diff --git a/playwright.config.js b/playwright.config.js
index 225576f9..5d0687ea 100644
--- a/playwright.config.js
+++ b/playwright.config.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { dirname, join } from 'path';
  * https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv
  */
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
-dotenv.config({ path: join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '.env') });
+dotenv.config({ path: join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '.env'), debug: false });
 
 /**
  * Auth state storage path - shared across all browser projects
diff --git a/tests/auth.setup.ts b/tests/auth.setup.ts
index d7cd29f6..7d42a013 100644
--- a/tests/auth.setup.ts
+++ b/tests/auth.setup.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { test as setup } from './fixtures/test';
 import type { APIRequestContext } from '@playwright/test';
 import { STORAGE_STATE } from './constants';
-import { readFileSync, statSync } from 'fs';
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 
 /**
  * Authentication Setup for E2E Tests
@@ -58,21 +58,6 @@ async function performLoginAndSaveState(
   await request.storageState({ path: STORAGE_STATE });
   console.log(`Auth state saved to ${STORAGE_STATE}`);
 
-  // Log storage state size to diagnose CI JSON.parse OOM
-  try {
-    const { size } = statSync(STORAGE_STATE);
-    const sizeKiB = Math.round(size / 1024);
-    console.log(`Auth state size: ${size} bytes (${sizeKiB} KiB)`);
-    if (size > 5 * 1024 * 1024) {
-      console.warn(
-        `⚠️ Auth state file is unusually large (>5 MiB). ` +
-        `This can cause Node.js heap OOM when Playwright loads storageState.`
-      );
-    }
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.warn('⚠️ Could not stat auth state file:', err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
-  }
-
   // Verify cookie domain matches expected base URL
   try {
     const savedState = JSON.parse(readFileSync(STORAGE_STATE, 'utf-8'));
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/auth-fixtures.ts b/tests/fixtures/auth-fixtures.ts
index 7a966b55..3dcb2ae2 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/auth-fixtures.ts
+++ b/tests/fixtures/auth-fixtures.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 import { test as base, expect } from './test';
 import { request as playwrightRequest } from '@playwright/test';
-import { existsSync, readFileSync, statSync } from 'fs';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { TestDataManager } from '../utils/TestDataManager';
 import { STORAGE_STATE } from '../constants';
 
@@ -89,20 +89,6 @@ export const test = base.extend<AuthFixtures>({
 
     // Validate cookie domain matches baseURL to catch configuration issues early
     try {
-      try {
-        const { size } = statSync(STORAGE_STATE);
-        const sizeKiB = Math.round(size / 1024);
-        console.log(`Auth state size (fixture): ${size} bytes (${sizeKiB} KiB)`);
-        if (size > 5 * 1024 * 1024) {
-          console.warn(
-            `⚠️ Auth state file is unusually large (>5 MiB). ` +
-            `This can cause Node.js heap OOM when Playwright loads storageState.`
-          );
-        }
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.warn('⚠️ Could not stat auth state file (fixture):', err instanceof Error ? err.message : err);
-      }
-
       const savedState = JSON.parse(readFileSync(STORAGE_STATE, 'utf-8'));
       const cookies = savedState.cookies || [];
       const authCookie = cookies.find((c: { name: string }) => c.name === 'auth_token');