diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/ActivityFeed.spec.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/ActivityFeed.spec.ts
index ec4f15752488..e73437509887 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/ActivityFeed.spec.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/ActivityFeed.spec.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import { REACTION_EMOJIS, reactOnFeedCard } from '../../utils/activityFeed';
 import { performAdminLogin } from '../../utils/admin';
 import {
   redirectToHomePage,
-  removeLandingBanner,
   uuid,
   visitOwnProfilePage,
 } from '../../utils/common';
@@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ test.describe('FeedWidget on landing page', () => {
         try {
           // Set persona as default
           await redirectToHomePage(adminPage);
-          await removeLandingBanner(adminPage);
           await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(adminPage);
           await setUserDefaultPersona(adminPage, testPersona.data.displayName);
 
@@ -199,7 +197,6 @@ test.describe('FeedWidget on landing page', () => {
           }
 
           await redirectToHomePage(adminPage);
-          await removeLandingBanner(adminPage);
           await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(adminPage);
         } finally {
           await adminPage.close();
@@ -224,7 +221,6 @@ test.describe('FeedWidget on landing page', () => {
   test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
     await adminUser.login(page);
     await redirectToHomePage(page);
-    await removeLandingBanner(page);
     await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page);
   });
 
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/CuratedAssets.spec.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/CuratedAssets.spec.ts
index eb460b91acbe..b03d3f2d2822 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/CuratedAssets.spec.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/CuratedAssets.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { PersonaClass } from '../../support/persona/PersonaClass';
 import { UserClass } from '../../support/user/UserClass';
 import { performAdminLogin } from '../../utils/admin';
 import { selectOption } from '../../utils/advancedSearch';
-import { redirectToHomePage, removeLandingBanner } from '../../utils/common';
+import { redirectToHomePage } from '../../utils/common';
 import {
   addCuratedAssetPlaceholder,
   CURATED_ASSETS_WIDGET_KEY,
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ test.describe('Curated Assets Widget', () => {
 
     await setUserDefaultPersona(page, persona.responseData.displayName);
     await redirectToHomePage(page);
-    await removeLandingBanner(page);
 
     await page.getByTestId('sidebar-toggle').click();
   });
@@ -188,7 +187,6 @@ test.describe('Curated Assets Widget', () => {
       ).toBeVisible();
 
       await redirectToHomePage(page);
-      await removeLandingBanner(page);
 
       await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page, 'entity-list-skeleton');
 
@@ -387,7 +385,6 @@ test.describe('Curated Assets Widget', () => {
     // Wait for auto-save to complete before navigating
 
     await redirectToHomePage(page);
-    await removeLandingBanner(page);
 
     await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page, 'entity-list-skeleton');
 
@@ -503,7 +500,6 @@ test.describe('Curated Assets Widget', () => {
 
     // Navigate to landing page to verify widget
     await redirectToHomePage(page);
-    await removeLandingBanner(page);
 
     await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page, 'entity-list-skeleton');
 
@@ -646,7 +642,6 @@ test.describe('Curated Assets Widget', () => {
 
     // Navigate to landing page to verify widget
     await redirectToHomePage(page);
-    await removeLandingBanner(page);
 
     await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page, 'entity-list-skeleton');
 
@@ -685,7 +680,6 @@ test.describe('Curated Assets Widget', () => {
     await page.locator('[data-testid="save-button"]').click();
 
     await redirectToHomePage(page);
-    await removeLandingBanner(page);
 
     // Verify placeholder is not visible when no widget is configured
     await expect(
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/LandingPageWidgets/DomainDataProductsWidgets.spec.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/LandingPageWidgets/DomainDataProductsWidgets.spec.ts
index 1e0f0064fbc2..b194f55c9402 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/LandingPageWidgets/DomainDataProductsWidgets.spec.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Features/LandingPageWidgets/DomainDataProductsWidgets.spec.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { TopicClass } from '../../../support/entity/TopicClass';
 import { PersonaClass } from '../../../support/persona/PersonaClass';
 import { UserClass } from '../../../support/user/UserClass';
 import { performAdminLogin } from '../../../utils/admin';
-import { redirectToHomePage, removeLandingBanner } from '../../../utils/common';
+import { redirectToHomePage } from '../../../utils/common';
 import {
   addAndVerifyWidget,
   setUserDefaultPersona,
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ test.describe.serial('Domain and Data Product Asset Counts', () => {
   test.slow(); // Slow Test
   test.beforeEach(async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
     await redirectToHomePage(page, false);
-    await removeLandingBanner(page);
     await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page).catch(() => undefined);
 
     if (testInfo.title !== 'Assign Widgets') {
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ test.describe.serial('Domain and Data Product Asset Counts', () => {
         dataProduct.responseData.id ?? ''
       );
       await redirectToHomePage(page, false);
-      await removeLandingBanner(page);
       await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page).catch(() => undefined);
     }
   });
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@ test.describe.serial('Domain and Data Product Asset Counts', () => {
 
   test('Verify Widgets are having 0 count initially', async ({ page }) => {
     await redirectToHomePage(page, false);
-    await removeLandingBanner(page);
     await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page).catch(() => undefined);
 
     await verifyWidgetCountOnCurrentPage(
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/CustomizeLandingPage.spec.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/CustomizeLandingPage.spec.ts
index d633b89ec41b..660665af5581 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/CustomizeLandingPage.spec.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/CustomizeLandingPage.spec.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ import { PLAYWRIGHT_BASIC_TEST_TAG_OBJ } from '../../constant/config';
 import { PersonaClass } from '../../support/persona/PersonaClass';
 import { UserClass } from '../../support/user/UserClass';
 import { performAdminLogin } from '../../utils/admin';
-import {
-  redirectToHomePage,
-  removeLandingBanner,
-  toastNotification,
-} from '../../utils/common';
+import { redirectToHomePage, toastNotification } from '../../utils/common';
 import {
   checkAllDefaultWidgets,
   navigateToCustomizeLandingPage,
@@ -339,7 +335,6 @@ test.describe(
 
           await saveCustomizeLayoutPage(adminPage);
           await redirectToHomePage(adminPage, false);
-          await removeLandingBanner(adminPage);
           await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(adminPage).catch(() => undefined);
 
           await waitForLandingPageWidget(adminPage, 'KnowledgePanel.MyData');
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/CustomizeWidgets.spec.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/CustomizeWidgets.spec.ts
index a89ae28378c9..55b1e028c530 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/CustomizeWidgets.spec.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/CustomizeWidgets.spec.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ import { PersonaClass } from '../../support/persona/PersonaClass';
 import { UserClass } from '../../support/user/UserClass';
 import { insertActivityEventForTest } from '../../utils/activityAPI';
 import { performAdminLogin } from '../../utils/admin';
-import {
-  getApiContext,
-  redirectToHomePage,
-  removeLandingBanner,
-} from '../../utils/common';
+import { getApiContext, redirectToHomePage } from '../../utils/common';
 import {
   addAndVerifyWidget,
   removeAndVerifyWidget,
@@ -238,7 +234,6 @@ test.afterAll(
 
 test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
   await redirectToHomePage(page);
-  await removeLandingBanner(page);
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page);
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page, 'entity-list-skeleton');
 });
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/Tour.spec.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/Tour.spec.ts
index 5a794c1efd95..9fab6e2c956a 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/Tour.spec.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Flow/Tour.spec.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ test.describe(
     });
 
     test.beforeEach('Visit entity details page', async ({ page }) => {
-      await user.login(page);
+      // Tour is entered from the welcome banner, so this suite must NOT suppress
+      // it. The other tour tests already guard against the banner if present.
+      await user.login(page, undefined, undefined, {
+        suppressWelcomeScreen: false,
+      });
     });
 
     test('Tour should work from help section', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/ExplorePageRightPanel_KnowledgeCenter.spec.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/ExplorePageRightPanel_KnowledgeCenter.spec.ts
index bf4d2a7c2b24..a87d8587188c 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/ExplorePageRightPanel_KnowledgeCenter.spec.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/ExplorePageRightPanel_KnowledgeCenter.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  *  limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Page } from '@playwright/test';
 import { KnowledgeCenterClass } from '../../support/entity/KnowledgeCenterClass';
 import { expect, test as baseTest } from '../../support/fixtures/userPages';
 import { Glossary } from '../../support/glossary/Glossary';
@@ -68,6 +69,31 @@ export const test = baseTest.extend<{
   },
 });
 
+/**
+ * Assert the owner chip is in the summary panel, re-opening the entity if it is
+ * not. The panel renders owners from the Explore search document, which is
+ * refreshed asynchronously after the owner PATCH — a panel that rendered before
+ * that refresh will never show the chip, so waiting on it is waiting on the
+ * wrong thing. Re-navigating re-reads it.
+ */
+async function expectOwnerInPanel(
+  page: Page,
+  entityName: string,
+  ownerName: string
+) {
+  const ownerChip = page
+    .locator('[data-testid="entity-summary-panel-container"]')
+    .getByTestId(ownerName);
+
+  await expect(async () => {
+    if (!(await ownerChip.isVisible())) {
+      await navigateToKCEntity(page, entityName);
+    }
+
+    await expect(ownerChip).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+  }).toPass({ timeout: 60_000, intervals: [2_000, 5_000] });
+}
+
 test.describe('Knowledge Center Right Panel Test Suite', () => {
   test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }) => {
     test.slow(true);
@@ -163,7 +189,6 @@ test.describe('Knowledge Center Right Panel Test Suite', () => {
       test('Should update owners for knowledgeCenter', async ({
         adminPage,
         rightPanel,
-        overview,
       }) => {
         await navigateToKCEntity(
           adminPage,
@@ -174,7 +199,11 @@ test.describe('Knowledge Center Right Panel Test Suite', () => {
         rightPanel.setEntityConfigByType('knowledgeCenter');
 
         await addOwnerInKCPanel(adminPage, user1.getUserDisplayName());
-        await overview.shouldShowOwner(user1.getUserDisplayName());
+        await expectOwnerInPanel(
+          adminPage,
+          getEntityDisplayName(knowledgeCenter.responseData),
+          user1.getUserDisplayName()
+        );
       });
     });
 
@@ -277,7 +306,11 @@ test.describe('Knowledge Center Right Panel Test Suite', () => {
         rightPanel.setEntityConfigByType('knowledgeCenter');
 
         await addOwnerInKCPanel(adminPage, user1.getUserDisplayName());
-        await overview.shouldShowOwner(user1.getUserDisplayName());
+        await expectOwnerInPanel(
+          adminPage,
+          getEntityDisplayName(knowledgeCenter.responseData),
+          user1.getUserDisplayName()
+        );
 
         await overview.removeOwner([user1.getUserDisplayName()], 'Users');
         await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(adminPage);
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/Glossary.spec.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/Glossary.spec.ts
index 81a5fde38ba9..42dff396e9c9 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/Glossary.spec.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/e2e/Pages/Glossary.spec.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import {
   redirectToHomePage,
   uuid,
   visitGlossaryPage,
+  waitForAntdPopupToSettle,
 } from '../../utils/common';
 import {
   addMultiOwner,
@@ -2194,10 +2195,12 @@ test.describe('Glossary tests', () => {
           .filter({ hasText: 'EN' })
           .first();
         await languageDropdown.click();
+        await waitForAntdPopupToSettle(page);
 
         const germanOption = page.getByRole('menuitem', {
           name: 'Deutsch - DE',
         });
+        await expect(germanOption).toBeVisible();
         await germanOption.click();
 
         await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page);
@@ -2230,10 +2233,12 @@ test.describe('Glossary tests', () => {
           .filter({ hasText: 'DE' })
           .first();
         await languageDropdown.click();
+        await waitForAntdPopupToSettle(page);
 
         const englishOption = page.getByRole('menuitem', {
           name: 'English - EN',
         });
+        await expect(englishOption).toBeVisible();
         await englishOption.click();
       });
     } finally {
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/entity/ingestion/ServiceBaseClass.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/entity/ingestion/ServiceBaseClass.ts
index 4a8603cae938..bb823e56e09d 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/entity/ingestion/ServiceBaseClass.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/entity/ingestion/ServiceBaseClass.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,19 @@ class ServiceBaseClass {
     await waitForIngestionWorkflowForm(page);
     await this.fillIngestionDetails(page);
 
-    await page.click('[data-testid="next-button"]');
+    // Creating the service triggers AutoPilot, whose success toast renders
+    // bottom-center — directly over the wizard footer — and auto-closes after 5s
+    // (showSuccessToast(..., 5000) in AddServicePage). A click landing inside
+    // that window is intercepted by the toast, and with no per-action timeout
+    // the retry loop runs to the end of the test instead.
+    //
+    // Bounding the click is what fixes it, not waiting the toast out: the toast
+    // is fired by the create call several steps earlier, so whether it is on
+    // screen when we get here depends on how fast those steps ran. Gating on it
+    // being gone is a no-op when it has not rendered yet and when it has already
+    // closed. A bounded click covers every ordering — Playwright retries the
+    // intercepted click for the whole timeout, which outlasts the toast.
+    await page.click('[data-testid="next-button"]', { timeout: 30_000 });
 
     // Go back and data should persist
     await page.click('[data-testid="previous-button"]');
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/user/AdminClass.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/user/AdminClass.ts
index 2295aeae00b3..9df2acaf5338 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/user/AdminClass.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/user/AdminClass.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ export class AdminClass extends UserClass {
   async login(
     page: Page,
     userName = DEFAULT_ADMIN_USER.userName,
-    password = DEFAULT_ADMIN_USER.password
+    password = DEFAULT_ADMIN_USER.password,
+    options: { suppressWelcomeScreen?: boolean } = {}
   ) {
-    await super.login(page, userName, password);
+    await super.login(page, userName, password, options);
   }
 }
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/user/UserClass.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/user/UserClass.ts
index f999c23dad78..c8b780476725 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/user/UserClass.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/support/user/UserClass.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { okJson, withNotFoundRetry } from '../../utils/apiResponse';
 import {
   disableEtagConditionalReads,
   generateRandomUsername,
+  suppressWelcomeScreen,
   uuid,
 } from '../../utils/common';
 import { PolicyClass, PolicyRulesType } from '../access-control/PoliciesClass';
@@ -257,8 +258,22 @@ export class UserClass {
   async login(
     page: Page,
     userName = this.data.email,
-    password = this.data.password
+    password = this.data.password,
+    options: { suppressWelcomeScreen?: boolean } = {}
   ) {
+    const { suppressWelcomeScreen: shouldSuppressWelcomeScreen = true } =
+      options;
+
+    // Seed `loggedInUsers` before the first navigation so the landing-page
+    // welcome banner never renders for this session. Prefer the authoritative
+    // entity name from create(); fall back to the login email's local-part
+    // (the server-assigned username) for a pure login such as admin. Tests that
+    // exercise the welcome banner itself (e.g. Tour) opt out with
+    // `suppressWelcomeScreen: false`.
+    if (shouldSuppressWelcomeScreen) {
+      await suppressWelcomeScreen(page, this.responseData?.name ?? userName);
+    }
+
     await page.goto('/signin');
     try {
       await page.waitForURL('**/signin', { timeout: 5000 });
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/activityFeed.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/activityFeed.ts
index 0501f0210e4f..1f5c9498792a 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/activityFeed.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/activityFeed.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *  limitations under the License.
  */
 import { expect, Locator, Page } from '@playwright/test';
-import { descriptionBox, removeLandingBanner } from './common';
+import { descriptionBox } from './common';
 import { waitForAllLoadersToDisappear } from './entity';
 import { waitForPageLoaded } from './polling';
 import { TaskDetails } from './task';
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ export const addMentionCommentInFeed = async (
     const fetchFeedResponse = page.waitForResponse(
       '/api/v1/feed?type=Conversation*'
     );
-    await removeLandingBanner(page);
     await fetchFeedResponse;
   }
 
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/common.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/common.ts
index dc152265ed00..9bccfc5df978 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/common.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/common.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,38 @@ export const disableEtagConditionalReads = async (page: Page) => {
   }
 };
 
+const LOGGED_IN_USERS_KEY = 'loggedInUsers';
+
+/**
+ * Suppress the landing-page welcome banner at the source.
+ *
+ * MyDataPage renders the welcome banner only when the logged-in user's `name`
+ * is absent from the `loggedInUsers` localStorage list (see
+ * MyDataPage.component.tsx). Seeding that list with the user's name before the
+ * first navigation means the banner never renders for the session, so no test
+ * has to dismiss it. `userName` must equal the app's `currentUser.name` — for a
+ * created UserClass that is `responseData.name`; the email local-part is the
+ * server-assigned fallback for a pure login (e.g. admin).
+ */
+export const suppressWelcomeScreen = async (page: Page, userName: string) => {
+  const name = userName.includes('@') ? userName.split('@')[0] : userName;
+  const seed = ({ key, value }: { key: string; value: string }) => {
+    const existing = (localStorage.getItem(key) ?? '')
+      .split(',')
+      .filter(Boolean);
+    if (!existing.includes(value)) {
+      localStorage.setItem(key, [...existing, value].join(','));
+    }
+  };
+  const arg = { key: LOGGED_IN_USERS_KEY, value: name };
+
+  await page.addInitScript(seed, arg);
+
+  if (/^https?:/.test(page.url())) {
+    await page.evaluate(seed, arg);
+  }
+};
+
 export const redirectToHomePage = async (
   page: Page,
   _waitForLoaders = true
@@ -128,29 +160,6 @@ export const redirectToExplorePage = async (page: Page) => {
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page);
 };
 
-export const removeLandingBanner = async (page: Page) => {
-  try {
-    const welcomePageCloseButton = page.getByTestId('welcome-screen-close-btn');
-    await welcomePageCloseButton
-      .waitFor({
-        state: 'visible',
-        timeout: 5000,
-      })
-      .catch(() => {
-        // Do nothing if the welcome banner does not exist
-        return;
-      });
-
-    // Close the welcome banner if it exists
-    if (await welcomePageCloseButton.isVisible()) {
-      await welcomePageCloseButton.click();
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // Do nothing if the welcome banner does not exist
-    return;
-  }
-};
-
 type CreateNewPageResult = {
   afterAction: () => Promise<void>;
   apiContext: APIRequestContext;
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/customizeLandingPage.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/customizeLandingPage.ts
index 0db748a1c445..0e006e408b49 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/customizeLandingPage.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/customizeLandingPage.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import { expect, type Locator, type Page } from '@playwright/test';
 import {
   redirectToHomePage,
-  removeLandingBanner,
   toastNotification,
   visitOwnProfilePage,
 } from './common';
@@ -287,7 +286,6 @@ export const toNameableEntity = (
 };
 
 export const checkAllDefaultWidgets = async (page: Page) => {
-  await removeLandingBanner(page);
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page);
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page, 'entity-list-skeleton');
 
@@ -417,7 +415,6 @@ export const addAndVerifyWidget = async (
   await redirectToHomePage(page, false);
 
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page).catch(() => undefined);
-  await removeLandingBanner(page);
 
   // The save response is awaited and its toast asserted above, and `redirectToHomePage`
   // disables ETag conditional reads, so the first read-back is authoritative — the widget
@@ -737,7 +734,6 @@ export const verifyWidgetHeaderNavigation = async (
   // Home keeps background requests alive on some persona routes; use the lighter
   // redirect path and wait on rendered state instead of networkidle.
   await redirectToHomePage(page, false);
-  await removeLandingBanner(page);
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page).catch(() => undefined);
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page, 'entity-list-skeleton').catch(
     () => undefined
@@ -755,7 +751,6 @@ export const verifyDomainCountInDomainWidget = async (
   ].join(', ');
 
   await redirectToHomePage(page, false);
-  await removeLandingBanner(page);
 
   await expect
     .poll(
@@ -795,7 +790,6 @@ export const verifyDataProductCountInDataProductWidget = async (
   const widgetCardSelector = `[data-testid="data-product-card-${dataProductId}"] [data-testid="data-product-asset-count"]`;
 
   await redirectToHomePage(page, false);
-  await removeLandingBanner(page);
 
   await expect
     .poll(
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/entity.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/entity.ts
index 8dc4b4b8396c..893019eb0096 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/entity.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/entity.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import {
   getEntityTypeSearchIndexMapping,
   readElementInListWithScroll,
   redirectToHomePage,
-  removeLandingBanner,
   toastNotification,
   uuid,
 } from './common';
@@ -94,15 +93,6 @@ export const visitEntityPage = async (data: {
 
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page);
 
-  // Dismiss welcome screen if visible
-  const isWelcomeScreenVisible = await page
-    .getByTestId('welcome-screen')
-    .isVisible();
-
-  if (isWelcomeScreenVisible) {
-    await page.getByTestId('welcome-screen-close-btn').click();
-  }
-
   const searchResponse = page.waitForResponse(
     (response) =>
       response.url().includes('/api/v1/search/query') &&
@@ -141,7 +131,6 @@ export const visitEntityPageByFqn = async (data: {
 }) => {
   const { page, endpoint, fqn } = data;
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page);
-  await removeLandingBanner(page);
   const routeSegment = ENTITY_PATH[endpoint as keyof typeof ENTITY_PATH];
 
   if (!routeSegment) {
@@ -1528,7 +1517,6 @@ const revealFollowingWidget = async (page: Page): Promise<Locator> => {
 
 const loadFollowingWidget = async (page: Page): Promise<Locator> => {
   await redirectToHomePage(page, false);
-  await removeLandingBanner(page);
   await waitForAllLoadersToDisappear(page).catch(() => undefined);
 
   const followingWidgetPanel = await revealFollowingWidget(page);
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/glossary.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/glossary.ts
index 7f5b25a80259..f0bab8cb0efc 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/glossary.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/glossary.ts
@@ -1189,16 +1189,26 @@ export const changeTermHierarchyFromModal = async (
   await page.getByTestId('manage-button').click();
   await page.getByTestId('change-parent-button').click();
 
-  await expect(page.locator('[role="dialog"]')).toBeVisible();
+  const hierarchyModal = page.locator(
+    '[data-testid="change-parent-hierarchy-modal"]'
+  );
+  await expect(hierarchyModal).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Scope to this modal: the page-level label also matches the control of a
+  // hierarchy modal left in the DOM by an earlier step, and the click then waits
+  // out the whole test on a hidden element.
+  const parentSelect = hierarchyModal.getByLabel('Select Parent');
+  await expect(parentSelect).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(parentSelect).toBeEnabled();
+  await parentSelect.click();
 
-  await page.getByLabel('Select Parent').click();
   await page.locator('.async-tree-select-list-dropdown').waitFor({
     state: 'visible',
   });
 
   if (isGlossaryTerm) {
     const searchRes = page.waitForResponse(`/api/v1/search/query?q=*`);
-    await page.getByLabel('Select Parent').fill(entityDisplayName);
+    await parentSelect.fill(entityDisplayName);
     await searchRes;
   }
 
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/lineage.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/lineage.ts
index f08225490254..1ce1f52e6c1c 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/lineage.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/lineage.ts
@@ -1015,10 +1015,16 @@ export const toggleLineageFilters = async (page: Page, tableFqn: string) => {
 };
 
 export const clickLineageNode = async (page: Page, nodeFqn: string) => {
-  await page
+  // React Flow mounts nodes after its own layout pass, which runs well after the
+  // getLineage response the caller waited on. Clicking straight away leaves the
+  // action auto-waiting with no timeout of its own, so a graph that is slow to
+  // lay out surfaces as a bare test timeout with nothing naming the node.
+  const nodeTitle = page
     .locator(`[data-testid="lineage-node-${nodeFqn}"]`)
-    .locator(`[data-testid="entity-header-display-name"]`)
-    .click();
+    .locator(`[data-testid="entity-header-display-name"]`);
+
+  await expect(nodeTitle).toBeVisible();
+  await nodeTitle.click();
 };
 
 export const updateLineageConfigFromModal = async (
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/searchRBAC.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/searchRBAC.ts
index 593702f8eab8..5b79a5494b4e 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/searchRBAC.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/searchRBAC.ts
@@ -16,16 +16,6 @@ import { redirectToHomePage } from './common';
 import { waitForAllLoadersToDisappear } from './entity';
 import { sidebarClick } from './sidebar';
 
-const closeWelcomeScreenIfVisible = async (page: Page) => {
-  const isWelcomeScreenVisible = await page
-    .getByTestId('welcome-screen')
-    .isVisible();
-
-  if (isWelcomeScreenVisible) {
-    await page.getByTestId('welcome-screen-close-btn').click();
-  }
-};
-
 /**
  * Navigate the given (already-logged-in) user to the Explore page, search for an
  * entity by FQN, and assert whether its result card is shown — used to verify
@@ -37,7 +27,6 @@ export const exploreShouldShowEntity = async (
   displayName: string,
   shouldSee: boolean
 ) => {
-  await closeWelcomeScreenIfVisible(page);
   await redirectToHomePage(page);
 
   const exploreRes = page.waitForResponse('/api/v1/search/query?*');
@@ -85,7 +74,6 @@ export const exploreTreeCategories = async (
   page: Page,
   { visible, hidden }: { visible: string[]; hidden: string[] }
 ) => {
-  await closeWelcomeScreenIfVisible(page);
   await redirectToHomePage(page);
 
   const exploreRes = page.waitForResponse('/api/v1/search/query?*');
@@ -172,15 +160,6 @@ export const searchForEntityShouldWork = async (
   page: Page,
   entityName: string
 ) => {
-  // Wait for welcome screen and close it if visible
-  const isWelcomeScreenVisible = await page
-    .getByTestId('welcome-screen')
-    .isVisible();
-
-  if (isWelcomeScreenVisible) {
-    await page.getByTestId('welcome-screen-close-btn').click();
-  }
-
   await page.getByTestId('searchBox').click();
   await page.getByTestId('searchBox').fill(fqn);
 
@@ -213,15 +192,6 @@ export const searchForEntityShouldWorkShowNoResult = async (
   displayName: string,
   page: Page
 ) => {
-  // Wait for welcome screen and close it if visible
-  const isWelcomeScreenVisible = await page
-    .getByTestId('welcome-screen')
-    .isVisible();
-
-  if (isWelcomeScreenVisible) {
-    await page.getByTestId('welcome-screen-close-btn').click();
-  }
-
   await page.getByTestId('searchBox').click();
   await page.getByTestId('searchBox').fill(fqn);