diff --git a/client/src/components/profile/components/internet.test.tsx b/client/src/components/profile/components/internet.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..795016dd2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/profile/components/internet.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { configureStore } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import React from 'react';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import type { User } from '../../../redux/prop-types';
+import Internet from './internet';
+
+const baseUser = {
+  githubProfile: '',
+  linkedin: '',
+  twitter: '',
+  bluesky: '',
+  website: ''
+} as User;
+
+const socialFields = [
+  {
+    label: 'GitHub',
+    url: 'https://github.com/certified-user',
+    checkTestId: 'internet-github-check'
+  },
+  {
+    label: 'LinkedIn',
+    url: 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/certified-user',
+    checkTestId: 'internet-linkedin-check'
+  },
+  {
+    label: 'X',
+    url: 'https://x.com/certified-user',
+    checkTestId: 'internet-twitter-check'
+  },
+  {
+    label: 'Bluesky',
+    url: 'https://bsky.app/profile/certified-user.bsky.social',
+    checkTestId: 'internet-bluesky-check'
+  },
+  {
+    label: 'settings.labels.personal',
+    url: 'https://certified-user.com',
+    checkTestId: 'internet-website-check'
+  }
+];
+
+function makeStore() {
+  return configureStore({
+    reducer: (state: Record<string, never> = {}) => state
+  });
+}
+
+function renderInternet(userOverrides: Partial<User> = {}) {
+  const store = makeStore();
+
+  return render(
+    <Provider store={store}>
+      <Internet
+        setIsEditing={vi.fn()}
+        user={{ ...baseUser, ...userOverrides }}
+      />
+    </Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+describe('<Internet />', () => {
+  it('renders the internet presence form with a disabled save button', () => {
+    renderInternet();
+
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole('heading', { name: 'settings.headings.internet' })
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole('group', { name: 'settings.headings.internet' })
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: /buttons\.save/ })
+    ).toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true');
+
+    socialFields.forEach(({ checkTestId }) => {
+      expect(screen.queryByTestId(checkTestId)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('shows a checkmark for each valid social URL', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderInternet();
+
+    for (const { label, url, checkTestId } of socialFields) {
+      await user.type(screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: label }), url);
+
+      expect(screen.getByTestId(checkTestId)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    }
+
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: /buttons\.save/ })
+    ).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/components/profile/components/internet.tsx b/client/src/components/profile/components/internet.tsx
index 818014505fd..5b1305f3b6b 100644
--- a/client/src/components/profile/components/internet.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/profile/components/internet.tsx
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ const InternetSettings = ({
         <form
           id='internet-presence'
           onSubmit={handleSubmit}
-          data-playwright-test-label='internet-presence'
+          data-testid='internet-presence'
         >
           <div role='group' aria-label={t('settings.headings.internet')}>
             <FormGroup
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ const InternetSettings = ({
                 GitHub
               </ControlLabel>
               <FormControl
-                data-playwright-test-label='internet-github-input'
+                data-testid='internet-github-input'
                 onChange={createHandleChange('githubProfile')}
                 placeholder='https://github.com/user-name'
                 type='url'
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ const InternetSettings = ({
               <Check
                 url={formValues.githubProfile}
                 validation={githubProfileValidation}
-                dataPlaywrightTestLabel='internet-github-check'
+                dataTestId='internet-github-check'
               />
               <Info message={githubProfileValidationMessage} />
             </FormGroup>
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ const InternetSettings = ({
               <Check
                 url={formValues.linkedin}
                 validation={linkedinValidation}
-                dataPlaywrightTestLabel='internet-linkedin-check'
+                dataTestId='internet-linkedin-check'
               />
               <Info message={linkedinValidationMessage} />
             </FormGroup>
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ const InternetSettings = ({
               <Check
                 url={formValues.twitter}
                 validation={twitterValidation}
-                dataPlaywrightTestLabel='internet-twitter-check'
+                dataTestId='internet-twitter-check'
               />
               <Info message={twitterValidationMessage} />
             </FormGroup>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ const InternetSettings = ({
               <Check
                 url={formValues.bluesky}
                 validation={blueskyValidation}
-                dataPlaywrightTestLabel='internet-bluesky-check'
+                dataTestId='internet-bluesky-check'
               />
               <Info message={blueskyValidationMessage} />
             </FormGroup>
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ const InternetSettings = ({
               <Check
                 url={formValues.website}
                 validation={websiteValidation}
-                dataPlaywrightTestLabel='internet-website-check'
+                dataTestId='internet-website-check'
               />
               <Info message={websiteValidationMessage} />
             </FormGroup>
@@ -279,20 +279,16 @@ const InternetSettings = ({
 const Check = ({
   url,
   validation,
-  dataPlaywrightTestLabel
+  dataTestId
 }: {
   url: string;
   validation: URLValidation['state'];
-  dataPlaywrightTestLabel: string;
+  dataTestId: string;
 }) =>
   url && validation === 'success' ? (
     <FormControl.Feedback>
       <span>
-        <FontAwesomeIcon
-          data-playwright-test-label={dataPlaywrightTestLabel}
-          icon={faCheck}
-          size='1x'
-        />
+        <FontAwesomeIcon data-testid={dataTestId} icon={faCheck} size='1x' />
       </span>
     </FormControl.Feedback>
   ) : null;
diff --git a/e2e/internet-presence-settings.spec.ts b/e2e/internet-presence-settings.spec.ts
index d7744505a0c..c5fd899eddc 100644
--- a/e2e/internet-presence-settings.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/internet-presence-settings.spec.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,11 @@ import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
 import translations from '../client/i18n/locales/english/translations.json';
 
 const settingsPageElement = {
-  githubInput: 'internet-github-input',
-  githubCheckmark: 'internet-github-check',
-  linkedinCheckmark: 'internet-linkedin-check',
-  twitterCheckmark: 'internet-twitter-check',
-  blueskyCheckmark: 'internet-bluesky-check',
-  personalWebsiteCheckmark: 'internet-website-check',
-  flashMessageAlert: 'flash-message',
   internetPresenceForm: 'internet-presence'
 } as const;
 
+const githubUrl = 'https://github.com/certified-user';
+
 test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
   // Reset input values
   execSync('node ../tools/scripts/seed/seed-demo-user --certified-user');
@@ -24,7 +19,8 @@ test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
 
 test.describe('Your Internet Presence', () => {
   test.skip(({ browserName }) => browserName === 'webkit', 'flaky on Safari');
-  test('should display the section with save button being disabled', async ({
+
+  test('should save a social link and keep it after reload', async ({
     page
   }) => {
     await expect(
@@ -34,69 +30,24 @@ test.describe('Your Internet Presence', () => {
       })
     ).toBeVisible();
 
-    await expect(
-      page
-        .getByTestId(settingsPageElement.internetPresenceForm)
-        .getByRole('button', { name: translations.buttons.save })
-    ).toBeVisible();
-  });
+    const socialInput = page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'GitHub' });
+    await expect(socialInput).toBeVisible();
+    await socialInput.fill(githubUrl);
 
-  const socials = [
-    {
-      name: 'github',
-      url: 'https://github.com/certified-user',
-      label: 'GitHub',
-      checkTestId: settingsPageElement.githubCheckmark
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'linkedin',
-      url: 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/certified-user',
-      label: 'LinkedIn',
-      checkTestId: settingsPageElement.linkedinCheckmark
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'twitter',
-      url: 'https://x.com/certified-user',
-      label: 'X',
-      checkTestId: settingsPageElement.twitterCheckmark
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'bluesky',
-      url: 'https://bsky.app/profile/certified-user.bsky.social',
-      label: 'Bluesky',
-      checkTestId: settingsPageElement.blueskyCheckmark
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'website',
-      url: 'https://certified-user.com',
-      label: translations.settings.labels.personal,
-      checkTestId: settingsPageElement.personalWebsiteCheckmark
-    }
-  ];
+    const saveButton = page
+      .locator(`[data-testid="${settingsPageElement.internetPresenceForm}"]`)
+      .getByRole('button', { name: translations.buttons.save });
 
-  socials.forEach(social => {
-    test(`should hide ${social.name} checkmark by default`, async ({
-      page
-    }) => {
-      await expect(page.getByTestId(social.checkTestId)).toBeHidden();
-    });
+    await expect(saveButton).toBeVisible();
+    await saveButton.click();
+    await expect(page.getByRole('alert').first()).toContainText(
+      'We have updated your social links'
+    );
 
-    test(`should update ${social.name} URL`, async ({ page }) => {
-      const socialInput = page.getByRole('textbox', { name: social.label });
-      await expect(socialInput).toBeVisible();
-      await socialInput.fill(social.url);
-      const socialCheckmark = page.getByTestId(social.checkTestId);
-      await expect(socialCheckmark).toBeVisible();
-
-      const saveButton = page
-        .getByTestId(settingsPageElement.internetPresenceForm)
-        .getByRole('button', { name: translations.buttons.save });
-
-      await expect(saveButton).toBeVisible();
-      await saveButton.click();
-      await expect(page.getByRole('alert').first()).toContainText(
-        'We have updated your social links'
-      );
-    });
+    await page.reload();
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Edit my profile' }).click();
+    await expect(page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'GitHub' })).toHaveValue(
+      githubUrl
+    );
   });
 });