From 82ee4a9fce1aeeb02e1c5c4afaeab79daae37e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Declan Carroll <declan@n8n.io>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:06:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: Strengthen Playwright test resilience (#28687)

---
 packages/testing/playwright/pages/CanvasPage.ts             | 4 +++-
 .../playwright/pages/components/InstanceAiSidebar.ts        | 2 +-
 .../tests/e2e/workflows/editor/expressions/mapping.spec.ts  | 2 +-
 .../tests/e2e/workflows/editor/ndv/pinning.spec.ts          | 6 +++---
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/testing/playwright/pages/CanvasPage.ts b/packages/testing/playwright/pages/CanvasPage.ts
index 3f7e0d43cb7..5c52789d825 100644
--- a/packages/testing/playwright/pages/CanvasPage.ts
+++ b/packages/testing/playwright/pages/CanvasPage.ts
@@ -560,7 +560,9 @@ export class CanvasPage extends BasePage {
 
 	async executeNode(nodeName: string): Promise<void> {
 		await this.nodeByName(nodeName).hover();
-		await this.nodeExecuteButton(nodeName).click();
+		const button = this.nodeExecuteButton(nodeName);
+		await expect(button).toBeVisible();
+		await button.click();
 	}
 
 	async selectAll(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/testing/playwright/pages/components/InstanceAiSidebar.ts b/packages/testing/playwright/pages/components/InstanceAiSidebar.ts
index 80bbfdd95de..2b55b2f3fa1 100644
--- a/packages/testing/playwright/pages/components/InstanceAiSidebar.ts
+++ b/packages/testing/playwright/pages/components/InstanceAiSidebar.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ export class InstanceAiSidebar {
 	}
 
 	getDeleteMenuItem(): Locator {
-		return this.root.page().getByText('Delete', { exact: true }).first();
+		return this.root.page().getByRole('menuitem').filter({ hasText: 'Delete' });
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/workflows/editor/expressions/mapping.spec.ts b/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/workflows/editor/expressions/mapping.spec.ts
index b09e0845084..49c40dfabf1 100644
--- a/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/workflows/editor/expressions/mapping.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/workflows/editor/expressions/mapping.spec.ts
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ test.describe(
 			);
 		});
 
-		test('maps expressions to updated fields correctly @fixme', async ({ n8n }) => {
+		test.fixme('maps expressions to updated fields correctly', async ({ n8n }) => {
 			await n8n.start.fromImportedWorkflow('schedule-trigger-with-set-nodes.json');
 			await n8n.canvas.openNode('Set');
 
diff --git a/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/workflows/editor/ndv/pinning.spec.ts b/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/workflows/editor/ndv/pinning.spec.ts
index 1bf45006233..55e40b738f9 100644
--- a/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/workflows/editor/ndv/pinning.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/testing/playwright/tests/e2e/workflows/editor/ndv/pinning.spec.ts
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ test.describe(
 				await expressionInput.click();
 				await n8n.ndv.clearExpressionEditor();
 				await n8n.ndv.typeInExpressionEditor(`{{ $('${NODES.HTTP_REQUEST}').item`);
-				await n8n.page.keyboard.press('Escape');
 
-				const expectedOutput = '[Object: {"json": {"http": 123}, "pairedItem": {"item": 0}}]';
-				await expect(n8n.ndv.getParameterInputHintWithText(expectedOutput)).toBeVisible();
+				const hint = n8n.ndv.getParameterInputHint();
+				await expect(hint).toContainText('"http": 123');
+				await expect(hint).toContainText('pairedItem');
 			});
 
 			test('should use pin data in manual webhook executions', async ({