diff --git a/.github/workflows/cypress.yml b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
index 356ea0970c9bc..7ce5e72045eaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cypress.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ jobs:
       npmVersion: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.npmVersion }}
 
     env:
+      # We'll install cypress in the cypress job
+      CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY: 0
       PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD: true
 
     steps:
@@ -115,9 +117,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up npm ${{ needs.init.outputs.npmVersion }}
         run: npm i -g 'npm@${{ needs.init.outputs.npmVersion }}'
 
+      - name: Install cypress
+        run: ./node_modules/cypress/bin/cypress install
+
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.containers == 'component' && 'component' || 'E2E' }} cypress tests
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@df7484c5ba85def7eef30db301afa688187bc378 # v6.7.2
         with:
+          # We already installed the dependencies in the init job
+          install: false
           component: ${{ matrix.containers == 'component' }}
           group: ${{ matrix.use-cypress-cloud && matrix.containers == 'component' && 'Run component' || matrix.use-cypress-cloud && 'Run E2E' || '' }}
           # cypress env
diff --git a/cypress/dockerNode.ts b/cypress/dockerNode.ts
index 33c2829c9d0bb..a9e8c7c6c4574 100644
--- a/cypress/dockerNode.ts
+++ b/cypress/dockerNode.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ export const startNextcloud = async function(branch: string = getCurrentGitBranc
 				// https://github.com/apocas/dockerode/issues/357
 				docker.modem.followProgress(stream, onFinished)
 
-				/**
-				 *
-				 * @param err
-				 */
 				function onFinished(err) {
 					if (!err) {
 						resolve(true)
@@ -82,14 +78,27 @@ export const startNextcloud = async function(branch: string = getCurrentGitBranc
 			Image: SERVER_IMAGE,
 			name: CONTAINER_NAME,
 			HostConfig: {
-				Binds: [],
+				Mounts: [{
+					Target: '/var/www/html/data',
+					Source: '',
+					Type: 'tmpfs',
+					ReadOnly: false,
+				}],
 			},
 			Env: [
 				`BRANCH=${branch}`,
+				'APCU=1',
 			],
 		})
 		await container.start()
 
+		// Set proper permissions for the data folder
+		await runExec(container, ['chown', '-R', 'www-data:www-data', '/var/www/html/data'], false, 'root')
+		await runExec(container, ['chmod', '0770', '/var/www/html/data'], false, 'root')
+
+		// Init Nextcloud
+		// await runExec(container, ['initnc.sh'], true, 'root')
+
 		// Get container's IP
 		const ip = await getContainerIP(container)
 
@@ -117,9 +126,28 @@ export const configureNextcloud = async function() {
 	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'default_locale', '--value', 'en_US'], true)
 	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'force_locale', '--value', 'en_US'], true)
 	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:set', 'enforce_theme', '--value', 'light'], true)
+
 	// Speed up test and make them less flaky. If a cron execution is needed, it can be triggered manually.
 	await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'background:cron'], true)
 
+	// Checking apcu
+	const distributed = await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:get', 'memcache.distributed'])
+	const local = await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:get', 'memcache.local'])
+	const hashing = await runExec(container, ['php', 'occ', 'config:system:get', 'hashing_default_password'])
+
+	console.log('├─ Checking APCu configuration... 👀')
+	if (!distributed.trim().includes('Memcache\\APCu')
+		|| !local.trim().includes('Memcache\\APCu')
+		|| !hashing.trim().includes('true')) {
+		console.log('└─ APCu is not properly configured 🛑')
+		throw new Error('APCu is not properly configured')
+	}
+	console.log('│  └─ OK !')
+
+	// Saving DB state
+	console.log('├─ Creating init DB snapshot...')
+	await runExec(container, ['cp', '/var/www/html/data/owncloud.db', '/var/www/html/data/owncloud.db-init'], true)
+
 	console.log('└─ Nextcloud is now ready to use 🎉')
 }
 
@@ -249,7 +277,7 @@ const runExec = async function(
 	command: string[],
 	verbose = false,
 	user = 'www-data',
-) {
+): Promise<string> {
 	const exec = await container.exec({
 		Cmd: command,
 		AttachStdout: true,
@@ -258,6 +286,7 @@ const runExec = async function(
 	})
 
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		let output = ''
 		exec.start({}, (err, stream) => {
 			if (err) {
 				reject(err)
@@ -265,11 +294,17 @@ const runExec = async function(
 			if (stream) {
 				stream.setEncoding('utf-8')
 				stream.on('data', str => {
-					if (verbose && str.trim() !== '') {
-						console.log(`├─ ${str.trim().replace(/\n/gi, '\n├─ ')}`)
+					str = str.trim()
+						// Remove non printable characters
+						.replace(/[^\x20-\x7E]+/g, '')
+						// Remove non alphanumeric leading characters
+						.replace(/^[^a-z]/gi, '')
+					output += str
+					if (verbose && str !== '') {
+						console.log(`├─ ${str.replace(/\n/gi, '\n├─ ')}`)
 					}
 				})
-				stream.on('end', resolve)
+				stream.on('end', () => resolve(output))
 			}
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/settings/personal-info.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/settings/personal-info.cy.ts
index 491d8206b5e4d..746717b5fb48e 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/settings/personal-info.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/settings/personal-info.cy.ts
@@ -102,11 +102,23 @@ const genericProperties = ['Location', 'X (formerly Twitter)', 'Fediverse']
 const nonfederatedProperties = ['Organisation', 'Role', 'Headline', 'About']
 
 describe('Settings: Change personal information', { testIsolation: true }, () => {
+	let snapshot: string = ''
 
 	before(() => {
 		// ensure we can set locale and language
 		cy.runOccCommand('config:system:delete force_language')
 		cy.runOccCommand('config:system:delete force_locale')
+		cy.createRandomUser().then(($user) => {
+			user = $user
+			cy.modifyUser(user, 'language', 'en')
+			cy.modifyUser(user, 'locale', 'en_US')
+		})
+
+		cy.wait(500)
+
+		cy.backupDB().then(($snapshot) => {
+			snapshot = $snapshot
+		})
 	})
 
 	after(() => {
@@ -115,16 +127,15 @@ describe('Settings: Change personal information', { testIsolation: true }, () =>
 	})
 
 	beforeEach(() => {
-		cy.createRandomUser().then(($user) => {
-			user = $user
-			cy.modifyUser(user, 'language', 'en')
-			cy.modifyUser(user, 'locale', 'en_US')
-			cy.login($user)
-			cy.visit('/settings/user')
-		})
+		cy.login(user)
+		cy.visit('/settings/user')
 		cy.intercept('PUT', /ocs\/v2.php\/cloud\/users\//).as('submitSetting')
 	})
 
+	afterEach(() => {
+		cy.restoreDB(snapshot)
+	})
+
 	it('Can dis- and enable the profile', () => {
 		cy.visit(`/u/${user.userId}`)
 		cy.contains('h2', user.userId).should('be.visible')
@@ -132,6 +143,7 @@ describe('Settings: Change personal information', { testIsolation: true }, () =>
 		cy.visit('/settings/user')
 		cy.contains('Enable profile').click()
 		handlePasswordConfirmation(user.password)
+		cy.wait('@submitSetting')
 
 		cy.visit(`/u/${user.userId}`, { failOnStatusCode: false })
 		cy.contains('h2', 'Profile not found').should('be.visible')
@@ -139,6 +151,7 @@ describe('Settings: Change personal information', { testIsolation: true }, () =>
 		cy.visit('/settings/user')
 		cy.contains('Enable profile').click()
 		handlePasswordConfirmation(user.password)
+		cy.wait('@submitSetting')
 
 		cy.visit(`/u/${user.userId}`, { failOnStatusCode: false })
 		cy.contains('h2', user.userId).should('be.visible')
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.ts b/cypress/support/commands.ts
index 6ca0388a0a0b8..1574a03705f53 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ declare global {
 			 * Run an occ command in the docker container.
 			 */
 			runOccCommand(command: string, options?: Partial<Cypress.ExecOptions>): Cypress.Chainable<Cypress.Exec>,
+
+			/**
+			 * Create a snapshot of the current database
+			 */
+			backupDB(): Cypress.Chainable<string>,
+
+			/**
+			 * Restore a snapshot of the database
+			 * Default is the post-setup state
+			 */
+			restoreDB(snapshot?: string): Cypress.Chainable,
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -276,3 +287,15 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('runOccCommand', (command: string, options?: Partial<Cypres
 	const env = Object.entries(options?.env ?? {}).map(([name, value]) => `-e '${name}=${value}'`).join(' ')
 	return cy.exec(`docker exec --user www-data ${env} nextcloud-cypress-tests-server php ./occ ${command}`, options)
 })
+
+Cypress.Commands.add('backupDB', (): Cypress.Chainable<string> => {
+	const randomString = Math.random().toString(36).substring(7)
+	cy.exec(`docker exec --user www-data nextcloud-cypress-tests-server cp /var/www/html/data/owncloud.db /var/www/html/data/owncloud.db-${randomString}`)
+	cy.log(`Created snapshot ${randomString}`)
+	return cy.wrap(randomString)
+})
+
+Cypress.Commands.add('restoreDB', (snapshot: string = 'init') => {
+	cy.exec(`docker exec --user www-data nextcloud-cypress-tests-server cp /var/www/html/data/owncloud.db-${snapshot} /var/www/html/data/owncloud.db`)
+	cy.log(`Restored snapshot ${snapshot}`)
+})