diff --git a/web-common/src/components/virtualized-table/core/Cell.svelte b/web-common/src/components/virtualized-table/core/Cell.svelte
index e2812dcfe9b..1a894893830 100644
--- a/web-common/src/components/virtualized-table/core/Cell.svelte
+++ b/web-common/src/components/virtualized-table/core/Cell.svelte
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@
   </div>
   <TooltipContent maxWidth="360px" slot="tooltip-content">
     <TooltipTitle>
-      <FormattedDataType slot="name" value={tooltipValue} />
+      <FormattedDataType
+        slot="name"
+        value={tooltipValue}
+        color="text-fg-inverse"
+      />
     </TooltipTitle>
     <TooltipShortcutContainer>
       <div>
diff --git a/web-local/tests/explores/annotations.spec.ts b/web-local/tests/explores/annotations.spec.ts
index 53a8040d525..8e7b45c1855 100644
--- a/web-local/tests/explores/annotations.spec.ts
+++ b/web-local/tests/explores/annotations.spec.ts
@@ -138,14 +138,29 @@ function expectedDates(
   return new Set(dates);
 }
 
+async function waitForTotalRecordsButton(page: Page, timeoutMs = 20_000) {
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole("button", { name: /Total records/ }).first(),
+  ).toBeVisible({ timeout: timeoutMs });
+}
+
+async function waitForTotalRecordsButtonWithSingleReload(page: Page) {
+  // This setup is occasionally flaky in CI due transient runtime connection
+  // issues. Reload once before failing to avoid a false-negative.
+  try {
+    await waitForTotalRecordsButton(page);
+  } catch {
+    await page.reload();
+    await waitForTotalRecordsButton(page);
+  }
+}
+
 async function setupDashboard(page: Page, dashboardTZ: string) {
   await page.getByLabel("/dashboards").click();
   await gotoNavEntry(page, "/dashboards/AdBids_metrics_explore.yaml");
 
   // Wait for the base project to finish reconciling
-  await expect(
-    page.getByRole("button", { name: /Total records/ }).first(),
-  ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await waitForTotalRecordsButtonWithSingleReload(page);
 
   // Write annotation files while still in the editor view. This triggers
   // re-reconciliation in the background.
@@ -159,10 +174,7 @@ async function setupDashboard(page: Page, dashboardTZ: string) {
   const base = new URL(page.url()).origin;
   const exploreUrl = `${base}/explore/AdBids_metrics_explore?tz=${encodeURIComponent(dashboardTZ)}`;
   await page.goto(exploreUrl);
-
-  await expect(
-    page.getByRole("button", { name: /Total records/ }).first(),
-  ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await waitForTotalRecordsButtonWithSingleReload(page);
 
   // Wait for annotation query responses to arrive and the chart to
   // finish re-rendering. Without this, menu interactions race against