diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
index 57ae88665f22..d4c842518330 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
@@ -2133,6 +2133,76 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         run: ./ci/github/system-testing/e2e.bash clean_up
 
+  system-test-e2e-playwright:
+    needs: [changes, build-test-images]
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.anything == 'true' || github.event_name == 'push' }}
+    timeout-minutes: 30 # if this timeout gets too small, then split the tests
+    name: "[sys] e2e-playwright"
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    container:
+      image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/python:v1.39.0-jammy
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.10"]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
+        docker_buildx: [v0.10.4]
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: setup docker buildx
+        id: buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        with:
+          version: ${{ matrix.docker_buildx }}
+          driver: docker-container
+      - name: setup python environment
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          cache: "pip"
+          cache-dependency-path: "tests/e2e-playwright/requirements/dev.txt"
+      - name: expose github runtime for buildx
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-runtime@v3
+      - name: download docker images
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: docker-buildx-images-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          path: /${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: load docker images
+        run: make load-images local-src=/${{ runner.temp }}/build
+      - name: prepare devenv
+        run: make devenv
+      - name: show system version
+        run: ./ci/helpers/show_system_versions.bash
+      - name: setup
+        run: |
+          ./ci/github/system-testing/e2e.bash install
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          pushd tests/e2e-playwright
+          make install-dev
+      - name: test
+        run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          pushd tests/e2e-playwright
+          make test-sleepers
+      - name: dump docker logs
+        id: docker_logs_dump
+        if: failure()
+        run: ./ci/github/system-testing/e2e.bash dump_docker_logs
+      - name: upload docker logs
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
+          path: ./tests/e2e/test_failures
+      - name: upload tracing if failed
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.job }}_tracing
+          path: tests/e2e-playwright/test-results
+
+
   system-test-environment-setup:
     timeout-minutes: 30 # if this timeout gets too small, then split the tests
     name: "[sys] environment setup"
@@ -2173,6 +2243,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       [
         system-test-e2e,
+        system-test-e2e-playwright,
         system-test-environment-setup,
         system-test-public-api,
         system-test-swarm-deploy,
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile b/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
index fa480d62da54..3bce5ba22491 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ test-sleepers: _check_venv_active ## runs sleepers test on local deploy
 		--product-url=http://$(get_my_ip):9081 \
 		--product-billable=false \
 		--autoregister \
+		--tracing=retain-on-failure \
 		$(CURDIR)/tests/sleepers.py