diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/adoption-insights/adoption-insights.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/adoption-insights/adoption-insights.spec.ts
index 65ef3e6955..f909f23226 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/adoption-insights/adoption-insights.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/adoption-insights/adoption-insights.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
+import { test, expect } from "@support/shared-page";
 import { Common } from "../../../utils/common";
 import { UIhelper } from "../../../utils/ui-helper";
 import { TestHelper } from "../../../support/pages/adoption-insights";
 import { skipIfJobName } from "../../../utils/helper";
 import { JOB_NAME_PATTERNS } from "../../../utils/constants";
+import type { Page } from "@playwright/test";
 
 /* eslint-disable playwright/no-conditional-in-test */
 
@@ -19,8 +20,7 @@ test.describe.serial("Test Adoption Insights", () => {
 
   test.describe
     .serial("Test Adoption Insights plugin: load permission policies and conditions from files", () => {
-    let context;
-    let page;
+    let page: Page;
     let testHelper: TestHelper;
     let uiHelper: UIhelper;
     let initialSearchCount: number;
@@ -28,20 +28,14 @@ test.describe.serial("Test Adoption Insights", () => {
     let catalogEntitiesFirstEntry: string[];
     let techdocsFirstEntry: string[];
 
-    // Shared setup
-    test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }) => {
-      context = await browser.newContext();
-      page = await context.newPage();
+    test.beforeAll(async ({ sharedPage }) => {
+      page = sharedPage;
       uiHelper = new UIhelper(page);
       testHelper = new TestHelper(page);
       await new Common(page).loginAsKeycloakUser();
       await uiHelper.goToPageUrl("/", "Welcome back!");
     });
 
-    test.afterAll(async () => {
-      await context?.close();
-    });
-
     test("Check UI navigation by nav bar when adoption-insights is enabled", async () => {
       await uiHelper.openSidebarButton("Administration");
       await uiHelper.clickLink("Adoption Insights");
@@ -224,6 +218,7 @@ test.describe.serial("Test Adoption Insights", () => {
             .locator("table.v5-MuiTable-root tbody tr")
             .first();
           const firstEntry = firstRow.locator("td").first();
+          // @ts-expect-error PanelState.firstRow is typed as string[] but reassigned to a Locator — pre-existing issue
           state[title].firstRow = firstRow;
 
           let headerTxt: string;
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/scorecard/scorecard.spec.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/scorecard/scorecard.spec.ts
index 3c99a60c3f..c17f9646e7 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/scorecard/scorecard.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/e2e/plugins/scorecard/scorecard.spec.ts
@@ -14,16 +14,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { test } from "@playwright/test";
+import { test } from "@support/shared-page";
 import { Common } from "../../../utils/common";
 import { Catalog } from "../../../support/pages/catalog";
 // TODO: Re-enable/uncomment once https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHIDP-12130 is fixed
 // import { CatalogImport } from "../../../support/pages/catalog-import";
 import { ScorecardPage } from "../../../support/page-objects/scorecard/scorecard-page";
-import type { BrowserContext, Page } from "@playwright/test";
+import type { Page } from "@playwright/test";
 
 test.describe.serial("Scorecard Plugin Tests", () => {
-  let context: BrowserContext;
   let page: Page;
   let catalog: Catalog;
   // TODO: Re-enable/uncomment once https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHIDP-12130 is fixed
@@ -33,14 +32,13 @@ test.describe.serial("Scorecard Plugin Tests", () => {
   let initialGithubCount: number;
   let initialJiraCount: number;
 
-  test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }, testInfo) => {
+  test.beforeAll(async ({ sharedPage }, testInfo) => {
     testInfo.annotations.push({
       type: "component",
       description: "scorecard",
     });
 
-    context = await browser.newContext();
-    page = await context.newPage();
+    page = sharedPage;
     catalog = new Catalog(page);
     // TODO: Re-enable/uncomment once https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHIDP-12130 is fixed
     // catalogImport = new CatalogImport(page);
@@ -48,10 +46,6 @@ test.describe.serial("Scorecard Plugin Tests", () => {
     await new Common(page).loginAsKeycloakUser();
   });
 
-  test.afterAll(async () => {
-    await context?.close();
-  });
-
   test("Setup aggregated scorecards on homepage", async () => {
     await scorecardPage.navigateToHome();
 
diff --git a/e2e-tests/playwright/support/shared-page.ts b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/shared-page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46a88cffc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/playwright/support/shared-page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// Worker-scoped fixtures for test.describe.serial() blocks.
+// Usage: import { test, expect } from "@support/shared-page";
+
+import {
+  test as baseTest,
+  expect as baseExpect,
+  type BrowserContext,
+  type Page,
+} from "@playwright/test";
+import path from "node:path";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+
+type TestFixtures = {
+  _sharedTestHook: void;
+};
+
+type WorkerFixtures = {
+  sharedContext: BrowserContext;
+  sharedPage: Page;
+};
+
+// Each Playwright worker runs in its own process, so this flag is per-worker.
+let workerHadFailure = false;
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+export const test = baseTest.extend<TestFixtures, WorkerFixtures>({
+  sharedContext: [
+    async ({ browser }, use, workerInfo) => {
+      const videoDir = path.join(
+        "test-results",
+        `shared-worker-${workerInfo.workerIndex}`,
+        "videos",
+      );
+
+      // Always record — Playwright's recordVideo has no retain-on-failure mode
+      // for manual contexts, so we record unconditionally and delete on success.
+      // Tracing is managed automatically by Playwright (trace: "on" in config).
+      const context = await browser.newContext({
+        recordVideo: {
+          dir: videoDir,
+          size: { width: 1280, height: 720 },
+        },
+      });
+
+      await use(context);
+
+      await context.close();
+
+      // Retain-on-failure: delete video files when all tests passed
+      if (!workerHadFailure && fs.existsSync(videoDir)) {
+        fs.rmSync(videoDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    },
+    { scope: "worker" },
+  ],
+
+  sharedPage: [
+    async ({ sharedContext }, use) => {
+      const page = await sharedContext.newPage();
+      await use(page);
+    },
+    { scope: "worker" },
+  ],
+
+  _sharedTestHook: [
+    async ({ sharedPage }, use, testInfo) => {
+      await use();
+
+      if (testInfo.status !== "passed" && testInfo.status !== "skipped") {
+        workerHadFailure = true;
+        try {
+          const screenshotPath = testInfo.outputPath("failure.png");
+          await sharedPage.screenshot({ path: screenshotPath });
+          await testInfo.attach("screenshot", {
+            path: screenshotPath,
+            contentType: "image/png",
+          });
+        } catch {
+          // Page may have crashed — screenshot unavailable
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    { auto: true },
+  ],
+});
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+export const expect = baseExpect;
diff --git a/e2e-tests/tsconfig.json b/e2e-tests/tsconfig.json
index a5507b1218..9e7a32705d 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e-tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
     "module": "ESNext",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "noEmit": true,
-    "resolveJsonModule": true
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "@support/*": ["playwright/support/*"]
+    }
   },
   "include": ["**/*.ts"]
 }