diff --git a/tests/e2e/repo-migrate.test.e2e.js b/tests/e2e/repo-migrate.test.e2e.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63328e0900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/repo-migrate.test.e2e.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// @ts-check
+import {expect} from '@playwright/test';
+import {test, login_user, load_logged_in_context} from './utils_e2e.js';
+
+test.beforeAll(({browser}, workerInfo) => login_user(browser, workerInfo, 'user2'));
+
+test('Migration Progress Page', async ({page: unauthedPage, browser}, workerInfo) => {
+  test.skip(workerInfo.project.name === 'Mobile Safari', 'Flaky actionability checks on Mobile Safari');
+
+  const page = await (await load_logged_in_context(browser, workerInfo, 'user2')).newPage();
+
+  await expect((await page.goto('/user2/invalidrepo'))?.status(), 'repo should not exist yet').toBe(404);
+
+  await page.goto('/repo/migrate?service_type=1');
+
+  const form = page.locator('form');
+  await form.getByRole('textbox', {name: 'Repository Name'}).fill('invalidrepo');
+  await form.getByRole('textbox', {name: 'Migrate / Clone from URL'}).fill('https://codeberg.org/forgejo/invalidrepo');
+  await form.locator('button.primary').click({timeout: 5000});
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL('user2/invalidrepo');
+
+  await expect((await unauthedPage.goto('/user2/invalidrepo'))?.status(), 'public migration page should be accessible').toBe(200);
+  await expect(unauthedPage.locator('#repo_migrating_progress')).toBeVisible();
+
+  await page.reload();
+  await expect(page.locator('#repo_migrating_failed')).toBeVisible();
+  await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Delete this repository'}).click();
+  const deleteModal = page.locator('#delete-repo-modal');
+  await deleteModal.getByRole('textbox', {name: 'Confirmation string'}).fill('user2/invalidrepo');
+  await deleteModal.getByRole('button', {name: 'Delete repository'}).click();
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL('/');
+});
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-migrate.js b/web_src/js/features/repo-migrate.js
index 490e7df0e4..fc42ce840b 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-migrate.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-migrate.js
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ export function initRepoMigrationStatusChecker() {
   const repoMigrating = document.getElementById('repo_migrating');
   if (!repoMigrating) return;
 
-  document.getElementById('repo_migrating_retry').addEventListener('click', doMigrationRetry);
+  document.getElementById('repo_migrating_retry')?.addEventListener('click', doMigrationRetry);
 
   const task = repoMigrating.getAttribute('data-migrating-task-id');
 
   // returns true if the refresh still needs to be called after a while
   const refresh = async () => {
     const res = await GET(`${appSubUrl}/user/task/${task}`);
+    if (res.url.endsWith('/login')) return false; // stop refreshing if redirected to login
     if (res.status !== 200) return true; // continue to refresh if network error occurs
 
     const data = await res.json();