diff --git a/test/ui/leftovers.e2e.test.js b/test/ui/leftovers.e2e.test.js
index 6095c964..8362baa1 100644
--- a/test/ui/leftovers.e2e.test.js
+++ b/test/ui/leftovers.e2e.test.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('client leftovers — mock harness', { skip: !ENABLED && 'set SP_E2E=1
     const problems = [];
     page.on('console', (m) => { if (m.type() === 'error') problems.push(`console: ${m.text()}`); });
     page.on('pageerror', (e) => problems.push(`pageerror: ${e.message}`));
-    page.on('requestfailed', (r) => problems.push(`requestfailed: ${r.url()} ${r.failure()?.errorText}`));
+    page.on('requestfailed', (r) => { if (!/fonts\.(googleapis|gstatic)/.test(r.url())) problems.push(`requestfailed: ${r.url()} ${r.failure()?.errorText}`); });
     page.on('response', (r) => { if (r.status() >= 400) problems.push(`http ${r.status()}: ${r.url()}`); });
     await page.goto(`${base}/dev/game-mock.html?shot=1&${query}`, { waitUntil: 'networkidle0' });
     await page.waitForFunction(() => !!document.querySelector('.screen:not(.gload)'), { timeout: 15000 });
diff --git a/test/ui/mock.e2e.test.js b/test/ui/mock.e2e.test.js
index 9d0031e4..30faacca 100644
--- a/test/ui/mock.e2e.test.js
+++ b/test/ui/mock.e2e.test.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('in-match UI (mock harness, headless Chrome)', { skip: !ENABLED && 'set
     const problems = [];
     page.on('console', (m) => { if (m.type() === 'error') problems.push(`console: ${m.text()}`); });
     page.on('pageerror', (e) => problems.push(`pageerror: ${e.message}`));
-    page.on('requestfailed', (r) => problems.push(`requestfailed: ${r.url()} ${r.failure()?.errorText}`));
+    page.on('requestfailed', (r) => { if (!/fonts\.(googleapis|gstatic)/.test(r.url())) problems.push(`requestfailed: ${r.url()} ${r.failure()?.errorText}`); });
     page.on('response', (r) => { if (r.status() >= 400) problems.push(`http ${r.status()}: ${r.url()}`); });
     await page.goto(`${base}/dev/game-mock.html?shot=1&render=${render}&${query}`, { waitUntil: 'networkidle0' });
     await page.waitForFunction(() => !!document.querySelector('.screen:not(.gload)'), { timeout: 15000 });
diff --git a/test/ui/real.e2e.test.js b/test/ui/real.e2e.test.js
index 0af1fc71..0bedc555 100644
--- a/test/ui/real.e2e.test.js
+++ b/test/ui/real.e2e.test.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Client {
     await page.setViewport({ width: this.w, height: this.h });
     page.on('console', (m) => { if (m.type() === 'error') this.problems.push(`console: ${m.text()}`); });
     page.on('pageerror', (e) => this.problems.push(`pageerror: ${e.message}`));
-    page.on('requestfailed', (r) => this.problems.push(`requestfailed: ${r.url()} ${r.failure()?.errorText}`));
+    page.on('requestfailed', (r) => { if (!/fonts\.(googleapis|gstatic)/.test(r.url())) this.problems.push(`requestfailed: ${r.url()} ${r.failure()?.errorText}`); });
     page.on('response', (r) => {
       if (r.status() >= 400) this.problems.push(`http ${r.status()}: ${r.url()}`);
       // the served manifest's content-hashed URLs (docs/ASSETS.md): Spine files, audio through /media/~<hash>/, the rest