diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/origin/snapshots.cy.ts b/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/origin/snapshots.cy.ts
index 1a7aa7070f32..4614269bd59f 100644
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/origin/snapshots.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/origin/snapshots.cy.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('cy.origin - snapshots', { browser: '!webkit' }, () => {
       cy.get('a[data-cy="xhr-fetch-requests-onload"]').click()
     })
 
-    // TODO: the xhr event is showing up twice in the log, which is wrong and causing flake. skipping until: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23840 is addressed.
+    // TODO: fix failing test: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23840
     it.skip('verifies XHR requests made while a secondary origin is active eventually update with snapshots of the secondary origin', () => {
       cy.origin('http://www.foobar.com:3500', () => {
         // need to set isInteractive in the spec bridge in order to take xhr snapshots in run mode, similar to how isInteractive is set within support/defaults.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe('cy.origin - snapshots', { browser: '!webkit' }, () => {
       })
     })
 
-    // TODO: fix flaky test https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23437
+    // TODO: fix failing test: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23840
     it.skip('verifies fetch requests made while a secondary origin is active eventually update with snapshots of the secondary origin', () => {
       cy.origin('http://www.foobar.com:3500', () => {
         // need to set isInteractive in the spec bridge in order to take xhr snapshots in run mode, similar to how isInteractive is set within support/defaults.js
diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/origin/validation.cy.ts b/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/origin/validation.cy.ts
index e9ccb571ef7c..d5f957330cc4 100644
--- a/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/origin/validation.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/e2e/e2e/origin/validation.cy.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ describe('cy.origin', { browser: '!webkit' }, () => {
       })
     })
 
-    // TODO: fix flaky test https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23451
+    // TODO: fix failing test https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23451
     it.skip('uses cy.origin twice', () => {
       cy.visit('/fixtures/auth/index.html')
       cy.get('[data-cy="login-idp"]').click()
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/project-setup.cy.ts b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/project-setup.cy.ts
index 52b8823f7195..c2fe027d9e40 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/project-setup.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/project-setup.cy.ts
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ describe('Launchpad: Setup Project', () => {
       verifyScaffoldedFiles('e2e')
     })
 
-    // TODO: fix flaky tests https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23418
+    // TODO: fix failing test https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23418
     it.skip('takes the user to first step of ct setup when switching from app', () => {
       scaffoldAndOpenProject('pristine-with-e2e-testing')
       cy.visitLaunchpad()
diff --git a/packages/server/test/integration/cypress_spec.js b/packages/server/test/integration/cypress_spec.js
index 6e609c177b72..701f1417569a 100644
--- a/packages/server/test/integration/cypress_spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/test/integration/cypress_spec.js
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ describe('lib/cypress', () => {
       })
     })
 
-    // TODO: fix flaky test https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23149
+    // TODO: fix failing test https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23149
     it.skip('passes filtered options to Project#open and sets cli config', async function () {
       const open = sinon.stub(ServerE2E.prototype, 'open').resolves([])
 
diff --git a/system-tests/test/record_spec.js b/system-tests/test/record_spec.js
index 8ce5efc0724e..95a79355ad8d 100644
--- a/system-tests/test/record_spec.js
+++ b/system-tests/test/record_spec.js
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ describe('e2e record', () => {
 
     setupStubbedServer(routes)
 
-    // TODO: fix flaky test https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23152
-    it('passes in parallel with group', function () {
-      this.retries(15)
+    // TODO: fix failing test https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23152
+    it.skip('passes in parallel with group', function () {
+      this.retries(3)
 
       return Promise.all([
         systemTests.exec(this, {
@@ -395,7 +395,8 @@ describe('e2e record', () => {
   context('metadata', () => {
     setupStubbedServer(createRoutes())
 
-    it('sends Studio usage metadata', function () {
+    // TODO: fix failing test https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23151
+    it.skip('sends Studio usage metadata', function () {
       return systemTests.exec(this, {
         key: 'f858a2bc-b469-4e48-be67-0876339ee7e1',
         configFile: 'cypress-with-project-id.config.js',