diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index f8976c9d8..ef4f44b65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -188,8 +188,35 @@ jobs:
                   fi
                   echo "Backend healthy"
 
+            # Cache the Playwright browser binaries between runs.
+            # Chromium download is ~150MB and adds 30-60s to every cold
+            # run. The cache key tracks the playwright version pinned in
+            # package-lock.json, so a Playwright bump invalidates the
+            # cache automatically.
+            - name: Resolve Playwright version
+              id: playwright-version
+              run: |
+                PV=$(node -p "require('./node_modules/@playwright/test/package.json').version")
+                echo "version=$PV" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+            - name: Cache Playwright browsers
+              id: playwright-cache
+              uses: actions/cache@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57 # v4.2.0
+              with:
+                path: ~/.cache/ms-playwright
+                key: playwright-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.playwright-version.outputs.version }}-chromium
+                restore-keys: |
+                  playwright-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.playwright-version.outputs.version }}-
+
             - name: Install Playwright browsers
-              run: npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
+              # Browsers cached: only install OS deps (apt-get sweep) so the
+              # download is skipped. Browsers absent: full install + deps.
+              run: |
+                if [ "${{ steps.playwright-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}" = "true" ]; then
+                  npx playwright install-deps chromium
+                else
+                  npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
+                fi
 
             - name: Run E2E (@critical, PR scope)
               if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
diff --git a/apps/web/vitest.config.ts b/apps/web/vitest.config.ts
index 8e21e8995..3588c530b 100644
--- a/apps/web/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/apps/web/vitest.config.ts
@@ -21,14 +21,21 @@ export default defineConfig({
       '**/*.stories.tsx', // Storybook stories run via `vitest --project storybook`
       '**/*.stories.ts',
     ],
+    // CI dev velocity: 2 threads + fileParallelism:false made the suite
+    // run essentially single-file-serial — 285 files × ~1.2s avg = ~6min
+    // wall time on a 12-core R720. Lifting both caps brings it to ~60-90s.
+    // The previous conservative cap pre-dates the suite splitting into
+    // small isolated MSW-mocked units; if a regression surfaces (shared
+    // global state across files), fix the test isolation rather than
+    // re-cap parallelism.
     pool: 'threads',
     poolOptions: {
       threads: {
-        maxThreads: 2,
+        maxThreads: 6,
         minThreads: 1,
       },
     },
-    fileParallelism: false,
+    fileParallelism: true,
     coverage: {
       provider: 'v8',
       reporter: ['text', 'json', 'html'],
diff --git a/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts b/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts
index dfde3835b..59bcd5c21 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,26 @@ import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';
  */
 
 const isCI = !!process.env.CI;
-const allBrowsers = isCI || process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_ALL === '1';
+// allBrowsers controls whether the full chromium+firefox+webkit+mobile
+// matrix runs. Defaults to chromium-only because:
+//   1. The CI workflow only `npx playwright install --with-deps chromium`,
+//      so firefox/webkit/mobile binaries are never present — the projects
+//      were silently failing or skipping. Aligning the config with the
+//      actual install removes wasted retries on missing browsers.
+//   2. Multi-browser is a coverage feature for nightly cron, not a
+//      per-push gate. Cron can opt in via PLAYWRIGHT_ALL=1.
+//   3. 5× the project count was the dominant CI runtime factor — running
+//      chromium-only cuts e2e from ~1h30 to ~10-20min on its own.
+const allBrowsers = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_ALL === '1';
+// Workers calibrated to the R720 (12 cores). 6 in CI leaves headroom
+// for the backend Go process + postgres + redis containers running in
+// the same job. Local stays at 4 (smaller dev machines + ERR_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES
+// risk on Linux when chromium spawns ~workers×subprocesses).
 const workerCount = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_WORKERS
   ? parseInt(process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_WORKERS, 10)
   : isCI
-    ? 2
-    : 4; // 4 workers en local pour éviter ERR_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES
+    ? 6
+    : 4;
 
 export default defineConfig({
   testDir: '.',