fix some errors and correct recent type duplications & bloat (cherry-picked from d8f2587d1c)

test-playwright/60-new-activity.spec.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ test('New offers for another user', async ({ page }) => {
   // as user 1, go to the home page and check that two offers are shown as new
   await switchToUser(page, user01Did);
   await page.goto('./');
-  // await page.getByTestId('closeOnboardingAndFinish').click();
   let offerNumElem = page.getByTestId('newDirectOffersActivityNumber');
   await expect(offerNumElem).toHaveText('2');