diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/index.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/index.ts
index ef5a4e576da88..97af55388837a 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/index.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default ({ loadTestFile, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const server = getService('kibanaServer');
   const uptime = getService('uptime');
 
-  describe('Uptime app', function () {
+  describe.only('Uptime app', function () {
     this.tags('ciGroup10');
 
     beforeEach('delete settings', async () => {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default ({ loadTestFile, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./synthetics_integration'));
     });
 
-    describe('with generated data but no data reset', () => {
+    describe.only('with generated data but no data reset', () => {
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./ping_redirects'));
     });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/ping_redirects.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/ping_redirects.ts
index 748163cb5ec78..ae2bd8ad8b8cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/ping_redirects.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/uptime/ping_redirects.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
 
   const monitor = () => uptime.monitor;
 
-  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/84992
-  describe.skip('Ping redirects', () => {
+  describe.only('Ping redirects', () => {
     const start = '~ 15 minutes ago';
     const end = 'now';
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/config.js b/x-pack/test/functional/config.js
index 2abd91fd0433a..80b45318ee605 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/config.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/config.js
@@ -24,39 +24,39 @@ export default async function ({ readConfigFile }) {
     // list paths to the files that contain your plugins tests
     testFiles: [
       resolve(__dirname, './apps/advanced_settings'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/canvas'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/graph'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/monitoring'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/watcher'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/dashboard'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/discover'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/canvas'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/graph'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/monitoring'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/watcher'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/dashboard'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/discover'),
       resolve(__dirname, './apps/security'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/spaces'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/logstash'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/grok_debugger'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/infra'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/ml'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/rollup_job'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/maps'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/status_page'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/upgrade_assistant'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/visualize'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/spaces'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/logstash'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/grok_debugger'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/infra'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/ml'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/rollup_job'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/maps'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/status_page'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/upgrade_assistant'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/visualize'),
       resolve(__dirname, './apps/uptime'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/saved_objects_management'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/dev_tools'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/apm'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/api_keys'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/index_patterns'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/index_management'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/index_lifecycle_management'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/ingest_pipelines'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/snapshot_restore'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/cross_cluster_replication'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/remote_clusters'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/transform'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/reporting_management'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/management'),
-      resolve(__dirname, './apps/lens'), // smokescreen tests cause flakiness in other tests
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/saved_objects_management'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/dev_tools'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/apm'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/api_keys'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/index_patterns'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/index_management'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/index_lifecycle_management'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/ingest_pipelines'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/snapshot_restore'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/cross_cluster_replication'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/remote_clusters'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/transform'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/reporting_management'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/management'),
+      // resolve(__dirname, './apps/lens'), // smokescreen tests cause flakiness in other tests
 
       // This license_management file must be last because it is destructive.
       resolve(__dirname, './apps/license_management'),
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/uptime/navigation.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/uptime/navigation.ts
index 51806d1006ab4..43d62ef74bf31 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/uptime/navigation.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/uptime/navigation.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ export function UptimeNavigationProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProv
     goToMonitor: async (monitorId: string) => {
       // only go to monitor page if not already there
       if (!(await testSubjects.exists('uptimeMonitorPage', { timeout: 0 }))) {
-        await testSubjects.click(`monitor-page-link-${monitorId}`);
+        return retry.try(async () => {
+          await testSubjects.click(`monitor-page-link-${monitorId}`);
+        });
         await testSubjects.existOrFail('uptimeMonitorPage', {
           timeout: 30000,
         });