diff --git a/frontend/playwright.config.ts b/frontend/playwright.config.ts
index 02d8c9dc..413a225e 100644
--- a/frontend/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/playwright.config.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
       env: {
         ...process.env,
         DEBUG: process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_DEBUG || 'true',
+        // e2e logs in dozens of times per run from one IP — the per-minute
+        // auth limits would 429 every spec after the first few.
+        RATE_LIMIT_ENABLED: 'false',
         SECRET_KEY: process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_SECRET_KEY || 'playwright-test-secret-key',
         DATABASE_URL: backendDatabaseUrl,
         DATABASE_URL_SYNC: backendDatabaseUrlSync,