannot be a child of tr"
@@ -427,9 +420,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(1)
 
     expect(await session.getRedboxDescription()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
@@ -487,7 +479,7 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
     const pseudoHtml = await session.getRedboxComponentStack()
     if (isTurbopack) {
@@ -572,9 +564,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
     )
 
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(2)
 
     const description = await session.getRedboxDescription()
@@ -631,9 +622,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
     )
 
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(2)
 
     const description = await session.getRedboxDescription()
@@ -670,9 +660,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
     )
 
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(2)
 
     const description = await session.getRedboxDescription()
@@ -724,9 +713,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
     )
 
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(2)
 
     const description = await session.getRedboxDescription()
@@ -796,9 +784,7 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
-
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
     retry(async () => {
       expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(4)
@@ -868,9 +854,8 @@ describe('Error overlay for hydration errors in App router', () => {
       ])
     )
     const { session, browser } = sandbox
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
-    await session.assertHasRedbox()
     expect(await getRedboxTotalErrorCount(browser)).toBe(1)
 
     const pseudoHtml = await session.getRedboxComponentStack()
diff --git a/test/development/acceptance-app/version-staleness.test.ts b/test/development/acceptance-app/version-staleness.test.ts
index 39910d9bfaebb..10d5c80308f5c 100644
--- a/test/development/acceptance-app/version-staleness.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/acceptance-app/version-staleness.test.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('Error Overlay version staleness', () => {
       `
     )
 
-    await session.waitForAndOpenRuntimeError()
+    await session.openRedbox()
 
     if (process.env.TURBOPACK) {
       expect(await getStaleness(browser)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
diff --git a/test/development/app-dir/capture-console-error-owner-stack/capture-console-error-owner-stack.test.ts b/test/development/app-dir/capture-console-error-owner-stack/capture-console-error-owner-stack.test.ts
index f195e50738c30..f81707b1df2fc 100644
--- a/test/development/app-dir/capture-console-error-owner-stack/capture-console-error-owner-stack.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/app-dir/capture-console-error-owner-stack/capture-console-error-owner-stack.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
 import {
-  assertHasRedbox,
   getRedboxCallStack,
   getRedboxDescription,
   getRedboxTitle,
   getRedboxSource,
   getRedboxTotalErrorCount,
-  waitForAndOpenRuntimeError,
+  openRedbox,
 } from 'next-test-utils'
 
 async function getRedboxResult(browser: any) {
@@ -33,8 +32,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error-owner-stack', () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/browser/event')
     await browser.elementByCss('button').click()
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -82,8 +80,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error-owner-stack', () => {
   it('should capture browser console error in render and dedupe if necessary', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/browser/render')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -129,8 +126,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error-owner-stack', () => {
   it('should capture browser console error in render and dedupe when multi same errors logged', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/browser/render')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -176,8 +172,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error-owner-stack', () => {
   it('should capture server replay string error from console error', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/ssr')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -223,8 +218,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error-owner-stack', () => {
   it('should capture server replay error instance from console error', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/ssr-error-instance')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -270,8 +264,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error-owner-stack', () => {
   it('should be able to capture rsc logged error', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/rsc')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
diff --git a/test/development/app-dir/capture-console-error/capture-console-error.test.ts b/test/development/app-dir/capture-console-error/capture-console-error.test.ts
index 5d31dbcc3b7f1..6eefd7ac54961 100644
--- a/test/development/app-dir/capture-console-error/capture-console-error.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/app-dir/capture-console-error/capture-console-error.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
 import {
-  assertHasRedbox,
   getRedboxCallStack,
   getRedboxDescription,
   getRedboxTitle,
   getRedboxSource,
   getRedboxTotalErrorCount,
-  waitForAndOpenRuntimeError,
+  openRedbox,
 } from 'next-test-utils'
 
 async function getRedboxResult(browser: any) {
@@ -41,8 +40,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error', () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/browser/event')
     await browser.elementByCss('button').click()
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -88,8 +86,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error', () => {
   it('should capture browser console error in render and dedupe if necessary', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/browser/render')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -135,8 +132,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error', () => {
   it('should capture browser console error in render and dedupe when multi same errors logged', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/browser/render')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -182,8 +178,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error', () => {
   it('should capture server replay string error from console error', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/ssr')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -229,8 +224,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error', () => {
   it('should capture server replay error instance from console error', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/ssr-error-instance')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
@@ -276,8 +270,7 @@ describe('app-dir - capture-console-error', () => {
   it('should be able to capture rsc logged error', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/rsc')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const result = await getRedboxResult(browser)
 
diff --git a/test/development/app-dir/dynamic-io-dev-cache-scope/dynamic-io-dev-cache-scope.test.ts b/test/development/app-dir/dynamic-io-dev-cache-scope/dynamic-io-dev-cache-scope.test.ts
index 49c23a1d04d9e..ed94035fe3e57 100644
--- a/test/development/app-dir/dynamic-io-dev-cache-scope/dynamic-io-dev-cache-scope.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/app-dir/dynamic-io-dev-cache-scope/dynamic-io-dev-cache-scope.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
 import {
   getRedboxDescription,
-  waitForAndOpenRuntimeError,
+  openRedbox,
   assertNoRedbox,
   retry,
 } from 'next-test-utils'
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Dynamic IO Dev Errors', () => {
     let desc
 
     const browser = await next.browser('/uncached')
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
     desc = await getRedboxDescription(browser)
 
     expect(desc).toContain(
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('Dynamic IO Dev Errors', () => {
     )
 
     await browser.refresh()
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
     desc = await getRedboxDescription(browser)
 
     expect(desc).toContain(
diff --git a/test/development/app-dir/dynamic-io-dev-errors/dynamic-io-dev-errors.test.ts b/test/development/app-dir/dynamic-io-dev-errors/dynamic-io-dev-errors.test.ts
index e57d2ad10c7a7..6f4a86bae411b 100644
--- a/test/development/app-dir/dynamic-io-dev-errors/dynamic-io-dev-errors.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/app-dir/dynamic-io-dev-errors/dynamic-io-dev-errors.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   getRedboxDescription,
   hasErrorToast,
   retry,
-  waitForAndOpenRuntimeError,
+  openRedbox,
   getRedboxSource,
 } from 'next-test-utils'
 import { createSandbox } from 'development-sandbox'
@@ -21,15 +21,11 @@ describe('Dynamic IO Dev Errors', () => {
   it('should show a red box error on the SSR render', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/error')
 
-    await retry(async () => {
-      expect(await hasErrorToast(browser)).toBe(true)
-
-      await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
-      expect(await getRedboxDescription(browser)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-        `"[ Server ] Error: Route "/error" used \`Math.random()\` outside of \`"use cache"\` and without explicitly calling \`await connection()\` beforehand. See more info here: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/next-prerender-random"`
-      )
-    })
+    expect(await getRedboxDescription(browser)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+      `"[ Server ] Error: Route "/error" used \`Math.random()\` outside of \`"use cache"\` and without explicitly calling \`await connection()\` beforehand. See more info here: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/next-prerender-random"`
+    )
   })
 
   it('should show a red box error on client navigations', async () => {
@@ -39,15 +35,11 @@ describe('Dynamic IO Dev Errors', () => {
 
     await browser.elementByCss("[href='/error']").click()
 
-    await retry(async () => {
-      expect(await hasErrorToast(browser)).toBe(true)
-
-      await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
-      expect(await getRedboxDescription(browser)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-        `"[ Server ] Error: Route "/error" used \`Math.random()\` outside of \`"use cache"\` and without explicitly calling \`await connection()\` beforehand. See more info here: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/next-prerender-random"`
-      )
-    })
+    expect(await getRedboxDescription(browser)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+      `"[ Server ] Error: Route "/error" used \`Math.random()\` outside of \`"use cache"\` and without explicitly calling \`await connection()\` beforehand. See more info here: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/next-prerender-random"`
+    )
   })
 
   // NOTE: when update this snapshot, use `pnpm build` in packages/next to avoid next source code get mapped to source.
@@ -55,11 +47,7 @@ describe('Dynamic IO Dev Errors', () => {
     const outputIndex = next.cliOutput.length
     const browser = await next.browser('/no-accessed-data')
 
-    await retry(async () => {
-      expect(await hasErrorToast(browser)).toBe(true)
-      await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-      await assertHasRedbox(browser)
-    })
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     expect(stripAnsi(next.cliOutput.slice(outputIndex))).toContain(
       `\nError: Route "/no-accessed-data": ` +
diff --git a/test/development/app-dir/hook-function-names/hook-function-names.test.ts b/test/development/app-dir/hook-function-names/hook-function-names.test.ts
index 17c7be298fb29..a3e63fa417e6a 100644
--- a/test/development/app-dir/hook-function-names/hook-function-names.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/app-dir/hook-function-names/hook-function-names.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
-import {
-  assertHasRedbox,
-  getRedboxSource,
-  waitForAndOpenRuntimeError,
-} from 'next-test-utils'
+import { assertHasRedbox, getRedboxSource, openRedbox } from 'next-test-utils'
 
 describe('hook-function-names', () => {
   const { next, isTurbopack } = nextTestSetup({
@@ -15,7 +11,7 @@ describe('hook-function-names', () => {
 
     await browser.elementByCss('button').click()
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     if (isTurbopack) {
       expect(await getRedboxSource(browser)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
diff --git a/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop.test.ts b/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop.test.ts
index 5f9e00b939f2c..1edeb79382813 100644
--- a/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
 import {
   getRedboxSource,
-  waitForAndOpenRuntimeError,
+  openRedbox,
   getStackFramesContent,
 } from 'next-test-utils'
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const isOwnerStackEnabled =
 
     it('should catch invalid element from on rsc component', async () => {
       const browser = await next.browser('/rsc')
-      await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+      await openRedbox(browser)
 
       const stackFramesContent = await getStackFramesContent(browser)
       const source = await getRedboxSource(browser)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const isOwnerStackEnabled =
 
     it('should catch invalid element from on ssr client component', async () => {
       const browser = await next.browser('/ssr')
-      await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+      await openRedbox(browser)
 
       const stackFramesContent = await getStackFramesContent(browser)
       const source = await getRedboxSource(browser)
diff --git a/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop/react-missing-key-prop.test.ts b/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop/react-missing-key-prop.test.ts
index 4004bb9409e8f..943b31eaabe07 100644
--- a/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop/react-missing-key-prop.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack-react-missing-key-prop/react-missing-key-prop.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
-import { getRedboxSource, waitForAndOpenRuntimeError } from 'next-test-utils'
+import { getRedboxSource, openRedbox } from 'next-test-utils'
 
 // TODO: When owner stack is enabled by default, remove the condition and only keep one test
 const isOwnerStackEnabled =
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ async function getStackFramesContent(browser) {
 
     it('should catch invalid element from on rsc component', async () => {
       const browser = await next.browser('/rsc')
-      await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+      await openRedbox(browser)
 
       const stackFramesContent = await getStackFramesContent(browser)
       const source = await getRedboxSource(browser)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function getStackFramesContent(browser) {
 
     it('should catch invalid element from on ssr client component', async () => {
       const browser = await next.browser('/ssr')
-      await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+      await openRedbox(browser)
 
       const stackFramesContent = await getStackFramesContent(browser)
       const source = await getRedboxSource(browser)
diff --git a/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack/owner-stack.test.ts b/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack/owner-stack.test.ts
index 1257740989d9d..40ed60a7b4901 100644
--- a/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack/owner-stack.test.ts
+++ b/test/development/app-dir/owner-stack/owner-stack.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
 import {
   assertHasRedbox,
   assertNoRedbox,
-  waitForAndOpenRuntimeError,
+  openRedbox,
   getRedboxDescription,
 } from 'next-test-utils'
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('app-dir - owner-stack', () => {
       return log.message.includes('Error: browser error')
     }).message
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const stackFramesContent = await getStackFramesContent(browser)
 
@@ -209,8 +209,7 @@ describe('app-dir - owner-stack', () => {
   it('should capture unhandled promise rejections', async () => {
     const browser = await next.browser('/browser/reject-promise')
 
-    await waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
-    await assertHasRedbox(browser)
+    await openRedbox(browser)
 
     const description = await getRedboxDescription(browser)
     expect(description).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"string in rejected promise"`)
diff --git a/test/lib/development-sandbox.ts b/test/lib/development-sandbox.ts
index e6efe2382f935..803e1804fd3cf 100644
--- a/test/lib/development-sandbox.ts
+++ b/test/lib/development-sandbox.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   assertHasRedbox,
   assertNoRedbox,
   waitFor,
-  waitForAndOpenRuntimeError,
+  openRedbox,
   getRedboxDescriptionWarning,
   toggleCollapseComponentStack,
   getRedboxErrorLink,
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ export async function createSandbox(
         async assertNoRedbox() {
           return assertNoRedbox(browser)
         },
-        async waitForAndOpenRuntimeError() {
-          return waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser)
+        async openRedbox() {
+          return openRedbox(browser)
         },
         async hasErrorToast() {
           return Boolean(await hasErrorToast(browser))
diff --git a/test/lib/next-test-utils.ts b/test/lib/next-test-utils.ts
index 0caa377957d8a..c60068d7553a2 100644
--- a/test/lib/next-test-utils.ts
+++ b/test/lib/next-test-utils.ts
@@ -879,8 +879,19 @@ export async function hasErrorToast(
   })
 }
 
-export async function waitForAndOpenRuntimeError(browser: BrowserInterface) {
-  return browser.waitForElementByCss('[data-nextjs-toast]', 5000).click()
+/**
+ * Has retried version of {@link hasErrorToast} built-in.
+ * Success implies {@link assertHasRedbox}.
+ */
+export async function openRedbox(browser: BrowserInterface): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    browser.waitForElementByCss('[data-nextjs-toast]', 5000).click()
+  } catch (cause) {
+    const error = new Error('No Redbox to open.', { cause })
+    Error.captureStackTrace(error, openRedbox)
+    throw error
+  }
+  await assertHasRedbox(browser)
 }
 
 export function getRedboxHeader(browser: BrowserInterface) {