diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/legal.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/legal.spec.ts
index c12eae7..519bc81 100644
--- a/apps/web/e2e/legal.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/e2e/legal.spec.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ test('the admin form previews and publishes the privacy policy', async ({ browse
   await expect(editor.locator('.legal-editor__preview strong')).toHaveText('only what is needed');
 
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: /save legal pages|rechtsseiten speichern/i }).click();
-  await expect(page.getByRole('status')).toBeVisible();
+  // Auf den Abschnitt gescopet: seit der Schriftverwaltung (#304) hat /admin
+  // weitere Live-Regionen (Upload-Fortschritt), und ein seitenweites
+  // getByRole('status') wäre mehrdeutig. Gemeint war immer die
+  // Erfolgsmeldung DIESES Formulars.
+  await expect(page.locator('.legal-settings').getByRole('status')).toBeVisible();
   await admin.close();
 
   const anonymous = await browser.newContext({ baseURL: BASE_URL });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSettingsPage.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSettingsPage.tsx
index df30922..206992f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSettingsPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminSettingsPage.tsx
@@ -459,7 +459,10 @@ function LegalSettingsForm({ settings }: { settings: InstanceSettings }): React.
   }
 
   return (
-    <section className="settings-section">
+    // Named class so the e2e can scope its success-message assertion to this
+    // form: /admin has more than one live region since #304 (upload progress),
+    // and a page-wide getByRole('status') became ambiguous.
+    <section className="settings-section legal-settings">
       <h2>{t('admin.title')}</h2>
       <p className="field__hint">{t('admin.hint')}</p>
       <form onSubmit={(event) => void onSubmit(event)} noValidate>