diff --git a/webui/react/src/e2e/fixtures/api.project.fixture.ts b/webui/react/src/e2e/fixtures/api.project.fixture.ts
index 6a4bade3e4d..2f428906648 100644
--- a/webui/react/src/e2e/fixtures/api.project.fixture.ts
+++ b/webui/react/src/e2e/fixtures/api.project.fixture.ts
@@ -52,22 +52,28 @@ export class ApiProjectFixture extends apiFixture(ProjectsApi) {
    * @param {number} id The id of the project.
    */
   async deleteProject(id: number): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      await this.api.deleteProject(id);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof Response && error.body) {
+        if (error.status === 404) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const bodyText = error.text();
+        throw new Error(
+          `Delete Project Request failed. Status: ${error.status} Request: ${JSON.stringify({
+            id,
+          })} Response: ${bodyText}`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
     await expect
       .poll(
-        async () => {
-          const projectResp = await this.api.deleteProject(id).catch(async function (error) {
-            const respBody = await streamConsumers.text(error.body);
-            if (error.status === 404) {
-              return { completed: true };
-            }
-            throw new Error(
-              `Delete Project Request failed. Status: ${error.status} Request: ${JSON.stringify(
-                id,
-              )} Response: ${respBody}`,
-            );
-          });
-          return projectResp.completed;
-        },
+        () =>
+          this.api
+            .getProject(id)
+            .then(() => false)
+            .catch((res) => res.status === 404),
         {
           message: `Delete Project Request failed ${JSON.stringify(id)}`,
           timeout: 15_000,
diff --git a/webui/react/src/e2e/fixtures/api.search.fixture.ts b/webui/react/src/e2e/fixtures/api.search.fixture.ts
index 7572363fd15..43b850e448c 100644
--- a/webui/react/src/e2e/fixtures/api.search.fixture.ts
+++ b/webui/react/src/e2e/fixtures/api.search.fixture.ts
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ export class ApiSearchFixture extends apiFixture(InternalApi) {
       entrypoint: 'echo bonjour!',
       name: safeName('apisearch'),
       searcher: {
+        max_trials: 1,
         metric: 'x',
-        name: 'custom',
-        unit: 'batches',
+        name: 'random',
       },
       ...config,
     };
diff --git a/webui/react/src/e2e/tests/experimentList.spec.ts b/webui/react/src/e2e/tests/experimentList.spec.ts
index 8ae7f66d01a..ee69ce4b613 100644
--- a/webui/react/src/e2e/tests/experimentList.spec.ts
+++ b/webui/react/src/e2e/tests/experimentList.spec.ts
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ test.describe('Experiment List', () => {
       await waitTableStable();
       await expect.soft((await row.getCellByColumnName('Name')).pwLocator).toHaveText(editedValue);
     });
+
     // await test.step('Stop', async () => {
     //   // what happens if the experiment is already stopped?
     // });
@@ -346,6 +347,38 @@ test.describe('Experiment List', () => {
     // await test.step('Hyperparameter Search', async () => {});
   });
 
+  test('DataGrid Action Stop', async ({ apiSearches, newProject }) => {
+    const search = await apiSearches.new({}, { projectId: newProject.response.project.id });
+    await test.step('filter to experiment', async () => {
+      const tableFilter =
+        await projectDetailsPage.f_experimentList.tableActionBar.tableFilter.open();
+      await tableFilter.filterForm.filter.filterFields.columnName.selectMenuOption('ID');
+      await tableFilter.filterForm.filter.filterFields.operator.selectMenuOption('=');
+      await tableFilter.filterForm.filter.filterFields.valueNumber.pwLocator.fill(
+        search.id.toString(),
+      );
+
+      await expect(projectDetailsPage.f_experimentList.tableActionBar.count.pwLocator).toHaveText(
+        /^1 /,
+      );
+      await tableFilter.close();
+    });
+    await test.step('stop experiment', async () => {
+      const row = projectDetailsPage.f_experimentList.dataGrid.getRowByIndex(0);
+      await row.experimentActionDropdown.open();
+      await row.experimentActionDropdown.pwLocator.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Stop' }).click();
+      await expect((await row.getCellByColumnName('State')).pwLocator).toHaveText('canceled');
+    });
+    await test.step('stop menu item should be gone', async () => {
+      const row = projectDetailsPage.f_experimentList.dataGrid.getRowByIndex(0);
+      await row.experimentActionDropdown.open();
+      await expect(row.experimentActionDropdown.pwLocator).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(
+        row.experimentActionDropdown.pwLocator.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Stop' }),
+      ).toHaveCount(0);
+    });
+  });
+
   test('DataGrid Action Pause', async () => {
     // datagrid can be slow, perhaps related to [ET-677]
     projectDetailsPage._page.setDefaultTimeout(10000);