fix test flow

dashboard/playwright.config.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
     url: "http://localhost:52415/node_id",
     reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
     timeout: 300000, // 5 minutes - CI needs time to install dependencies
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      // Ensure macmon and system tools are accessible
+      PATH: `/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:${process.env.PATH}`,
+    },
   },
   expect: {
     toHaveScreenshot: {

dashboard/tests/e2e/chat-message.spec.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   waitForChatReady,
   waitForAssistantMessage,
   sendChatMessage,
+  selectModelFromLaunchDropdown,
 } from "../helpers/wait-for-ready";
 
 test.describe("Chat Message", () => {
@@ -14,13 +15,15 @@ test.describe("Chat Message", () => {
 
     await page.goto("/");
     await waitForTopologyLoaded(page);
+
+    // First select the model from the dropdown (model cards appear after selection)
+    await selectModelFromLaunchDropdown(page, /qwen.*0\.6b/i);
+
+    // Now wait for model cards to appear
     await waitForModelCards(page);
 
-    // Find and click on Qwen3-0.6B-4bit model card to launch it
-    const modelCard = page
-      .locator('[data-testid="model-card"]')
-      .filter({ hasText: /qwen.*0\.6b.*4bit/i })
-      .first();
+    // Find and click on the model card (should already be filtered to Qwen)
+    const modelCard = page.locator('[data-testid="model-card"]').first();
     await expect(modelCard).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
 
     // Click the launch button

dashboard/tests/e2e/launch-instance.spec.ts

@@ -2,19 +2,22 @@ import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import {
   waitForTopologyLoaded,
   waitForModelCards,
+  selectModelFromLaunchDropdown,
 } from "../helpers/wait-for-ready";
 
 test.describe("Launch Instance", () => {
   test("should launch Qwen3-0.6B-4bit model", async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto("/");
     await waitForTopologyLoaded(page);
+
+    // First select the model from the dropdown (model cards appear after selection)
+    await selectModelFromLaunchDropdown(page, /qwen.*0\.6b/i);
+
+    // Now wait for model cards to appear
     await waitForModelCards(page);
 
-    // Find and click on Qwen3-0.6B-4bit model card
-    const modelCard = page
-      .locator('[data-testid="model-card"]')
-      .filter({ hasText: /qwen.*0\.6b.*4bit/i })
-      .first();
+    // Find and click on the model card (should already be filtered to Qwen)
+    const modelCard = page.locator('[data-testid="model-card"]').first();
     await expect(modelCard).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
 
     // Click the launch button

dashboard/tests/helpers/wait-for-ready.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ export async function waitForModelCards(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   });
 }
 
+export async function selectModelFromLaunchDropdown(
+  page: Page,
+  modelPattern: RegExp | string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  // Click the model dropdown in the Launch Instance panel
+  const dropdown = page.locator('button:has-text("SELECT MODEL")');
+  await expect(dropdown).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30000 });
+  await dropdown.click();
+
+  // Wait for dropdown menu to appear and select the model
+  const modelOption = page.locator("button").filter({ hasText: modelPattern });
+  await expect(modelOption.first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
+  await modelOption.first().click();
+}
+
 export async function waitForChatReady(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="chat-input"]')).toBeVisible({
     timeout: 10000,