diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-tests.yml
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+name: Playwright tests
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  playwright-tests:
+    runs-on: dspace-test-1
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Playwright tests
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: dataquest-dev/dspace-ui-tests
+          path: dspace-ui-tests
+          token: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_DEV5_GH_ACTION_DISPATCH }}
+
+      - name: Checkout main repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: this-repository
+
+      - name: Copy customer config to UI tests repository for merging
+        run: |
+          cp this-repository/config/config.lindat.ui.tests.json dspace-ui-tests/customer-constants/
+
+      - name: test
+        working-directory: dspace-ui-tests/scripts
+        env:
+          HOME_URL: https://dev-5.pc:8443/repository/
+          NAME: LINDAT
+        run: |
+          ./test.sh
+
+      - uses: mazoea/ga-maz/end@master
+        with:
+          CHOWN_DIR: ./
+        if: ${{ always() }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger-ui-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger-ui-tests.yml
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+name: Trigger UI Tests for All Customer Branches
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 5 * * *'
+
+permissions:
+  actions: write # Grants permission to trigger workflows
+  contents: read # Access to repository contents
+
+jobs:
+  trigger-builds:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get and Trigger Customer Branch UI Tests
+        run: |
+          # Authenticate with GitHub CLI using the token
+          echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | gh auth login --with-token
+
+          git fetch --prune origin
+          BRANCHES=$(git ls-remote --heads origin | awk -F'/' '{print $3"/"$4}' | grep '^customer/')
+          for branch in $(echo "$BRANCHES" | sed -e 's/[\[\]"]//g' -e 's/,/\n/g'); do
+            echo "Triggering UI tests for branch: $branch"
+            gh workflow run playwright-tests.yml --ref $branch
+          done
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