diff --git a/test-storybooks/portable-stories-kitchen-sink/react-vitest-3/e2e-tests/component-testing.spec.ts b/test-storybooks/portable-stories-kitchen-sink/react-vitest-3/e2e-tests/component-testing.spec.ts
index f48e6112f6df..59918515927c 100644
--- a/test-storybooks/portable-stories-kitchen-sink/react-vitest-3/e2e-tests/component-testing.spec.ts
+++ b/test-storybooks/portable-stories-kitchen-sink/react-vitest-3/e2e-tests/component-testing.spec.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,26 @@ test.describe("component testing", () => {
   });
 
   test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.click("body");
+    try {
+      /** Sometimes the vitest instance fails, but the error-content is only shown in a modal.
+       * We click the link so the modal opens and we can close it.
+       * Having it open shortly is enough to have it be in the playwright trace, for debugging purposes.
+       */
+      const descriptionButton = page.locator("#testing-module-description a");
+      if (
+        await descriptionButton.isVisible({ timeout: 4000 }).catch(() => false)
+      ) {
+        await descriptionButton.click({ timeout: 4000, force: true });
+
+        await page
+          .getByLabel("Close modal")
+          .click({ timeout: 4000, force: true });
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore any errors when trying to open the modal
+    }
+
     await restoreAllFiles();
 
     const expandTestingModule = page.getByLabel("Expand testing module");
diff --git a/test-storybooks/portable-stories-kitchen-sink/react/e2e-tests/component-testing.spec.ts b/test-storybooks/portable-stories-kitchen-sink/react/e2e-tests/component-testing.spec.ts
index b4b5bfbe5fa2..2c9f06c4f4c6 100644
--- a/test-storybooks/portable-stories-kitchen-sink/react/e2e-tests/component-testing.spec.ts
+++ b/test-storybooks/portable-stories-kitchen-sink/react/e2e-tests/component-testing.spec.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@ test.describe("component testing", () => {
   });
 
   test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.click("body");
+    try {
+      const descriptionButton = page.locator("#testing-module-description a");
+      if (
+        await descriptionButton.isVisible({ timeout: 4000 }).catch(() => false)
+      ) {
+        await descriptionButton.click({ timeout: 4000, force: true });
+
+        await page
+          .getByLabel("Close modal")
+          .click({ timeout: 4000, force: true });
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore any errors when trying to open the modal
+    }
+
     await restoreAllFiles();
 
     const expandTestingModule = page.getByLabel("Expand testing module");