diff --git a/.github/workflows/cypress.yml b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
index f3e85bdf15f..c730c897eb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # Run multiple copies of the current job in parallel
         # Please increase the number or runners as your tests suite grows (0 based index for e2e tests)
-        containers: ['setup', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9']
+        containers: ['setup', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8']
         # Hack as strategy.job-total includes the "setup" and GitHub does not allow math expressions
         # Always align this number with the total of e2e runners (max. index + 1)
-        total-containers: [10]
+        total-containers: [9]
 
     services:
       mysql:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9804e242330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+name: Playwright Tests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  playwright-tests:
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    name: Playwright tests ${{ matrix.shardIndex }} / ${{ matrix.shardTotal }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        shardIndex: [1, 2, 3]
+        shardTotal: [3]
+    outputs:
+      node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.node-version }}
+      package-manager-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.package-manager-version }}
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+        submodules: true # for 3rdparty
+
+    - name: Read package.json
+      uses: nextcloud-libraries/parse-package-engines-action@122ae05d4257008180a514e1ddeb0c1b9d094bdd # v0.1.0
+      id: versions
+
+    - name: Set up node
+      uses: actions/setup-node@6044e13b5dc448c55e2357c09f80417699197238 # v6.2.0
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.node-version }}
+
+    - name: Set up npm
+      run: npm i -g 'npm@${{ steps.versions.outputs.package-manager-version }}'
+
+    - name: Install dependencies and build
+      run: |
+        npm ci
+        npm run build --if-present
+
+    - name: Install Playwright browsers
+      run: npx playwright install --with-deps
+
+    - name: Run Playwright tests
+      run: npm run playwright -- --shard='${{ matrix.shardIndex }}/${{ matrix.shardTotal }}'
+
+    - name: Show logs
+      if: failure()
+      run: |
+        for id in $(docker ps -aq); do
+          docker container inspect "$id" --format '=== Logs for container {{.Name}} ==='
+          docker logs "$id" >> nextcloud.log
+        done
+        echo '=== Nextcloud server logs ==='
+        docker exec nextcloud-e2e-test-server_server cat data/nextcloud.log
+
+    - name: Upload blob report to GitHub Actions Artifacts
+      if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+      with:
+        name: blob-report-${{ matrix.shardIndex }}
+        path: blob-report
+        retention-days: 1
+
+  merge-reports:
+    # Merge reports after playwright-tests, even if some shards have failed
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+    needs: [playwright-tests]
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@6044e13b5dc448c55e2357c09f80417699197238 # v6.2.0
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ needs.playwright-tests.outputs.node-version }}
+
+    - name: Set up npm
+      run: npm i -g 'npm@${{ needs.playwright-tests.outputs.package-manager-version }}'
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: npm ci
+
+    - name: Download blob reports from GitHub Actions Artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+      with:
+        path: all-blob-reports
+        pattern: blob-report-*
+        merge-multiple: true
+
+    - name: Merge into HTML Report
+      run: npx playwright merge-reports --config tests/playwright/merge.config.ts --reporter html,github ./all-blob-reports
+
+    - name: Upload HTML report
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+      with:
+        name: html-report--attempt-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+        path: playwright-report
+        retention-days: 7
+
+    - name: Show the logs
+      run: |
+        echo 'To view the report:'
+        echo '  1. Extract the folder from the zip file'
+        echo '  2. run "npx playwright show-report name-of-my-extracted-playwright-report"'
+
+  summary:
+    permissions:
+      contents: none
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-low
+    needs: [playwright-tests]
+
+    if: always()
+
+    name: playwright-test-summary
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Summary status
+        run: if ${{ needs.playwright-tests.result != 'success' }}; then exit 1; fi
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 87035b7f675..a53c847f4a1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ Vagrantfile
 
 # Tests - auto-generated files
 /data-autotest
+/playwright-report
 /results.sarif
+/test-results
 /tests/.phpunit.cache
 /tests/.phpunit.result.cache
 /tests/coverage*
diff --git a/build/files-checker.php b/build/files-checker.php
index 8b44761bcfe..05cdc28f3a6 100644
--- a/build/files-checker.php
+++ b/build/files-checker.php
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ $expectedFiles = [
 	'openapi.json',
 	'package-lock.json',
 	'package.json',
+	'playwright.config.ts',
 	'psalm-ncu.xml',
 	'psalm-ocp.xml',
 	'psalm-strict.xml',
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 57e1817ea15..763ca560d06 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
         "@nextcloud/stylelint-config": "^3.2.2",
         "@nextcloud/typings": "^1.10.0",
         "@nextcloud/vite-config": "^2.5.2",
+        "@playwright/test": "^1.59.1",
         "@testing-library/cypress": "^10.1.3",
         "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.9.1",
         "@testing-library/vue": "^8.1.0",
@@ -3032,6 +3033,22 @@
         "node": ">=14"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@playwright/test": {
+      "version": "1.60.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/test/-/test-1.60.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-O71yZIbAh/PxDMNGns37GHBIfrVkEVyn+AXyIa5dOTfb4/xNvRWV+Vv/NMbNCtODB/pO7vLlF2OTmMVLhmr7Ag==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "playwright": "1.60.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "playwright": "cli.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@protobufjs/aspromise": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@protobufjs/aspromise/-/aspromise-1.1.2.tgz",
@@ -13409,6 +13426,53 @@
         "pathe": "^2.0.3"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/playwright": {
+      "version": "1.60.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.60.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hheHdokM8cdqCb0lcE3s+zT4t4W+vvjpGxsZlDnikarzx8tSzMebh3UiFtgqwFwnTnjYQcsyMF8ei2mCO/tpeA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "playwright-core": "1.60.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "playwright": "cli.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "fsevents": "2.3.2"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/playwright-core": {
+      "version": "1.60.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.60.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9bW6zvX/m0lEbgTKJ6YppOKx8H3VOPBMOCFh2irXFOT4BbHgrx5hPjwJYLT40Lu+4qtD36qKc/Hn56StUW57IA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "bin": {
+        "playwright-core": "cli.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/playwright/node_modules/fsevents": {
+      "version": "2.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xiqMQR4xAeHTuB9uWm+fFRcIOgKBMiOBP+eXiyT7jsgVCq1bkVygt00oASowB7EdtpOHaaPgKt812P9ab+DDKA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "optional": true,
+      "os": [
+        "darwin"
+      ],
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^8.16.0 || ^10.6.0 || >=11.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/pluralize": {
       "version": "8.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pluralize/-/pluralize-8.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5650126554b..87d75fd531b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     "lint": "eslint --suppressions-location build/eslint-baseline.json --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern ./cypress",
     "postlint": "build/demi.sh lint",
     "lint:fix": "build/demi.sh lint:fix",
+    "playwright": "playwright test",
+    "playwright:install": "playwright install chromium-headless-shell",
     "sass": "sass --style compressed --load-path core/css core/css/ $(for cssdir in $(find apps -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name \"css\"); do if ! $(git check-ignore -q $cssdir); then printf \"$cssdir \"; fi; done)",
     "sass:icons": "node build/icons.mjs",
     "sass:watch": "sass --watch --load-path core/css core/css/ $(for cssdir in $(find apps -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name \"css\"); do if ! $(git check-ignore -q $cssdir); then printf \"$cssdir \"; fi; done)",
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@
     "@nextcloud/stylelint-config": "^3.2.2",
     "@nextcloud/typings": "^1.10.0",
     "@nextcloud/vite-config": "^2.5.2",
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.59.1",
     "@testing-library/cypress": "^10.1.3",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.9.1",
     "@testing-library/vue": "^8.1.0",
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf88178fb95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+	testDir: './tests/playwright/e2e',
+	fullyParallel: true,
+	forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
+	retries: process.env.CI ? 1 : 0,
+	workers: process.env.CI ? 1 : undefined,
+	reporter: process.env.CI ? [['blob'], ['dot'], ['github']] : 'html',
+	use: {
+		baseURL: 'http://localhost:8042/index.php/',
+		trace: 'on-first-retry',
+	},
+	projects: [
+		{
+			name: 'admin-settings',
+			fullyParallel: false,
+			workers: 1, // only one admin setting test can run at a time due to shared state
+			testMatch: '**/admin-settings*.spec.ts',
+			use: {
+				...devices['Desktop Chrome'],
+			},
+		},
+
+		{
+			name: 'chrome',
+			testMatch: /\/(?!admin-settings)[^/]*\.spec\.ts$/,
+			use: {
+				...devices['Desktop Chrome'],
+			},
+		},
+	],
+	webServer: {
+		command: 'node tests/playwright/start-nextcloud-server.js',
+		env: {
+			NEXTCLOUD_PORT: '8042',
+		},
+		stderr: 'pipe',
+		stdout: 'pipe',
+		gracefulShutdown: {
+			signal: 'SIGTERM',
+			timeout: 10000,
+		},
+		reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
+		timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000,
+		wait: {
+			stdout: /Nextcloud container ready to run Playwright tests/,
+		},
+	},
+})
diff --git a/tests/playwright/merge.config.ts b/tests/playwright/merge.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d99e6887f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/merge.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*!
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+// Needed to merge multiple Playwright reports
+// when they are ran on self-hosted and github runners (different test directories are used)
+export default {
+	testDir: 'tests/playwright/e2e',
+	reporter: [['html', { open: 'never' }]],
+}
diff --git a/tests/playwright/start-nextcloud-server.js b/tests/playwright/start-nextcloud-server.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa7212f6b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/start-nextcloud-server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { configureNextcloud, runExec, runOcc, startNextcloud, stopNextcloud, waitOnNextcloud } from '@nextcloud/e2e-test-server/docker'
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+
+const rootDir = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '../..')
+
+function getMounts() {
+	const mounts = {
+		'3rdparty': resolve(rootDir, '3rdparty'),
+		apps: resolve(rootDir, 'apps'),
+		core: resolve(rootDir, 'core'),
+		dist: resolve(rootDir, 'dist'),
+		lib: resolve(rootDir, 'lib'),
+		ocs: resolve(rootDir, 'ocs'),
+		'ocs-provider': resolve(rootDir, 'ocs-provider'),
+		resources: resolve(rootDir, 'resources'),
+		tests: resolve(rootDir, 'tests'),
+		'console.php': resolve(rootDir, 'console.php'),
+		'cron.php': resolve(rootDir, 'cron.php'),
+		'index.php': resolve(rootDir, 'index.php'),
+		occ: resolve(rootDir, 'occ'),
+		'public.php': resolve(rootDir, 'public.php'),
+		'remote.php': resolve(rootDir, 'remote.php'),
+		'status.php': resolve(rootDir, 'status.php'),
+		'version.php': resolve(rootDir, 'version.php'),
+	}
+
+	return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(mounts).filter(([, path]) => existsSync(path)))
+}
+
+async function start() {
+	const port = Number.parseInt(process.env.NEXTCLOUD_PORT ?? '8042', 10)
+	const ip = await startNextcloud(process.env.BRANCH, false, {
+		mounts: getMounts(),
+		exposePort: port,
+		forceRecreate: true,
+	})
+
+	await runExec(['mkdir', '-p', 'apps-cypress'])
+	await runExec(['cp', 'cypress/fixtures/app.config.php', 'config'])
+
+	await waitOnNextcloud(ip)
+	await configureNextcloud()
+
+	process.stdout.write('\nApply custom configuration for Playwright tests\n')
+	await runOcc(['config:system:set', 'appstoreenabled', '--value', 'false', '--type', 'boolean'])
+	process.stdout.write('├─ Disabled app store\n')
+	await runExec(['php', '-r', '$db = new SQLite3("data/owncloud.db");$db->busyTimeout(5000);$db->exec("PRAGMA journal_mode = wal;");'])
+	process.stdout.write('├─ Enabled SQLite WAL mode for better performance\n')
+	process.stdout.write('├─ Initialize cron job...\n')
+	await runExec(['php', 'cron.php'])
+	process.stdout.write('│  └─ OK !\n')
+	process.stdout.write('└─ Nextcloud container ready to run Playwright tests\n')
+}
+
+async function stop() {
+	process.stderr.write('Stopping Nextcloud server…\n')
+	await stopNextcloud()
+	process.exit(0)
+}
+
+process.on('SIGTERM', stop)
+process.on('SIGINT', stop)
+
+await start()
+
+while (true) {
+	await new Promise((resolvePromise) => setTimeout(resolvePromise, 5000))
+}
diff --git a/tests/playwright/support/fixtures/admin-session.ts b/tests/playwright/support/fixtures/admin-session.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f552f13ce93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/support/fixtures/admin-session.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { User } from '@nextcloud/e2e-test-server'
+import { login } from '@nextcloud/e2e-test-server/playwright'
+import { test as baseTest } from '@playwright/test'
+
+const admin = new User('admin', 'admin')
+
+export const test = baseTest.extend({
+	page: async ({ page, context }, use) => {
+		try {
+			await login(context.request, admin)
+		} catch (error) {
+			console.info('Failed to authenticate as admin, retrying', error)
+			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 800))
+			await login(context.request, admin)
+		}
+		await use(page)
+	},
+})
diff --git a/tests/playwright/support/fixtures/random-user-session.ts b/tests/playwright/support/fixtures/random-user-session.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b3951a17aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/support/fixtures/random-user-session.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { runOcc } from '@nextcloud/e2e-test-server/docker'
+import { createRandomUser, login } from '@nextcloud/e2e-test-server/playwright'
+import { test as baseTest } from '@playwright/test'
+
+export const test = baseTest.extend({
+	page: async ({ page, context }, use) => {
+		const user = await createRandomUser()
+		await login(context.request, user)
+
+		await use(page)
+
+		await runOcc(['user:delete', user.userId])
+	},
+})