diff --git a/frontend-e2e/cypress/e2e/experimental.cy.js b/frontend-e2e/cypress/e2e/experimental.cy.js
index 0545030f..776cedb0 100644
--- a/frontend-e2e/cypress/e2e/experimental.cy.js
+++ b/frontend-e2e/cypress/e2e/experimental.cy.js
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 });
 
 // some fetch(POST) for headless mode
-describe('run some fetch(POST) requests', () => {
-  // ok to fail in expermimental branch
-  it.skip('login and logout', { defaultCommandTimeout: 10000, requestTimeout: 10000, responseTimeout: 10000 }, () => {
+describe('login and logout with authentication modal and fetch(POST)', () => {
+  // currently fails in expermimental branch
+  it('fails in headless mode local and on github? passes in local headed mode', { defaultCommandTimeout: 10000, requestTimeout: 10000, responseTimeout: 10000 }, () => {
     // Login is in <ROOT>/middleware/stemmaweb_middleware/controller/auth/routes.py
     /* @blueprint.route("/login", methods=["POST"])
     def login():
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ describe('run some fetch(POST) requests', () => {
     cy.contains('header a', 'Sign in');
     cy.get('header').should('not.contain', 'Sign out');
   })
+});
 
-  it('addStemma (and deleteStemma)', {}, () => { // would currently fail in github actions
+// some fetch(POST) for headless mode
+describe('addStemma and deleteStemma currently without login, pass in headless mode despite fetch(POST)?', () => {
+  it('passed in headless mode local and on github? passes in local headed mode (when guest config is adapted)', {}, () => { // would currently fail in github actions
     // addStemma is defined in <ROOT>/frontend/www/src/js/modules/common/service/stemmarestService.js
     // and applied in <ROOT>/frontend/www/src/js/modules/dashboard/tradition/stemma/editStemma.js
     /* return this.fetch(`/api/tradition/${tradId}/stemma/`, {