diff --git a/frontend/tests/e2e/admin-inventory-filters.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/e2e/admin-inventory-filters.spec.ts
index 29a3338..c1e49cd 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/e2e/admin-inventory-filters.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/e2e/admin-inventory-filters.spec.ts
@@ -126,4 +126,16 @@ test.describe('Admin inventory filters', () => {
     await expect(adminInventory.clearFiltersButton).toHaveCount(0);
     await expect(adminInventory.filtersButton).toHaveText('Filters');
   });
+
+  // #188: the tally is the number of chips, so three statuses count as three.
+  // It read Filters (1) before, because status was added to the count by hand
+  // as a single flag regardless of how many were selected.
+  test('counts each selected status in the tally', async ({ admin, adminInventory }) => {
+    await admin.goto();
+    await adminInventory.toggleStatus('Available');
+    await adminInventory.toggleStatus('Reserved');
+    await adminInventory.toggleStatus('Sold');
+
+    await expect(adminInventory.filtersButton).toHaveText('Filters (3)');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/tests/e2e/filters.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/e2e/filters.spec.ts
index f9c26f5..55d550a 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/e2e/filters.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/e2e/filters.spec.ts
@@ -232,4 +232,19 @@ test.describe('Storefront filters', () => {
     await expect(wallArt.getByText(NAMES.vintage)).toBeVisible();
     await expect(wallArt.getByText(NAMES.oak)).toBeVisible();
   });
+
+  // #188: choosing anything but the default now shows a removable chip. This is
+  // what lets one predicate serve both the tally and the empty-state message —
+  // without it, a storefront filtered to Sold with no results would report
+  // itself as an empty shop rather than as a filter that matched nothing.
+  test('shows a removable chip for a non-default availability', async ({ storefront }) => {
+    await storefront.goto();
+    await expect(storefront.filterChip('Sold')).toHaveCount(0);
+
+    await storefront.chooseAvailability('Sold');
+    await expect(storefront.filterChip('Sold')).toBeVisible();
+
+    await storefront.removeFilterChip('Sold').click();
+    await expect(storefront.filterChip('Sold')).toHaveCount(0);
+  });
 });