diff --git a/cypress/e2e/capture.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/capture.cy.ts
index ac3d8de65..15fb62627 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/capture.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/capture.cy.ts
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ describe('Event capture', () => {
 
                 // the code below is going to trigger an event capture
                 // we want to assert on the request
-                cy.intercept('POST', '**/e/*', async (request) => {
+                cy.intercept('POST', '/e/*', async (request) => {
                     expect(request.headers['content-type']).to.eq('text/plain')
                     const captures = await getGzipEncodedPayload(request)
                     expect(captures.map(({ event }) => event)).to.deep.equal(['$autocapture', 'custom-event'])
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/opting-out.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/opting-out.cy.ts
index 23715a6cf..473667881 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/opting-out.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/opting-out.cy.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { assertWhetherPostHogRequestsWereCalled } from '../support/assertions'
 describe('opting out', () => {
     describe('session recording', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
-            cy.intercept('POST', '**/decide/*', {
+            cy.intercept('POST', '/decide/*', {
                 config: { enable_collect_everything: false },
                 editorParams: {},
                 featureFlags: ['session-recording-player'],
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/session-recording.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/session-recording.cy.ts
index d791200fb..f614c8060 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/session-recording.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/session-recording.cy.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { _isNull } from '../../src/utils/type-utils'
 import { start } from '../support/setup'
 
 function ensureRecordingIsStopped() {
+    cy.resetPhCaptures()
+
     cy.get('[data-cy-input]')
         .type('hello posthog!')
         .wait(250)
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ function ensureRecordingIsStopped() {
 }
 
 function ensureActivitySendsSnapshots() {
+    cy.resetPhCaptures()
+
     cy.get('[data-cy-input]')
         .type('hello posthog!')
         .wait('@session-recording')
diff --git a/cypress/support/e2e.ts b/cypress/support/e2e.ts
index 2a4c1f641..5bd353bba 100644
--- a/cypress/support/e2e.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/e2e.ts
@@ -9,25 +9,41 @@ Cypress.on('window:before:load', (win) => {
 })
 
 beforeEach(() => {
-    cy.intercept('POST', '**/decide/*').as('decide')
-    cy.intercept('POST', '**/e/*').as('capture')
-    cy.intercept('POST', '**/ses/*').as('session-recording')
-    cy.intercept('GET', '**/surveys/*').as('surveys')
+    cy.intercept('POST', '/decide/*').as('decide')
+    cy.intercept('POST', '/e/*', { status: 1 }).as('capture')
+    cy.intercept('POST', '/ses/*', { status: 1 }).as('session-recording')
+    cy.intercept('GET', '/surveys/*').as('surveys')
 
     cy.readFile('dist/array.full.js').then((body) => {
-        cy.intercept('**/static/array.full.js', { body })
+        cy.intercept('/static/array.full.js', { body })
     })
 
     cy.readFile('dist/array.js').then((body) => {
-        cy.intercept('**/static/array.js', { body })
+        cy.intercept('/static/array.js', { body })
+    })
+
+    cy.readFile('dist/array.full.js.map').then((body) => {
+        cy.intercept('/static/array.full.js.map', { body })
+    })
+
+    cy.readFile('dist/array.js.map').then((body) => {
+        cy.intercept('/static/array.js.map', { body })
     })
 
     cy.readFile('dist/recorder.js').then((body) => {
-        cy.intercept('**/static/recorder.js*', { body }).as('recorder')
-        cy.intercept('**/static/recorder-v2.js*', { body }).as('recorder')
+        cy.intercept('/static/recorder.js*', { body }).as('recorder')
+        cy.intercept('/static/recorder-v2.js*', { body }).as('recorder')
+    })
+
+    cy.readFile('dist/recorder.js.map').then((body) => {
+        cy.intercept('/static/recorder.js.map', { body })
     })
 
     cy.readFile('dist/surveys.js').then((body) => {
-        cy.intercept('**/static/surveys.js*', { body })
+        cy.intercept('/static/surveys.js*', { body })
+    })
+
+    cy.readFile('dist/surveys.js.map').then((body) => {
+        cy.intercept('/static/surveys.js.map', { body })
     })
 })
diff --git a/cypress/support/setup.ts b/cypress/support/setup.ts
index e5534eeb6..935436e00 100644
--- a/cypress/support/setup.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/setup.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const start = ({
         ...decideResponseOverrides,
         config: { enable_collect_everything: true, ...decideResponseOverrides.config },
     }
-    cy.intercept('POST', '**/decide/*', decideResponse).as('decide')
+    cy.intercept('POST', '/decide/*', decideResponse).as('decide')
 
     cy.visit(url)