diff --git a/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts b/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
index a1fb6637b1..5534f16078 100644
--- a/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { stripVTControlCharacters } from 'node:util';
 import { stripAnsi } from '../config/utils';
 import { test, expect } from './pageTest';
 
@@ -243,7 +244,15 @@ test.describe('toHaveURL', () => {
   test('fail', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>B</div>');
     const error = await expect(page).toHaveURL('wrong', { timeout: 1000 }).catch(e => e);
-    expect(error.message).toContain('expect.toHaveURL with timeout 1000ms');
+    expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('Timed out 1000ms waiting for expect(page).toHaveURL(expected)');
+  });
+
+  test('fail with invalid argument', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>B</div>');
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    const error = await expect(page).toHaveURL({}).catch(e => e);
+    expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('expect(page).toHaveURL(expected)\n\n\nMatcher error: expected value should be a string, regular expression, or predicate');
+    expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('Expected has type:  object\nExpected has value: {}');
   });
 
   test('support ignoreCase', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
index c35cdd7c09..dfe6a6cf02 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
@@ -556,6 +556,24 @@ test('should respect expect.timeout', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
 });
 
+test('should support toHaveURL predicate', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'playwright.config.js': `module.exports = { expect: { timeout: 1000 } }`,
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+
+      test('predicate', async ({ page }) => {
+        await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>A</div>');
+        const error = await expect(page).toHaveURL('data:text/html,<div>B</div>').catch(e => e);
+        expect(error.message).toContain('expect.toHaveURL with timeout 1000ms');
+        expect(error.message).toContain('data:text/html,<div>');
+      });
+      `,
+  }, { workers: 1 });
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
+});
+
 test('should log scale the time', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
     'a.test.ts': `