diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/runtimeSession/common/positronMultipleConsoleSessionsFeatureFlag.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/runtimeSession/common/positronMultipleConsoleSessionsFeatureFlag.ts
index d1ca2f767b6..929a9aea33b 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/runtimeSession/common/positronMultipleConsoleSessionsFeatureFlag.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/runtimeSession/common/positronMultipleConsoleSessionsFeatureFlag.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { localize } from '../../../../nls.js';
 import { IConfigurationService } from '../../../../platform/configuration/common/configuration.js';
-import { ConfigurationScope, Extensions, IConfigurationRegistry } from '../../../../platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry.js';
+import { Extensions, IConfigurationRegistry } from '../../../../platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry.js';
 import { Registry } from '../../../../platform/registry/common/platform.js';
 import { positronConfigurationNodeBase } from '../../languageRuntime/common/languageRuntime.js';
 
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const configurationRegistry = Registry.as<IConfigurationRegistry>(
 );
 configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
 	...positronConfigurationNodeBase,
-	scope: ConfigurationScope.MACHINE_OVERRIDABLE,
 	properties: {
 		[USE_POSITRON_MULTIPLE_CONSOLE_SESSIONS_CONFIG_KEY]: {
 			type: 'boolean',
diff --git a/test/e2e/pages/console.ts b/test/e2e/pages/console.ts
index 9306281970b..fc7471ae0e2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pages/console.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/pages/console.ts
@@ -270,9 +270,13 @@ export class Console {
 	}
 
 	async clickConsoleTab() {
-		await this.code.driver.page.locator('.basepanel').getByRole('tab', { name: 'Console', exact: true }).locator('a').click();
-		// Move mouse to prevent tooltip hover
-		await this.code.driver.page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+		// sometimes the click doesn't seem to work, so adding a retry
+		await expect(async () => {
+			await this.code.driver.page.locator('.basepanel').getByRole('tab', { name: 'Console', exact: true }).locator('a').click();
+			// Move mouse to prevent tooltip hover
+			await this.code.driver.page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+			await expect(this.code.driver.page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Console', exact: true })).toHaveClass('action-item checked');
+		}).toPass();
 	}
 
 	async interruptExecution() {
@@ -360,7 +364,8 @@ class Session {
 			// Todo: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/6389
 			// Todo: remove when menu closes on click as expected
 			await this.page.keyboard.press('Escape');
-			await this.page.keyboard.press(process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'Meta+ArrowUp' : 'Control+Home');
+			await expect(this.page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Output' })).toHaveClass('action-item checked');
+			await this.page.keyboard.press('Home');
 			await expect(this.page.getByText(`Begin kernel log for session ${data.language} ${data.version}`)).toBeVisible();
 
 			// Todo: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/6149
@@ -441,7 +446,7 @@ class Session {
 	async ensureStartedAndIdle(session: SessionDetails): Promise<void> {
 		await test.step(`Ensure ${session.language} ${session.version} session is started and idle`, async () => {
 			// Start Session if it does not exist
-			const sessionExists = await this.getSessionLocator(session).isVisible();
+			const sessionExists = await this.getSessionLocator(session).isVisible({ timeout: 30000 });
 			if (!sessionExists) {
 				await this.console.selectInterpreter(session.language === 'Python' ? InterpreterType.Python : InterpreterType.R, session.version);
 			}
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/console/console-sessions.test.ts b/test/e2e/tests/console/console-sessions.test.ts
index 942713d1d61..e4667fb17f1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/console/console-sessions.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/console/console-sessions.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test.use({
 });
 
 test.describe('Console: Sessions', {
-	tag: [tags.WIN, tags.CONSOLE, tags.SESSIONS]
+	tag: [tags.WIN, tags.WEB, tags.CONSOLE, tags.SESSIONS]
 }, () => {
 
 	test.beforeAll(async function ({ userSettings }) {