diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-main-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/cron-main-e2e.yml
index 93e28836..bfc0b5d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-main-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-main-e2e.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 90
+    timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
     - name: "Checkout"
       uses: actions/checkout@v7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/push-release-branch.yml
index 095871b3..ba5653ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-release-branch.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 90
+    timeout-minutes: 180
 
     steps:
     - name: "Checkout"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e75d9e47..ae0b21bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 90
+    timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
diff --git a/docs/e2e_tests.md b/docs/e2e_tests.md
index b4d2ff2d..403ab481 100644
--- a/docs/e2e_tests.md
+++ b/docs/e2e_tests.md
@@ -37,10 +37,16 @@ one domain, and uses whichever collection makes the case observable.
 ## Running Tests
 
 ```bash
-make e2e                              # run the E2E suite
-make e2e args="tests/e2e/catalog"     # run a subset of E2E tests
+make e2e                                  # run the E2E suite
+make e2e path=tests/e2e/catalog           # run a subset of E2E tests
+make e2e args="-k test_create_variant"    # pass extra pytest options
 ```
 
+The target always passes a test path (`tests/e2e` unless `path` is set), so `args` only
+carries options. Passing options alone used to drop the path and fall back to `testpaths`,
+which made CI run the unit suite again after the E2E tests. E2E runs also disable coverage
+(`--no-cov`) so they do not overwrite the unit `coverage.xml` that SonarCloud reads.
+
 E2E tests need live API credentials and run against the real API, so they have their own
 target: `make test` covers `tests/unit` only, and `make check-all` does not run them.
 
diff --git a/docs/testing.md b/docs/testing.md
index 42cf5222..ae669669 100644
--- a/docs/testing.md
+++ b/docs/testing.md
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Run all test commands through Docker-based make targets:
 ```bash
 make test
 make test args="tests/unit/http"
-make test args="tests/e2e"
+make e2e
+make e2e path=tests/e2e/catalog
 make check
 make check-all
 ```
diff --git a/make/repo.mk b/make/repo.mk
index f34a2ea4..35b279bf 100644
--- a/make/repo.mk
+++ b/make/repo.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ## Add repo-specific targets here. Do not modify the shared *.mk files.
 e2e:  ## Run e2e test
-	$(RUN) pytest -p no:randomly --junitxml=e2e-report.xml $(if $(args),$(args), tests/e2e)
+	$(RUN) pytest -p no:randomly --no-cov --junitxml=e2e-report.xml $(or $(path),tests/e2e) $(args)