diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js
index 54d085eda..daa8435b3 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/importexportGetPost.js
@@ -106,23 +106,52 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
           .expect((res) => assert.equal(res.body.data.text, padText.toString()));
     });
 
-    for (const authn of [false, true]) {
-      it(`can export from read-only pad ID, authn ${authn}`, async function () {
-        settings.requireAuthentication = authn;
-        const get = (ep) => {
-          let req = agent.get(ep);
-          if (authn) req = req.auth('user', 'user-password');
-          return req.expect(200);
-        };
-        const ro = await get(`${endPoint('getReadOnlyID')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
-            .expect((res) => assert.ok(JSON.parse(res.text).data.readOnlyID));
-        const readOnlyId = JSON.parse(ro.text).data.readOnlyID;
-        await get(`/p/${readOnlyId}/export/html`)
-            .expect((res) => assert(res.text.indexOf('This is the') !== -1));
-        await get(`/p/${readOnlyId}/export/txt`)
-            .expect((res) => assert(res.text.indexOf('This is the') !== -1));
+    describe('export from read-only pad ID', function () {
+      let readOnlyId;
+
+      // This ought to be before(), but it must run after the top-level beforeEach() above.
+      beforeEach(async function () {
+        if (readOnlyId != null) return;
+        await agent.post(`/p/${testPadId}/import`)
+            .attach('file', padText, {filename: '/test.txt', contentType: 'text/plain'})
+            .expect(200);
+        const res = await agent.get(`${endPoint('getReadOnlyID')}&padID=${testPadId}`)
+            .expect(200)
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect((res) => assert.equal(res.body.code, 0));
+        readOnlyId = res.body.data.readOnlyID;
       });
-    }
+
+      for (const authn of [false, true]) {
+        describe(`requireAuthentication = ${authn}`, function () {
+          // This ought to be before(), but it must run after the top-level beforeEach() above.
+          beforeEach(async function () {
+            settings.requireAuthentication = authn;
+          });
+
+          for (const exportType of ['html', 'txt', 'etherpad']) {
+            describe(`export to ${exportType}`, function () {
+              let text;
+
+              // This ought to be before(), but it must run after the top-level beforeEach() above.
+              beforeEach(async function () {
+                if (text != null) return;
+                let req = agent.get(`/p/${readOnlyId}/export/${exportType}`);
+                if (authn) req = req.auth('user', 'user-password');
+                const res = await req
+                    .expect(200)
+                    .buffer(true).parse(superagent.parse.text);
+                text = res.text;
+              });
+
+              it('export OK', async function () {
+                assert.match(text, /This is the/);
+              });
+            });
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    });
 
     describe('Import/Export tests requiring AbiWord/LibreOffice', function () {
       before(async function () {