diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile b/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
index 4b684cfa8230..bc31b63ce953 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/Makefile
@@ -139,9 +139,10 @@ SLEEPERS_INPUT_FILE := .e2e-playwright-sleepers-env.txt
 S4L_INPUT_FILE := .e2e-playwright-sim4life-env.txt
 JUPYTER_LAB_INPUT_FILE := .e2e-playwright-jupyterlab-env.txt
 CLASSIC_TIP_INPUT_FILE := .e2e-playwright-classictip-env.txt
+RSM_INPUT_FILE := .e2e-playwright-rsm-env.txt
 
 # Prompt the user for input and store it into variables
-$(SLEEPERS_INPUT_FILE) $(JUPYTER_LAB_INPUT_FILE) $(CLASSIC_TIP_INPUT_FILE) $(S4L_INPUT_FILE):
+$(SLEEPERS_INPUT_FILE) $(JUPYTER_LAB_INPUT_FILE) $(CLASSIC_TIP_INPUT_FILE) $(S4L_INPUT_FILE) $(RSM_INPUT_FILE):
 	@read -p "Enter your product URL: " PRODUCT_URL; \
 	read -p "Is the product billable [y/n]: " BILLABLE; \
 	read -p "Is the product lite [y/n]: " IS_LITE; \
@@ -189,6 +190,20 @@ $(SLEEPERS_INPUT_FILE) $(JUPYTER_LAB_INPUT_FILE) $(CLASSIC_TIP_INPUT_FILE) $(S4L
 	elif [ "$@" = "$(SLEEPERS_INPUT_FILE)" ]; then \
 		read -p "Enter the number of sleepers: " NUM_SLEEPERS; \
 		echo "--num-sleepers=$$NUM_SLEEPERS" >> $@; \
+	elif [ "$@" = "$(RSM_INPUT_FILE)" ]; then \
+		read -p "Enter the service key (default to mmux-vite-app-sumo-write): " SERVICE_KEY; \
+		if [ -z "$$SERVICE_KEY" ]; then \
+			echo "No service key specified, using default."; \
+			echo "--service-key=mmux-vite-app-sumo-write" >> $@; \
+		else \
+			echo "--service-key=$$SERVICE_KEY" >> $@; \
+		fi; \
+		read -p "Enter the service version (default to latest): " SERVICE_VERSION; \
+		if [ -z "$$SERVICE_VERSION" ]; then \
+			echo "No service version specified, using default."; \
+		else \
+			echo "--service-version=$$SERVICE_VERSION" >> $@; \
+		fi; \
 	fi
 
 # Run the tests
@@ -202,7 +217,10 @@ test-jupyterlab-anywhere: _check_venv_active $(JUPYTER_LAB_INPUT_FILE) ## run ju
 	@$(call run_test, $(JUPYTER_LAB_INPUT_FILE), tests/jupyterlabs/test_jupyterlab.py)
 
 test-tip-anywhere: _check_venv_active $(CLASSIC_TIP_INPUT_FILE) ## run classic tip test and cache settings
-	$(call run_test, $(CLASSIC_TIP_INPUT_FILE), tests/tip/test_ti_plan.py)
+	@$(call run_test, $(CLASSIC_TIP_INPUT_FILE), tests/tip/test_ti_plan.py)
+
+test-response-surface-modeling-anywhere: _check_venv_active $(RSM_INPUT_FILE) ## run response surface modeling test and cache settings
+	@$(call run_test, $(RSM_INPUT_FILE), tests/metamodeling/test_response_surface_modeling.py)
 
 # Define the common test running function
 define run_test
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/conftest.py b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/conftest.py
index 1a11ea690b73..ba978ac25b02 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/conftest.py
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ def _(
             expected_states,
             True,
             None,
-            service_version,  # noqa: FBT003
+            service_version,
         )
 
     return _
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/metamodeling/test_response_surface_modeling.py b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/metamodeling/test_response_surface_modeling.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b2c8e7e1079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/metamodeling/test_response_surface_modeling.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import logging
+import re
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import Any, Final
+
+from playwright.sync_api import Page
+from pydantic import AnyUrl
+from pytest_simcore.helpers.logging_tools import log_context
+from pytest_simcore.helpers.playwright import (
+    MINUTE,
+    RobustWebSocket,
+    ServiceType,
+    wait_for_service_running,
+)
+
+_WAITING_FOR_SERVICE_TO_START: Final[int] = 5 * MINUTE
+_DEFAULT_RESPONSE_TO_WAIT_FOR: Final[re.Pattern] = re.compile(
+    r"/flask/list_function_job_collections_for_functionid"
+)
+
+
+def test_response_surface_modeling(
+    page: Page,
+    create_project_from_service_dashboard: Callable[
+        [ServiceType, str, str | None, str | None], dict[str, Any]
+    ],
+    log_in_and_out: RobustWebSocket,
+    service_key: str,
+    service_version: str | None,
+    product_url: AnyUrl,
+    is_service_legacy: bool,
+):
+    with (
+        log_context(
+            logging.INFO,
+            f"Waiting for {service_key} to be responsive (waiting for {_DEFAULT_RESPONSE_TO_WAIT_FOR})",
+        ),
+        page.expect_response(
+            _DEFAULT_RESPONSE_TO_WAIT_FOR, timeout=_WAITING_FOR_SERVICE_TO_START
+        ),
+    ):
+        project_data = create_project_from_service_dashboard(
+            ServiceType.DYNAMIC, service_key, None, service_version
+        )
+        assert "workbench" in project_data, "Expected workbench to be in project data!"
+        assert isinstance(
+            project_data["workbench"], dict
+        ), "Expected workbench to be a dict!"
+        node_ids: list[str] = list(project_data["workbench"])
+        assert len(node_ids) == 1, "Expected 1 node in the workbench!"
+
+        wait_for_service_running(
+            page=page,
+            node_id=node_ids[0],
+            websocket=log_in_and_out,
+            timeout=_WAITING_FOR_SERVICE_TO_START,
+            press_start_button=False,
+            product_url=product_url,
+            is_service_legacy=is_service_legacy,
+        )