diff --git a/.github/workflows/extensions-compatibility-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/extensions-compatibility-tests.yaml
index 4a9da43a79..da6d66b154 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extensions-compatibility-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extensions-compatibility-tests.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       # This is the actual triggering of the e2e test specs
       - name: Run user tests
         run: |
-          yarn e2e:prod
+          export SPEC_FILE="cypress/e2e/tests/pages/extensions-compatibility-tests/elemental.spec.ts" && yarn e2e:prod
           [ "$BUILD_DASHBOARD" != "false" ] || exit 0
         env: 
           TEST_SKIP: setup
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/po/pages/extensions.po.ts b/cypress/e2e/po/pages/extensions.po.ts
index 06055ef4fc..47188cb17c 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/po/pages/extensions.po.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/po/pages/extensions.po.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import NameNsDescriptionPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/name-ns-description
 import RepositoriesPagePo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/pages/chart-repositories.po';
 import BannersPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/components/banners.po';
 import ChartRepositoriesCreateEditPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/edit/chart-repositories.po';
+import AppClusterRepoEditPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.po';
 import { LONG_TIMEOUT_OPT } from '@/cypress/support/utils/timeouts';
 
 export default class ExtensionsPagePo extends PagePo {
@@ -83,6 +84,33 @@ export default class ExtensionsPagePo extends PagePo {
     appRepoList.list().state(name).should('contain', 'Active');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Adds a cluster repo for extensions
+   * @param repo - The repository url (e.g. https://github.com/rancher/ui-plugin-examples)
+   * @param branch - The git branch to target
+   * @param name - A name for the repository
+   * @returns {Cypress.Chainable}
+   */
+  addExtensionsRepositoryNew(repo: string, branch: string, name: string, waitForActiveState = true): Cypress.Chainable {
+    const appRepoList = new RepositoriesPagePo('local', 'apps');
+    const appRepoCreate = new AppClusterRepoEditPo('local', 'create');
+
+    appRepoCreate.goTo();
+    appRepoCreate.waitForPage();
+
+    appRepoCreate.nameNsDescription().name().set(name);
+    appRepoCreate.selectRadioOptionGitRepo(1);
+    // fill the git repo form
+    appRepoCreate.enterGitRepoName(repo);
+    appRepoCreate.enterGitBranchName(branch);
+    appRepoCreate.create().click();
+
+    if (waitForActiveState) {
+      appRepoList.waitForPage();
+      appRepoList.list().state(name).should('contain', 'Active');
+    }
+  }
+
   // ------------------ extension card ------------------
   extensionCard(extensionName: string) {
     return this.self().getId(`extension-card-${ extensionName }`);
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/extensions-compatibility-tests/elemental.spec.ts b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/extensions-compatibility-tests/elemental.spec.ts
index bbfe266d1c..48c3566f61 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/extensions-compatibility-tests/elemental.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/tests/pages/extensions-compatibility-tests/elemental.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import ExtensionsPagePo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/pages/extensions.po';
-import ReposListPagePo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/pages/chart-repositories.po';
-import AppClusterRepoEditPo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/edit/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo.po';
 
 import HomePagePo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/pages/home.po';
 import AboutPagePo from '@/cypress/e2e/po/pages/about.po';
@@ -14,37 +12,13 @@ describe('Extensions Compatibility spec', { tags: ['@elemental', '@adminUser'] }
 
   it('add main extensions repository', () => {
     // // This should be in a `before` however is flaky. Move it to an `it` to let cypress retry
-    // const extensionsPo = new ExtensionsPagePo();
+    const extensionsPo = new ExtensionsPagePo();
 
-    // extensionsPo.goTo();
-    // extensionsPo.waitForPage();
-    // extensionsPo.extensionTabInstalledClick(); // Avoid nav guard failures that probably auto move user to this tab
-
-    // // install the rancher plugin examples
-    // extensionsPo.addExtensionsRepository('https://github.com/rancher/ui-plugin-charts', 'main', 'Rancher Extensions');
-
-    // const appRepoList = new ReposListPagePo('local', 'apps');
-
-    // appRepoList.goTo();
-    // appRepoList.waitForGoTo('/v1/catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepos?exclude=metadata.managedFields');
-    // appRepoList.create();
-
-    const appRepoCreate = new AppClusterRepoEditPo('local', 'create');
-
-    appRepoCreate.goTo();
-    appRepoCreate.waitForPage();
-
-    appRepoCreate.nameNsDescription().name().set('rancher-extensions');
-    appRepoCreate.selectRadioOptionGitRepo(1);
-    // fill the git repo form
-    appRepoCreate.enterGitRepoName('https://github.com/rancher/ui-plugin-charts');
-    appRepoCreate.enterGitBranchName('main');
-    appRepoCreate.create().click();
-
-    cy.wait(5000); // eslint-disable-line cypress/no-unnecessary-waiting
+    extensionsPo.addExtensionsRepositoryNew('https://github.com/rancher/ui-plugin-charts', 'main', 'rancher-extensions');
   });
 
-  it('can navigate to About page', () => {
+  // TODO: TO REMOVE ONCE EVERYTHING IS GOOD!
+  it('can navigate to About page (get version from about page screenshots to make sure we are on the right system)', () => {
     const aboutPage = new AboutPagePo();
 
     HomePagePo.goToAndWaitForGet();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 02577a24ee..0775845d6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "cy:e2e": "cypress open --e2e --browser chrome",
     "cy:open": "cypress open",
     "cy:run": "cypress run --browser chrome",
-    "cy:run:sorry": "./scripts/e2e",
+    "cy:run:sorry": "./scripts/e2e $SPEC_FILE",
     "e2e:pre-dev": "yarn docker:local:stop && yarn docker:local:start && NODE_ENV=dev TEST_INSTRUMENT=true yarn build",
     "e2e:dev": "START_SERVER_AND_TEST_INSECURE=1 server-test start:dev https-get://localhost:8005 cy:run:sorry",
     "e2e:build": "mkdir dist && TEST_INSTRUMENT=true ./scripts/build-e2e",
diff --git a/scripts/e2e b/scripts/e2e
index d961830d62..34029497c7 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e
+++ b/scripts/e2e
@@ -2,4 +2,13 @@
 ID="$(echo ${TEST_RUN_ID:-`date +%s` } | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '-')"
 echo "$ID"
 
-CYPRESS_coverage=true CYPRESS_API_URL='http://139.59.134.103:1234' cy2 run --group "$GREP_TAGS" --browser chrome --record --key rancher-dashboard --parallel --ci-build-id "$ID"
+
+
+# check if script invoke contains any argument. If so, add spec to run
+if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+  echo "on the e2e script file where SPEC=$1"
+  CYPRESS_coverage=true CYPRESS_API_URL='http://139.59.134.103:1234' cy2 run --spec "$1" --group "$GREP_TAGS" --browser chrome --record --key rancher-dashboard --parallel --ci-build-id "$ID"
+else
+  echo "normal e2e script"
+  CYPRESS_coverage=true CYPRESS_API_URL='http://139.59.134.103:1234' cy2 run --group "$GREP_TAGS" --browser chrome --record --key rancher-dashboard --parallel --ci-build-id "$ID"
+fi