e2e(frontend) Improve some E2E tests

[ken-blanchard]

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• 🛠️ refactoring -- non-breaking change that improves code readability or structure
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• code has been linted and formatted locally
• added or updated tests to verify the changes
• added adequate logging for new or updated functionality
• ensured metrics and/or tracing are in place for monitoring and debugging
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Linting and formatting

npm run lint:check
npm run format:check

Unit and e2e tests

npm run test
npm run test:e2e

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