diff --git a/tests/e2e/cucumber/features/ocm/ocm.feature b/tests/e2e/cucumber/features/ocm/ocm.feature
index 62cb628735c..44a0d56c8bc 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/cucumber/features/ocm/ocm.feature
+++ b/tests/e2e/cucumber/features/ocm/ocm.feature
@@ -13,10 +13,17 @@ Feature: federation management
       | pathToFile   | content      |
       | example1.txt | example text |
     And "Alice" logs in
+    And "Alice" opens the "open-cloud-mesh" app
+    When "Alice" generates invitation token for the federation share
     And "Alice" logs out
     Given using "FEDERATED" server
     And "Admin" creates following user using API
       | id    |
       | Brian |
     And "Brian" logs in
+    And "Brian" opens the "open-cloud-mesh" app
+    When "Brian" accepts federated share invitation by local user "Alice"
+    Then "Brian" should see the following federated connections:
+      | user         | email             |
+      | Alice Hansen | alice@example.org |
     And "Brian" logs out
diff --git a/tests/e2e/cucumber/steps/ui/federation.ts b/tests/e2e/cucumber/steps/ui/federation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1458607047e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/cucumber/steps/ui/federation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { Given, When, Then, DataTable } from '@cucumber/cucumber'
+import { World } from '../../environment'
+import { objects } from '../../../support'
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test'
+Given(
+  '{string} generates invitation token for the federation share',
+  async function (this: World, stepUser: any): Promise<void> {
+    const { page } = this.actorsEnvironment.getActor({ key: stepUser })
+    const pageObject = new objects.scienceMesh.Federation({ page })
+    const user = this.usersEnvironment.getUser({ key: stepUser })
+    await pageObject.generateInvitation(user.id)
+  }
+)
+
+When(
+  '{string} accepts federated share invitation by local user {string}',
+  async function (this: World, stepUser: string, sharer: string): Promise<void> {
+    const { page } = this.actorsEnvironment.getActor({ key: stepUser })
+    const pageObject = new objects.scienceMesh.Federation({ page })
+    await pageObject.acceptInvitation(sharer)
+  }
+)
+
+Then(
+  '{string} should see the following federated connections:',
+  async function (this: World, stepUser: any, stepTable: DataTable): Promise<void> {
+    const { page } = this.actorsEnvironment.getActor({ key: stepUser })
+    const pageObject = new objects.scienceMesh.Federation({ page })
+    for (const info of stepTable.hashes()) {
+      const isConnectionExist = await pageObject.connectionExists(info)
+      await expect(isConnectionExist).toBeTruthy()
+    }
+  }
+)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/support/objects/federation/actions.ts b/tests/e2e/support/objects/federation/actions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f7ba124875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/support/objects/federation/actions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { expect, Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import util from 'util'
+import { federatedInvitationCode } from '../../store'
+
+const generateInvitationButton =
+  '//button[contains(@aria-label,"Generate invitation link that can be shared with one or more invitees")]'
+const generateInvitationActionConfirmButton = '.oc-modal-body-actions-confirm'
+const invitationToken = 'span:has-text("%s")'
+const InvitationInput = '//input[starts-with(@id, "oc-textinput-")]'
+const invitationConnectionRow =
+  '//div[@id="sciencemesh-connections"]//td[text()="%s"]/parent::tr/td[text()="%s"]'
+const institutionOptionDropdown = '.vs__open-indicator'
+const acceptInvitationButton = 'button:has(span:has-text("Accept invitation"))'
+
+export const generateInvitation = async (args: { page: Page; user: string }): Promise<void> => {
+  const { page, user } = args
+  await page.locator(generateInvitationButton).click()
+  let inviteCode = ''
+  await Promise.all([
+    page.waitForResponse(async (resp) => {
+      if (
+        resp.url().endsWith('generate-invite') &&
+        resp.status() === 200 &&
+        resp.request().method() === 'POST'
+      ) {
+        const responseBody = await resp.json()
+        inviteCode = responseBody.token
+        return true
+      }
+      return false
+    }),
+    page.locator(generateInvitationActionConfirmButton).click()
+  ])
+  await expect(page.locator(util.format(invitationToken, inviteCode))).toBeVisible()
+  federatedInvitationCode.set(user, { code: inviteCode })
+}
+
+export const acceptInvitation = async (args: { page: Page; sharer: string }): Promise<void> => {
+  const { page, sharer } = args
+  const invitation = federatedInvitationCode.get(sharer.toLowerCase())
+  await page.locator(InvitationInput).fill(invitation.code)
+  await page.locator(institutionOptionDropdown).click()
+  await page.getByRole('option', { name: 'first-ocis-instance ocis-server:' }).click()
+  await Promise.all([
+    page.waitForResponse(
+      (resp) =>
+        resp.url().endsWith('accept-invite') &&
+        resp.status() === 200 &&
+        resp.request().method() === 'POST'
+    ),
+    page.locator(acceptInvitationButton).click()
+  ])
+}
+
+export const connectionExists = async (args: { page: Page; info }): Promise<boolean> => {
+  const { page, info } = args
+  await expect(
+    page.locator(util.format(invitationConnectionRow, info.user, info.email))
+  ).toBeVisible()
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/support/objects/federation/index.ts b/tests/e2e/support/objects/federation/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f0ef25a28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/support/objects/federation/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import * as po from './actions'
+
+export class Federation {
+  #page: Page
+
+  constructor({ page }: { page: Page }) {
+    this.#page = page
+  }
+  async generateInvitation(user: string): Promise<void> {
+    await po.generateInvitation({ page: this.#page, user })
+  }
+
+  async acceptInvitation(sharer: string): Promise<void> {
+    await po.acceptInvitation({ page: this.#page, sharer })
+  }
+  async connectionExists(info): Promise<boolean> {
+    return await po.connectionExists({ page: this.#page, info })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/support/objects/index.ts b/tests/e2e/support/objects/index.ts
index 431215e7076..57db947fd78 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/support/objects/index.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/support/objects/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export * as runtime from './runtime'
 export * as account from './account'
 export * as urlNavigation from './url-navigation'
 export * as appStore from './app-store'
+export * as scienceMesh from './federation'
diff --git a/tests/e2e/support/store/index.ts b/tests/e2e/support/store/index.ts
index a1e0dff4334..6497a2a3c5e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/support/store/index.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/support/store/index.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ export { dummyUserStore, createdUserStore, federatedUserStore } from './user'
 export { dummyGroupStore, createdGroupStore } from './group'
 export { userRoleStore } from './role'
 export { keycloakRealmRoles, keycloakCreatedUser } from './keycloak'
+export { federatedInvitationCode } from './invitation'
diff --git a/tests/e2e/support/store/invitation.ts b/tests/e2e/support/store/invitation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b926ed5f67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/support/store/invitation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { FederatedShareInvitation } from '../types'
+
+export const federatedInvitationCode = new Map<string, FederatedShareInvitation>()
diff --git a/tests/e2e/support/types.ts b/tests/e2e/support/types.ts
index 72924ba1993..590f5b62d50 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/support/types.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/support/types.ts
@@ -70,3 +70,9 @@ export interface AppRole {
   displayName: string
   id: string
 }
+
+export interface FederatedShareInvitation {
+  code: string
+  description?: string
+  email?: string
+}