diff --git a/packages/app/cypress/component/support/ctSupport.ts b/packages/app/cypress/component/support/ctSupport.ts
index bf8561b447b2..f340b8a9b287 100644
--- a/packages/app/cypress/component/support/ctSupport.ts
+++ b/packages/app/cypress/component/support/ctSupport.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ export const StubWebsocket = new Proxy<Socket>(Object.create(null), {
   },
 })
 
+beforeEach(() => {
+  // this is always 0, since we only destroy the AUT when using
+  // `experimentalSingleTabRunMode, which is not used in this package.
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  expect(window.top.getEventManager().autDestroyedCount).to.eq(0)
+})
+
 // Event manager with Cypress driver dependencies stubbed out
 // Useful for component testing
 export const createEventManager = () => {
diff --git a/packages/app/cypress/e2e/support/e2eSupport.ts b/packages/app/cypress/e2e/support/e2eSupport.ts
index c0a47eb9af1f..9db4e4634325 100644
--- a/packages/app/cypress/e2e/support/e2eSupport.ts
+++ b/packages/app/cypress/e2e/support/e2eSupport.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 import '@packages/frontend-shared/cypress/e2e/support/e2eSupport'
 import 'cypress-real-events/support'
 import './execute-spec'
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  // this is always 0, since we only destroy the AUT when using
+  // `experimentalSingleTabRunMode, which is not a valid experiment for for e2e testing.
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  expect(window.top.getEventManager().autDestroyedCount).to.eq(0)
+})