diff --git a/cypress/support/component.jsx b/cypress/support/component.jsx
index 53a3c513fd..2c4d151c3d 100644
--- a/cypress/support/component.jsx
+++ b/cypress/support/component.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* global Cypress */
-import React from 'react';
 import { mount } from 'cypress/react18';
 import { ThemeProvider } from '@ui5/webcomponents-react';
 import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router';
diff --git a/src/resources/Pods/test/PodRestarts.cy.js b/src/resources/Pods/test/PodRestarts.cy.js
index 94a88e987c..a1bb62bde5 100644
--- a/src/resources/Pods/test/PodRestarts.cy.js
+++ b/src/resources/Pods/test/PodRestarts.cy.js
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 import PodRestarts from '../PodRestarts';
 
 describe('PodRestarts', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    cy.wait(2000);
-  });
   it('Shows 0 for no statuses', () => {
     cy.mount(<PodRestarts statuses={[]} />);
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/support/navigate-to.js b/tests/integration/support/navigate-to.js
index a9e73a6fd8..729089e1cc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/support/navigate-to.js
+++ b/tests/integration/support/navigate-to.js
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('navigateTo', (leftNav, resource) => {
 
     cy.get('@btn-2').click();
   }
-  cy.wait(500);
+  cy.wait(1500);
 });
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests/companion/test-companion-suggestions.spec.js b/tests/integration/tests/companion/test-companion-suggestions.spec.js
index 2347827309..f56b3e8187 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tests/companion/test-companion-suggestions.spec.js
+++ b/tests/integration/tests/companion/test-companion-suggestions.spec.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ context('Test Companion Initial Suggestions', () => {
     cy.intercept('POST', '/backend/ai-chat/suggestions', req => {
       callCount++;
       req.reply({
-        delay: 500,
+        delay: 2000,
         body: {
           promptSuggestions: [
             `suggestion${callCount}.1`,
diff --git a/vite.config.mts b/vite.config.mts
index 0a5494a47f..823c4152e3 100644
--- a/vite.config.mts
+++ b/vite.config.mts
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ export default defineConfig({
   },
   server: {
     port: 8080,
+    warmup: {
+      clientFiles: [
+        'cypress/support/component.jsx',
+        'src/**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
+      ]
+    },
     proxy: {
       // with options
       '^/backend/.*': {
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
       '@openapi-contrib/openapi-schema-to-json-schema',
       '@stoplight/json-ref-resolver',
       'monaco-yaml/yaml.worker.js'
-    ]
+    ],
   },
   define: {
     'process.env.IS_DOCKER': JSON.stringify(process.env.IS_DOCKER || false),