diff --git a/frontend/website/cypress/e2e/session-auth.cy.ts b/frontend/website/cypress/e2e/session-auth.cy.ts
index caa7956..cd35dfd 100644
--- a/frontend/website/cypress/e2e/session-auth.cy.ts
+++ b/frontend/website/cypress/e2e/session-auth.cy.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@ describe('session authentication', () => {
     cy.location('pathname').should('equal', '/dashboard')
   })
 
+  it('redirects a restored session away from the home route', () => {
+    cy.intercept('GET', '**/api/me', {
+      statusCode: 200,
+      body: { user: authenticatedUser },
+    }).as('me')
+
+    cy.visit('/')
+    cy.wait('@me')
+
+    cy.location('pathname').should('equal', '/dashboard')
+  })
+
   it('rejects a malformed authenticated-user response', () => {
     cy.intercept('GET', '**/api/me', {
       statusCode: 200,