diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 50e2ff8b37..3a17bdd7b8 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ executors:
       NODE_ENV: development # Needed to ensure 'dist' folder created and devDependencies installed
       PERCY_POSTINSTALL_BROWSER: 'true' # Needed to store the percy browser in cache deps
       PERCY_LOGLEVEL: 'debug' # Enable DEBUG level logging for Percy (Issue: https://github.com/nasa/openmct/issues/5742)
+  ubuntu:
+    machine:
+      image: ubuntu-2204:current
+      docker_layer_caching: true
 parameters:
   BUST_CACHE:
     description: "Set this with the CircleCI UI Trigger Workflow button (boolean = true) to bust the cache!"
@@ -23,9 +27,8 @@ commands:
       - restore_cache_cmd:
           node-version: << parameters.node-version >>
       - node/install:
-          install-npm: true
           node-version: << parameters.node-version >>
-      - run: npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit --progress=false
+      - run: npm install --no-audit --progress=false
   restore_cache_cmd:
     description: "Custom command for restoring cache with the ability to bust cache. When BUST_CACHE is set to true, jobs will not restore cache"
     parameters:
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ commands:
             equal: [false, << pipeline.parameters.BUST_CACHE >> ]
           steps:
             - restore_cache:
-                key: deps-{{ .Branch }}--<< parameters.node-version >>--{{ checksum "package.json" }}-{{ checksum ".circleci/config.yml" }}
+                key: deps--{{ arch }}--{{ .Branch }}--<< parameters.node-version >>--{{ checksum "package.json" }}-{{ checksum ".circleci/config.yml" }}
   save_cache_cmd:
     description: "Custom command for saving cache."
     parameters:
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ commands:
         type: string
     steps:
       - save_cache:
-          key: deps-{{ .Branch }}--<< parameters.node-version >>--{{ checksum "package.json" }}-{{ checksum ".circleci/config.yml" }}
+          key: deps--{{ arch }}--{{ .Branch }}--<< parameters.node-version >>--{{ checksum "package.json" }}-{{ checksum ".circleci/config.yml" }}
           paths:
             - ~/.npm
             - node_modules
@@ -53,8 +56,8 @@ commands:
     description: "Track important packages and files"
     steps:
       - run: |
-          mkdir /tmp/artifacts
-          printenv NODE_ENV >> /tmp/artifacts/NODE_ENV.txt
+          [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]] && (sudo mkdir -p /tmp/artifacts && sudo chmod 777 /tmp/artifacts) || (mkdir -p /tmp/artifacts && chmod 777 /tmp/artifacts)
+          printenv NODE_ENV >> /tmp/artifacts/NODE_ENV.txt || true
           npm -v >> /tmp/artifacts/npm-version.txt
           node -v >> /tmp/artifacts/node-version.txt
           ls -latR >> /tmp/artifacts/dir.txt
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ commands:
     - run: npm run cov:e2e:report || true
     - run: npm run cov:e2e:<<parameters.suite>>:publish
 orbs:
-  node: circleci/node@4.9.0
+  node: circleci/node@5.1.0
   browser-tools: circleci/browser-tools@1.3.0
 jobs:
   npm-audit:
@@ -110,7 +113,11 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/reports/tests/
       - store_artifacts:
           path: coverage
-      - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
+      - when:
+          condition:
+            equal: [ 42, 42 ] # Always generate version artifacts regardless of test failure https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-custom-command-run-always-with-when-always/38957/2
+          steps:
+            - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
   e2e-test:
     parameters:
       node-version:
@@ -128,8 +135,12 @@ jobs:
           steps:
             - run: npx playwright install chrome-beta
       - run: SHARD="$((${CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX}+1))"; npm run test:e2e:<<parameters.suite>> -- --shard=${SHARD}/${CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL}
-      - generate_e2e_code_cov_report:
-         suite: <<parameters.suite>>          
+      - when:
+          condition:
+            equal: [ 42, 42 ] # Always run codecov reports regardless of test failure https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-custom-command-run-always-with-when-always/38957/2
+          steps:
+          - generate_e2e_code_cov_report:
+              suite: <<parameters.suite>>          
       - store_test_results:
           path: test-results/results.xml
       - store_artifacts:
@@ -138,24 +149,33 @@ jobs:
           path: coverage
       - store_artifacts:
           path: html-test-results
-      - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
+      - when:
+          condition:
+            equal: [ 42, 42 ] # Always generate version artifacts regardless of test failure https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-custom-command-run-always-with-when-always/38957/2
+          steps:
+            - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
   e2e-couchdb:
     parameters:
       node-version:
         type: string
-    executor: pw-focal-development
+    executor: ubuntu
     steps:
       - build_and_install:
           node-version: <<parameters.node-version>>
+      - run: npx playwright@1.29.0 install #Necessary for bare ubuntu machine
       - run: |
           export $(cat src/plugins/persistence/couch/.env.ci | xargs)
           docker-compose -f src/plugins/persistence/couch/couchdb-compose.yaml up --detach
           sleep 3
           bash src/plugins/persistence/couch/setup-couchdb.sh
-      - run: sh src/plugins/persistence/couch/replace-localstorage-with-couchdb-indexhtml.sh #Replace LocalStorage Plugin with CouchDB Plugin and Config
+      - run: sh src/plugins/persistence/couch/replace-localstorage-with-couchdb-indexhtml.sh #Replace LocalStorage Plugin with CouchDB 
       - run: npm run test:e2e:couchdb
-      - generate_e2e_code_cov_report:
-         suite: full        
+      - when:
+          condition:
+            equal: [ 42, 42 ] # Always run codecov reports regardless of test failure https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-custom-command-run-always-with-when-always/38957/2
+          steps:
+          - generate_e2e_code_cov_report:
+              suite: full #add to full suite
       - store_test_results:
           path: test-results/results.xml
       - store_artifacts:
@@ -164,7 +184,11 @@ jobs:
           path: coverage
       - store_artifacts:
           path: html-test-results
-      - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
+      - when:
+          condition:
+            equal: [ 42, 42 ] # Always generate version artifacts regardless of test failure https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-custom-command-run-always-with-when-always/38957/2
+          steps:
+            - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
   perf-test:
     parameters:
       node-version:
@@ -180,7 +204,11 @@ jobs:
           path: test-results
       - store_artifacts:
           path: html-test-results
-      - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
+      - when:
+          condition:
+            equal: [ 42, 42 ] # Always run codecov reports regardless of test failure https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-custom-command-run-always-with-when-always/38957/2
+          steps:
+            - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
   visual-test:
     parameters:
       node-version:
@@ -196,7 +224,11 @@ jobs:
           path: test-results
       - store_artifacts:
           path: html-test-results
-      - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
+      - when:
+          condition:
+            equal: [ 42, 42 ] # Always generate version artifacts regardless of test failure https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-custom-command-run-always-with-when-always/38957/2
+          steps:
+            - generate_and_store_version_and_filesystem_artifacts
 workflows:
   overall-circleci-commit-status: #These jobs run on every commit
     jobs:
@@ -208,12 +240,12 @@ workflows:
           node-version: lts/hydrogen
       - e2e-test:
           name: e2e-stable
-          node-version: lts/gallium
+          node-version: lts/hydrogen
           suite: stable
       - perf-test:
-          node-version: lts/gallium
+          node-version: lts/hydrogen
       - visual-test:
-          node-version: lts/gallium
+          node-version: lts/hydrogen
         
   the-nightly: #These jobs do not run on PRs, but against master at night
     jobs:
@@ -224,17 +256,17 @@ workflows:
           name: node18-chrome
           node-version: lts/hydrogen
       - npm-audit:
-          node-version: lts/gallium
+          node-version: lts/hydrogen
       - e2e-test:
           name: e2e-full-nightly
-          node-version: lts/gallium
+          node-version: lts/hydrogen
           suite: full
       - perf-test:
-          node-version: lts/gallium
+          node-version: lts/hydrogen
       - visual-test:
-          node-version: lts/gallium
+          node-version: lts/hydrogen
       - e2e-couchdb:
-          node-version: lts/gallium
+          node-version: lts/hydrogen
     triggers:
       - schedule:
           cron: "0 0 * * *"
diff --git a/e2e/README.md b/e2e/README.md
index 6c06c21424..70d3462982 100644
--- a/e2e/README.md
+++ b/e2e/README.md
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ CircleCI
 Github Actions / Workflow
 
 - Full suite against all browsers/projects. Triggered with Github Label Event 'pr:e2e'
+- CouchDB Tests. Triggered on PR Create and again with Github Label Event 'pr:e2e:couchdb'
 - Visual Tests. Triggered with Github Label Event 'pr:visual'
 
 #### 3. Scheduled / Batch Testing
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6bfbe04c6..a82554a5f8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "test": "karma start",
     "test:debug": "KARMA_DEBUG=true karma start",
     "test:e2e": "npx playwright test",
-    "test:e2e:couchdb": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-ci.config.js --project=chrome --grep @couchdb",
+    "test:e2e:couchdb": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-ci.config.js --project=chrome --grep @couchdb --workers=1",
     "test:e2e:stable": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-ci.config.js --project=chrome --grep-invert \"@unstable|@couchdb\"",
     "test:e2e:unstable": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-ci.config.js --project=chrome --grep @unstable",
     "test:e2e:local": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-local.config.js --project=chrome",