diff --git a/tests/firstWalletRefresh.test.js b/tests/firstWalletRefresh.test.js
index c7aac41..232cb30 100644
--- a/tests/firstWalletRefresh.test.js
+++ b/tests/firstWalletRefresh.test.js
@@ -61,16 +61,12 @@ async function importOn(page, { tab, field, secret }) {
     await page.click("btn-add-wallet-confirm");
 }
 
-// Fake timers hold the timer of the flash message an import ends with, which
-// would otherwise fire after cleanupPopup() has removed the page and throw.
 beforeEach(() => {
-    jest.useFakeTimers();
     chainBalance = "0.0";
 });
 
 afterEach(() => {
     cleanupPopup();
-    jest.useRealTimers();
 });
 
 describe("a popup that opened on Welcome", () => {
diff --git a/tests/popupBoot.test.js b/tests/popupBoot.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbc0067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/popupBoot.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// A timer the popup started and that fires after cleanupPopup() has removed
+// the page throws "document is not defined", and the throw fails whatever test
+// the jest worker is running by then, in this file or another
+// (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/578). The flash message's
+// timer is the one that did it. A throw from a timer during a test fails that
+// test, so each test here passes only if nothing throws.
+
+const {
+    bootPopup,
+    cleanupPopup,
+    unversionedValidProfile,
+} = require("./support/popupBoot");
+
+const FLASH_MS = 10;
+
+function wait(ms) {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    cleanupPopup();
+});
+
+test("a flash message clears while the page is up", async () => {
+    const page = await bootPopup(unversionedValidProfile());
+    const { showFlash } = require("../src/popup/views/helpers");
+    showFlash("Copied.", FLASH_MS);
+    expect(page.text("flash-msg")).toBe("Copied.");
+
+    await wait(FLASH_MS * 5);
+
+    expect(page.text("flash-msg")).toBe("");
+});
+
+test("a flash message's timer does not fire after cleanupPopup()", async () => {
+    await bootPopup(unversionedValidProfile());
+    const { showFlash } = require("../src/popup/views/helpers");
+    showFlash("Copied.", FLASH_MS);
+    cleanupPopup();
+
+    await wait(FLASH_MS * 5);
+});
diff --git a/tests/support/popupBoot.js b/tests/support/popupBoot.js
index 7d00df4..02f98d0 100644
--- a/tests/support/popupBoot.js
+++ b/tests/support/popupBoot.js
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ jest.doMock("ethereum-blockies-base64", () => makeBlockie);
 // Taken before any boot replaces them; see bootPopup().
 const realSetInterval = globalThis.setInterval;
 const realClearInterval = globalThis.clearInterval;
+const realSetTimeout = globalThis.setTimeout;
+const realClearTimeout = globalThis.clearTimeout;
+
+// Every timeout set since the last cleanupPopup() that has neither fired nor
+// been cleared. cleanupPopup() clears them all.
+const pendingTimeouts = new Set();
 
 const POPUP_HTML = fs.readFileSync(
     path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "src", "popup", "index.html"),
@@ -342,6 +348,24 @@ async function bootPopup(stored, options) {
     globalThis.clearInterval = (id) => {
         intervals.delete(id);
     };
+    // Timeouts, such as the one that clears a flash message, run for real, but
+    // each is recorded until it fires or is cleared, so cleanupPopup() can
+    // clear the ones still pending. One that fired after the page was removed
+    // would throw "document is not defined" into whatever test the worker runs
+    // by then. jest.useFakeTimers() in a test does not reach them. Put back by
+    // cleanupPopup().
+    globalThis.setTimeout = (fn, ms, ...args) => {
+        const timer = realSetTimeout(() => {
+            pendingTimeouts.delete(timer);
+            fn(...args);
+        }, ms);
+        pendingTimeouts.add(timer);
+        return timer;
+    };
+    globalThis.clearTimeout = (timer) => {
+        pendingTimeouts.delete(timer);
+        realClearTimeout(timer);
+    };
 
     require("../../src/popup/index");
 
@@ -407,6 +431,10 @@ function cleanupPopup() {
     delete globalThis.window;
     globalThis.setInterval = realSetInterval;
     globalThis.clearInterval = realClearInterval;
+    for (const timer of pendingTimeouts) realClearTimeout(timer);
+    pendingTimeouts.clear();
+    globalThis.setTimeout = realSetTimeout;
+    globalThis.clearTimeout = realClearTimeout;
 }
 
 module.exports = {