diff --git a/e2e/playwright.config.ts b/e2e/playwright.config.ts
index 8737aba92a6..71c53600d27 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright.config.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
   fullyParallel: false,
   /* Fail the build on CI if you accidentally left test.only in the source code. */
   forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
+  /* Fast-fail CI once failures exceed 5 tests. */
+  maxFailures: process.env.CI ? 6 : undefined,
   /* Retry on CI only */
   retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
   /* Opt out of parallel tests on CI. */