diff --git a/apps/workplace/playwright.config.ts b/apps/workplace/playwright.config.ts
index 7f99ddf9f2d..f97121c7804 100644
--- a/apps/workplace/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/apps/workplace/playwright.config.ts
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
         // No HMR: every compiled component otherwise imports
         // /@ng/component?c=…&t=… at load (96 of the 159 asset requests on each
         // browser-only meeting page), which those specs proxy through route.fetch, and
-        // the app never receives HMR updates here anyway.
-        command: `bunx nx serve workplace --port=${PORT} --hmr=false`,
+        // the app never receives HMR updates here anyway. The `e2e`
+        // configuration turns Sentry off (settings.e2e.ts).
+        command: `bunx nx serve workplace --configuration=e2e --port=${PORT} --hmr=false`,
         url: APP_URL,
         reuseExistingServer: !CI,
         cwd: workspaceRoot,
diff --git a/apps/workplace/project.json b/apps/workplace/project.json
index 63f4c50e8ef..824017cbae1 100644
--- a/apps/workplace/project.json
+++ b/apps/workplace/project.json
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@
                 "browser": "apps/workplace/src/main.ts"
             },
             "configurations": {
+                "e2e": {
+                    "fileReplacements": [
+                        {
+                            "replace": "libs/common/src/lib/settings.ts",
+                            "with": "apps/workplace/src/environments/settings.e2e.ts"
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
                 "staging": {
                     "optimization": true,
                     "fileReplacements": [
@@ -157,6 +165,9 @@
                 "buildTarget": "workplace:build"
             },
             "configurations": {
+                "e2e": {
+                    "buildTarget": "workplace:build:e2e"
+                },
                 "production": {
                     "buildTarget": "workplace:build:production"
                 }
diff --git a/apps/workplace/src/environments/settings.e2e.ts b/apps/workplace/src/environments/settings.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c95586b567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/workplace/src/environments/settings.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS as WORKPLACE_SETTINGS } from './settings';
+
+/**
+ * Workplace build-time settings for the `e2e` build configuration, which
+ * Playwright serves. Sentry is off, so the app sends nothing to Sentry.
+ */
+export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: any = {
+    ...WORKPLACE_SETTINGS,
+    app: { ...WORKPLACE_SETTINGS.app, sentry_dsn: '' },
+};
diff --git a/e2e/README.md b/e2e/README.md
index 116bee894fc..fb26df72548 100644
--- a/e2e/README.md
+++ b/e2e/README.md
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ bunx playwright test --config apps/workplace/playwright.config.ts --ui
 `local` and `settings` depend on `preflight`, which checks the stack is up. Add
 `--no-deps` to skip it.
 
-Playwright starts the Angular dev server itself (`nx serve workplace --port=4214`)
-and points its API proxy at the stack. Nothing reaches the network.
+Playwright starts the Angular dev server itself
+(`nx serve workplace --configuration=e2e --port=4214`) and points its API proxy
+at the stack. The `e2e` configuration turns Sentry off, so nothing reaches the
+network.
 
 If a run dies with "Executable doesn't exist", the workspace's pinned Playwright
 needs its browser: `bunx playwright install chromium`.