diff --git a/tests/ui/app.spec.js b/tests/ui/app.spec.js
index c8e5f52..9cb905a 100644
--- a/tests/ui/app.spec.js
+++ b/tests/ui/app.spec.js
@@ -1429,15 +1429,17 @@ test('a failing feed is marked on its artwork and says why', async ({ page }) =>
 test.describe('touch gestures on a phone', () => {
   test.use({ viewport: { width: 390, height: 844 }, hasTouch: true, isMobile: true });
 
-  // Playwright's touchscreen only taps; a drag goes through the DevTools protocol.
+  // Playwright's touchscreen only taps; a drag goes through the DevTools protocol. Sent all at
+  // once, in order: awaited one by one, a busy machine stretched a drag past the 800 ms a swipe
+  // has, and it was taken for a slow drag and went nowhere (#184).
   async function drag(page, from, to, lift = true) {
     const cdp = await page.context().newCDPSession(page);
-    const steps = 8;
-    await cdp.send('Input.dispatchTouchEvent', { type: 'touchStart', touchPoints: [from] });
+    const steps = 8, touch = (type, touchPoints) => cdp.send('Input.dispatchTouchEvent', { type, touchPoints });
+    const sent = [touch('touchStart', [from])];
     for (let i = 1; i <= steps; i++)
-      await cdp.send('Input.dispatchTouchEvent', { type: 'touchMove', touchPoints: [{
-        x: from.x + (to.x - from.x) * i / steps, y: from.y + (to.y - from.y) * i / steps }] });
-    if (lift) await cdp.send('Input.dispatchTouchEvent', { type: 'touchEnd', touchPoints: [] });
+      sent.push(touch('touchMove', [{ x: from.x + (to.x - from.x) * i / steps, y: from.y + (to.y - from.y) * i / steps }]));
+    if (lift) sent.push(touch('touchEnd', []));
+    await Promise.all(sent);
     return cdp;
   }