diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 550dc9e6b99..e124f267f1b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -836,27 +836,27 @@ workflows:
           requires:
             - unit-tests
       - create-sandboxes:
-          parallelism: 14
+          parallelism: 13
           requires:
             - build
       - build-sandboxes:
-          parallelism: 14
+          parallelism: 13
           requires:
             - create-sandboxes
       - chromatic-sandboxes:
-          parallelism: 11
+          parallelism: 10
           requires:
             - build-sandboxes
       - e2e-production:
-          parallelism: 9
+          parallelism: 8
           requires:
             - build-sandboxes
       - e2e-dev:
-          parallelism: 2
+          parallelism: 1
           requires:
             - create-sandboxes
       - test-runner-production:
-          parallelism: 9
+          parallelism: 8
           requires:
             - build-sandboxes
       - vitest-integration:
@@ -912,27 +912,27 @@ workflows:
           requires:
             - unit-tests
       - create-sandboxes:
-          parallelism: 20
+          parallelism: 19
           requires:
             - build
       - build-sandboxes:
-          parallelism: 20
+          parallelism: 19
           requires:
             - create-sandboxes
       - chromatic-sandboxes:
-          parallelism: 17
+          parallelism: 16
           requires:
             - build-sandboxes
       - e2e-production:
-          parallelism: 15
+          parallelism: 14
           requires:
             - build-sandboxes
       - e2e-dev:
-          parallelism: 2
+          parallelism: 1
           requires:
             - create-sandboxes
       - test-runner-production:
-          parallelism: 15
+          parallelism: 14
           requires:
             - build-sandboxes
       - vitest-integration:
@@ -986,30 +986,30 @@ workflows:
           requires:
             - build
       - create-sandboxes:
-          parallelism: 38
+          parallelism: 36
           requires:
             - build
       # - smoke-test-sandboxes: # disabled for now
       #     requires:
       #       - create-sandboxes
       - build-sandboxes:
-          parallelism: 38
+          parallelism: 36
           requires:
             - create-sandboxes
       - chromatic-sandboxes:
-          parallelism: 35
+          parallelism: 33
           requires:
             - build-sandboxes
       - e2e-production:
-          parallelism: 33
+          parallelism: 31
           requires:
             - build-sandboxes
       - e2e-dev:
-          parallelism: 2
+          parallelism: 1
           requires:
             - create-sandboxes
       - test-runner-production:
-          parallelism: 33
+          parallelism: 31
           requires:
             - build-sandboxes
       - vitest-integration:
diff --git a/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/sandbox-templates.ts b/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/sandbox-templates.ts
index fe89f9decae..f905d284180 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/sandbox-templates.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/sandbox-templates.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ const baseTemplates = {
       extraDependencies: ['server-only', 'prop-types'],
     },
     skipTasks: ['e2e-tests-dev', 'bench', 'vitest-integration'],
-    inDevelopment: true,
   },
   'nextjs/default-ts': {
     name: 'Next.js Latest (Webpack | TypeScript)',
@@ -229,7 +228,6 @@ const baseTemplates = {
         'prop-types',
       ],
     },
-    inDevelopment: true,
     skipTasks: ['e2e-tests-dev', 'bench'],
   },
   'experimental-nextjs-vite/default-ts': {
@@ -806,7 +804,8 @@ export const allTemplates: Record<TemplateKey, Template> = {
 };
 
 export const normal: TemplateKey[] = [
-  'cra/default-ts',
+  // TODO: Add this back once we resolve the React 19 issues
+  // 'cra/default-ts',
   'react-vite/default-ts',
   'angular-cli/default-ts',
   'vue3-vite/default-ts',
@@ -836,7 +835,8 @@ export const merged: TemplateKey[] = [
 export const daily: TemplateKey[] = [
   ...merged,
   'angular-cli/prerelease',
-  'cra/default-js',
+  // TODO: Add this back once we resolve the React 19 issues
+  // 'cra/default-js',
   'react-vite/default-js',
   'react-vite/prerelease-ts',
   'react-webpack/prerelease-ts',
diff --git a/scripts/bench/bench-packages.ts b/scripts/bench/bench-packages.ts
index 1651f550730..e7dd22ff1a8 100644
--- a/scripts/bench/bench-packages.ts
+++ b/scripts/bench/bench-packages.ts
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ export const benchPackage = async (packageName: PackageName) => {
       2
     )
   );
-
   const npmInstallResult = await x(
     'npm',
-    `install --registry http://localhost:6001 --omit peer --json`.split(' '),
+    // --force to ignore peer dependency warnings, we aren't installing peer dependencies anyway
+    `install --registry http://localhost:6001 --omit peer --json --force`.split(' '),
     {
       nodeOptions: { cwd: tmpBenchPackagePath },
     }