diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/windows-smoke.yml b/.gitea/workflows/windows-smoke.yml
index ea1546b..8b975e9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/windows-smoke.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/windows-smoke.yml
@@ -84,16 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           if (-not (Test-Path $app)) { Write-Error "not installed at $app"; exit 1 }
           (Get-Item $app).VersionInfo | Select-Object ProductVersion, FileVersion
 
-      - name: Start the app with the WebView2 DevTools port open
-        shell: powershell
-        run: |
-          $env:WEBVIEW2_ADDITIONAL_BROWSER_ARGUMENTS = '--remote-debugging-port=9222 --use-fake-device-for-media-stream'
-          $app = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'Lotus Chat\cinny.exe'
-          Start-Process $app
-          Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
-          Get-Process cinny | Select-Object Id, SessionId, MainWindowTitle
-
-      - name: Smoke test
+      - name: Start the app and smoke test it
         shell: powershell
         run: |
           New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path smoke-deps | Out-Null
@@ -101,8 +92,20 @@ jobs:
           npm init -y | Out-Null
           npm install --no-audit --no-fund playwright-core@1 | Out-Null
           Pop-Location
-          $env:NODE_PATH = (Resolve-Path smoke-deps\node_modules).Path
           Copy-Item scripts\windows-smoke.mjs smoke-deps\windows-smoke.mjs
+          # Same step as the test: a process started in an earlier step may be
+          # cleaned up when that step ends.
+          $env:WEBVIEW2_ADDITIONAL_BROWSER_ARGUMENTS = '--remote-debugging-port=9222 --use-fake-device-for-media-stream'
+          $app = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA 'Lotus Chat\cinny.exe'
+          Start-Process $app
+          Start-Sleep -Seconds 15
+          Write-Host "--- processes"
+          Get-Process cinny, msedgewebview2 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object Name, Id, SessionId | Format-Table | Out-String | Write-Host
+          Write-Host "--- listening ports 9222/44548"
+          Get-NetTCPConnection -State Listen -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.LocalPort -in 9222, 44548 } | Select-Object LocalAddress, LocalPort, OwningProcess | Format-Table | Out-String | Write-Host
+          Write-Host "--- WebView2 runtime"
+          Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object pv | Out-String | Write-Host
+          Write-Host "--- whoami: $(whoami)"
           node smoke-deps\windows-smoke.mjs smoke-out
 
       - name: Stop the app