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diff --git a/packages/meshbay-cli/tests/test_e2e_local.py b/packages/meshbay-cli/tests/test_e2e_local.py
index 19f5ca9..cf6a3b9 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-cli/tests/test_e2e_local.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-cli/tests/test_e2e_local.py
@@ -1017,3 +1017,54 @@ def test_chat_between_the_command_line_and_the_application(world):
             break
         assert time.monotonic() < deadline, (r.stdout, r.stderr)
         time.sleep(1)
+
+
+async def test_the_interactive_chat_against_the_real_node(world, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """The room open on a real group: a message posted from another run arrives
+    live, and one typed in the room is read back by `chat`. Runs after the
+    chat test above, on the machine it linked."""
+    from meshbay_cli import __main__ as main_module
+    from meshbay_cli.commands.context import Context
+    from meshbay_cli.tui.app import MeshBayApp
+    from meshbay_cli.tui.chat import ChatGroupsScreen, ChatRoomScreen
+    from textual.widgets import DataTable, Input, RichLog
+
+    group = _handle()
+    r = await asyncio.to_thread(cli, world, "chat", "-1", group, home="cli-chat")
+    assert r.returncode == 0, "the chat test above did not leave this machine linked"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MESHBAY_CLI_HOME", str(world["root"] / "cli-chat"))
+    app = MeshBayApp(Context(main_module.build_parser().parse_args(
+        ["--hub", world["hub_url"]])), ChatGroupsScreen)
+
+    def text(screen) -> str:
+        return "\n".join("".join(s.text for s in strip)
+                         for strip in screen.query_one(RichLog).lines)
+
+    async def until(pilot, cond, timeout=60):
+        deadline = time.monotonic() + timeout
+        while not cond():
+            assert time.monotonic() < deadline, [n.message for n in app._notifications]
+            await pilot.pause(0.1)
+
+    async with app.run_test(size=(140, 40)) as pilot:
+        await until(pilot, lambda: isinstance(app.screen, ChatGroupsScreen)
+                    and app.screen.query_one(DataTable).row_count >= 1)
+        await pilot.press("enter")
+        await until(pilot, lambda: isinstance(app.screen, ChatRoomScreen))
+        room = app.screen
+        await until(pilot, lambda: "hello from the browser" in text(room))
+        assert "cannot be read" not in text(room) and "not seen before" not in text(room)
+
+        r = await asyncio.to_thread(cli, world, "chat", group, "-m",
+                                    "live from another run", home="cli-chat")
+        assert r.returncode == 0, r.stderr
+        await until(pilot, lambda: f"<{USERNAME}> live from another run" in text(room))
+
+        room.query_one(Input).value = "typed in the room"
+        await pilot.press("enter")
+        await until(pilot, lambda: f"<{USERNAME}> typed in the room" in text(room))
+        await pilot.press("escape")
+        await until(pilot, lambda: isinstance(app.screen, ChatGroupsScreen))
+
+    r = await asyncio.to_thread(cli, world, "chat", "-1", group, home="cli-chat")
+    assert r.stdout.strip().endswith(f"{USERNAME}: typed in the room"), r.stdout