diff --git a/packages/frontend/apps/electron/src/main/windows-manager/tab-views.ts b/packages/frontend/apps/electron/src/main/windows-manager/tab-views.ts
index f92648dd5..8b6563363 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/apps/electron/src/main/windows-manager/tab-views.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/apps/electron/src/main/windows-manager/tab-views.ts
@@ -890,6 +890,9 @@ export class WebContentViewsManager {
 
     view.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
       this.resizeView(view);
+      if (process.env.SKIP_ONBOARDING) {
+        this.skipOnboarding(view).catch(err => logger.error(err));
+      }
     });
 
     // reorder will add to main window when loaded
@@ -898,6 +901,15 @@ export class WebContentViewsManager {
     logger.info(`view ${viewId} created in ${performance.now() - start}ms`);
     return view;
   };
+
+  private async skipOnboarding(view: WebContentsView) {
+    await view.webContents.executeJavaScript(`
+    window.localStorage.setItem('app_config', '{"onBoarding":false}');
+    window.localStorage.setItem('dismissAiOnboarding', 'true');
+    window.localStorage.setItem('dismissAiOnboardingEdgeless', 'true');
+    window.localStorage.setItem('dismissAiOnboardingLocal', 'true');
+    `);
+  }
 }
 
 // there is no proper way to listen to webContents resize event
diff --git a/tests/affine-desktop/e2e/workspace.spec.ts b/tests/affine-desktop/e2e/workspace.spec.ts
index 782786bdb..82c383ab2 100644
--- a/tests/affine-desktop/e2e/workspace.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/affine-desktop/e2e/workspace.spec.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ test('delete workspace and then restore it from backup', async ({ page }) => {
   );
   //#endregion
 
+  await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+
   //#region 4. restore the workspace from backup
   await page.getByTestId('slider-bar-workspace-setting-button').click();
   await expect(page.getByTestId('setting-modal')).toBeVisible();
diff --git a/tests/affine-desktop/playwright.config.ts b/tests/affine-desktop/playwright.config.ts
index e484cd978..e32e93834 100644
--- a/tests/affine-desktop/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/tests/affine-desktop/playwright.config.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';
 const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   testDir: './e2e',
   fullyParallel: true,
-  workers: 1,
   timeout: process.env.CI ? 50_000 : 30_000,
   expect: {
     timeout: process.env.CI ? 15_000 : 5_000,
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
 
 if (process.env.CI) {
   config.retries = 5;
+  config.workers = 2;
 }
 
 if (process.env.DEV_SERVER_URL) {
diff --git a/tests/kit/src/electron.ts b/tests/kit/src/electron.ts
index ae53d04c9..64a3762d6 100644
--- a/tests/kit/src/electron.ts
+++ b/tests/kit/src/electron.ts
@@ -97,19 +97,6 @@ export const test = base.extend<{
     // wait for blocksuite to be loaded
     await page.waitForSelector('v-line');
 
-    await page.evaluate(() => {
-      window.localStorage.setItem('dismissAiOnboarding', 'true');
-      window.localStorage.setItem('dismissAiOnboardingEdgeless', 'true');
-      window.localStorage.setItem('dismissAiOnboardingLocal', 'true');
-    });
-
-    await page.reload({
-      timeout: 30000,
-    });
-
-    // wait until the page is stable enough
-    await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
-
     await use(page as Page);
   },
   views: async ({ electronApp, page }, use) => {