diff --git a/tools/e2e-server-supervisor.mjs b/tools/e2e-server-supervisor.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..926e4247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/e2e-server-supervisor.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process'
+import path from 'node:path'
+import process from 'node:process'
+
+const root = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..')
+const configuredBase = process.env.WORKINTEL_E2E_BASE_URL || 'http://127.0.0.1:8777'
+const base = new URL(configuredBase)
+const hostname = base.hostname.replace(/^\[|\]$/g, '')
+const allowedHosts = new Set(['127.0.0.1', 'localhost', '::1'])
+
+if (base.protocol !== 'http:' || !allowedHosts.has(hostname)) {
+  console.error('[e2e-server-supervisor] Refusing to start a local server unless the E2E base URL is local HTTP.')
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+const host = hostname === 'localhost' ? '127.0.0.1' : hostname
+const port = Number(base.port || 80)
+const healthURL = new URL('/health/live', base).toString()
+const probeIntervalMs = 2_000
+const probeTimeoutMs = 3_000
+const startupGraceMs = 45_000
+const unhealthyProbeLimit = 3
+const maxRestarts = 2
+
+let server = null
+let serverSpawnError = null
+let serverExit = null
+let serverStartedAt = 0
+let consecutiveFailures = 0
+let restartCount = 0
+let stopping = false
+
+const delay = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
+const log = message => console.log(`[e2e-server-supervisor] ${message}`)
+
+function startServer() {
+  serverSpawnError = null
+  serverExit = null
+  serverStartedAt = Date.now()
+  server = spawn('php', ['artisan', 'serve', '--no-reload', `--host=${host}`, `--port=${port}`], {
+    cwd: root,
+    env: process.env,
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    windowsHide: true,
+  })
+
+  server.once('error', error => {
+    serverSpawnError = error
+    console.error(`[e2e-server-supervisor] Laravel server process error: ${error.message}`)
+  })
+  server.once('exit', (code, signal) => {
+    serverExit = { code, signal }
+    if (!stopping) log(`Laravel server exited (code=${code ?? 'null'}, signal=${signal ?? 'none'}).`)
+  })
+  log(`Started Laravel server PID ${server.pid ?? 'unavailable'} at http://${host.includes(':') ? `[${host}]` : host}:${port}.`)
+}
+
+async function isHealthy() {
+  const controller = new AbortController()
+  const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), probeTimeoutMs)
+
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(healthURL, { signal: controller.signal })
+    await response.body?.cancel()
+    return response.ok
+  } catch {
+    return false
+  } finally {
+    clearTimeout(timeout)
+  }
+}
+
+async function terminateServer() {
+  const current = server
+  if (!current) return
+
+  const exited = new Promise(resolve => {
+    if (current.exitCode !== null || current.signalCode !== null || serverExit) {
+      resolve()
+    } else {
+      current.once('exit', resolve)
+    }
+  })
+
+  if (current.pid && process.platform === 'win32' && !serverExit) {
+    await new Promise(resolve => {
+      const killer = spawn('taskkill.exe', ['/pid', String(current.pid), '/t', '/f'], {
+        stdio: 'ignore',
+        windowsHide: true,
+      })
+      killer.once('error', () => {
+        current.kill('SIGTERM')
+        resolve()
+      })
+      killer.once('close', resolve)
+    })
+  } else if (!serverExit) {
+    current.kill('SIGTERM')
+  }
+
+  await Promise.race([exited, delay(5_000)])
+  if (current.exitCode === null && current.signalCode === null && !serverExit) current.kill('SIGKILL')
+  if (server === current) server = null
+}
+
+async function stop(exitCode = 0) {
+  if (stopping) return
+  stopping = true
+  await terminateServer()
+  process.exitCode = exitCode
+}
+
+async function recover(reason) {
+  if (restartCount >= maxRestarts) {
+    console.error(`[e2e-server-supervisor] Circuit breaker stopped recovery after ${restartCount} restarts: ${reason}`)
+    await stop(1)
+    return
+  }
+
+  restartCount += 1
+  console.error(`[e2e-server-supervisor] Restarting Laravel server (${restartCount}/${maxRestarts}): ${reason}`)
+  await terminateServer()
+  await delay(500 * restartCount)
+  consecutiveFailures = 0
+  startServer()
+}
+
+async function supervise() {
+  startServer()
+
+  while (!stopping) {
+    await delay(probeIntervalMs)
+    if (stopping) break
+
+    if (serverSpawnError || serverExit || !server || server.exitCode !== null || server.signalCode !== null) {
+      const reason = serverSpawnError?.message || `process exit ${JSON.stringify(serverExit)}`
+      await recover(reason)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const healthy = await isHealthy()
+    if (healthy) {
+      consecutiveFailures = 0
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (Date.now() - serverStartedAt < startupGraceMs) continue
+    consecutiveFailures += 1
+    if (consecutiveFailures >= unhealthyProbeLimit) {
+      await recover(`health endpoint failed ${consecutiveFailures} consecutive probes`)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+process.once('SIGINT', () => { void stop(0) })
+process.once('SIGTERM', () => { void stop(0) })
+
+supervise().catch(async error => {
+  console.error(`[e2e-server-supervisor] Fatal supervisor error: ${error.stack || error.message}`)
+  await stop(1)
+})
diff --git a/tools/playwright.config.mjs b/tools/playwright.config.mjs
index 9cc8ca18..50d8b530 100644
--- a/tools/playwright.config.mjs
+++ b/tools/playwright.config.mjs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     video: 'off',
   },
   webServer: {
-    command: 'php artisan serve --no-reload --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8777',
+    command: 'node tools/e2e-server-supervisor.mjs',
     cwd: root,
     url: `${baseURL}/health/live`,
     reuseExistingServer: false,