diff --git a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Toolbar/Groupby.ts b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Toolbar/Groupby.ts
index b96a1db64d..10d48b34be 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Toolbar/Groupby.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/pages/Dashboard/common/Toolbar/Groupby.ts
@@ -118,11 +118,15 @@ export class ToolbarGroupByPage extends BasePage {
         .nth(ascending ? 0 : 1)
         .click();
 
-    await this.waitForResponse({
-      uiAction: selectSortDirection,
-      httpMethodsToMatch: ['GET'],
-      requestUrlPathToMatch: locallySaved ? `/api/v1/db/public/` : `/api/v1/db/data/noco/`,
-    });
+    const selectedSortDirection = await this.rootPage.locator('.nc-sort-dir-select').last().textContent();
+
+    if ((ascending && selectedSortDirection != 'A → Z') || (!ascending && selectedSortDirection != 'Z → A')) {
+      await this.waitForResponse({
+        uiAction: selectSortDirection,
+        httpMethodsToMatch: ['GET'],
+        requestUrlPathToMatch: locallySaved ? `/api/v1/db/public/` : `/api/v1/db/data/noco/`,
+      });
+    }
 
     await this.toolbar.parent.dashboard.waitForLoaderToDisappear();
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright/tests/db/columns/columnUserSelect.spec.ts b/tests/playwright/tests/db/columns/columnUserSelect.spec.ts
index 2dea1fc44c..797df98ea8 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/tests/db/columns/columnUserSelect.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/tests/db/columns/columnUserSelect.spec.ts
@@ -272,13 +272,16 @@ test.describe('User single select - filter, sort & GroupBy', () => {
   }
 
   test('User sort & validate, filter & validate', async () => {
+    const ascendingOrderRowTitle = ['1', '2', '3', '4', '0'];
+    const descendingOrderRowTitle = ['0', '4', '3', '2', '1'];
+
     // Sort ascending and validate
     await toolbar.sort.add({
       title: 'User',
       ascending: true,
       locallySaved: false,
     });
-    await validateRowArray(['1', '2', '3', '4', '0']);
+    await validateRowArray(ascendingOrderRowTitle);
     await toolbar.sort.reset();
 
     // sort descending and validate
@@ -287,7 +290,7 @@ test.describe('User single select - filter, sort & GroupBy', () => {
       ascending: false,
       locallySaved: false,
     });
-    await validateRowArray(['0', '4', '3', '2', '1']);
+    await validateRowArray(descendingOrderRowTitle);
     await toolbar.sort.reset();
 
     // filter
@@ -306,8 +309,34 @@ test.describe('User single select - filter, sort & GroupBy', () => {
     await verifyFilter({ opType: 'is not blank', result: ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4'] });
     await verifyFilter({ opType: 'is blank', result: [] });
 
-    //GroupBy
+    // //GroupBy
+    // // ascending order
     // await toolbar.groupBy.add({ title: 'User', ascending: true, locallySaved: false });
+
+    // for (let i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
+    //   await dashboard.grid.groupPage.openGroup({ indexMap: [i] });
+
+    //   await dashboard.grid.groupPage.validateFirstRow({
+    //     indexMap: [i],
+    //     rowIndex: 0,
+    //     columnHeader: 'Title',
+    //     value: ascendingOrderRowTitle[i],
+    //   });
+    // }
+
+    // // descending order
+    // await toolbar.groupBy.update({ title: 'User', ascending: false, index: 0 });
+
+    // for (let i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
+    //   await dashboard.grid.groupPage.openGroup({ indexMap: [i] });
+    //   await dashboard.grid.groupPage.validateFirstRow({
+    //     indexMap: [i],
+    //     rowIndex: 0,
+    //     columnHeader: 'Title',
+    //     value: descendingOrderRowTitle[i],
+    //   });
+    // }
+    // await toolbar.groupBy.remove({ index: 0 });
   });
 });
 
@@ -593,13 +622,16 @@ test.describe('User multiple select - filter, sort & GroupBy', () => {
   }
 
   test('User sort & validate, filter & validate', async () => {
+    const ascendingOrderRowTitle = ['1', '2', '3', '4', '0'];
+    const descendingOrderRowTitle = ['0', '4', '3', '2', '1'];
+
     // Sort ascending and validate
     await toolbar.sort.add({
       title: 'User',
       ascending: true,
       locallySaved: false,
     });
-    await validateRowArray(['1', '2', '3', '4', '0']);
+    await validateRowArray(ascendingOrderRowTitle);
     await toolbar.sort.reset();
 
     // sort descending and validate
@@ -608,7 +640,7 @@ test.describe('User multiple select - filter, sort & GroupBy', () => {
       ascending: false,
       locallySaved: false,
     });
-    await validateRowArray(['0', '4', '3', '2', '1']);
+    await validateRowArray(descendingOrderRowTitle);
     await toolbar.sort.reset();
 
     // filter
@@ -627,7 +659,32 @@ test.describe('User multiple select - filter, sort & GroupBy', () => {
     await verifyFilter({ opType: 'is not blank', result: ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4'] });
     await verifyFilter({ opType: 'is blank', result: [] });
 
-    //GroupBy
+    // //GroupBy
+    // // ascending order
     // await toolbar.groupBy.add({ title: 'User', ascending: true, locallySaved: false });
+
+    // for (let i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
+    //   await dashboard.grid.groupPage.openGroup({ indexMap: [i] });
+    //   await dashboard.grid.groupPage.validateFirstRow({
+    //     indexMap: [i],
+    //     rowIndex: 0,
+    //     columnHeader: 'Title',
+    //     value: ascendingOrderRowTitle[i],
+    //   });
+    // }
+
+    // // descending order
+    // await toolbar.groupBy.update({ title: 'User', ascending: false, index: 0 });
+
+    // for (let i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
+    //   await dashboard.grid.groupPage.openGroup({ indexMap: [i] });
+    //   await dashboard.grid.groupPage.validateFirstRow({
+    //     indexMap: [i],
+    //     rowIndex: 0,
+    //     columnHeader: 'Title',
+    //     value: descendingOrderRowTitle[i],
+    //   });
+    // }
+    // await toolbar.groupBy.remove({ index: 0 });
   });
 });