diff --git a/.github/workflows/centraldb_frontend_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/centraldb_frontend_tests.yaml
index 1d61ceb6cd6..bb79cb13ad2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/centraldb_frontend_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/centraldb_frontend_tests.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - components/centraldashboard/**
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - v*-branch
+    types:
+      - 'opened'
+      - 'synchronize'
+      - 'reopened'
 
 jobs:
   frontend-tests:
@@ -15,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Setup node version to 12
+      - name: Setup node version to 16
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 12
+          node-version: 16
 
       - name: Setup Chrome
         uses: browser-actions/setup-chrome@v1
@@ -30,3 +31,34 @@ jobs:
           cd components/centraldashboard
           npm install
           CHROMIUM_BIN=$(which chrome) npm run test
+  cypress-run:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # Install NPM dependencies, cache them correctly
+      # and run all Cypress tests
+      - name: Cypress run
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
+        with:
+          build: npm run build
+          start: npm start
+  # run-ui-tests:
+  #   name: UI tests with Cypress
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Checkout
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  #     - name: Setup node version to 16
+  #       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+  #       with:
+  #         node-version: 16
+
+  #     - name: Install Central Dashboard
+  #       run: |
+  #         cd components/centraldashboard
+  #         npm i
+  #     - name: Serve UI & run Cypress in Chrome and Firefox
+  #       run: |
+  #         cd components/centraldashboard
+  #         npm
diff --git a/components/centraldashboard/package.json b/components/centraldashboard/package.json
index 924e282eb46..dda30db5554 100644
--- a/components/centraldashboard/package.json
+++ b/components/centraldashboard/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
         "test-client-debug": "karma start --browsers Chrome",
         "test-e2e": "ts-node --transpile-only node_modules/jasmine/bin/jasmine --config=test/.jasmine.json --reporter=jasmine-console-reporter",
         "test-server": "ts-node --transpile-only node_modules/jasmine/bin/jasmine --config=app/.jasmine.json --reporter=jasmine-console-reporter",
+        "ui-test": "cypress open . --e2e",
+        "ui-test-ci": "cypress run . --e2e",
+        "ui-test-ci-all": "cypress run . --e2e --browser=chrome && cypress run . --e2e --browser=firefox",
         "tslint": "tslint -c tslint.json -p tsconfig.json",
         "coverage": "nyc npm run test-server && karma start --single-run --reporters coverage-istanbul",
         "watch-node": "nodemon dist/server.js",