diff --git a/tests/playwright/tests/db/projectOperations.spec.ts b/tests/playwright/tests/db/projectOperations.spec.ts
index a8ebc03b57..fdc7480982 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/tests/db/projectOperations.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright/tests/db/projectOperations.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { DashboardPage } from '../../pages/Dashboard';
+import { airtableApiBase, airtableApiKey } from '../../constants';
+import { quickVerify } from '../../quickTests/commonTest';
 import setup from '../../setup';
 import { ToolbarPage } from '../../pages/Dashboard/common/Toolbar';
 import { ProjectsPage } from '../../pages/ProjectsPage';
@@ -11,8 +13,23 @@ test.describe('Project operations', () => {
   let context: any;
   let api: Api<any>;
   let projectPage: ProjectsPage;
+  test.setTimeout(150000);
+
+  async function deleteIfExists(name: string) {
+    try {
+      const projectList = await api.project.list();
+      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);
+    }
+  }
 
   test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    page.setDefaultTimeout(70000);
     context = await setup({ page });
     dashboard = new DashboardPage(page, context.project);
     projectPage = new ProjectsPage(page);
@@ -28,16 +45,7 @@ test.describe('Project operations', () => {
 
   test('rename, delete', async () => {
     // if project already exists, delete it
-    try {
-      const projectList = await api.project.list();
-      const project = projectList.list.find((p: any) => p.title === 'project-firstName');
-      if (project) {
-        await api.project.delete(project.id);
-        console.log('deleted project: ', project.id);
-      }
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.log('Error: ', e);
-    }
+    await deleteIfExists('project-firstName');
 
     await dashboard.clickHome();
     await projectPage.createProject({ name: 'project-firstName', withoutPrefix: true });
@@ -52,4 +60,42 @@ test.describe('Project operations', () => {
     await dashboard.clickHome();
     await projectPage.deleteProject({ title: 'project-rename', withoutPrefix: true });
   });
+
+  test.only('project_duplicate', async () => {
+    // if project already exists, delete it to avoid test failures due to residual data
+    const testProjectName = 'project-to-imexp';
+    const dupeProjectName: string = testProjectName + ' copy';
+    await deleteIfExists(testProjectName);
+    await deleteIfExists(dupeProjectName);
+
+    // // data creation for orginial test project
+    await createTestProjectWithData();
+
+    // create duplicate
+    await dashboard.clickHome();
+    await projectPage.duplicateProject({ name: testProjectName, withoutPrefix: true });
+    await projectPage.openProject({ title: dupeProjectName, withoutPrefix: true });
+    await quickVerify({ dashboard, airtableImport: true, context });
+
+    // cleanup test-data
+    await cleanupTestData();
+
+    async function createTestProjectWithData() {
+      await dashboard.clickHome();
+      await projectPage.createProject({ name: testProjectName, withoutPrefix: true });
+      await dashboard.treeView.quickImport({ title: 'Airtable' });
+      await dashboard.importAirtable.import({
+        key: airtableApiKey,
+        baseId: airtableApiBase,
+      });
+      await dashboard.rootPage.waitForTimeout(1000);
+      await quickVerify({ dashboard, airtableImport: true, context });
+    }
+
+    async function cleanupTestData() {
+      await dashboard.clickHome();
+      await projectPage.deleteProject({ title: dupeProjectName, withoutPrefix: true });
+      await projectPage.deleteProject({ title: testProjectName, withoutPrefix: true });
+    }
+  });
 });