diff --git a/code/e2e-tests/module-mocking.spec.ts b/code/e2e-tests/module-mocking.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b6b43713b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/e2e-tests/module-mocking.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import process from 'process';
+import { SbPage } from './util';
+
+const storybookUrl = process.env.STORYBOOK_URL || 'http://localhost:8001';
+
+test.describe('module-mocking', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(storybookUrl);
+
+    await new SbPage(page).waitUntilLoaded();
+  });
+
+  test('should assert story lifecycle order', async ({ page }) => {
+    const sbPage = new SbPage(page);
+
+    await sbPage.navigateToStory('lib/test/before-each', 'before-each-order');
+
+    await sbPage.viewAddonPanel('Actions');
+    const logItem = await page.locator('#storybook-panel-root #panel-tab-content');
+    await expect(logItem).toBeVisible();
+
+    const expectedTexts = [
+      '1 - [from loaders]',
+      '2 - [from meta beforeEach]',
+      '3 - [from story beforeEach]',
+      '4 - [from decorator]',
+      '5 - [from onClick]',
+    ];
+
+    // Assert that each LI text content contains the expected text in order
+    for (let i = 0; i < expectedTexts.length; i++) {
+      const nthText = await logItem.locator(`li >> nth=${i}`).innerText();
+      expect(nthText).toMatch(expectedTexts[i]);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('should assert that utils import is mocked', async ({ page }) => {
+    const sbPage = new SbPage(page);
+
+    await sbPage.navigateToStory('lib/test/module-mocking', 'basic');
+
+    await sbPage.viewAddonPanel('Actions');
+    const logItem = await page.locator('#storybook-panel-root #panel-tab-content', {
+      hasText: 'foo: []',
+    });
+    await expect(logItem).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/code/lib/test/template/stories/before-each.stories.ts b/code/lib/test/template/stories/before-each.stories.ts
index 9af203a7baaf..a6f613e7698c 100644
--- a/code/lib/test/template/stories/before-each.stories.ts
+++ b/code/lib/test/template/stories/before-each.stories.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ import { expect, mocked, getByRole, spyOn, userEvent } from '@storybook/test';
 
 const meta = {
   component: globalThis.Components.Button,
-  beforeEach() {
+  loaders() {
     spyOn(console, 'log').mockName('console.log');
-    console.log('first');
+    console.log('1 - [from loaders]');
+  },
+  beforeEach() {
+    console.log('2 - [from meta beforeEach]');
   },
 };
 
@@ -15,17 +18,27 @@ export const BeforeEachOrder = {
     chromatic: { disable: true },
   },
   beforeEach() {
-    console.log('second');
+    console.log('3 - [from story beforeEach]');
+  },
+  decorators: (StoryFn: any) => {
+    console.log('4 - [from decorator]');
+    return StoryFn();
   },
   args: {
     label: 'Button',
     onClick: () => {
-      console.log('third');
+      console.log('5 - [from onClick]');
     },
   },
-  async play({ canvasElement }) {
+  async play({ canvasElement }: any) {
     await userEvent.click(getByRole(canvasElement, 'button'));
 
-    await expect(mocked(console.log).mock.calls).toEqual([['first'], ['second'], ['third']]);
+    await expect(mocked(console.log).mock.calls).toEqual([
+      ['1 - [from loaders]'],
+      ['2 - [from meta beforeEach]'],
+      ['3 - [from story beforeEach]'],
+      ['4 - [from decorator]'],
+      ['5 - [from onClick]'],
+    ]);
   },
 };
diff --git a/code/lib/test/template/stories/utils.mock.ts b/code/lib/test/template/stories/utils.mock.ts
index 15c648e88c00..80fac1f308f2 100644
--- a/code/lib/test/template/stories/utils.mock.ts
+++ b/code/lib/test/template/stories/utils.mock.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import { fn } from '@storybook/test';
 import * as utils from './utils';
 
-export const foo = fn(utils.foo);
+export const foo = fn(utils.foo).mockName('foo');
diff --git a/code/presets/create-react-app/src/index.ts b/code/presets/create-react-app/src/index.ts
index 2fc78a1cfa0d..a6664fded0e7 100644
--- a/code/presets/create-react-app/src/index.ts
+++ b/code/presets/create-react-app/src/index.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ const webpack = async (
         ...getModulePath(CWD),
       ],
       plugins: [PnpWebpackPlugin as any],
+      // manual copy from builder-webpack because defaults are disabled in this CRA preset
+      conditionNames: [
+        ...(webpackConfig.resolve?.conditionNames ?? []),
+        'storybook',
+        'stories',
+        'test',
+        '...',
+      ],
     },
     resolveLoader,
   } as Configuration;