diff --git a/playground/fs-serve/__tests__/commonTests.ts b/playground/fs-serve/__tests__/commonTests.ts
index 06c58fae6..a5b3fb958 100644
--- a/playground/fs-serve/__tests__/commonTests.ts
+++ b/playground/fs-serve/__tests__/commonTests.ts
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ describe.runIf(!isServe)('preview HTML', () => {
 })
 
 test.runIf(isServe)(
-  'load script with no-cors mode from a different origin',
+  'serve regular scripts independently of cross-origin fetch metadata',
   async () => {
     const viteTestUrlUrl = new URL(viteTestUrl)
 
@@ -629,9 +629,7 @@ test.runIf(isServe)(
     })
     expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200)
     const body = Buffer.concat(await ArrayFromAsync(res)).toString()
-    expect(body).toContain(
-      'Cross-origin requests for classic scripts must be made with CORS mode enabled.',
-    )
+    expect(body).toContain('// code.js')
   },
 )
 
diff --git a/playground/hmr-full-bundle-mode/__tests__/hmr-full-bundle-mode.spec.ts b/playground/hmr-full-bundle-mode/__tests__/hmr-full-bundle-mode.spec.ts
index 0c78cb863..99dbdc527 100644
--- a/playground/hmr-full-bundle-mode/__tests__/hmr-full-bundle-mode.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/hmr-full-bundle-mode/__tests__/hmr-full-bundle-mode.spec.ts
@@ -95,14 +95,20 @@ if (isBuild) {
   // BUNDLED -> GENERATING_HMR_PATCH -> BUNDLED
   test('generate hmr patch', async () => {
     await expect.poll(() => page.textContent('.hmr')).toBe('hello')
+    const hmrPatchFileRes = page.waitForResponse(/\/hmr_patch_\d\.js$/)
     editFile('hmr.js', (code) =>
       code.replace("const foo = 'hello'", "const foo = 'hello1'"),
     )
-    await expect.poll(() => page.textContent('.hmr')).toBe('hello1')
+    try {
+      await expect.poll(() => page.textContent('.hmr')).toBe('hello1')
 
-    editFile('hmr.js', (code) =>
-      code.replace("const foo = 'hello1'", "const foo = 'hello'"),
-    )
+      const hmrPatch = await (await hmrPatchFileRes).text()
+      expect(() => Function(hmrPatch)).toThrow(SyntaxError)
+    } finally {
+      editFile('hmr.js', (code) =>
+        code.replace("const foo = 'hello1'", "const foo = 'hello'"),
+      )
+    }
     await expect.poll(() => page.textContent('.hmr')).toContain('hello')
     await expect.poll(() => page.textContent('.asset')).toMatch(assetUrl)
   })