diff --git a/test/automation/src/playwrightDriver.ts b/test/automation/src/playwrightDriver.ts
index ae1770948f59b..7ab91a67bddd0 100644
--- a/test/automation/src/playwrightDriver.ts
+++ b/test/automation/src/playwrightDriver.ts
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ async function launchBrowser(options: LaunchOptions, endpoint: string) {
 		}
 	});
 
-	const payloadParam = `[["enableProposedApi",""],["skipWelcome","true"]]`;
+	const payloadParam = `[["enableProposedApi",""],["webviewExternalEndpointCommit","69df0500a8963fc469161c038a14a39384d5a303"],["skipWelcome","true"]]`;
 	await measureAndLog(page.goto(`${endpoint}&folder=vscode-remote://localhost:9888${URI.file(workspacePath!).path}&payload=${payloadParam}`), 'page.goto()', logger);
 
 	return { browser, context, page };
diff --git a/test/smoke/src/areas/notebook/notebook.test.ts b/test/smoke/src/areas/notebook/notebook.test.ts
index bfb55d76df5e6..0e639be3e1051 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/areas/notebook/notebook.test.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/areas/notebook/notebook.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export function setup(logger: Logger) {
 			cp.execSync('git reset --hard HEAD --quiet', { cwd: app.workspacePathOrFolder });
 		});
 
-		it.skip('inserts/edits code cell', async function () {
+		it('inserts/edits code cell', async function () {
 			const app = this.app as Application;
 			await app.workbench.notebook.openNotebook();
 			await app.workbench.notebook.focusNextCell();
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function setup(logger: Logger) {
 			await app.workbench.notebook.waitForMarkdownContents('p', 'Markdown Cell');
 		});
 
-		it.skip('moves focus in and out of output', async function () { // TODO@rebornix https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/113882
+		it('moves focus in and out of output', async function () { // TODO@rebornix https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/113882
 			const app = this.app as Application;
 			await app.workbench.notebook.openNotebook();
 			await app.workbench.notebook.executeActiveCell();
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export function setup(logger: Logger) {
 			await app.workbench.notebook.waitForActiveCellEditorContents('code()');
 		});
 
-		it.skip('cell action execution', async function () {
+		it('cell action execution', async function () {
 			const app = this.app as Application;
 			await app.workbench.notebook.openNotebook();
 			await app.workbench.notebook.insertNotebookCell('code');