diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/error.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/error.ts
index 5bcff78636..12762a3378 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/error.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/error.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
  */
 
 import type { ExpectMatcherState } from '../../types/test';
-import { matcherHint } from './matcherHint';
+import { kNoElementsFoundError, matcherHint } from './matcherHint';
 import { colors } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
 import type { Locator } from 'playwright-core';
-import { EXPECTED_COLOR } from '../common/expectBundle';
+import { EXPECTED_COLOR, printReceived } from '../common/expectBundle';
+import { printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult, printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring } from './expect';
+import { callLogText } from '../util';
 
 export function toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification(
   state: ExpectMatcherState,
@@ -49,3 +51,54 @@ export function toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification(
     ].join('\n\n'));
   }
 }
+
+export function textMatcherMessage(state: ExpectMatcherState, matcherName: string, receiver: Locator | undefined, expression: string, expected: string | RegExp | Function, received: string | undefined, callLog: string[] | undefined, stringName: string, pass: boolean, didTimeout: boolean, timeout: number): string {
+  const matcherOptions = {
+    isNot: state.isNot,
+    promise: state.promise,
+  };
+  const receivedString = received || '';
+  const messagePrefix = matcherHint(state, receiver, matcherName, expression, undefined, matcherOptions, didTimeout ? timeout : undefined);
+  const notFound = received === kNoElementsFoundError;
+
+  let printedReceived: string | undefined;
+  let printedExpected: string | undefined;
+  let printedDiff: string | undefined;
+  if (typeof expected === 'function') {
+    printedExpected = `Expected predicate to ${!state.isNot ? 'succeed' : 'fail'}`;
+    printedReceived = `Received string: ${printReceived(receivedString)}`;
+  } else {
+    if (pass) {
+      if (typeof expected === 'string') {
+        if (notFound) {
+          printedExpected = `Expected ${stringName}: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+          printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
+        } else {
+          printedExpected = `Expected ${stringName}: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+          const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring(receivedString, receivedString.indexOf(expected), expected.length);
+          printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (notFound) {
+          printedExpected = `Expected pattern: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+          printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
+        } else {
+          printedExpected = `Expected pattern: not ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+          const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult(receivedString, typeof expected.exec === 'function' ? expected.exec(receivedString) : null);
+          printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      const labelExpected = `Expected ${typeof expected === 'string' ? stringName : 'pattern'}`;
+      if (notFound) {
+        printedExpected = `${labelExpected}: ${state.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
+        printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
+      } else {
+        printedDiff = state.utils.printDiffOrStringify(expected, receivedString, labelExpected, 'Received string', false);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const resultDetails = printedDiff ? printedDiff : printedExpected + '\n' + printedReceived;
+  return messagePrefix + resultDetails + callLogText(callLog);
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
index c2e9390400..8085269342 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ import { currentTestInfo } from '../common/globals';
 import { TestInfoImpl } from '../worker/testInfo';
 import type { ExpectMatcherState } from '../../types/test';
 import { takeFirst } from '../common/config';
-import { matcherHint } from './matcherHint';
-import { toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification } from './error';
+import { textMatcherMessage, toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification } from './error';
 
 export interface LocatorEx extends Locator {
   _expect(expression: string, options: FrameExpectParams): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean }>;
@@ -407,17 +406,20 @@ export async function toHaveURL(
 
   const timeout = options?.timeout ?? this.timeout;
   let conditionSucceeded = false;
+  let lastCheckedURLString: string | undefined = undefined;
   try {
     await page.mainFrame().waitForURL(
         url => {
           const baseURL: string | undefined = (page.context() as any)._options
               .baseURL;
+          lastCheckedURLString = url.toString();
+
           if (options?.ignoreCase) {
             return (
               !this.isNot ===
               urlMatches(
                   baseURL?.toLocaleLowerCase(),
-                  url.toString().toLocaleLowerCase(),
+                  lastCheckedURLString.toLocaleLowerCase(),
                   typeof expected === 'string'
                     ? expected.toLocaleLowerCase()
                     : expected,
@@ -429,7 +431,7 @@ export async function toHaveURL(
             !this.isNot ===
             urlMatches(
                 baseURL,
-                url.toString(),
+                lastCheckedURLString,
                 expected,
             )
           );
@@ -445,22 +447,24 @@ export async function toHaveURL(
   if (conditionSucceeded)
     return { pass: !this.isNot, message: () => '' };
 
-  const matcherOptions = {
-    isNot: this.isNot,
-    promise: this.promise,
-  };
   return {
     pass: this.isNot,
     message: () =>
-      matcherHint(
+      textMatcherMessage(
           this,
-          undefined,
           matcherName,
-          expression,
           undefined,
-          matcherOptions,
+          expression,
+          expected,
+          lastCheckedURLString,
+          undefined,
+          'string',
+          this.isNot,
+          true,
           timeout,
       ),
+    actual: lastCheckedURLString,
+    timeout,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
index 251da7e84c..b4ded21e0e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
@@ -15,16 +15,11 @@
  */
 
 
-import { expectTypes, callLogText } from '../util';
-import {
-  printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult,
-  printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring
-} from './expect';
+import { expectTypes } from '../util';
 import type { ExpectMatcherState } from '../../types/test';
-import { kNoElementsFoundError, matcherHint } from './matcherHint';
 import type { MatcherResult } from './matcherHint';
 import type { Locator } from 'playwright-core';
-import { toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification } from './error';
+import { textMatcherMessage, toMatchExpectedStringOrPredicateVerification } from './error';
 
 export async function toMatchText(
   this: ExpectMatcherState,
@@ -50,57 +45,25 @@ export async function toMatchText(
     };
   }
 
-  const matcherOptions = {
-    isNot: this.isNot,
-    promise: this.promise,
-  };
   const stringSubstring = options.matchSubstring ? 'substring' : 'string';
-  const receivedString = received || '';
-  const messagePrefix = matcherHint(this, receiver, matcherName, 'locator', undefined, matcherOptions, timedOut ? timeout : undefined);
-  const notFound = received === kNoElementsFoundError;
-
-  let printedReceived: string | undefined;
-  let printedExpected: string | undefined;
-  let printedDiff: string | undefined;
-  if (pass) {
-    if (typeof expected === 'string') {
-      if (notFound) {
-        printedExpected = `Expected ${stringSubstring}: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-        printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
-      } else {
-        printedExpected = `Expected ${stringSubstring}: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-        const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring(receivedString, receivedString.indexOf(expected), expected.length);
-        printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
-      }
-    } else {
-      if (notFound) {
-        printedExpected = `Expected pattern: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-        printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
-      } else {
-        printedExpected = `Expected pattern: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-        const formattedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult(receivedString, typeof expected.exec === 'function' ? expected.exec(receivedString) : null);
-        printedReceived = `Received string: ${formattedReceived}`;
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    const labelExpected = `Expected ${typeof expected === 'string' ? stringSubstring : 'pattern'}`;
-    if (notFound) {
-      printedExpected = `${labelExpected}: ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}`;
-      printedReceived = `Received: ${received}`;
-    } else {
-      printedDiff = this.utils.printDiffOrStringify(expected, receivedString, labelExpected, 'Received string', false);
-    }
-  }
-
-  const message = () => {
-    const resultDetails = printedDiff ? printedDiff : printedExpected + '\n' + printedReceived;
-    return messagePrefix + resultDetails + callLogText(log);
-  };
 
   return {
     name: matcherName,
     expected,
-    message,
+    message: () =>
+      textMatcherMessage(
+          this,
+          matcherName,
+          receiver,
+          'locator',
+          expected,
+          received,
+          log,
+          stringSubstring,
+          pass,
+          !!timedOut,
+          timeout,
+      ),
     pass,
     actual: received,
     log,
diff --git a/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts b/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
index 5534f16078..3c51975920 100644
--- a/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
@@ -241,20 +241,47 @@ test.describe('toHaveURL', () => {
     await expect(page).toHaveURL('data:text/html,<div>A</div>');
   });
 
-  test('fail', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>B</div>');
+  test('fail string', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>A</div>');
     const error = await expect(page).toHaveURL('wrong', { timeout: 1000 }).catch(e => e);
     expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('Timed out 1000ms waiting for expect(page).toHaveURL(expected)');
+    expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('Expected string: "wrong"\nReceived string: "data:text/html,<div>A</div>"');
   });
 
   test('fail with invalid argument', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>B</div>');
+    await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>A</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('expect(page).toHaveURL(expected)\n\n\n\nMatcher error: expected value must be a string, regular expression, or predicate');
     expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('Expected has type:  object\nExpected has value: {}');
   });
 
+  test('fail with positive predicate', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>A</div>');
+    const error = await expect(page).toHaveURL(_url => false).catch(e => e);
+    expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('expect(page).toHaveURL(expected)');
+    expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('Expected predicate to succeed\nReceived string: "data:text/html,<div>A</div>"');
+  });
+
+  test('fail with negative predicate', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>A</div>');
+    const error = await expect(page).not.toHaveURL(_url => true).catch(e => e);
+    expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('expect(page).not.toHaveURL(expected)');
+    expect(stripVTControlCharacters(error.message)).toContain('Expected predicate to fail\nReceived string: "data:text/html,<div>A</div>"');
+  });
+
+  test('resolve predicate on initial call', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>A</div>');
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(url => url.href === 'data:text/html,<div>A</div>', { timeout: 1000 });
+  });
+
+  test('resolve predicate after retries', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>A</div>');
+    const expectPromise = expect(page).toHaveURL(url => url.href === 'data:text/html,<div>B</div>', { timeout: 1000 });
+    setTimeout(() => page.goto('data:text/html,<div>B</div>'), 500);
+    await expectPromise;
+  });
+
   test('support ignoreCase', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto('data:text/html,<div>A</div>');
     await expect(page).toHaveURL('DATA:teXT/HTml,<div>a</div>', { ignoreCase: true });