diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index 5e2e88d88..1d4b02471 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ jobs:
                   nox -s e2e_tests 2>&1 | tee build/nox-e2e-tests-output.log
               env:
                   NOX_DEFAULT_VENV_BACKEND: uv
+                  # Run E2E suites in parallel via pabot.  4 workers keeps
+                  # wall-clock time well under the 45-minute timeout while
+                  # staying within the memory budget of the docker runner.
+                  TEST_PROCESSES: "4"
                   ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
                   OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
                   GOOGLE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 01ae1f963..7394f7b17 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ def e2e_tests(session: nox.Session):
 
     Tests that require LLM API keys will skip gracefully when the keys
     are not present in the environment.
+
+    Parallelism is controlled by the ``TEST_PROCESSES`` environment variable
+    (default: min(cpu_count, 2)).  Override via ``TEST_PROCESSES=N nox -s
+    e2e_tests`` or by passing ``--processes N`` as a session argument.
     """
     session.install("-e", ".[tests]")
     session.env["CLEVERAGENTS_AUTO_APPLY_MIGRATIONS"] = "true"
@@ -428,12 +432,18 @@ def e2e_tests(session: nox.Session):
     # Ensure output directory exists
     os.makedirs("build/reports/robot-e2e", exist_ok=True)
 
-    # Pre-compile bytecode to avoid cold-compilation overhead.
+    # Pre-compile bytecode so that parallel pabot workers (and the
+    # Python sub-processes they spawn via ``Run Process``) can read
+    # cached .pyc files instead of each cold-compiling every module
+    # from source simultaneously — avoids a thundering-herd race on
+    # CI runners with high core counts.
     session.run("python", "-m", "compileall", "-q", "src/")
 
     # Build a pre-migrated template DB so helper scripts that call
     # setup_workspace() can copy it instead of running 25+ Alembic
     # migrations per test — reduces per-test setup from ~1-3 s to ~1 ms.
+    # Critical for parallel pabot execution where many suites start
+    # simultaneously and would otherwise all race to run migrations.
     template_path = _create_template_db(session)
     session.env["CLEVERAGENTS_TEMPLATE_DB"] = template_path
 
@@ -449,8 +459,26 @@ def e2e_tests(session: nox.Session):
         if value:
             session.env[key] = value
 
+    # Split posargs into pabot-specific args (--processes) and robot args.
+    pabot_args, robot_args = _split_pabot_args(session.posargs)
+    parallel_args = _pabot_parallel_args(pabot_args)
+
+    # TDD expected-fail listener — inverts results for @tdd_expected_fail
+    # tagged tests and validates TDD tag combinations.
+    # See CONTRIBUTING.md > TDD Issue Test Tags.
+    tdd_listener = str(
+        Path(__file__).parent / "robot" / "tdd_expected_fail_listener.py"
+    )
+
+    # Use pabot (parallel Robot Framework runner) instead of the sequential
+    # ``robot`` runner.  Each E2E suite file runs in its own pabot worker
+    # process, so independent suites execute concurrently rather than
+    # serially.  Suite-level isolation (separate CLEVERAGENTS_HOME per
+    # suite) ensures workers do not share database state.
     session.run(
-        "robot",
+        "pabot",
+        *parallel_args,
+        *pabot_args,
         "--outputdir",
         "build/reports/robot-e2e",
         "--loglevel",
@@ -466,8 +494,8 @@ def e2e_tests(session: nox.Session):
         "--include",
         "E2E",
         "--listener",
-        str(Path(__file__).parent / "robot" / "tdd_expected_fail_listener.py"),
-        *session.posargs,
+        tdd_listener,
+        *robot_args,
         "robot/e2e/",
     )