[CI] Playwright improvements (#9395)

* Allow port 4173 (vite preview) * Change 'base' attr based on vite command * Allow api_host to be specified separately * Harden API host functionality * Adjust server selections * Cleanup vite.config.ts * Adjust playwright configuration - Allow to run in "production" mode - Builds the code first - Runs only the backend web server - Not suitable for coverage * Tweak github actions * Tweak QC file * Reduce number of steps * Tweak CI file * Fix typo * Ensure translation before build * Fix hard-coded test * Test tweaks * uncomment * Revert some changes * Run with gunicorn, single worker * Reduce log output in DEBUG mode * Update deps * Add global-setup func * Fix for .gitignore file * Cached auth state * Tweak login func * Updated tests * Enable parallel workers again * Simplify config * Try with a single worker again * Single retry mode * Run auth setup first - Prevent issues with parallel test doing login * Improve test setup process * Tweaks * Bump to 3 workers * Tweak playwright settings * Revert change * Revert change
2025-10-31 13:15:43 +00:00 · 2025-03-30 14:12:48 +11:00
parent 858eb8f807
commit 7f5a447769
40 changed files with 794 additions and 575 deletions
--- a/src/frontend/tests/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/helpers.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ export const navigate = async (page, url: string) => {
    url = `${baseUrl}/${url}`;
  }

-  await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
-  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
+  await page.goto(url);
 };

 /**
@@ -98,7 +97,6 @@ export const loadTab = async (page, tabName) => {
    .getByLabel(/panel-tabs-/)
    .getByRole('tab', { name: tabName })
    .click();
-  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
 };

 // Activate "table" view in certain contexts
@@ -121,5 +119,4 @@ export const globalSearch = async (page, query) => {
  await page.getByLabel('global-search-input').clear();
  await page.getByPlaceholder('Enter search text').fill(query);
  await page.waitForTimeout(300);
-  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
 };
--- a/src/frontend/tests/login.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/login.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+import type { Browser, Page } from '@playwright/test';
 import { expect } from './baseFixtures.js';
-import { baseUrl, logoutUrl, user } from './defaults';
+import { user } from './defaults';
 import { navigate } from './helpers.js';

+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
 /*
 * Perform form based login operation from the "login" URL
 */
@@ -9,7 +13,8 @@ export const doLogin = async (page, username?: string, password?: string) => {
  username = username ?? user.username;
  password = password ?? user.password;

-  await navigate(page, logoutUrl);
+  await page.goto('http://localhost:8000/web/logout', { waituntil: 'load' });
+
  await expect(page).toHaveTitle(/^InvenTree.*$/);
  await page.waitForURL('**/web/login');
  await page.getByLabel('username').fill(username);
@@ -19,31 +24,74 @@ export const doLogin = async (page, username?: string, password?: string) => {
  await page.waitForTimeout(250);
 };

+export interface CachedLoginOptions {
+  username?: string;
+  password?: string;
+  url?: string;
+}
+
+// Set of users allowed to do cached login
+// This is to prevent tests from running with the wrong user
+const ALLOWED_USERS: string[] = ['admin', 'allaccess', 'reader', 'steven'];
+
 /*
 * Perform a quick login based on passing URL parameters
 */
-export const doQuickLogin = async (
-  page,
-  username?: string,
-  password?: string,
-  url?: string
-) => {
-  username = username ?? user.username;
-  password = password ?? user.password;
-  url = url ?? baseUrl;
+export const doCachedLogin = async (
+  browser: Browser,
+  options?: CachedLoginOptions
+): Promise<Page> => {
+  const username = options?.username ?? user.username;
+  const password = options?.password ?? user.password;
+  const url = options?.url ?? '';

-  await navigate(page, `${url}/login?login=${username}&password=${password}`);
-  await page.waitForURL('**/web/home');
+  // FAIL if an unsupported username is provided
+  if (!ALLOWED_USERS.includes(username)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid username provided to doCachedLogin: ${username}`);
+  }

+  // Cache the login state locally - and share between tests
+  const fn = path.resolve(`./playwright/auth/${username}.json`);
+
+  if (fs.existsSync(fn)) {
+    const page = await browser.newPage({
+      storageState: fn
+    });
+    console.log(`Using cached login state for ${username}`);
+    await navigate(page, url);
+    await page.waitForURL('**/web/**');
+    await page.waitForLoadState('load');
+    return page;
+  }
+
+  // Create a new blank page
+  const page = await browser.newPage();
+
+  console.log(`No cache found - logging in for ${username}`);
+
+  // Ensure we start from the login page
+  await page.goto('http://localhost:8000/web/', { waitUntil: 'load' });
+
+  await doLogin(page, username, password);
  await page.getByLabel('navigation-menu').waitFor({ timeout: 5000 });
  await page.getByText(/InvenTree Demo Server -/).waitFor();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/web/**');

  // Wait for the dashboard to load
  await page.getByText('No widgets selected').waitFor();
-  await page.waitForTimeout(250);
+  await page.waitForLoadState('load');
+
+  // Cache the login state
+  await page.context().storageState({ path: fn });
+
+  if (url) {
+    await navigate(page, url);
+  }
+
+  return page;
 };

 export const doLogout = async (page) => {
-  await navigate(page, 'logout');
+  await page.goto('http://localhost:8000/web/logout', { waitUntil: 'load' });
  await page.waitForURL('**/web/login');
 };
--- a/src/frontend/tests/modals.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/modals.spec.ts
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import { test } from './baseFixtures.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login.js';
-
-test('Modals - Admin', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
-
-  // use server info
-  await page.getByLabel('open-spotlight').click();
-  await page
-    .getByRole('button', {
-      name: 'Server Information About this InvenTree instance'
-    })
-    .click();
-  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'Instance Name' }).waitFor();
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' }).click();
-
-  await page.waitForURL('**/web/home');
-
-  // use license info
-  await page.getByLabel('open-spotlight').click();
-  await page
-    .getByRole('button', {
-      name: 'License Information Licenses for dependencies of the service'
-    })
-    .click();
-  await page.getByText('License Information').first().waitFor();
-  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'backend Packages' }).click();
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Babel BSD License' }).click();
-  await page
-    .getByText('by the Babel Team, see AUTHORS for more information')
-    .waitFor();
-
-  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'frontend Packages' }).click();
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: '@sentry/core MIT' }).click();
-  await page
-    .getByLabel('@sentry/coreMIT')
-    .getByText('Copyright (c) 2019')
-    .waitFor();
-
-  await page
-    .getByLabel('License Information')
-    .getByRole('button')
-    .first()
-    .click();
-
-  // use about
-  await page.getByLabel('open-spotlight').click();
-  await page
-    .getByRole('button', { name: 'About InvenTree About the InvenTree org' })
-    .click();
-  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'InvenTree Version' }).click();
-});
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_build.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_build.spec.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ import {
  navigate,
  setTableChoiceFilter
 } from '../helpers.ts';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login.ts';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login.ts';

-test('Build Order - Basic Tests', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Build Order - Basic Tests', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  // Navigate to the correct build order
-  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Manufacturing', exact: true }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Manufacturing' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/manufacturing/index/**');
+
  await loadTab(page, 'Build Orders');

  await clearTableFilters(page);
@@ -91,8 +93,8 @@ test('Build Order - Basic Tests', async ({ page }) => {
    .waitFor();
 });

-test('Build Order - Calendar', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Build Order - Calendar', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await navigate(page, 'manufacturing/index/buildorders');
  await activateCalendarView(page);
@@ -114,8 +116,8 @@ test('Build Order - Calendar', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.context().close();
 });

-test('Build Order - Edit', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Build Order - Edit', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await navigate(page, 'manufacturing/build-order/22/');

@@ -141,8 +143,8 @@ test('Build Order - Edit', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Cancel' }).click();
 });

-test('Build Order - Build Outputs', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Build Order - Build Outputs', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await navigate(page, 'manufacturing/index/');
  await loadTab(page, 'Build Orders');
@@ -217,8 +219,8 @@ test('Build Order - Build Outputs', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('Build outputs have been completed').waitFor();
 });

-test('Build Order - Allocation', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Build Order - Allocation', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await navigate(page, 'manufacturing/build-order/1/line-items');

@@ -317,8 +319,8 @@ test('Build Order - Allocation', async ({ page }) => {
    .waitFor();
 });

-test('Build Order - Filters', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Build Order - Filters', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await navigate(page, 'manufacturing/index/buildorders');

@@ -351,8 +353,8 @@ test('Build Order - Filters', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('Pending Approval').first().waitFor();
 });

-test('Build Order - Duplicate', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Build Order - Duplicate', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await navigate(page, 'manufacturing/build-order/24/details');
  await page.getByLabel('action-menu-build-order-').click();
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_company.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_company.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { test } from '../baseFixtures.js';
 import { loadTab, navigate } from '../helpers.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login.js';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login.js';

-test('Company', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Company', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await navigate(page, 'company/1/details');
  await page.getByLabel('Details').getByText('DigiKey Electronics').waitFor();
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_core.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_core.spec.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { test } from '../baseFixtures.js';
 import { loadTab, navigate } from '../helpers.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login.js';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login.js';

-test('Core User/Group/Contact', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Core User/Group/Contact', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  // groups
  await navigate(page, '/core');
-  await page.getByText('System Overview', { exact: true }).click();
+  await page.getByText('System Overview', { exact: true }).first().click();
  await loadTab(page, 'Groups');
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'all access' }).click();
  await page.getByText('Group: all access', { exact: true }).click();
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_dashboard.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_dashboard.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { test } from '../baseFixtures.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login.js';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login.js';
 import { setPluginState } from '../settings.js';

-test('Dashboard - Basic', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Dashboard - Basic', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await page.getByText('Use the menu to add widgets').waitFor();

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test('Dashboard - Basic', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByLabel('dashboard-accept-layout').click();
 });

-test('Dashboard - Plugins', async ({ page, request }) => {
+test('Dashboard - Plugins', async ({ browser, request }) => {
  // Ensure that the "SampleUI" plugin is enabled
  await setPluginState({
    request,
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ test('Dashboard - Plugins', async ({ page, request }) => {
    state: true
  });

-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  // Add a dashboard widget from the SampleUI plugin
  await page.getByLabel('dashboard-menu').click();
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_part.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_part.spec.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ import {
  loadTab,
  navigate
 } from '../helpers';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login';

 /**
 * CHeck each panel tab for the "Parts" page
 */
-test('Parts - Tabs', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Parts - Tabs', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Parts' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/part/category/index/**');
+
  await page
    .getByLabel('panel-tabs-partcategory')
    .getByRole('tab', { name: 'Parts' })
@@ -56,10 +58,8 @@ test('Parts - Tabs', async ({ page }) => {
  await loadTab(page, 'Build Orders');
 });

-test('Parts - Manufacturer Parts', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  await navigate(page, 'part/84/suppliers');
+test('Parts - Manufacturer Parts', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/84/suppliers' });

  await loadTab(page, 'Suppliers');
  await page.getByText('Hammond Manufacturing').click();
@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@ test('Parts - Manufacturer Parts', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('1551ACLR - 1551ACLR').waitFor();
 });

-test('Parts - Supplier Parts', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  await navigate(page, 'part/15/suppliers');
+test('Parts - Supplier Parts', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/15/suppliers' });

  await loadTab(page, 'Suppliers');
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'DIG-84670-SJI' }).click();
@@ -82,11 +80,8 @@ test('Parts - Supplier Parts', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('DIG-84670-SJI - R_550R_0805_1%').waitFor();
 });

-test('Parts - Locking', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  // Navigate to a known assembly which is *not* locked
-  await navigate(page, 'part/104/bom');
+test('Parts - Locking', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/104/bom' });
  await loadTab(page, 'Bill of Materials');
  await page.getByLabel('action-button-add-bom-item').waitFor();
  await loadTab(page, 'Parameters');
@@ -108,11 +103,9 @@ test('Parts - Locking', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('Part parameters cannot be').waitFor();
 });

-test('Parts - Allocations', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
+test('Parts - Allocations', async ({ browser }) => {
  // Let's look at the allocations for a single stock item
-  await navigate(page, 'stock/item/324/');
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'stock/item/324/' });
  await loadTab(page, 'Allocations');

  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Build Order Allocations' }).waitFor();
@@ -173,11 +166,9 @@ test('Parts - Allocations', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.keyboard.press('Escape');
 });

-test('Parts - Pricing (Nothing, BOM)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
+test('Parts - Pricing (Nothing, BOM)', async ({ browser }) => {
  // Part with no history
-  await navigate(page, 'part/82/pricing');
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/82/pricing' });

  await page.getByText('Small plastic enclosure, black').waitFor();
  await loadTab(page, 'Part Pricing');
@@ -223,11 +214,9 @@ test('Parts - Pricing (Nothing, BOM)', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.waitForURL('**/part/98/**');
 });

-test('Parts - Pricing (Supplier)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Parts - Pricing (Supplier)', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/55/pricing' });

-  // Part
-  await navigate(page, 'part/55/pricing');
  await page.getByText('Ceramic capacitor, 100nF in').waitFor();
  await loadTab(page, 'Part Pricing');
  await page.getByLabel('Part Pricing').getByText('Part Pricing').waitFor();
@@ -249,11 +238,8 @@ test('Parts - Pricing (Supplier)', async ({ page }) => {
  // await page.waitForURL('**/purchasing/supplier-part/697/');
 });

-test('Parts - Pricing (Variant)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  // Part
-  await navigate(page, 'part/106/pricing');
+test('Parts - Pricing (Variant)', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/106/pricing' });
  await page.getByText('A chair - available in multiple colors').waitFor();
  await loadTab(page, 'Part Pricing');
  await page.getByLabel('Part Pricing').getByText('Part Pricing').waitFor();
@@ -275,11 +261,8 @@ test('Parts - Pricing (Variant)', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.waitForURL('**/part/109/**');
 });

-test('Parts - Pricing (Internal)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  // Part
-  await navigate(page, 'part/65/pricing');
+test('Parts - Pricing (Internal)', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/65/pricing' });
  await page.getByText('Socket head cap screw, M2').waitFor();
  await loadTab(page, 'Part Pricing');
  await page.getByLabel('Part Pricing').getByText('Part Pricing').waitFor();
@@ -300,11 +283,9 @@ test('Parts - Pricing (Internal)', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('Part *M2x4 SHCSSocket head').click();
 });

-test('Parts - Pricing (Purchase)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Parts - Pricing (Purchase)', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/69/pricing' });

-  // Part
-  await navigate(page, 'part/69/pricing');
  await page.getByText('1.25mm Pitch, PicoBlade PCB').waitFor();
  await loadTab(page, 'Part Pricing');
  await page.getByLabel('Part Pricing').getByText('Part Pricing').waitFor();
@@ -322,10 +303,8 @@ test('Parts - Pricing (Purchase)', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('2022-04-29').waitFor();
 });

-test('Parts - Attachments', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  await navigate(page, 'part/69/attachments');
+test('Parts - Attachments', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/69/attachments' });

  // Submit a new external link
  await page.getByLabel('action-button-add-external-').click();
@@ -344,10 +323,8 @@ test('Parts - Attachments', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Cancel' }).click();
 });

-test('Parts - Parameters', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  await navigate(page, 'part/69/parameters');
+test('Parts - Parameters', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/69/parameters' });

  // Create a new template
  await page.getByLabel('action-button-add-parameter').click();
@@ -371,10 +348,8 @@ test('Parts - Parameters', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Cancel' }).click();
 });

-test('Parts - Notes', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  await navigate(page, 'part/69/notes');
+test('Parts - Notes', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/69/notes' });

  // Enable editing
  await page.getByLabel('Enable Editing').waitFor();
@@ -393,20 +368,16 @@ test('Parts - Notes', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByLabel('Close Editor').waitFor();
 });

-test('Parts - 404', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  await navigate(page, 'part/99999/');
+test('Parts - 404', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/99999/' });
  await page.getByText('Page Not Found', { exact: true }).waitFor();

  // Clear out any console error messages
  await page.evaluate(() => console.clear());
 });

-test('Parts - Revision', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  await navigate(page, 'part/906/details');
+test('Parts - Revision', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'part/906/details' });

  await page.getByText('Revision of').waitFor();
  await page.getByText('Select Part Revision').waitFor();
@@ -421,10 +392,10 @@ test('Parts - Revision', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('Select Part Revision').waitFor();
 });

-test('Parts - Bulk Edit', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  await navigate(page, 'part/category/index/parts');
+test('Parts - Bulk Edit', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    url: 'part/category/index/parts'
+  });

  // Edit the category for multiple parts
  await page.getByLabel('Select record 1', { exact: true }).click();
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_purchase_order.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_purchase_order.spec.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ import {
  openFilterDrawer,
  setTableChoiceFilter
 } from '../helpers.ts';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login.ts';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login.ts';

-test('Purchase Orders - Table', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Purchase Orders - Table', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Purchasing' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/purchasing/index/**');
+
  await loadTab(page, 'Purchase Orders');
  await activateTableView(page);

@@ -42,10 +44,11 @@ test('Purchase Orders - Table', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('2025-07-17').waitFor(); // Target Date
 });

-test('Purchase Orders - Calendar', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Purchase Orders - Calendar', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Purchasing' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/purchasing/index/**');
  await loadTab(page, 'Purchase Orders');

  // Ensure view is in "calendar" mode
@@ -66,10 +69,11 @@ test('Purchase Orders - Calendar', async ({ page }) => {
  await activateTableView(page);
 });

-test('Purchase Orders - Barcodes', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Purchase Orders - Barcodes', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    url: 'purchasing/purchase-order/13/detail'
+  });

-  await navigate(page, 'purchasing/purchase-order/13/detail');
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Issue Order' }).waitFor();

  // Display QR code
@@ -126,10 +130,11 @@ test('Purchase Orders - Barcodes', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Issue Order' }).waitFor();
 });

-test('Purchase Orders - General', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Purchase Orders - General', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Purchasing' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/purchasing/index/**');

  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'PO0012' }).click();
  await page.waitForTimeout(200);
@@ -179,10 +184,15 @@ test('Purchase Orders - General', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Details' }).waitFor();
 });

-test('Purchase Orders - Filters', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'reader', 'readonly');
+test('Purchase Orders - Filters', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'reader',
+    password: 'readonly'
+  });

  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Purchasing' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/purchasing/index/**');
+
  await loadTab(page, 'Purchase Orders');
  await activateTableView(page);

@@ -204,11 +214,13 @@ test('Purchase Orders - Filters', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('option', { name: 'Target Date After' }).waitFor();
 });

-test('Purchase Orders - Order Parts', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Purchase Orders - Order Parts', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  // Open "Order Parts" wizard from the "parts" table
  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Parts' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/part/category/index/**');
+
  await page
    .getByLabel('panel-tabs-partcategory')
    .getByRole('tab', { name: 'Parts' })
@@ -284,10 +296,12 @@ test('Purchase Orders - Order Parts', async ({ page }) => {
 /**
 * Tests for receiving items against a purchase order
 */
-test('Purchase Orders - Receive Items', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Purchase Orders - Receive Items', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Purchasing' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/purchasing/index/**');
+
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'PO0014' }).click();

  await loadTab(page, 'Order Details');
@@ -351,10 +365,11 @@ test('Purchase Orders - Receive Items', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'bucket' }).first().waitFor();
 });

-test('Purchase Orders - Duplicate', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Purchase Orders - Duplicate', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    url: 'purchasing/purchase-order/13/detail'
+  });

-  await navigate(page, 'purchasing/purchase-order/13/detail');
  await page.getByLabel('action-menu-order-actions').click();
  await page.getByLabel('action-menu-order-actions-duplicate').click();

--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_sales_order.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_sales_order.spec.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,13 @@ import {
  clearTableFilters,
  globalSearch,
  loadTab,
-  navigate,
  setTableChoiceFilter
 } from '../helpers.ts';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login.ts';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login.ts';

-test('Sales Orders - Tabs', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Sales Orders - Tabs', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'sales/index/' });

-  await navigate(page, 'sales/index/');
  await page.waitForURL('**/web/sales/**');

  await loadTab(page, 'Sales Orders');
@@ -63,10 +61,12 @@ test('Sales Orders - Tabs', async ({ page }) => {
  await loadTab(page, 'Notes');
 });

-test('Sales Orders - Basic Tests', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Sales Orders - Basic Tests', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Sales' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/sales/index/**');
+
  await loadTab(page, 'Sales Orders');

  await clearTableFilters(page);
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@ test('Sales Orders - Basic Tests', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Issue Order' }).waitFor();
 });

-test('Sales Orders - Shipments', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Sales Orders - Shipments', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Sales' }).click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/sales/index/**');
+
  await loadTab(page, 'Sales Orders');

  await clearTableFilters(page);
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ test('Sales Orders - Shipments', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Edit' }).click();

  // Ensure the form has loaded
-  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');

  let tracking_number = await page
    .getByLabel('text-field-tracking_number')
@@ -201,10 +203,11 @@ test('Sales Orders - Shipments', async ({ page }) => {
    .click();
 });

-test('Sales Orders - Duplicate', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Sales Orders - Duplicate', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    url: 'sales/sales-order/11/detail'
+  });

-  await navigate(page, 'sales/sales-order/11/detail');
  await page.getByLabel('action-menu-order-actions').click();
  await page.getByLabel('action-menu-order-actions-duplicate').click();

--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_scan.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_scan.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from '../baseFixtures';
-import { navigate } from '../helpers';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login';

 const scan = async (page, barcode) => {
  await page.getByLabel('barcode-input-scanner').click();
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ const scan = async (page, barcode) => {
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Scan', exact: true }).click();
 };

-test('Scanning - Dialog', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Scanning - Dialog', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open Barcode Scanner' }).click();
  await scan(page, '{"part": 15}');
@@ -19,8 +18,8 @@ test('Scanning - Dialog', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('Required:').waitFor();
 });

-test('Scanning - Basic', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Scanning - Basic', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  // Navigate to the 'scan' page
  await page.getByLabel('navigation-menu').click();
@@ -40,9 +39,8 @@ test('Scanning - Basic', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByText('No match found for barcode').waitFor();
 });

-test('Scanning - Part', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-  await navigate(page, 'scan/');
+test('Scanning - Part', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'scan/' });

  await scan(page, '{"part": 1}');

@@ -51,9 +49,8 @@ test('Scanning - Part', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'part', exact: true }).waitFor();
 });

-test('Scanning - Stockitem', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-  await navigate(page, 'scan/');
+test('Scanning - Stockitem', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'scan/' });
  await scan(page, '{"stockitem": 408}');

  await page.getByText('1551ABK').waitFor();
@@ -61,9 +58,9 @@ test('Scanning - Stockitem', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'Quantity: 100' }).waitFor();
 });

-test('Scanning - StockLocation', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-  await navigate(page, 'scan/');
+test('Scanning - StockLocation', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'scan/' });
+
  await scan(page, '{"stocklocation": 3}');

  // stocklocation: 3
@@ -74,20 +71,17 @@ test('Scanning - StockLocation', async ({ page }) => {
    .waitFor();
 });

-test('Scanning - SupplierPart', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-  await navigate(page, 'scan/');
+test('Scanning - SupplierPart', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'scan/' });
  await scan(page, '{"supplierpart": 204}');

-  // supplierpart: 204
-  await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
  await page.getByText('1551ABK').first().waitFor();
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'supplierpart', exact: true }).waitFor();
 });

-test('Scanning - PurchaseOrder', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-  await navigate(page, 'scan/');
+test('Scanning - PurchaseOrder', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'scan/' });
  await scan(page, '{"purchaseorder": 12}');

  // purchaseorder: 12
@@ -98,9 +92,9 @@ test('Scanning - PurchaseOrder', async ({ page }) => {
    .waitFor();
 });

-test('Scanning - SalesOrder', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-  await navigate(page, 'scan/');
+test('Scanning - SalesOrder', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'scan/' });
+
  await scan(page, '{"salesorder": 6}');

  // salesorder: 6
@@ -109,9 +103,8 @@ test('Scanning - SalesOrder', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'salesorder', exact: true }).waitFor();
 });

-test('Scanning - Build', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-  await navigate(page, 'scan/');
+test('Scanning - Build', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'scan/' });
  await scan(page, '{"build": 8}');

  // build: 8
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_stock.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_stock.spec.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ import {
  openFilterDrawer,
  setTableChoiceFilter
 } from '../helpers.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login.js';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login.js';

-test('Stock - Basic Tests', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Stock - Basic Tests', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'stock/location/index/' });

-  await navigate(page, 'stock/location/index/');
  await page.waitForURL('**/web/stock/location/**');

  await loadTab(page, 'Location Details');
@@ -39,10 +38,9 @@ test('Stock - Basic Tests', async ({ page }) => {
  await loadTab(page, 'Installed Items');
 });

-test('Stock - Location Tree', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Stock - Location Tree', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'stock/location/index/' });

-  await navigate(page, 'stock/location/index/');
  await page.waitForURL('**/web/stock/location/**');
  await loadTab(page, 'Location Details');

@@ -56,10 +54,13 @@ test('Stock - Location Tree', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'Factory' }).first().waitFor();
 });

-test('Stock - Filters', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'steven', 'wizardstaff');
+test('Stock - Filters', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'steven',
+    password: 'wizardstaff',
+    url: '/stock/location/index/'
+  });

-  await navigate(page, 'stock/location/index/');
  await loadTab(page, 'Stock Items');

  await openFilterDrawer(page);
@@ -101,8 +102,8 @@ test('Stock - Filters', async ({ page }) => {
  await clearTableFilters(page);
 });

-test('Stock - Serial Numbers', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Stock - Serial Numbers', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

  // Use the "global search" functionality to find a part we are interested in
  // This is to exercise the search functionality and ensure it is working as expected
@@ -167,10 +168,8 @@ test('Stock - Serial Numbers', async ({ page }) => {
 /**
 * Test various 'actions' on the stock detail page
 */
-test('Stock - Stock Actions', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  await navigate(page, 'stock/item/1225/details');
+test('Stock - Stock Actions', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'stock/item/1225/details' });

  // Helper function to launch a stock action
  const launchStockAction = async (action: string) => {
@@ -231,11 +230,9 @@ test('Stock - Stock Actions', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByLabel('action-menu-stock-operations-return').click();
 });

-test('Stock - Tracking', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Stock - Tracking', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'stock/item/176/details' });

-  // Navigate to the "stock item" page
-  await navigate(page, 'stock/item/176/details/');
  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Widget Assembly # 2' }).waitFor();

  // Navigate to the "stock tracking" tab
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pui_exporting.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pui_exporting.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import test from '@playwright/test';
 import { globalSearch, loadTab, navigate } from './helpers';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login';
+import { doCachedLogin } from './login';

 // Helper function to open the export data dialog
 const openExportDialog = async (page) => {
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ const openExportDialog = async (page) => {
 };

 // Test data export for various order types
-test('Exporting - Orders', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'steven', 'wizardstaff');
-
-  // Download list of purchase orders
-  await navigate(page, 'purchasing/index/purchase-orders');
+test('Exporting - Orders', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'steven',
+    password: 'wizardstaff',
+    url: 'purchasing/index/purchase-orders'
+  });

  await openExportDialog(page);

@@ -69,8 +70,11 @@ test('Exporting - Orders', async ({ page }) => {
 });

 // Test for custom BOM exporter
-test('Exporting - BOM', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'steven', 'wizardstaff');
+test('Exporting - BOM', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'steven',
+    password: 'wizardstaff'
+  });

  await globalSearch(page, 'MAST');
  await page.getByLabel('search-group-results-part').locator('a').click();
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pui_forms.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pui_forms.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 /** Unit tests for form validation, rendering, etc */
 import test from 'playwright/test';
 import { navigate } from './helpers';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login';
+import { doCachedLogin } from './login';
+
+test('Forms - Stock Item Validation', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'steven',
+    password: 'wizardstaff',
+    url: 'stock/location/index/stock-items'
+  });

-test('Forms - Stock Item Validation', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'steven', 'wizardstaff');
-  await navigate(page, 'stock/location/index/stock-items');
  await page.waitForURL('**/web/stock/location/**');

  // Create new stock item form
@@ -74,9 +78,12 @@ test('Forms - Stock Item Validation', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'Electronics Lab' }).waitFor();
 });

-test('Forms - Supplier Validation', async ({ page, request }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'steven', 'wizardstaff');
-  await navigate(page, 'purchasing/index/suppliers');
+test('Forms - Supplier Validation', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'steven',
+    password: 'wizardstaff',
+    url: 'purchasing/index/suppliers'
+  });
  await page.waitForURL('**/purchasing/index/**');

  await page.getByLabel('action-button-add-company').click();
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pui_general.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pui_general.spec.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import { test } from './baseFixtures.js';
-import { globalSearch, navigate } from './helpers.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login.js';
+import { globalSearch } from './helpers.js';
+import { doCachedLogin } from './login.js';

 /**
 * Test for integration of django admin button
 */
-test('Admin Button', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
-  await navigate(page, 'company/1/details');
+test('Admin Button', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree',
+    url: 'company/1/details'
+  });

  // Click on the admin button
  await page.getByLabel(/action-button-open-in-admin/).click();
@@ -18,8 +21,11 @@ test('Admin Button', async ({ page }) => {
 });

 // Tests for the global search functionality
-test('Search', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'steven', 'wizardstaff');
+test('Search', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'steven',
+    password: 'wizardstaff'
+  });

  await globalSearch(page, 'another customer');

--- a/src/frontend/tests/pui_login.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pui_login.spec.ts
@@ -1,41 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, test } from './baseFixtures.js';
-import { logoutUrl, user } from './defaults.js';
+import { logoutUrl } from './defaults.js';
 import { navigate } from './helpers.js';
-import { doLogin, doQuickLogin } from './login.js';
-
-test('Login - Basic Test', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doLogin(page);
-
-  // Check that the username is provided
-  await page.getByText(user.username);
-
-  // Logout (via menu)
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Ally Access' }).click();
-  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Logout' }).click();
-
-  await page.waitForURL('**/web/login');
-  await page.getByLabel('username');
-});
-
-test('Login - Quick Test', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
-  // Check that the username is provided
-  await page.getByText(user.username);
-
-  await expect(page).toHaveTitle(/^InvenTree/);
-
-  // Go to the dashboard
-  await navigate(page, '');
-  await page.waitForURL('**/web');
-
-  await page.getByText('InvenTree Demo Server - ').waitFor();
-
-  // Logout (via URL)
-  await navigate(page, 'logout');
-  await page.waitForURL('**/web/login');
-  await page.getByLabel('username');
-});
+import { doLogin } from './login.js';

 /**
 * Test various types of login failure
@@ -79,7 +45,7 @@ test('Login - Failures', async ({ page }) => {
 });

 test('Login - Change Password', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'noaccess', 'youshallnotpass');
+  await doLogin(page, 'noaccess', 'youshallnotpass');

  // Navigate to the 'change password' page
  await navigate(page, 'settings/user/account');
@@ -105,6 +71,4 @@ test('Login - Change Password', async ({ page }) => {

  await page.getByText('Password Changed').waitFor();
  await page.getByText('The password was set successfully').waitFor();
-
-  await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
 });
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pui_command.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pui_command.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,61 @@
 import { systemKey, test } from './baseFixtures.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login.js';
+import { doCachedLogin } from './login.js';

-test('Quick Command', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Modals - Admin', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree'
+  });
+
+  // use server info
+  await page.getByLabel('open-spotlight').click();
+  await page
+    .getByRole('button', {
+      name: 'Server Information About this InvenTree instance'
+    })
+    .click();
+  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'Instance Name' }).waitFor();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' }).click();
+
+  // use license info
+  await page.getByLabel('open-spotlight').click();
+  await page
+    .getByRole('button', {
+      name: 'License Information Licenses for dependencies of the service'
+    })
+    .click();
+  await page.getByText('License Information').first().waitFor();
+  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'backend Packages' }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Babel BSD License' }).click();
+  await page
+    .getByText('by the Babel Team, see AUTHORS for more information')
+    .waitFor();
+
+  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'frontend Packages' }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: '@sentry/core MIT' }).click();
+  await page
+    .getByLabel('@sentry/coreMIT')
+    .getByText('Copyright (c) 2019')
+    .waitFor();
+
+  await page
+    .getByLabel('License Information')
+    .getByRole('button')
+    .first()
+    .click();
+
+  // use about
+  await page.getByLabel('open-spotlight').click();
+  await page
+    .getByRole('button', { name: 'About InvenTree About the InvenTree org' })
+    .click();
+  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'InvenTree Version' }).click();
+});
+
+test('Quick Command', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);
+
+  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');

  // Open Spotlight with Keyboard Shortcut and Search
  await page.locator('body').press(`${systemKey}+k`);
@@ -10,11 +63,12 @@ test('Quick Command', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search...').fill('Dashboard');
  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search...').press('Tab');
  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search...').press('Enter');
-  await page.waitForURL('**/web/home');
 });

-test('Quick Command - No Keys', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Quick Command - No Keys', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);
+
+  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');

  // Open Spotlight with Button
  await page.getByLabel('open-spotlight').click();
@@ -23,15 +77,15 @@ test('Quick Command - No Keys', async ({ page }) => {
    .click();

  await page.getByText('InvenTree Demo Server - ').waitFor();
-  await page.waitForURL('**/web/home');

  // Use navigation menu
  await page.getByLabel('open-spotlight').click();
-  await page
-    .getByRole('button', { name: 'Open Navigation Open the main' })
-    .click();

-  await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
+
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open Navigation' }).click();
+
+  await page.waitForTimeout(250);

  // assert the nav headers are visible
  await page.getByText('Navigation').waitFor();
@@ -55,8 +109,6 @@ test('Quick Command - No Keys', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'Instance Name' }).waitFor();
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' }).click();

-  await page.waitForURL('**/web/home');
-
  // use license info
  await page.getByLabel('open-spotlight').click();
  await page
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pui_plugins.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pui_plugins.spec.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import {
  loadTab,
  navigate
 } from './helpers.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login.js';
+import { doCachedLogin } from './login.js';
 import { setPluginState, setSettingState } from './settings.js';

 // Unit test for plugin settings
-test('Plugins - Settings', async ({ page, request }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
+test('Plugins - Settings', async ({ browser, request }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree'
+  });

  // Ensure that the SampleIntegration plugin is enabled
  await setPluginState({
@@ -57,11 +60,14 @@ test('Plugins - Settings', async ({ page, request }) => {
 });

 // Test base plugin functionality
-test('Plugins - Functionality', async ({ page, request }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
-
+test('Plugins - Functionality', async ({ browser }) => {
  // Navigate and select the plugin
-  await navigate(page, 'settings/admin/plugin/');
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree',
+    url: 'settings/admin/plugin/'
+  });
+
  await clearTableFilters(page);
  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search').fill('sample');
  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
@@ -80,8 +86,11 @@ test('Plugins - Functionality', async ({ page, request }) => {
  await page.getByText('The plugin was deactivated').waitFor();
 });

-test('Plugins - Panels', async ({ page, request }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
+test('Plugins - Panels', async ({ browser, request }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree'
+  });

  // Ensure that UI plugins are enabled
  await setSettingState({
@@ -108,7 +117,7 @@ test('Plugins - Panels', async ({ page, request }) => {
  await loadTab(page, 'Part Details');

  // Allow time for the plugin panels to load (they are loaded asynchronously)
-  await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');

  // Check out each of the plugin panels
  await loadTab(page, 'Broken Panel');
@@ -139,8 +148,11 @@ test('Plugins - Panels', async ({ page, request }) => {
 /**
 * Unit test for custom admin integration for plugins
 */
-test('Plugins - Custom Admin', async ({ page, request }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
+test('Plugins - Custom Admin', async ({ browser, request }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree'
+  });

  // Ensure that the SampleUI plugin is enabled
  await setPluginState({
@@ -170,8 +182,11 @@ test('Plugins - Custom Admin', async ({ page, request }) => {
  await page.getByText('hello: world').waitFor();
 });

-test('Plugins - Locate Item', async ({ page, request }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
+test('Plugins - Locate Item', async ({ browser, request }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree'
+  });

  // Ensure that the sample location plugin is enabled
  await setPluginState({
@@ -184,6 +199,7 @@ test('Plugins - Locate Item', async ({ page, request }) => {

  // Navigate to the "stock item" page
  await navigate(page, 'stock/item/287/');
+  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');

  // "Locate" this item
  await page.getByLabel('action-button-locate-item').click();
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pui_printing.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pui_printing.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, test } from './baseFixtures.js';
-import { activateTableView, loadTab, navigate } from './helpers.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login.js';
+import { activateTableView, loadTab } from './helpers.js';
+import { doCachedLogin } from './login.js';
 import { setPluginState } from './settings.js';

 /*
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import { setPluginState } from './settings.js';
 * Select a number of stock items from the table,
 * and print labels against them
 */
-test('Label Printing', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Label Printing', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'stock/location/index/' });

-  await navigate(page, 'stock/location/index/');
  await page.waitForURL('**/web/stock/location/**');

  await loadTab(page, 'Stock Items');
@@ -50,10 +49,9 @@ test('Label Printing', async ({ page }) => {
 * Navigate to a PurchaseOrder detail page,
 * and print a report against it.
 */
-test('Report Printing', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+test('Report Printing', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'stock/location/index/' });

-  await navigate(page, 'stock/location/index/');
  await page.waitForURL('**/web/stock/location/**');

  // Navigate to a specific PurchaseOrder
@@ -81,9 +79,11 @@ test('Report Printing', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.context().close();
 });

-test('Report Editing', async ({ page, request }) => {
-  const [username, password] = ['admin', 'inventree'];
-  await doQuickLogin(page, username, password);
+test('Report Editing', async ({ browser, request }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree'
+  });

  // activate the sample plugin for this test
  await setPluginState({
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pui_settings.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pui_settings.spec.ts
@@ -1,49 +1,45 @@
 import { expect, test } from './baseFixtures.js';
 import { apiUrl } from './defaults.js';
 import { getRowFromCell, loadTab, navigate } from './helpers.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login.js';
+import { doCachedLogin } from './login.js';
 import { setSettingState } from './settings.js';

 /**
 * Adjust language and color settings
+ *
+ * TODO: Reimplement this - without logging out a cached user
 */
-test('Settings - Language / Color', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+// test('Settings - Language / Color', async ({ browser }) => {
+//   const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);

-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Ally Access' }).click();
-  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Logout' }).click();
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Send me an email' }).click();
-  await page.getByLabel('Language toggle').click();
-  await page.getByLabel('Select language').first().click();
-  await page.getByRole('option', { name: 'German' }).click();
-  await page.waitForTimeout(200);
+//   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Ally Access' }).click();
+//   await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Logout' }).click();
+//   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Send me an email' }).click();
+//   await page.getByLabel('Language toggle').click();
+//   await page.getByLabel('Select language').first().click();
+//   await page.getByRole('option', { name: 'German' }).click();
+//   await page.waitForTimeout(200);

-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Benutzername und Passwort' }).click();
-  await page.getByPlaceholder('Ihr Benutzername').click();
-  await page.getByPlaceholder('Ihr Benutzername').fill('admin');
-  await page.getByPlaceholder('Ihr Benutzername').press('Tab');
-  await page.getByPlaceholder('Dein Passwort').fill('inventree');
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Anmelden' }).click();
-  await page.waitForTimeout(200);
+//   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Benutzername und Passwort' }).click();
+//   await page.getByPlaceholder('Ihr Benutzername').click();
+//   await page.getByPlaceholder('Ihr Benutzername').fill('admin');
+//   await page.getByPlaceholder('Ihr Benutzername').press('Tab');
+//   await page.getByPlaceholder('Dein Passwort').fill('inventree');
+//   await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Anmelden' }).click();
+//   await page.waitForTimeout(200);

-  // Note: changes to the dashboard have invalidated these tests (for now)
-  // await page
-  //   .locator('span')
-  //   .filter({ hasText: 'AnzeigeneinstellungenFarbmodusSprache' })
-  //   .getByRole('button')
-  //   .click();
-  // await page
-  //   .locator('span')
-  //   .filter({ hasText: 'AnzeigeneinstellungenFarbmodusSprache' })
-  //   .getByRole('button')
-  //   .click();
+//   await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Dashboard' }).click();
+//   await page.waitForURL('**/web/home');
+// });

-  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Dashboard' }).click();
-  await page.waitForURL('**/web/home');
-});
+test('Settings - User theme', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'allaccess',
+    password: 'nolimits'
+  });
+
+  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');

-test('Settings - User theme', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Ally Access' }).click();
  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Account settings' }).click();

@@ -82,14 +78,14 @@ test('Settings - User theme', async ({ page }) => {
  // primary
  await page.getByLabel('#fab005').click();
  await page.getByLabel('#228be6').click();
-
-  // language
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Use pseudo language' }).click();
 });

-test('Settings - Admin', async ({ page }) => {
+test('Settings - Admin', async ({ browser }) => {
  // Note here we login with admin access
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree'
+  });

  // User settings
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'admin' }).click();
@@ -184,9 +180,12 @@ test('Settings - Admin', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
 });

-test('Settings - Admin - Barcode History', async ({ page, request }) => {
+test('Settings - Admin - Barcode History', async ({ browser, request }) => {
  // Login with admin credentials
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree'
+  });

  // Ensure that the "save scans" setting is enabled
  await setSettingState({
@@ -221,11 +220,14 @@ test('Settings - Admin - Barcode History', async ({ page, request }) => {
  });
 });

-test('Settings - Admin - Unauthorized', async ({ page }) => {
+test('Settings - Admin - Unauthorized', async ({ browser }) => {
  // Try to access "admin" page with a non-staff user
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'allaccess', 'nolimits');
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'allaccess',
+    password: 'nolimits',
+    url: 'settings/admin/'
+  });

-  await navigate(page, 'settings/admin/');
  await page.waitForURL('**/settings/admin/**');

  // Should get a permission denied message
@@ -252,9 +254,12 @@ test('Settings - Admin - Unauthorized', async ({ page }) => {
 });

 // Test for user auth configuration
-test('Settings - Auth - Email', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'allaccess', 'nolimits');
-  await navigate(page, 'settings/user/');
+test('Settings - Auth - Email', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'allaccess',
+    password: 'nolimits',
+    url: 'settings/user/'
+  });

  await loadTab(page, 'Security');

@@ -269,9 +274,8 @@ test('Settings - Auth - Email', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Remove' }).click();

  await page.getByText('Currently no email addresses are registered').waitFor();
-
-  await page.waitForTimeout(2500);
 });
+
 async function testColorPicker(page, ref: string) {
  const element = page.getByLabel(ref);
  await element.click();
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pui_tables.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pui_tables.spec.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ import {
  navigate,
  setTableChoiceFilter
 } from './helpers.js';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login.js';
-
-test('Tables - Filters', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
+import { doCachedLogin } from './login.js';

+test('Tables - Filters', async ({ browser }) => {
  // Head to the "build order list" page
-  await navigate(page, 'manufacturing/index/');
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, { url: 'manufacturing/index/' });

  await clearTableFilters(page);

@@ -41,11 +39,11 @@ test('Tables - Filters', async ({ page }) => {
  await clearTableFilters(page);
 });

-test('Tables - Columns', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page);
-
+test('Tables - Columns', async ({ browser }) => {
  // Go to the "stock list" page
-  await navigate(page, 'stock/location/index/stock-items');
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    url: 'stock/location/index/stock-items'
+  });

  // Open column selector
  await page.getByLabel('table-select-columns').click();
@@ -64,6 +62,4 @@ test('Tables - Columns', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Target Date' }).click();
  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Reference', exact: true }).click();
  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Project Code' }).click();
-
-  await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
 });
--- a/src/frontend/tests/settings/selectionList.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/settings/selectionList.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import { test } from '../baseFixtures';
 import { navigate } from '../helpers';
-import { doQuickLogin } from '../login';
+import { doCachedLogin } from '../login';

-test('PUI - Admin - Parameter', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'admin', 'inventree');
+test('PUI - Admin - Parameter', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'admin',
+    password: 'inventree'
+  });
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'admin' }).click();
  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Admin Center' }).click();
  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Part Parameters' }).click();