diff --git a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/prerelease/debug-head.test.ts b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/prerelease/debug-head.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a71a55ab99..0000000000
--- a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/prerelease/debug-head.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
-
-import { test } from '../../playwright/test';
-
-test('Basic interactions', async ({ }) => {
-  // TODO(filfreire): add a few scenarios ported from the release checklist
-
-  await expect(true).toBeTruthy();
-});
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/prerelease/request-pane-tab.test.ts b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/prerelease/request-pane-tab.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..689866d458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/prerelease/request-pane-tab.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { test } from '../../playwright/test';
+
+test('Select body dropdown', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('div[role="tab"]:has-text("Body")').click();
+  await page.locator('button:has-text("JSON")').click();
+
+});
+
+test('Select auth dropdown', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('div[role="tab"]:has-text("Auth")').click();
+  await page.locator('[aria-label="Request pane tabs"] >> text=Auth').click();
+  await page.locator('button:has-text("OAuth 1.0")').click();
+});
+test('Open query parameters', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('[data-testid="request-pane"] >> text=Query').click();
+  await page.locator('text=Headers').click();
+});
+
+test('Open headers', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('text=Headers').click();
+
+});
+
+test('Open docs', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('text=Docs').click();
+});
+
+test('Add description to docs', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('text=Docs').click();
+  await page.locator('text=Add Description').click();
+  await page.locator('[data-testid="CodeEditor"] pre[role="presentation"]:has-text("")').click();
+  await page.locator('textarea').nth(1).fill('new request'); // this works
+  // TODO - fix the locator so we don't rely on `.nth(1)` https://linear.app/insomnia/issue/INS-2255/revisit-codemirror-playwright-selectorfill
+});
+
+test('WS select body type dropdown', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('[data-testid="SidebarFilter"] [data-testid="SidebarCreateDropdown"] button').click();
+  await page.locator('button:has-text("WebSocket Request")').first().click();
+  await page.locator('[aria-label="Websocket request pane tabs"] >> text=JSON').click();
+  await page.locator('#dropdowns-container button:has-text("JSON")').click();
+});
+
+test('WS select auth type dropdown', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('[data-testid="SidebarFilter"] [data-testid="SidebarCreateDropdown"] button').click();
+  await page.locator('button:has-text("WebSocket Request")').first().click();
+  await page.locator('div[role="tab"]:has-text("Auth")').click();
+});
+
+test('WS open query parameters', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('[data-testid="SidebarFilter"] [data-testid="SidebarCreateDropdown"] button').click();
+  await page.locator('button:has-text("WebSocket Request")').first().click();
+  await page.locator('text=Query').click();
+});
+
+test('WS open headers', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('[data-testid="SidebarFilter"] [data-testid="SidebarCreateDropdown"] button').click();
+  await page.locator('button:has-text("WebSocket Request")').first().click();
+  await page.locator('text=Headers').click();
+});
+
+test('WS open docs', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('[data-testid="SidebarFilter"] [data-testid="SidebarCreateDropdown"] button').click();
+  await page.locator('button:has-text("WebSocket Request")').first().click();
+  await page.locator('text=Docs').click();
+
+});
+
+test('WS add description', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.locator('[data-testid="SidebarFilter"] [data-testid="SidebarCreateDropdown"] button').click();
+  await page.locator('button:has-text("WebSocket Request")').first().click();
+  await page.locator('text=Docs').click();
+  await page.locator('text=Add Description').click();
+  await page.locator('[data-testid="CodeEditor"] pre[role="presentation"]:has-text("")').click();
+  await page.locator('textarea').nth(1).fill('new wss');
+  // TODO - fix the locator so we don't rely on `.nth(1)` https://linear.app/insomnia/issue/INS-2255/revisit-codemirror-playwright-selectorfill
+});
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/smoke/openapi.test.ts b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/smoke/openapi.test.ts
index a7cb1ce7a4..38c0441119 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/smoke/openapi.test.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tests/smoke/openapi.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ test('can render Spectral OpenAPI lint errors', async ({ page }) => {
   // Cause a lint error
   await page.locator('[data-testid="CodeEditor"] >> text=info').click();
   await page.locator('textarea').nth(1).press('Tab');
+  // TODO - fix the locator so we don't rely on `.nth(1)` https://linear.app/insomnia/issue/INS-2255/revisit-codemirror-playwright-selectorfill
 
   await expect(codeEditor).toContainText('oas3-schema Object must have required property "info"');
 });