diff --git a/.github/workflows/argus-stack-prod-upsert.yaml b/.github/workflows/argus-stack-prod-upsert.yaml
index b40a640a2..c42dd923a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/argus-stack-prod-upsert.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/argus-stack-prod-upsert.yaml
@@ -4,16 +4,21 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   prod_stack_upsert:
     runs-on: [ARM64, self-hosted, Linux]
     permissions:
-        id-token: write
-        contents: read
+      id-token: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
       - name: Upsert Prod Stack
-        uses: chanzuckerberg/argus-artifacts/ci/packages/create-stack@v0.19.1
+        uses: chanzuckerberg/argus-artifacts/ci/packages/create-stack@v0.23.0
         with:
           appName: single-cell-explorer
           envName: prod
diff --git a/.github/workflows/argus-stack-rdev-create.yaml b/.github/workflows/argus-stack-rdev-create.yaml
index 25406fd4e..d0bde8abc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/argus-stack-rdev-create.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/argus-stack-rdev-create.yaml
@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [ labeled, synchronize ]
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   create-rdev-stack:
     runs-on: [ARM64, self-hosted, Linux]
     if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'stack')
     permissions:
-        id-token: write
-        contents: read
+      id-token: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
       - name: Create Stack
-        uses: chanzuckerberg/argus-artifacts/ci/packages/create-stack@v0.19.1
+        uses: chanzuckerberg/argus-artifacts/ci/packages/create-stack@v0.23.0
         with:
           appName: single-cell-explorer
           envName: rdev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/argus-stack-rdev-delete.yaml b/.github/workflows/argus-stack-rdev-delete.yaml
index 484a1356d..fd96c2cb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/argus-stack-rdev-delete.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/argus-stack-rdev-delete.yaml
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [ARM64, self-hosted, Linux]
     if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'stack') || github.event.pull_request.state == 'closed' }}
     permissions:
-        id-token: write
-        contents: read
+      id-token: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
       - name: Delete Stack
-        uses: chanzuckerberg/argus-artifacts/ci/packages/delete-stack@v0.19.1
+        uses: chanzuckerberg/argus-artifacts/ci/packages/delete-stack@v0.23.0
         with:
           appName: single-cell-explorer
           envName: rdev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/argus-stack-staging-upsert.yaml b/.github/workflows/argus-stack-staging-upsert.yaml
index 98e5f4631..1df68a9b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/argus-stack-staging-upsert.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/argus-stack-staging-upsert.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
       - '.infra/common.yaml'
       - '.infra/staging/values.yaml'
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   run_if:
     if: github.head_ref == 'release-please--branches--main'
@@ -17,19 +21,21 @@ jobs:
     needs: run_if
     runs-on: [ARM64, self-hosted, Linux]
     permissions:
-        id-token: write
-        contents: read
+      id-token: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
       - name: Upsert Staging Stack
-        uses: chanzuckerberg/argus-artifacts/ci/packages/create-stack@v0.19.1
+        uses: chanzuckerberg/argus-artifacts/ci/packages/create-stack@v0.23.0
         with:
           appName: single-cell-explorer
           envName: staging
+          waitForDeploymentSeconds: 300
 
-      - name: Wait for Stating Stack to become Healthy
-        id: wait
-        uses: chanzuckerberg/argus-artifacts/ci/packages/wait-for-deployment@v0.19.1
-        with:
-          appName: single-cell-explorer
-          envName: staging
+  staging_smoke_test:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/workflow-smoke-test.yaml
+    needs: staging_stack_upsert
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      env: stage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-smoke-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow-smoke-test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2ecc3fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-smoke-test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: Smoke Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      env:
+        description: 'Env name'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  smoke-test:
+    # (thuang): We now run the smoke tests against 2 datasets sequentially, so need longer timeout
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./client
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: "client/.nvmrc"
+          cache: "npm"
+          cache-dependency-path: "client/package-lock.json"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          npm ci
+          npx playwright install --with-deps
+
+      # Run e2e tests
+      - name: Run e2e tests
+        run: |
+          npm run e2e-${{ inputs.env }}
+
+      - name: Publish to Chromatic
+        uses: chromaui/action@latest
+        with:
+          # ⚠️ Make sure to configure a `CHROMATIC_PROJECT_TOKEN` repository secret
+          projectToken: ${{ secrets.CHROMATIC_PROJECT_TOKEN }}
+          workingDir: ./client
+          # This is `npm run build-archive-storybook`
+          buildScriptName: "build-archive-storybook"
+
+      - name: Upload FE test results as an artifact
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: playwright-report
+          path: ~/**/playwright-report/*
+          retention-days: 14
+
+      - name: Upload blob report to GitHub Actions Artifacts
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: all-blob-reports
+          path: ~/**/blob-report/*
+          retention-days: 1
diff --git a/.infra/rdev/values.yaml b/.infra/rdev/values.yaml
index af688adf4..0a41cb458 100644
--- a/.infra/rdev/values.yaml
+++ b/.infra/rdev/values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ stack:
   services:
     explorer:
       image:
-        tag: sha-7764ea31
+        tag: sha-312771fe
       replicaCount: 1
       env:
         # env vars common to all deployment stages