diff --git a/cypress/e2e/default/learn/challenges/failed-updates.ts b/cypress/e2e/default/learn/challenges/failed-updates.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a04431ddfd3..00000000000
--- a/cypress/e2e/default/learn/challenges/failed-updates.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-import store from 'store';
-import { ChallengeData } from '../../../../../tools/challenge-editor/api/interfaces/challenge-data';
-
-const failedUpdates = [
-  {
-    endpoint: '/modern-challenge-completed',
-    payload: { id: '5dc1798ff86c76b9248c6eb3', challengeType: 0 },
-    id: '4bd1d704-cfaa-44f7-92a3-bc0d857dbaa6'
-  },
-  {
-    endpoint: '/modern-challenge-completed',
-    payload: { id: '5dc17d3bf86c76b9248c6eb4', challengeType: 0 },
-    id: 'ea289e2f-a5d2-45e0-b795-0f9f4afc5124'
-  }
-];
-const failedUpdatesKey = 'fcc-failed-updates';
-
-function getCompletedIds(completedChallenges: ChallengeData[]): string[] {
-  return completedChallenges.map((challenge: ChallengeData) => challenge.id);
-}
-
-describe('failed update flushing', { browser: 'chrome' }, function () {
-  before(() => {
-    cy.task('seed');
-    cy.login();
-  });
-
-  it('should resubmit failed updates, check they are stored, then flush', () => {
-    store.set(failedUpdatesKey, failedUpdates);
-    cy.request('http://localhost:3000/user/get-session-user')
-      .its('body.user.developmentuser.completedChallenges')
-      .then(
-        (completedChallenges: ChallengeData[]) =>
-          expect(completedChallenges).to.be.empty
-      );
-
-    cy.intercept('http://localhost:3000/modern-challenge-completed').as(
-      'completed'
-    );
-    cy.wrap(store.get(failedUpdatesKey)).should('deep.equal', failedUpdates);
-    cy.visit('/');
-    cy.wait('@completed');
-    // if we don't wait for both requests to complete, we have a race condition
-    cy.wait('@completed');
-    cy.request('http://localhost:3000/user/get-session-user')
-      .its('body.user.developmentuser.completedChallenges')
-      .then((completedChallenges: ChallengeData[]) => {
-        const completedIds: string[] = getCompletedIds(completedChallenges);
-        failedUpdates.forEach(failedUpdate => {
-          expect(completedIds).to.include(failedUpdate.payload.id);
-        });
-        expect(store.get(failedUpdatesKey)).to.be.empty;
-      });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/e2e/failed-updates.spec.ts b/e2e/failed-updates.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15dd87a30d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/failed-updates.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { ChallengeData } from '../tools/challenge-editor/api/interfaces/challenge-data';
+
+const failedUpdates = [
+  {
+    endpoint: '/modern-challenge-completed',
+    payload: { id: '5dc1798ff86c76b9248c6eb3', challengeType: 0 },
+    id: '4bd1d704-cfaa-44f7-92a3-bc0d857dbaa6'
+  },
+  {
+    endpoint: '/modern-challenge-completed',
+    payload: { id: '5dc17d3bf86c76b9248c6eb4', challengeType: 0 },
+    id: 'ea289e2f-a5d2-45e0-b795-0f9f4afc5124'
+  }
+];
+const storeKey = 'fcc-failed-updates';
+
+function getCompletedIds(completedChallenges: ChallengeData[]): string[] {
+  return completedChallenges.map((challenge: ChallengeData) => challenge.id);
+}
+test.use({ storageState: 'playwright/.auth/development-user.json' });
+
+test.beforeAll(() => {
+  execSync('node ./tools/scripts/seed/seed-demo-user');
+});
+
+test.afterAll(() => {
+  execSync('node ./tools/scripts/seed/seed-demo-user certified-user');
+});
+
+test.describe('failed update flushing', () => {
+  test('should resubmit failed updates to the api and clear the store', async ({
+    page,
+    request
+  }) => {
+    // Initially, the user has no completed challenges.
+    const userRes = await request.get(
+      'http://localhost:3000/user/get-session-user'
+    );
+    const completedChallenges = (await userRes.json()).user.developmentuser
+      .completedChallenges;
+    expect(completedChallenges).toEqual([]);
+
+    // It's necessary to wait until the page has loaded before setting the
+    // localStorage. Otherwise, evaluate fails with a permissions error (the
+    // store doesn't exist yet).
+    await page.goto('/');
+    await page.evaluate(
+      ([failedUpdates, storeKey]) => {
+        localStorage.setItem(storeKey, JSON.stringify(failedUpdates));
+      },
+      [failedUpdates, storeKey] as const
+    );
+
+    // The update epic sends two requests and this lets us wait for both.
+    const submitRes = page
+      .waitForResponse('http://localhost:3000/modern-challenge-completed')
+      .then(() =>
+        page.waitForResponse('http://localhost:3000/modern-challenge-completed')
+      );
+
+    await page.reload();
+    await submitRes;
+
+    const updatedUserRes = await request.get(
+      'http://localhost:3000/user/get-session-user'
+    );
+
+    // Now the user should have both completed challenges.
+    const updatedCompletedChallenges = (await updatedUserRes.json()).user
+      .developmentuser.completedChallenges;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
+    const completedIds = getCompletedIds(updatedCompletedChallenges);
+
+    for (const { payload } of failedUpdates) {
+      expect(completedIds).toContain(payload.id);
+    }
+    const storedFailedUpdates = await page.evaluate(storeKey => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return
+      return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(storeKey) ?? '');
+    }, storeKey);
+    expect(storedFailedUpdates).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});