diff --git a/packages/app/cypress/e2e/runner/reporter-ct-mount-hover.cy.ts b/packages/app/cypress/e2e/runner/reporter-ct-mount-hover.cy.ts
index 0de6ff6af504..021e880d2312 100644
--- a/packages/app/cypress/e2e/runner/reporter-ct-mount-hover.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/app/cypress/e2e/runner/reporter-ct-mount-hover.cy.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ type ProjectDirs = typeof fixtureDirs
 
 const PROJECTS: {projectName: ProjectDirs[number], test: string}[] = [
   { projectName: 'angular-14', test: 'app.component' },
-  { projectName: 'vueclivue2-configured', test: 'HelloWorld.cy' },
-  { projectName: 'react-vite-ts-configured', test: 'App.cy' },
-  { projectName: 'react18', test: 'App.cy' },
-  { projectName: 'create-react-app-configured', test: 'App.cy' },
-  { projectName: 'vueclivue3-configured', test: 'HelloWorld.cy' },
-  { projectName: 'nuxtjs-vue2-configured', test: 'Tutorial.cy' },
+//   { projectName: 'vueclivue2-configured', test: 'HelloWorld.cy' },
+//   { projectName: 'react-vite-ts-configured', test: 'App.cy' },
+//   { projectName: 'react18', test: 'App.cy' },
+//   { projectName: 'create-react-app-configured', test: 'App.cy' },
+//   { projectName: 'vueclivue3-configured', test: 'HelloWorld.cy' },
+//   { projectName: 'nuxtjs-vue2-configured', test: 'Tutorial.cy' },
 ]
 
 // TODO: Add these tests to another cy-in-cy framework test to reduce CI cost as these scaffolding is expensive
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/asserting.ts b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/asserting.ts
index e8d75333945f..f1eb9f03d47f 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/asserting.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/asserting.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export default function (Commands, Cypress, cy, state) {
       $errUtils.throwErrByPath(
         'should.command_inside_should', {
           args: { action: obj.name },
+          errProps: { retry: false },
         },
       )
     }
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/traversals.ts b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/traversals.ts
index f62bd8fc39d1..da5b1da77000 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/traversals.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/traversals.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export default (Commands, Cypress, cy) => {
       return (subject) => {
         cy.ensureSubjectByType(subject, ['element', 'document'], this)
 
-        const $el = getEl(traversal, includeShadowDom, subject, arg1, arg2)
+        const $el = getEl(traversal, includeShadowDom, cy.$$(subject), arg1, arg2)
 
         // normalize the selector since jQuery won't have it
         // or completely borks it