restore global setup for pre-auth

test/e2e/config/global-setup.ts

@@ -25,19 +25,6 @@ async function globalSetup( config: FullConfig ) {
 	// Authenticate and save the storageState to disk.
 	await requestUtils.setupRest();
 
-	// Reset the test environment before running the tests.
-	await Promise.all( [
-		requestUtils.activateTheme( 'twentytwentyone' ),
-		// Disable this test plugin as it's conflicting with some of the tests.
-		// We already have reduced motion enabled and Playwright will wait for most of the animations anyway.
-		requestUtils.deactivatePlugin(
-			'gutenberg-test-plugin-disables-the-css-animations'
-		),
-		requestUtils.deleteAllPosts(),
-		requestUtils.deleteAllBlocks(),
-		requestUtils.resetPreferences(),
-	] );
-
 	await requestContext.dispose();
 }
 

test/e2e/playwright.config.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ const config = defineConfig( {
 		: 'list',
 	workers: 1,
 	webServer: undefined,
-	globalSetup: undefined,
+	globalSetup: fileURLToPath(
+		new URL( './config/global-setup.ts', 'file:' + __filename ).href
+	),
 	projects: [
 		{
 			name: 'chromium',