diff --git a/tests/Browser/BarsTest.php b/tests/Browser/BarsTest.php
index db577655..1a08f147 100644
--- a/tests/Browser/BarsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Browser/BarsTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ class BarsProbe extends Component
 {
     public string $tab = 'files';
 
+    public string $deferredTab = 'files';
+
+    public int $deferredUpdates = 0;
+
+    // Only runs while the server processes a request that carries $deferredTab along — never on
+    // the click alone, since a plain wire:model (no `.live`) only changes it locally until then.
+    public function updatedDeferredTab(): void
+    {
+        $this->deferredUpdates++;
+    }
+
     public function render(): string
     {
         return <<<'BLADE'
@@ -27,6 +38,13 @@ class BarsProbe extends Component
                         <x-tab name="activity">Two downloads.</x-tab>
                     </x-tabs>
 
+                    <p>deferred tab: <span id="deferred-tab">{{ $deferredTab }}</span>, updates: <span id="deferred-updates">{{ $deferredUpdates }}</span></p>
+
+                    <x-tabs id="deferred" wire:model="deferredTab" :tabs="[['name' => 'files', 'label' => 'Files'], ['name' => 'people', 'label' => 'People']]">
+                        <x-tab name="files">Deferred files.</x-tab>
+                        <x-tab name="people">Deferred people.</x-tab>
+                    </x-tabs>
+
                     <x-toolbar label="Formatting">
                         <button type="button" id="bold">B</button>
                         <button type="button" id="italic">I</button>
@@ -36,7 +54,7 @@ class BarsProbe extends Component
                     <x-theme-toggle mode="cycle" id="cycle" />
                     <x-theme-toggle mode="picker" />
 
-                    <x-section-nav :items="[['title' => 'Profile', 'url' => '#profile', 'active' => true], ['title' => 'Security', 'url' => '#security']]" no-wire-navigate />
+                    <x-section-nav :items="[['title' => 'Profile', 'url' => '#profile', 'active' => true], ['title' => 'Security', 'url' => '#security'], ['title' => 'Advanced notification settings', 'url' => '#notifications']]" no-wire-navigate />
 
                     <div style="height: 200vh"></div>
                 </div>
@@ -89,6 +107,30 @@ it('moves between tabs with the arrow keys, skipping disabled ones, and tells Li
         ->assertSeeIn('#tab', 'activity');
 });
 
+it('sends a request per click with wire:model.live, but nothing until then with plain wire:model', function () {
+    // updatedDeferredTab() on the probe only runs while the server processes a request that
+    // carries $deferredTab with it — never from the click alone — so its counter (not a browser
+    // network hook, which a plain property commit does not reliably fire) tells whether a click
+    // reached the server at all.
+    $page = barsProbe();
+
+    // Plain wire:model is entangled locally: the click switches the panel and its aria-selected at
+    // once, but the property itself only reaches the server on the next request from anything else.
+    $page->click('#deferred-people')
+        ->assertScript("document.querySelector('#deferred-people').getAttribute('aria-selected') === 'true'")
+        ->assertSee('Deferred people.')
+        ->assertSeeIn('#deferred-tab', 'files')
+        ->assertSeeIn('#deferred-updates', '0');
+
+    // wire:model.live sends its own request, which carries the deferred property above along with
+    // it — the one request updates both.
+    $page->click('#share-people')
+        ->assertSeeIn('#tab', 'people')
+        ->assertSeeIn('#deferred-tab', 'people')
+        ->assertSeeIn('#deferred-updates', '1')
+        ->assertNoJavaScriptErrors();
+});
+
 it('collapses a medium app bar into its row as the page scrolls, and fades its small title in', function () {
     $headline = "getComputedStyle(document.querySelector('#bar [data-md-app-bar-row] [data-md-app-bar-headline]')).opacity";
 
@@ -146,6 +188,15 @@ it('turns section tabs into a picker on a phone', function () {
         ->assertScript("! document.querySelector('[data-md-section-nav-picker] [role=\"menuitem\"][href=\"#security\"]').hasAttribute('aria-current')");
 });
 
+it('shares the row width equally between the section nav\'s items, whatever their label', function () {
+    $widths = "[...document.querySelectorAll('[data-md-section-nav] [data-md-tabs-bar] > li')].map((li) => Math.round(li.getBoundingClientRect().width))";
+
+    barsProbe()
+        ->assertScript("{$widths}.length === 3")
+        ->assertScript("new Set({$widths}).size === 1")
+        ->assertNoJavaScriptErrors();
+});
+
 class AppBarOverflowProbe extends Component
 {
     public int $stars = 0;
@@ -217,7 +268,7 @@ it('shows the app bar overflow at exactly 599 and 600px', function () {
 it('moves the keyboard through an app bar\'s overflow menu, and closes it once the width no longer shows it', function () {
     $page = appBarOverflowProbe()->resize(599, 800);
 
-    $page->click('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow="compact"] button')
+    $page->click('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow="compact"] [data-md-menu-trigger] button')
         ->assertScript("document.querySelector('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow=\"compact\"] [data-md-menu-popover]').matches(':popover-open')")
         ->keys(':focus', 'ArrowDown')
         ->assertScript("document.activeElement.textContent.includes('Star')")
@@ -226,9 +277,12 @@ it('moves the keyboard through an app bar\'s overflow menu, and closes it once t
         ->keys(':focus', 'Escape')
         ->assertScript("! document.querySelector('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow=\"compact\"] [data-md-menu-popover]').matches(':popover-open')");
 
+    // Past the reopen guard of the Escape above (menu.js), so the click below is on its own.
+    $page->wait(0.3);
+
     // Reopen it, then resize across 600px: the compact menu's trigger is no longer shown, so the
     // menu it opened closes rather than staying open anchored to nothing.
-    $page->click('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow="compact"] button')
+    $page->click('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow="compact"] [data-md-menu-trigger] button')
         ->assertScript("document.querySelector('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow=\"compact\"] [data-md-menu-popover]').matches(':popover-open')")
         ->resize(900, 800)
         ->assertScript("! document.querySelector('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow=\"compact\"] [data-md-menu-popover]').matches(':popover-open')")
@@ -242,7 +296,7 @@ it('runs a wire:click action from either the icon button or its overflow menu it
         ->assertSeeIn('#stars', '1');
 
     $page->resize(599, 800)
-        ->click('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow="compact"] button')
+        ->click('#bar [data-md-app-bar-overflow="compact"] [data-md-menu-trigger] button')
         ->click('[role="menuitem"]:has-text("Star")')
         ->assertSeeIn('#stars', '2');
 });