diff --git a/integration/testUtils/appPageObject.ts b/integration/testUtils/appPageObject.ts
index 0d5f14b374..8a59157028 100644
--- a/integration/testUtils/appPageObject.ts
+++ b/integration/testUtils/appPageObject.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const createAppPageObject = (testArgs: { page: Page }, app: Application)
         // do not fail the test if interstitial is returned (401)
       }
     },
-    goToRelative: async (path: string, opts: { searchParams?: URLSearchParams; timeout?: number } = {}) => {
+    goToRelative: (path: string, opts: { searchParams?: URLSearchParams; timeout?: number } = {}) => {
       let url: URL;
 
       try {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const createAppPageObject = (testArgs: { page: Page }, app: Application)
       if (opts.searchParams) {
         url.search = opts.searchParams.toString();
       }
-      await page.goto(url.toString(), { timeout: opts.timeout ?? 10000 });
+      return page.goto(url.toString(), { timeout: opts.timeout ?? 10000 });
     },
     waitForClerkJsLoaded: async () => {
       return page.waitForFunction(() => {
diff --git a/integration/testUtils/index.ts b/integration/testUtils/index.ts
index 6721e0d2ba..7a8c043f20 100644
--- a/integration/testUtils/index.ts
+++ b/integration/testUtils/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { createClerkClient as backendCreateClerkClient } from '@clerk/backend';
-import type { Browser, BrowserContext, Page } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { Browser, BrowserContext, Page, Response } from '@playwright/test';
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
 
 import type { Application } from '../models/application';
 import { createAppPageObject } from './appPageObject';
@@ -24,6 +25,13 @@ const createClerkClient = (app: Application) => {
 
 const createExpectPageObject = ({ page }: TestArgs) => {
   return {
+    toBeHandshake: async (res: Response) => {
+      // Travel the redirect chain until we find the handshake header
+      // TODO: Loop through the redirects until we find a handshake header, or timeout trying
+      const redirect = await res.request().redirectedFrom().redirectedFrom().redirectedFrom().response();
+      expect(redirect.status()).toBe(307);
+      expect(redirect.headers()['x-clerk-auth-status']).toContain('handshake');
+    },
     toBeSignedOut: () => {
       return page.waitForFunction(() => {
         return !window.Clerk?.user;
diff --git a/integration/testUtils/signInPageObject.ts b/integration/testUtils/signInPageObject.ts
index f0509e81c7..ffee57fd46 100644
--- a/integration/testUtils/signInPageObject.ts
+++ b/integration/testUtils/signInPageObject.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ export const createSignInComponentPageObject = (testArgs: TestArgs) => {
   const self = {
     ...common(testArgs),
     goTo: async (opts?: { searchParams?: URLSearchParams; headlessSelector?: string; timeout?: number }) => {
-      await page.goToRelative('/sign-in', opts);
+      const navRes = await page.goToRelative('/sign-in', opts);
 
       if (typeof opts?.headlessSelector !== 'undefined') {
-        return self.waitForMounted(opts.headlessSelector);
+        await self.waitForMounted(opts.headlessSelector);
       } else {
-        return self.waitForMounted();
+        await self.waitForMounted();
       }
+      return navRes;
     },
     waitForMounted: (selector = '.cl-signIn-root') => {
       return page.waitForSelector(selector, { state: 'attached' });
diff --git a/integration/tests/sessions/root-subdomain-prod-instances.test.ts b/integration/tests/sessions/root-subdomain-prod-instances.test.ts
index a185d246e5..009b3dd3dd 100644
--- a/integration/tests/sessions/root-subdomain-prod-instances.test.ts
+++ b/integration/tests/sessions/root-subdomain-prod-instances.test.ts
@@ -239,8 +239,9 @@ test.describe('root and subdomain production apps @sessions', () => {
       // The client_uat cookie should always be set on etld+1
       expect(tab0Cookies.get('__client_uat_*').domain).toEqual('.' + hosts[0]);
 
-      await u[1].page.goto(`https://${hosts[1]}`);
+      u[1].po.expect.toBeHandshake(await u[1].page.goto(`https://${hosts[1]}`));
       await u[1].po.expect.toBeSignedOut();
+      expect((await u[1].page.evaluate(() => fetch('/api/me').then(r => r.json()))).userId).toBe(null);
 
       await u[1].po.signIn.goTo();
       await u[1].po.signIn.signInWithEmailAndInstantPassword(fakeUsers[1]);