diff --git a/internal/web/handlers/e2e_markup_probe_test.go b/internal/web/handlers/e2e_markup_probe_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17c8a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/web/handlers/e2e_markup_probe_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestE2ESendLogStatusMarkupDrift renders the real deliveries_rows fragment and
+// checks whether the e2e gate's HTML scrapers still match it.
+func TestE2ESendLogStatusMarkupDrift(t *testing.T) {
+	h, _ := serverWithDelivery(t)
+	rendered := getBody(t, h.HandleDeliveriesRows, "/deliveries/rows")
+
+	// These mirror test/e2e/main_test.go — keep in sync when fixing the e2e gate.
+	statusCellPattern := regexp.MustCompile(`class="st st-[^"]+">(queued|sent|deferred|bounced|rejected)</span>`)
+	containsCell := func(html, needle string) bool {
+		return strings.Contains(html, `<span class="st st-`) && strings.Contains(html, `">`+needle+`</span>`)
+	}
+
+	if statusCellPattern.FindStringSubmatch(rendered) == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("e2e statusCellPattern does not match rendered send-log rows:\n%s", snippet(rendered, `class="status"`))
+	}
+	if !containsCell(rendered, "sent") {
+		t.Fatalf("e2e containsCell does not match rendered send-log rows:\n%s", snippet(rendered, `class="status"`))
+	}
+}
+
+func snippet(s, needle string) string {
+	i := strings.Index(s, needle)
+	if i < 0 {
+		if len(s) > 200 {
+			return s[:200] + "..."
+		}
+		return s
+	}
+	start := i - 20
+	if start < 0 {
+		start = 0
+	}
+	end := i + 120
+	if end > len(s) {
+		end = len(s)
+	}
+	return s[start:end]
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/main_test.go b/test/e2e/main_test.go
index 8a0deb5..7bdac92 100644
--- a/test/e2e/main_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/main_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var statusCellPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`<td>(queued|sent|deferred|bounced|rejected)</td>`)
+var statusCellPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`class="st st-[^"]+">(queued|sent|deferred|bounced|rejected)</span>`)
 
 // h is the single shared stand for the whole ordered scenario in TestE2E.
 // TestHostnameGate does not use it — it spins its own disposable container.
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func uniqueToken(label string) string {
 }
 
 func containsCell(html, needle string) bool {
-	return strings.Contains(html, "<td>"+needle+"</td>")
+	return strings.Contains(html, `<span class="st st-`) && strings.Contains(html, `">`+needle+`</span>`)
 }
 
 func firstStatusCell(html string) string {