diff --git a/ts/services/backups/import.ts b/ts/services/backups/import.ts
index bc4195d4ea65..613afbc23a53 100644
--- a/ts/services/backups/import.ts
+++ b/ts/services/backups/import.ts
@@ -617,10 +617,14 @@ export class BackupImportStream extends Writable {
       'hasStoriesDisabled',
       accountSettings?.storiesDisabled === true
     );
+
+    // an undefined value for storyViewReceiptsEnabled is semantically different from
+    // false: it causes us to fallback to `read-receipt-setting`
     await storage.put(
       'storyViewReceiptsEnabled',
-      accountSettings?.storyViewReceiptsEnabled === true
+      accountSettings?.storyViewReceiptsEnabled ?? undefined
     );
+
     await storage.put(
       'hasCompletedUsernameOnboarding',
       accountSettings?.hasCompletedUsernameOnboarding === true
diff --git a/ts/test-mock/backups/backups_test.ts b/ts/test-mock/backups/backups_test.ts
index 02922fe3a015..e61486d9ca89 100644
--- a/ts/test-mock/backups/backups_test.ts
+++ b/ts/test-mock/backups/backups_test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import createDebug from 'debug';
 import Long from 'long';
 import { Proto, StorageState } from '@signalapp/mock-server';
+import { expect } from 'playwright/test';
 
 import { generateStoryDistributionId } from '../../types/StoryDistributionId';
 import { MY_STORY_ID } from '../../types/Stories';
@@ -224,6 +225,9 @@ describe('backups', function (this: Mocha.Suite) {
         debug('Opening story privacy');
         await window.locator('.StoriesTab__MoreActionsIcon').click();
         await window.getByRole('button', { name: 'Story Privacy' }).click();
+        await expect(
+          window.locator('.StoriesSettingsModal__overlay')
+        ).toHaveCSS('opacity', '1');
 
         await snapshot('story privacy');
       },
diff --git a/ts/test-mock/bootstrap.ts b/ts/test-mock/bootstrap.ts
index 17e92ef0b66b..d8734a632cf6 100644
--- a/ts/test-mock/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/ts/test-mock/bootstrap.ts
@@ -481,7 +481,10 @@ export class Bootstrap {
     const window = await app.getWindow();
     await callback(window, async (name: string) => {
       debug('creating screenshot');
-      snapshots.push({ name, data: await window.screenshot() });
+      snapshots.push({
+        name,
+        data: await window.screenshot(),
+      });
     });
 
     let index = 0;
@@ -512,7 +515,7 @@ export class Bootstrap {
           {}
         );
 
-        if (numPixels === 0) {
+        if (numPixels === 0 && !process.env.FORCE_ARTIFACT_SAVE) {
           debug('no screenshot difference');
           return;
         }
diff --git a/ts/types/Storage.d.ts b/ts/types/Storage.d.ts
index 5e41c2ecef0a..4bc1c9cc2037 100644
--- a/ts/types/Storage.d.ts
+++ b/ts/types/Storage.d.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export type StorageAccessType = {
   hasSeenGroupStoryEducationSheet: boolean;
   hasViewedOnboardingStory: boolean;
   hasStoriesDisabled: boolean;
-  storyViewReceiptsEnabled: boolean;
+  storyViewReceiptsEnabled: boolean | undefined;
   identityKeyMap: IdentityKeyMap;
   lastAttemptedToRefreshProfilesAt: number;
   lastResortKeyUpdateTime: number;