diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-e2e.yaml
index c1e0af411e1..36dc863b92c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-e2e.yaml
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ on:
     branches: [main, master, core/*, desktop/*]
   pull_request:
     branches-ignore:
-      [wip/*, draft/*, temp/*, vue-nodes-migration, sno-playwright-*]
+      [wip/*, draft/*, temp/*, vue-nodes-migration, version-bump-*]
+  # Run after i18n workflow completes for version-bump PRs
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ['i18n: Update Core']
+    types: [completed]
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -18,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.ref }}
       - name: Setup frontend
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-frontend
         with:
@@ -52,6 +58,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.ref }}
       - name: Download built frontend
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -99,6 +107,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.ref }}
       - name: Download built frontend
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -143,6 +153,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.ref }}
 
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
@@ -175,15 +187,43 @@ jobs:
   # when using pull_request event, we have permission to comment directly
   # if its a forked repo, we need to use workflow_run event in a separate workflow (pr-playwright-deploy.yaml)
 
+  # Get PR info once for reuse by comment jobs
+  get-pr-info:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: |
+      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false) ||
+      (github.event_name == 'workflow_run')
+    outputs:
+      pr_number: ${{ steps.get-pr.outputs.number }}
+      branch: ${{ steps.get-pr.outputs.branch }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Get PR number
+        id: get-pr
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          PR_TARGET_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          PR_BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref || github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
+        run: |
+          echo "branch=${PR_BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          if [ -n "$PR_NUMBER" ]; then
+            echo "number=${PR_NUMBER}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            gh pr view --repo "${PR_TARGET_REPO}" "${PR_BRANCH}" \
+              --json 'number' --jq '"number=\(.number)"' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
   # Post starting comment for non-forked PRs
   comment-on-pr-start:
+    needs: get-pr-info
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.ref }}
 
       - name: Get start time
         id: start-time
@@ -192,25 +232,30 @@ jobs:
       - name: Post starting comment
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ needs.get-pr-info.outputs.pr_number }}
+          BRANCH: ${{ needs.get-pr-info.outputs.branch }}
+          START_TIME: ${{ steps.start-time.outputs.time }}
         run: |
           chmod +x scripts/cicd/pr-playwright-deploy-and-comment.sh
           ./scripts/cicd/pr-playwright-deploy-and-comment.sh \
-            "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" \
-            "${{ github.head_ref }}" \
+            "$PR_NUMBER" \
+            "$BRANCH" \
             "starting" \
-            "${{ steps.start-time.outputs.time }}"
+            "$START_TIME"
 
   # Deploy and comment for non-forked PRs only
   deploy-and-comment:
-    needs: [playwright-tests, merge-reports]
+    needs: [playwright-tests, merge-reports, get-pr-info]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: always() && github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
+    if: always()
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
       contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch || github.ref }}
 
       - name: Download all playwright reports
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -223,10 +268,12 @@ jobs:
           CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN }}
           CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ needs.get-pr-info.outputs.pr_number }}
+          BRANCH: ${{ needs.get-pr-info.outputs.branch }}
         run: |
           bash ./scripts/cicd/pr-playwright-deploy-and-comment.sh \
-            "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" \
-            "${{ github.head_ref }}" \
+            "$PR_NUMBER" \
+            "$BRANCH" \
             "completed"
   #### END Deployment and commenting (non-forked PRs only)