diff --git a/replay-ui/sanderling/spec.ts b/replay-ui/sanderling/spec.ts
index e27a321..0044eaa 100644
--- a/replay-ui/sanderling/spec.ts
+++ b/replay-ui/sanderling/spec.ts
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ export const properties = {
badgeCountMatchesThePanel,
};
-// Step rows are
, which is not in the tappable selector set
-// the default enumeration draws from, so selecting a step needs its own action.
+// Step rows get their own weight for the same reason tabs do below: the default
+// enumeration reaches them now that role="option" is in the tappable set, but
+// one row out of the page's clickable elements is a thin chance, and both
+// step-facing properties are vacuous on a run that never selects one.
const rowElements = extract("rowElements", (s) => s.ax.findAll({ "data-testid": "step-row" }));
const selectAStep = actions(() => {