diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-couchdb.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-couchdb.yml
index c6ecf3eab10..0a7ebe4cc25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-couchdb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-couchdb.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run : docker-compose up -d -f src/plugins/persistence/couch/couchdb-compose.yaml
-      - run : sh src/plugins/persistence/couch/setup-couchdb.sh
+      - run : docker-compose -f src/plugins/persistence/couch/couchdb-compose.yaml up --detach
+      - run : sleep 3 # wait until CouchDB has started (TODO: there must be a better way)
+      - run : bash src/plugins/persistence/couch/setup-couchdb.sh
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: '16'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11481c4c408..a865c26db3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ report.*.json
 test-results
 html-test-results
 
+# couchdb scripting artifacts
+src/plugins/persistence/couch/.env.local
+index.html.bak
+
 # codecov artifacts
 .nyc_output
 coverage
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b916bc65061..104b7b874c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "test:e2e:local": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-local.config.js --project=chrome",
     "test:e2e:updatesnapshots": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-ci.config.js --project=chrome --grep @snapshot --update-snapshots",
     "test:e2e:visual": "percy exec --config ./e2e/.percy.yml -- npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-visual.config.js --grep-invert @unstable",
-    "test:e2e:full": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-ci.config.js",
+    "test:e2e:full": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-ci.config.js --grep-invert @couchdb",
     "test:perf": "npx playwright test --config=e2e/playwright-performance.config.js",
     "test:watch": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test NODE_OPTIONS=\"--max_old_space_size=4096\" karma start --no-single-run",
     "update-about-dialog-copyright": "perl -pi -e 's/20\\d\\d\\-202\\d/2014\\-2022/gm' ./src/ui/layout/AboutDialog.vue",
diff --git a/src/plugins/URLTimeSettingsSynchronizer/pluginSpec.js b/src/plugins/URLTimeSettingsSynchronizer/pluginSpec.js
index ad09b3b3008..196c6732c6f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/URLTimeSettingsSynchronizer/pluginSpec.js
+++ b/src/plugins/URLTimeSettingsSynchronizer/pluginSpec.js
@@ -56,85 +56,76 @@ describe("The URLTimeSettingsSynchronizer", () => {
     it("initial clock is set to fixed is reflected in URL", (done) => {
         resolveFunction = () => {
             oldHash = window.location.hash;
-            expect(window.location.hash.includes('tc.mode=fixed')).toBe(true);
+            expect(window.location.hash).toContain('tc.mode=fixed');
 
             openmct.router.removeListener('change:hash', resolveFunction);
             done();
         };
 
+        // We have a debounce set to 300ms on setHash, so if we don't flush,
+        // the above resolve function sometimes doesn't fire due to a race condition.
+        openmct.router.setHash.flush();
         openmct.router.on('change:hash', resolveFunction);
     });
 
     it("when the clock is set via the time API, it is reflected in the URL", (done) => {
-        let success;
-
         resolveFunction = () => {
             openmct.time.clock('local', {
                 start: -2000,
                 end: 200
             });
-
-            const hasStartDelta = window.location.hash.includes('tc.startDelta=2000');
-            const hasEndDelta = window.location.hash.includes('tc.endDelta=200');
-            const hasLocalClock = window.location.hash.includes('tc.mode=local');
-            success = hasStartDelta && hasEndDelta && hasLocalClock;
-            if (success) {
-                expect(success).toBe(true);
-
-                openmct.router.removeListener('change:hash', resolveFunction);
-                done();
-            }
+            openmct.router.setHash.flush();
+            const urlHash = window.location.hash;
+            expect(urlHash).toContain('tc.startDelta=2000');
+            expect(urlHash).toContain('tc.endDelta=200');
+            expect(urlHash).toContain('tc.mode=local');
+            openmct.router.removeListener('change:hash', resolveFunction);
+            done();
         };
 
+        // We have a debounce set to 300ms on setHash, so if we don't flush,
+        // the above resolve function sometimes doesn't fire due to a race condition.
+        openmct.router.setHash.flush();
         openmct.router.on('change:hash', resolveFunction);
     });
 
     it("when the clock mode is set to local, it is reflected in the URL", (done) => {
-        let success;
-
         resolveFunction = () => {
             let hash = window.location.hash;
             hash = hash.replace('tc.mode=fixed', 'tc.mode=local');
             window.location.hash = hash;
 
-            success = window.location.hash.includes('tc.mode=local');
-            if (success) {
-                expect(success).toBe(true);
-                done();
-            }
+            expect(window.location.hash).toContain('tc.mode=local');
+            done();
         };
 
+        // We have a debounce set to 300ms on setHash, so if we don't flush,
+        // the above resolve function sometimes doesn't fire due to a race condition.
+        openmct.router.setHash.flush();
         openmct.router.on('change:hash', resolveFunction);
     });
 
     it("when the clock mode is set to local, it is reflected in the URL", (done) => {
-        let success;
-
         resolveFunction = () => {
             let hash = window.location.hash;
 
             hash = hash.replace('tc.mode=fixed', 'tc.mode=local');
             window.location.hash = hash;
-            success = window.location.hash.includes('tc.mode=local');
-            if (success) {
-                expect(success).toBe(true);
-                done();
-            }
+            expect(window.location.hash).toContain('tc.mode=local');
+            done();
         };
 
+        // We have a debounce set to 300ms on setHash, so if we don't flush,
+        // the above resolve function sometimes doesn't fire due to a race condition.
+        openmct.router.setHash.flush();
         openmct.router.on('change:hash', resolveFunction);
     });
 
     it("reset hash", (done) => {
-        let success;
-
         window.location.hash = oldHash;
         resolveFunction = () => {
-            success = window.location.hash === oldHash;
-            if (success) {
-                expect(success).toBe(true);
-                done();
-            }
+            expect(window.location.hash).toBe(oldHash);
+            done();
         };
 
         openmct.router.on('change:hash', resolveFunction);
diff --git a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/setup-couchdb.sh b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/setup-couchdb.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2b8f5e7c177..482f370f90b
--- a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/setup-couchdb.sh
+++ b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/setup-couchdb.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ is_cors_enabled() {
 
 enable_cors () {
     curl -su "${CURL_USERPASS_ARG}" -o /dev/null -X PUT $COUCH_BASE_LOCAL/_node/$COUCH_NODE_NAME/_config/httpd/enable_cors -d '"true"'
-    curl -su "${CURL_USERPASS_ARG}" -o /dev/null -X PUT $COUCH_BASE_LOCAL/_node/$COUCH_NODE_NAME/_config/cors/origins -d '"http://localhost:8080"'
+    curl -su "${CURL_USERPASS_ARG}" -o /dev/null -X PUT $COUCH_BASE_LOCAL/_node/$COUCH_NODE_NAME/_config/cors/origins -d '"*"'
     curl -su "${CURL_USERPASS_ARG}" -o /dev/null -X PUT $COUCH_BASE_LOCAL/_node/$COUCH_NODE_NAME/_config/cors/credentials -d '"true"'
     curl -su "${CURL_USERPASS_ARG}" -o /dev/null -X PUT $COUCH_BASE_LOCAL/_node/$COUCH_NODE_NAME/_config/cors/methods -d '"GET, PUT, POST, HEAD, DELETE"'
     curl -su "${CURL_USERPASS_ARG}" -o /dev/null -X PUT $COUCH_BASE_LOCAL/_node/$COUCH_NODE_NAME/_config/cors/headers -d '"accept, authorization, content-type, origin, referer, x-csrf-token"'
diff --git a/src/ui/layout/search/GrandSearch.vue b/src/ui/layout/search/GrandSearch.vue
index 88dfe198e61..f007fc5e8ac 100644
--- a/src/ui/layout/search/GrandSearch.vue
+++ b/src/ui/layout/search/GrandSearch.vue
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ export default {
         },
         getPathsForObjects(objectsNeedingPaths) {
             return Promise.all(objectsNeedingPaths.map(async (domainObject) => {
+                if (!domainObject) {
+                    // user interrupted search, return back
+                    return null;
+                }
+
                 const keyStringForObject = this.openmct.objects.makeKeyString(domainObject.identifier);
                 const originalPathObjects = await this.openmct.objects.getOriginalPath(keyStringForObject);
 
@@ -127,12 +132,17 @@ export default {
                 this.searchLoading = false;
                 this.showSearchResults();
             } catch (error) {
-                console.error(`😞 Error searching`, error);
                 this.searchLoading = false;
 
                 if (this.abortSearchController) {
                     delete this.abortSearchController;
                 }
+
+                // Is this coming from the AbortController?
+                // If so, we can swallow the error. If not, 🤮 it to console
+                if (error.name !== 'AbortError') {
+                    console.error(`😞 Error searching`, error);
+                }
             }
         },
         showSearchResults() {
diff --git a/src/ui/router/ApplicationRouterSpec.js b/src/ui/router/ApplicationRouterSpec.js
index d356d185433..4e6ca7ac3a7 100644
--- a/src/ui/router/ApplicationRouterSpec.js
+++ b/src/ui/router/ApplicationRouterSpec.js
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ describe('Application router utility functions', () => {
             };
 
             openmct.router.on('change:hash', resolveFunction);
+            // We have a debounce set to 300ms on setHash, so if we don't flush,
+            // the above resolve function sometimes doesn't fire due to a race condition.
+            openmct.router.setHash.flush();
             openmct.router.setLocationFromUrl();
         });