diff --git a/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs b/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs
index a7a646c17b..4108f799df 100644
--- a/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs
+++ b/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs
@@ -2503,6 +2503,7 @@ testPlanHostContactDeletedGroupLinkKnown =
 testPlanGroupLinkOwn :: HasCallStack => FilePath -> IO ()
 testPlanGroupLinkOwn tmp =
   withNewTestChatCfg tmp testCfgGroupLinkViaContact "alice" aliceProfile $ \alice -> do
+    threadDelay 100000
     alice ##> "/g team"
     alice <## "group #team is created"
     alice <## "to add members use /a team <name> or /create link #team"
@@ -5186,7 +5187,11 @@ testGroupHistoryWelcomeMessage =
 
       cath ##> "/_get chat #1 count=100"
       r <- chat <$> getTermLine cath
-      r `shouldContain` [(0, "hello"), (0, "hey!"), (0, "welcome to team")]
+      -- sometimes there are "connected" and feature items in between,
+      -- so we filter them out; `shouldContain` then checks order is correct
+      let expected = [(0, "hello"), (0, "hey!"), (0, "welcome to team")]
+          r' = filter (`elem` expected) r
+      r' `shouldContain` expected
 
       -- message delivery works after sending history
       alice #> "#team 1"