diff --git a/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss-mjs/postcss.config.mjs b/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss-mjs/postcss.config.mjs
index a34a3d560d..e8572f81a1 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss-mjs/postcss.config.mjs
+++ b/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss-mjs/postcss.config.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 export default {
   plugins: {
-    '@tailwindcss/postcss': {},
+    '@tailwindcss/postcss': {
+      // Ensure tailwindcss only watch files in the current directory
+      base: import.meta.dirname,
+    },
   },
 };
diff --git a/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss-vendor-prefix/postcss.config.cjs b/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss-vendor-prefix/postcss.config.cjs
index e5640725a9..4e3d2d744f 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss-vendor-prefix/postcss.config.cjs
+++ b/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss-vendor-prefix/postcss.config.cjs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 module.exports = {
   plugins: {
-    '@tailwindcss/postcss': {},
+    '@tailwindcss/postcss': {
+      // Ensure tailwindcss only watch files in the current directory
+      base: __dirname,
+    },
   },
 };
diff --git a/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss/postcss.config.cjs b/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss/postcss.config.cjs
index e5640725a9..4e3d2d744f 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss/postcss.config.cjs
+++ b/e2e/cases/css/tailwindcss/postcss.config.cjs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 module.exports = {
   plugins: {
-    '@tailwindcss/postcss': {},
+    '@tailwindcss/postcss': {
+      // Ensure tailwindcss only watch files in the current directory
+      base: __dirname,
+    },
   },
 };
diff --git a/e2e/cases/server/overlay-type-errors/index.test.ts b/e2e/cases/server/overlay-type-errors/index.test.ts
index f0bffde326..fad9636bee 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/server/overlay-type-errors/index.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/cases/server/overlay-type-errors/index.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { dev, proxyConsole } from '@e2e/helper';
+import { dev, proxyConsole, waitFor } from '@e2e/helper';
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 
 const cwd = __dirname;
@@ -6,11 +6,20 @@ const cwd = __dirname;
 test('should display type errors on overlay correctly', async ({ page }) => {
   const { restore } = proxyConsole();
 
+  const logs: string[] = [];
+  page.on('console', (consoleMessage) => {
+    logs.push(consoleMessage.text());
+  });
+
   const rsbuild = await dev({
     cwd,
     page,
   });
 
+  expect(
+    await waitFor(() => logs.some((log) => log.includes('TS2322:'))),
+  ).toBeTruthy();
+
   const errorOverlay = page.locator('rsbuild-error-overlay');
 
   await expect(errorOverlay.locator('.title')).toHaveText('Build failed');
diff --git a/e2e/cases/server/overlay/index.test.ts b/e2e/cases/server/overlay/index.test.ts
index 014a965664..1e7b3c4b8c 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/server/overlay/index.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/cases/server/overlay/index.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { dev, proxyConsole } from '@e2e/helper';
+import { dev, proxyConsole, waitFor } from '@e2e/helper';
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 
 const cwd = __dirname;
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ test('should show overlay correctly', async ({ page }) => {
     recursive: true,
   });
 
+  const logs: string[] = [];
+  page.on('console', (consoleMessage) => {
+    logs.push(consoleMessage.text());
+  });
+
   const rsbuild = await dev({
     cwd,
     page,
@@ -29,6 +34,10 @@ test('should show overlay correctly', async ({ page }) => {
     },
   });
 
+  expect(
+    await waitFor(() => logs.some((log) => log.includes('[HMR] connected.'))),
+  ).toBeTruthy();
+
   const errorOverlay = page.locator('rsbuild-error-overlay');
 
   expect(await errorOverlay.locator('.title').count()).toBe(0);
@@ -40,6 +49,12 @@ test('should show overlay correctly', async ({ page }) => {
     fs.readFileSync(appPath, 'utf-8').replace('</div>', '</aaaaa>'),
   );
 
+  expect(
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      logs.some((log) => log.includes('Module build failed')),
+    ),
+  ).toBeTruthy();
+
   await expect(errorOverlay.locator('.title')).toHaveText('Build failed');
 
   await rsbuild.close();