diff --git a/ci/github/system-testing/e2e-playwright.bash b/ci/github/system-testing/e2e-playwright.bash
index 88d45bd86a4..b0a6e498f66 100755
--- a/ci/github/system-testing/e2e-playwright.bash
+++ b/ci/github/system-testing/e2e-playwright.bash
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ test() {
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pushd tests/e2e-playwright
   make test-sleepers
+  make test-platform
   popd
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright.py b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright.py
index 02b8c457385..22ea24baad0 100644
--- a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright.py
+++ b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright.py
@@ -339,9 +339,14 @@ def __call__(self, message: str) -> bool:
             url = f"https://{self.node_id}.services.{self.get_partial_product_url()}"
             response = httpx.get(url, timeout=10)
             self.logger.info(
-                "Querying the service endpoint from the E2E test. Url: %s Response: %s",
+                "Querying the service endpoint from the E2E test. Url: %s Response: %s TIP: %s",
                 url,
                 response,
+                (
+                    "Response 401 is OK. It means that service is ready."
+                    if response.status_code == 401
+                    else "We are emulating the frontend; a 500 response is acceptable if the service is not yet ready."
+                ),
             )
             if response.status_code <= 401:
                 # NOTE: If the response status is less than 400, it means that the backend is ready (There are some services that respond with a 3XX)
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile b/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
index fc4c0463de2..40fe914b9c0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ install-dev install-prod install-ci: _check_venv_active ## install app in develo
 RETRY_DURATION_SECONDS := 30
 RETRY_INTERVAL_SECONDS := 1
 
-install-ci-up-simcore: install-ci
+.PHONY: install-ci-up-simcore
+install-ci-up-simcore: install-ci  ## run registry and simcore stack locally (push sleepers image and modifies DB)
 	@$(MAKE_C) $(REPO_BASE_DIR) local-registry
 	@$(_transfer-images-to-registry)
 	@$(_up_simcore)
@@ -106,6 +107,28 @@ test-sleepers-dev: _check_venv_active ## runs sleepers test on local deploy
 		--autoregister \
 		$(CURDIR)/tests/sleepers/test_sleepers.py
 
+.PHONY: test-platform
+test-platform: _check_venv_active ## runs platform test on local deploy
+	@pytest \
+		-sxvv \
+		--color=yes \
+		--product-url=http://$(get_my_ip):9081 \
+		--autoregister \
+		--tracing=on \
+		$(CURDIR)/tests/platform_CI_tests/test_platform.py
+
+.PHONY: test-platform-dev
+test-platform-dev: _check_venv_active  ## runs platform test on local deploy (with PWDEBUG=1)
+	@PWDEBUG=1 pytest \
+		-sxvv \
+		--color=yes \
+		--pdb \
+		--product-url=http://$(get_my_ip):9081 \
+		--headed \
+		--autoregister \
+		--tracing=on \
+		$(CURDIR)/tests/platform_CI_tests/test_platform.py
+
 
 # Define the files where user input will be saved
 SLEEPERS_INPUT_FILE := .e2e-playwright-sleepers-env.txt
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/conftest.py b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/conftest.py
index 551dc1ad266..665ba78d774 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/conftest.py
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ def _do() -> AutoRegisteredUser:
     return _do
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def store_browser_context() -> bool:
+    return False
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def log_in_and_out(
     page: Page,
@@ -331,6 +336,8 @@ def log_in_and_out(
     user_password: Secret4TestsStr,
     auto_register: bool,
     register: Callable[[], AutoRegisteredUser],
+    store_browser_context: bool,
+    context: BrowserContext,
 ) -> Iterator[RestartableWebSocket]:
     with log_context(
         logging.INFO,
@@ -389,6 +396,9 @@ def log_in_and_out(
     if quickStartWindowCloseBtnLocator.is_visible():
         quickStartWindowCloseBtnLocator.click()
 
+    if store_browser_context:
+        context.storage_state(path="state.json")
+
     # with web_socket_default_log_handler(ws):
     yield restartable_wb
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/platform_CI_tests/conftest.py b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/platform_CI_tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/platform_CI_tests/test_platform.py b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/platform_CI_tests/test_platform.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edcac0fca64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/platform_CI_tests/test_platform.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument
+# pylint: disable=unused-variable
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+# pylint: disable=too-many-statements
+# pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def store_browser_context() -> bool:
+    return True
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def logged_in_context(
+    playwright,
+    store_browser_context: bool,
+    request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
+    pytestconfig,
+):
+    is_headed = "--headed" in pytestconfig.invocation_params.args
+
+    file_path = Path("state.json")
+    if not file_path.exists():
+        request.getfixturevalue("log_in_and_out")
+
+    browser = playwright.chromium.launch(headless=not is_headed)
+    context = browser.new_context(storage_state="state.json")
+    yield context
+    context.close()
+    browser.close()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def test_module_teardown():
+
+    yield  # Run the tests
+
+    file_path = Path("state.json")
+    if file_path.exists():
+        file_path.unlink()
+
+
+def test_simple_folder_workflow(logged_in_context, product_url, test_module_teardown):
+    page = logged_in_context.new_page()
+
+    page.goto(f"{product_url}")
+    page.wait_for_timeout(1000)
+    page.get_by_test_id("newFolderButton").click()
+
+    with page.expect_response(
+        lambda response: "folders" in response.url
+        and response.status == 201
+        and response.request.method == "POST"
+    ) as response_info:
+        page.get_by_test_id("folderEditorTitle").fill("My new folder")
+        page.get_by_test_id("folderEditorCreate").click()
+
+    _folder_id = response_info.value.json()["data"]["folderId"]
+    page.get_by_test_id(f"folderItem_{_folder_id}").click()
+    page.get_by_test_id("workspacesAndFoldersTreeItem_null_null").click()
+
+
+def test_simple_workspace_workflow(
+    logged_in_context, product_url, test_module_teardown
+):
+    page = logged_in_context.new_page()
+
+    page.goto(f"{product_url}")
+    page.wait_for_timeout(1000)
+    page.get_by_test_id("workspacesAndFoldersTreeItem_-1_null").click()
+
+    with page.expect_response(
+        lambda response: "workspaces" in response.url
+        and response.status == 201
+        and response.request.method == "POST"
+    ) as response_info:
+        page.get_by_test_id("newWorkspaceButton").click()
+        page.get_by_test_id("workspaceEditorSave").click()
+    _workspace_id = response_info.value.json()["data"]["workspaceId"]
+    page.get_by_test_id(f"workspaceItem_{_workspace_id}").click()
+    page.get_by_test_id("workspacesAndFoldersTreeItem_null_null").click()