diff --git a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/TreeView.ts b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/TreeView.ts
index e2fd313968..54b0e66da0 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/TreeView.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/TreeView.ts
@@ -354,5 +354,7 @@ export class TreeViewPage extends BasePage {
     await contextMenu.locator(`.ant-dropdown-menu-item:has-text("Duplicate")`).click();
 
     await this.rootPage.locator('div.ant-modal-content').locator(`button.ant-btn:has-text("Confirm")`).click();
+
+    await this.rootPage.waitForTimeout(10000);
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/playwright/setup/index.ts b/tests/playwright/setup/index.ts
index 74ab994e64..91ad7c6910 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/setup/index.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/setup/index.ts
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ async function localInit({
             const projects = await api.workspaceProject.list(w.id);
 
             for (const project of projects.list) {
-              await api.project.delete(project.id);
+              try {
+                await api.project.delete(project.id);
+              } catch (e) {
+                console.log(`Error deleting project: ws delete`, project);
+              }
             }
 
             await api['workspace'].delete(w.id);
diff --git a/tests/playwright/tests/db/general/projectOperations.spec.ts b/tests/playwright/tests/db/general/projectOperations.spec.ts
index 92b153c64e..7683ed4117 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/tests/db/general/projectOperations.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/tests/db/general/projectOperations.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { DashboardPage } from '../../../pages/Dashboard';
 import { airtableApiBase, airtableApiKey } from '../../../constants';
-import setup, { unsetup } from '../../../setup';
+import setup, { NcContext, unsetup } from '../../../setup';
 import { Api, ProjectListType } from 'nocodb-sdk';
 import { ProjectInfo, ProjectInfoApiUtil } from '../../../tests/utils/projectInfoApiUtil';
 import { deepCompare } from '../../../tests/utils/objectCompareUtil';
@@ -9,33 +9,20 @@ import { isEE } from '../../../setup/db';
 
 test.describe('Project operations', () => {
   let dashboard: DashboardPage;
-  let context: any;
+  let context: NcContext;
   let api: Api<any>;
   test.setTimeout(100000);
 
-  async function getProjectList() {
+  async function getProjectList(workspaceId: string) {
     let projectList: ProjectListType;
     if (isEE() && api['workspaceProject']) {
-      const ws = await api['workspace'].list();
-      projectList = await api['workspaceProject'].list(ws.list[1].id);
+      projectList = await api['workspaceProject'].list(workspaceId);
     } else {
       projectList = await api.project.list();
     }
+
     return projectList;
   }
-  async function deleteIfExists(name: string) {
-    try {
-      const projectList = await getProjectList();
-
-      const project = projectList.list.find((p: any) => p.title === name);
-      if (project) {
-        await api.project.delete(project.id);
-        console.log('deleted project: ', project.id);
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.log('Error: ', e);
-    }
-  }
 
   async function createTestProjectWithData(testProjectName: string) {
     await dashboard.leftSidebar.createProject({ title: testProjectName });
@@ -71,9 +58,6 @@ test.describe('Project operations', () => {
   });
 
   test('rename, delete', async () => {
-    // if project already exists, delete it
-    await deleteIfExists('project-firstName');
-
     await dashboard.leftSidebar.createProject({ title: 'project-firstName' });
     await dashboard.treeView.renameProject({ title: 'project-firstName', newTitle: 'project-rename' });
     await dashboard.treeView.openProject({ title: 'project-rename' });
@@ -82,10 +66,8 @@ test.describe('Project operations', () => {
 
   test('project_duplicate', async () => {
     // if project already exists, delete it to avoid test failures due to residual data
-    const testProjectName = 'Project-To-Import-Export';
-    const dupeProjectName: string = testProjectName + ' copy';
-    await deleteIfExists(testProjectName);
-    await deleteIfExists(dupeProjectName);
+    const random = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000);
+    const testProjectName = `Project-To-Import-Export-${random}`;
 
     // // data creation for original test project
     await createTestProjectWithData(testProjectName);
@@ -95,7 +77,7 @@ test.describe('Project operations', () => {
     await dashboard.treeView.openProject({ title: testProjectName });
 
     // compare
-    const projectList = await getProjectList();
+    const projectList = await getProjectList(context.workspace.id);
 
     const testProjectId = projectList.list.find((p: any) => p.title === testProjectName);
     const dupeProjectId = projectList.list.find((p: any) => p.title.startsWith(testProjectName + ' copy'));