diff --git a/e2e/auth.test.ts b/e2e/auth.test.ts
index 0542307..8cda6a3 100644
--- a/e2e/auth.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/auth.test.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ test.describe("Passkey Authentication", () => {
 
     // Sign in with passkey
     await page.goto("/auth/login");
+    await waitForHydration(page);
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Sign in with Passkey/ }).click();
     await expect(page).toHaveURL("/", { timeout: 10000 });
     await expect(page.getByRole("navigation").getByRole("button", { name: username })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 });
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ test.describe("Passkey Authentication", () => {
     const authenticatorId = await setupVirtualAuthenticator(cdp);
 
     await page.goto("/auth/login");
+    await waitForHydration(page);
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Sign in with Passkey/ }).click();
     await expect(page.getByText(/No passkey found/i)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
 
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index 8acd9d3..6e21e1b 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   outputDir: "./e2e/results",
   fullyParallel: true,
   retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
-  // Locally the journal/planner run under Vite dev — many parallel workers
-  // overwhelm cold-compile of /api/* routes and cause flaky timeouts on
-  // first hits. CI runs production builds and is unaffected. Keep at 1 in
-  // both environments for parity.
-  workers: 1,
+  workers: process.env.CI ? 1 : undefined,
   reporter: process.env.CI
     ? [["github"], ["html", { open: "never" }], ["json", { outputFile: "playwright-results.json" }]]
     : "list",