diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37b4405..c6478c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ config.local.toml
 /dashboard/playwright-report
 /dashboard/test-results
 /dashboard/.playwright
+# When playwright is invoked from the repo root by accident, these
+# also land here.
+/playwright-report
+/test-results
 
 # Caddy
 /caddy/data
diff --git a/dashboard/playwright.config.ts b/dashboard/playwright.config.ts
index 33c9049..1d6151c 100644
--- a/dashboard/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/dashboard/playwright.config.ts
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@ export default defineConfig({
 	outputDir: './tests/e2e/.results',
 	fullyParallel: true,
 	forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
-	retries: process.env.CI ? 1 : 0,
-	workers: process.env.CI ? 2 : undefined,
+	// Local: 1 retry to absorb dev-server warmup flakiness. CI: 2.
+	retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 1,
+	// Cap at 4 workers locally to keep the shared Vite dev server
+	// from getting stampeded during cold-start compiles.
+	workers: process.env.CI ? 2 : 4,
 	reporter: process.env.CI ? [['html'], ['github']] : 'html',
 	globalSetup: './tests/e2e/global-setup.ts',
 	expect: { timeout: 5_000 },
 	use: {
 		baseURL: DASHBOARD_BASE,
 		actionTimeout: 10_000,
-		navigationTimeout: 15_000,
+		navigationTimeout: 30_000,
 		trace: 'on-first-retry',
 		screenshot: 'only-on-failure',
 		video: 'retain-on-failure'
diff --git a/dashboard/tests/e2e/auth/auth.spec.ts b/dashboard/tests/e2e/auth/auth.spec.ts
index 85443f1..c109a04 100644
--- a/dashboard/tests/e2e/auth/auth.spec.ts
+++ b/dashboard/tests/e2e/auth/auth.spec.ts
@@ -97,9 +97,16 @@ test.describe('B1 auth — authenticated', () => {
 		await page.goto('/admin/login');
 		await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/admin\/apps$/);
 	});
+});
+
+test.describe('B1 auth — logout', () => {
+	// Logout must NOT use the shared storageState token, or it would
+	// invalidate the session every other test relies on. Each run
+	// here logs in fresh so its session is disposable.
+	test.use({ storageState: { cookies: [], origins: [] } });
 
 	test('logout clears the session and lands on /login', async ({ page }) => {
-		await page.goto('/admin/apps');
+		await loginAsAdmin(page);
 		await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Apps', level: 1 })).toBeVisible();
 		await logout(page);
 		const token = await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.getItem('picloud.admin.token'));
diff --git a/dashboard/tests/e2e/members/members.spec.ts b/dashboard/tests/e2e/members/members.spec.ts
index 5d244eb..8d20af5 100644
--- a/dashboard/tests/e2e/members/members.spec.ts
+++ b/dashboard/tests/e2e/members/members.spec.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test.describe('B5 app members', () => {
 	test('invite a member-role user, then remove them', async ({ page, uniqueSlug, uniqueUsername }) => {
 		const slug = uniqueSlug('mem');
 		const username = uniqueUsername('inv');
-		const appId = await createApp(slug);
+		await createApp(slug);
 		const userId = await createMemberUser(username);
 		cleanup.app(slug);
 		cleanup.adminUser(userId);
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ test.describe('B5 app members', () => {
 	}) => {
 		const slug = uniqueSlug('mem');
 		const username = uniqueUsername('role');
-		const appId = await createApp(slug);
+		await createApp(slug);
 		const userId = await createMemberUser(username);
 		cleanup.app(slug);
 		cleanup.adminUser(userId);
@@ -133,14 +133,13 @@ test.describe('B5 app members', () => {
 
 	test('non-app-admin viewers do not see the Members tab', async ({
 		browser,
-		page: _adminPage,
 		uniqueSlug,
 		uniqueUsername
 	}) => {
 		const slug = uniqueSlug('mem');
 		const username = uniqueUsername('viewer');
 		const password = 'e2e-member-pw';
-		const appId = await createApp(slug);
+		await createApp(slug);
 		const userId = await createMemberUser(username);
 		cleanup.app(slug);
 		cleanup.adminUser(userId);
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ test.describe('B5 app members adversarial', () => {
 	}) => {
 		const slug = uniqueSlug('mem');
 		const username = uniqueUsername('rolelist');
-		const appId = await createApp(slug);
+		await createApp(slug);
 		const userId = await createMemberUser(username);
 		cleanup.app(slug);
 		cleanup.adminUser(userId);