diff --git a/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
index 6ae7f53f..16f689aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@ jobs:
       #      git commit -m "chore: update browserslist db"
       #      git push
       #    fi
-      - name: Install and run the back-end API, needed for end-to-end testing
-        run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/ReadAlongs/Studio
-          cd Studio
-          pip install -e . -r requirements.api.txt
-          ./run-web-api.sh &
-          # wait for the API to be up
-          curl --retry 20 --retry-delay 1 --retry-all-errors http://localhost:8000/api/v1/langs
       - name: Ng test for studio-web
         run: |
           npx nx build web-component
@@ -77,7 +69,32 @@ jobs:
           npx nx bundle web-component
           git status
           git diff --word-diff=porcelain --word-diff-regex=... --color | perl -ple 's/^(\x1b[^ -+]{0,6})? (.{81,})$/$1 . " " . substr($2, 0, 40) . " [... " . (length($2)-80) . " bytes ...] " . substr($2, -40)/ex'
-
+  playwright-tests:
+    name: Run Playwright test-suites
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        shardIndex: [1, 2, 3, 4]
+        shardTotal: [4]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - name: Install and run the back-end API, needed for end-to-end testing
+        run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/ReadAlongs/Studio
+          cd Studio
+          pip install -e . -r requirements.api.txt
+          ./run-web-api.sh &
+          # wait for the API to be up
+          curl --retry 20 --retry-delay 1 --retry-all-errors http://localhost:8000/api/v1/langs
+      - name: Install everything
+        run: npm install
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
       - name: Run studio-web in the background
         run: |
           npx nx build web-component
@@ -86,7 +103,47 @@ jobs:
           # wait for the studio web to be up
           sleep 100
           curl --retry 20 --retry-delay 30 --retry-all-errors http://localhost:4200
-      - name: Playwright for studio-web
+      - name: Run Playwright tests for studio-web
         run: |
           npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
-          npx nx e2e studio-web
+          npx nx e2e studio-web --shard=${{ matrix.shardIndex }}/${{ matrix.shardTotal }}
+      - name: Upload blob report to GitHub Actions Artifacts
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: blob-report-${{ matrix.shardIndex }}
+          path: packages/studio-web/blob-report
+          retention-days: 1
+  merge-reports:
+    # Merge reports after playwright-tests, even if some shards have failed
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+    needs: [playwright-tests]
+    name: "Merge playwright reports"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - name: Install everything
+        run: npm install
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+      - name: Install playwright
+        run: npx playwright install
+      - name: Download blob reports from GitHub Actions Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: all-blob-reports
+          pattern: blob-report-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Merge into HTML Report
+        run: npx playwright merge-reports --reporter=html,github ./all-blob-reports
+
+      - name: Upload HTML report
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: html-report--attempt-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+          path: playwright-report
+          retention-days: 5
diff --git a/packages/studio-web/playwright.config.ts b/packages/studio-web/playwright.config.ts
index 54623ce4..7dd643e7 100644
--- a/packages/studio-web/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/studio-web/playwright.config.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
   /* Retry on CI only */
   retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 3,
   /* Opt out of parallel tests on CI. */
-  workers: process.env.CI ? 4 : undefined,
+  workers: process.env.CI ? 1 : undefined,
   /* Reporter to use. See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters */
-  reporter: "html",
+  reporter: process.env.CI ? [["blob", { open: "never" }]] : "html",
   /* Shared settings for all the projects below. See https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testoptions. */
   use: {
     /* Base URL to use in actions like `await page.goto('/')`. */
diff --git a/packages/studio-web/tests/studio-web/check-page-1.spec.ts b/packages/studio-web/tests/studio-web/check-page-1.spec.ts
index c388589d..1b81f779 100644
--- a/packages/studio-web/tests/studio-web/check-page-1.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/studio-web/tests/studio-web/check-page-1.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import { testText, defaultBeforeEach } from "../test-commands";
-
+test.describe.configure({ mode: "parallel" });
 test.describe("test studio UI & UX", () => {
   test("should check UI (en)", async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto("/");