diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/helpers/compass.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/helpers/compass.ts
index 0395fd8e6fc..768bf0184cd 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/helpers/compass.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/helpers/compass.ts
@@ -621,6 +621,8 @@ async function startCompassElectron(
     chromeArgs.push(...opts.extraSpawnArgs);
   }
 
+  chromeArgs.push('--host-rules=MAP * 127.0.0.1');
+
   // Electron on Windows interprets its arguments in a weird way where
   // the second positional argument inserted by webdriverio (about:blank)
   // throws it off and won't let it start because it then interprets the first
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/index.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/index.ts
index 86a31aec1a1..ca85da3f946 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/index.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async function main() {
   const e2eTestGroup = context.testGroup;
   const e2eTestFilter = context.testFilter;
 
-  const tests = (
+  let tests = (
     await glob(`tests/**/${e2eTestFilter}.{test,spec}.ts`, {
       cwd: __dirname,
     })
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ async function main() {
       }
     });
 
+  tests = tests.filter(
+    (test) =>
+      test === 'tests/collection-indexes-tab.test.ts' ||
+      test === 'tests/no-network-traffic.test.ts'
+  );
+
   debug('Test files:', tests);
 
   if (tests.length === 0) {
diff --git a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/no-network-traffic.test.ts b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/no-network-traffic.test.ts
index b913d6fc13c..371a7d32e2e 100644
--- a/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/no-network-traffic.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-e2e-tests/tests/no-network-traffic.test.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('networkTraffic: false / Isolated Edition', function () {
       const wrapperFile = path.join(tmpdir, 'wrap.sh');
       await fs.writeFile(
         wrapperFile,
-        `#!/bin/bash\nulimit -c 0; exec strace -f -e connect -qqq -o '${outfile}' '${binary}' "$@"\n`
+        `#!/bin/bash\nulimit -c 0; exec strace -f -e connect -tt -o '${outfile}' '${binary}' "$@"\n`
       );
       await fs.chmod(wrapperFile, 0o755);
       return wrapperFile;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('networkTraffic: false / Isolated Edition', function () {
       wrapBinary,
       // TODO(COMPASS-8166): firstRun: true seems to result in network traffic.
       // Probably the welcome modal.
-      firstRun: false,
+      firstRun: true,
     });
     const browser = compass.browser;
 
@@ -115,12 +115,15 @@ describe('networkTraffic: false / Isolated Edition', function () {
       );
     }
 
-    if (
-      [...connectTargets].some(
-        (target) => !/^127.0.0.1:|^\[::1\]:/.test(target)
-      )
-    ) {
-      throw new Error(`Connected to unexpected host! ${[...connectTargets]}`);
+    const unexpectedHosts = [...connectTargets].filter(
+      (target) => !/^127.0.0.1:|^\[::1\]:/.test(target)
+    );
+    if (unexpectedHosts.length > 0) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Connected to unexpected host! ${[
+          ...unexpectedHosts,
+        ]}. Here is the strace log:\n ${straceLog}`
+      );
     }
     if (![...connectTargets].some((target) => /:27091$/.test(target))) {
       throw new Error(