diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml
index fef81cebcf..eb2ec03eca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml
@@ -69,11 +69,17 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./packages/nc-gui
         run: npm run ci:run
       - name: Run backend
-        if: ${{ inputs.db != 'pg' }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.db == 'sqlite' }}
         working-directory: ./packages/nocodb
         run: |
           npm install
           npm run watch:run:playwright > ${{ inputs.db }}_${{ inputs.shard }}_test_backend.log &
+      - name: Run backend:mysql
+        if: ${{ inputs.db == 'mysql' }}
+        working-directory: ./packages/nocodb
+        run: |
+          npm install
+          npm run watch:run:playwright:mysql > ${{ inputs.db }}_${{ inputs.shard }}_test_backend.log &
       - name: Run backend:pg
         if: ${{ inputs.db == 'pg' }}
         working-directory: ./packages/nocodb
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/package.json b/packages/nocodb/package.json
index d0a2078fbc..e6d92ed68b 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/package.json
+++ b/packages/nocodb/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "watch:run": "cross-env NC_DISABLE_TELE=true EE=true nodemon -e ts,js -w ./src -x \"ts-node src/run/docker --log-error --project tsconfig.json\"",
     "watch:run:mysql": "cross-env  NC_DISABLE_TELE=true EE=true nodemon -e ts,js -w ./src -x \"ts-node src/run/dockerRunMysql --log-error --project tsconfig.json\"",
     "watch:run:pg": "cross-env  NC_DISABLE_TELE=true EE=true nodemon -e ts,js -w ./src -x \"ts-node src/run/dockerRunPG --log-error --project tsconfig.json\"",
+    "watch:run:playwright:mysql": "rm -f ./test_noco.db; cross-env NC_DB=\"mysql2://localhost:3306?u=root&p=password&d=pw_ncdb\" PLAYWRIGHT_TEST=true NC_DISABLE_TELE=true EE=true nodemon -e ts,js -w ./src -x \"ts-node src/run/testDocker --log-error --project tsconfig.json\"",
     "watch:run:playwright:pg": "rm -f ./test_noco.db; cross-env NC_DB=\"pg://localhost:5432?u=postgres&p=password&d=pw_ncdb\" PLAYWRIGHT_TEST=true NC_DISABLE_TELE=true EE=true nodemon -e ts,js -w ./src -x \"ts-node src/run/testDocker --log-error --project tsconfig.json\"",
     "watch:run:playwright": "rm -f ./test_noco.db; cross-env DATABASE_URL=sqlite:./test_noco.db PLAYWRIGHT_TEST=true NC_DISABLE_TELE=true EE=true nodemon -e ts,js -w ./src -x \"ts-node src/run/testDocker --log-error --project tsconfig.json\"",
     "watch:run:playwright:quick": "rm -f ./test_noco.db; cp ../../tests/playwright/fixtures/noco_0_91_7.db ./test_noco.db; cross-env DATABASE_URL=sqlite:./test_noco.db NC_DISABLE_TELE=true EE=true nodemon -e ts,js -w ./src -x \"ts-node src/run/docker --log-error --project tsconfig.json\"",