Authentication & Complex Workflows — quiz

Every test in a 200-spec suite logs in via the UI. The whole suite takes 90 minutes — half of it on login. Which strategy gives the biggest speedup with minimal coverage loss?

• Run more parallel workers — login speed doesn't matter at scale
• Replace UI login with `cy.request` (or `cy.session` wrapping it) for every test except the login spec itself, which keeps UI coverage of the login flow
• Log in once at the start of the suite and never log out — session leaks across tests are fine
• Disable authentication in staging during the test run