diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-rsc.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-rsc.yml
index 19107c4d..15184b76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-rsc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-rsc.yml
@@ -35,17 +35,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [windows-latest]
         browser: [chromium]
+        # os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        # browser: [chromium]
         rolldown: [false]
-        include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            browser: firefox
-          - os: macos-latest
-            browser: webkit
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            browser: chromium
-            rolldown: true
+        # include:
+        #   - os: ubuntu-latest
+        #     browser: firefox
+        #   - os: macos-latest
+        #     browser: webkit
+        #   - os: ubuntu-latest
+        #     browser: chromium
+        #     rolldown: true
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/basic.test.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/basic.test.ts
index 77066ce4..5b70b48e 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/basic.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/basic.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { type Page, expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
 import { type Fixture, setupIsolatedFixture, useFixture } from './fixture'
 import { expectNoReload, testNoJs, waitForHydration } from './helper'
+import os from 'node:os'
+import path from 'node:path'
 
 // TODO: parallel?
 // TODO: all tests don't need to be tested in all variants?
@@ -103,11 +105,18 @@ test.describe('build-react-compiler', () => {
   defineTest(f)
 })
 
-test.describe(() => {
-  // disabled by default
-  if (process.env.TEST_ISOLATED !== 'true') return
+test.describe.configure({ mode: 'serial' })
 
-  let tmpRoot = '/tmp/test-vite-rsc'
+test.describe.only(() => {
+  // disabled by default
+  // if (process.env.TEST_ISOLATED !== 'true') return
+
+  // use RUNNER_TEMP on Github Actions
+  // https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/518
+  const tmpRoot = path.join(
+    process.env['RUNNER_TEMP'] || os.tmpdir(),
+    'test-vite-rsc',
+  )
   test.beforeAll(async () => {
     await setupIsolatedFixture({ src: 'examples/basic', dest: tmpRoot })
   })
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/fixture.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/fixture.ts
index 7d99f99d..b9cf2f07 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/fixture.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/fixture.ts
@@ -153,10 +153,9 @@ export async function setupIsolatedFixture(options: {
 }) {
   // copy fixture
   fs.rmSync(options.dest, { recursive: true, force: true })
-  fs.cpSync(options.src, options.dest, { recursive: true })
-  fs.rmSync(path.join(options.dest, 'node_modules'), {
+  fs.cpSync(options.src, options.dest, {
     recursive: true,
-    force: true,
+    filter: (src) => !src.includes('node_modules'),
   })
 
   // setup package.json overrides
@@ -174,7 +173,11 @@ export async function setupIsolatedFixture(options: {
     throwOnError: true,
     nodeOptions: {
       cwd: options.dest,
-      stdio: process.env.TEST_DEBUG ? 'inherit' : undefined,
+      stdio: [
+        'ignore',
+        process.env.TEST_DEBUG ? 'inherit' : 'ignore',
+        'inherit',
+      ],
     },
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/playwright.config.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/playwright.config.ts
index cea3a550..64bc3dbf 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/playwright.config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test'
 export default defineConfig({
   testDir: 'e2e',
   use: {
-    trace: 'on-first-retry',
+    // trace: 'on-first-retry',
+    trace: 'retain-on-failure',
   },
   expect: {
     toPass: { timeout: 5000 },
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
     },
   ],
   workers: 1,
-  forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
-  retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
+  // forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
+  // retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
   reporter: ['list', process.env.CI && 'github']
     .filter(Boolean)
     .map((name) => [name] as any),