diff --git a/.circleci/workflows.yml b/.circleci/workflows.yml
index 5211a72cd1af..573ec5af8e3e 100644
--- a/.circleci/workflows.yml
+++ b/.circleci/workflows.yml
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ commands:
               if [[ <<parameters.type>> == 'ct' ]]; then
                 # component tests are located side by side with the source codes.
                 # for the app component tests, ignore specs that are known to cause failures on contributor PRs (see https://discuss.circleci.com/t/how-to-exclude-certain-files-from-circleci-test-globbing/41028)
-                TESTFILES=$(find src -regextype posix-extended -name '*.cy.*' -not -regex '.*(FileMatch|PromoAction|SelectorPlayground|useDurationFormat|useTestingType|SpecPatterns).cy.*' | circleci tests split --total=$CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL)
+                TESTFILES=$(find src -regextype posix-extended -name '*.cy.*' -not -regex '.*(FileMatch|PromoAction|SelectorPlayground|useDurationFormat|useTestingType|SpecPatterns|DebugPendingRunCounts|DebugRunStates|DebugPageHeader|DebugPendingRunSplash|DebugRunNavigation|DebugRunNavigationLimitMessage).cy.*' | circleci tests split --total=$CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL)
               else
                 GLOB="cypress/e2e/**/*cy.*"
                 TESTFILES=$(circleci tests glob "$GLOB" | circleci tests split --total=$CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL)
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cypress/runner.ts b/packages/driver/src/cypress/runner.ts
index e41832ed47bc..1b70f8bf3175 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cypress/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cypress/runner.ts
@@ -1342,13 +1342,11 @@ export default {
     const replacePreviousAttemptWith = (test) => {
       const prevAttempt = _testsById[test.id]
 
-      const prevAttempts = prevAttempt?.prevAttempts || []
+      const prevAttempts = prevAttempt.prevAttempts || []
 
-      const newPrevAttempts = prevAttempt ? prevAttempts.concat([prevAttempt]) : prevAttempts
+      const newPrevAttempts = prevAttempts.concat([prevAttempt])
 
-      if (prevAttempt) {
-        delete prevAttempt.prevAttempts
-      }
+      delete prevAttempt.prevAttempts
 
       test.prevAttempts = newPrevAttempts