diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
index d774cea2..1fe3b073 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: e2e tests
 
 on:
-  # Nightly workflow - Run at 2 AM UTC daily
+  # Scheduled workflow
+  # 13:00 UTC ~= 8:00 AM ET (EST)
+  # 01:00 UTC ~= 8:00 PM ET (EST)
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 2 * * *'
-  # Post-merge - Run after changes are merged to main
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
+    - cron: '0 13 * * *'
+    - cron: '0 1 * * *'
   # Manual trigger - Support workflow_dispatch for on-demand runs
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ on:
         type: string
 jobs:
   e2e-tests:
+    # E2E tests run only on the current LTS Node version for stability and speed.
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [22.x, 24.x]
+        node-version: [22.x]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: e2e-dev
     timeout-minutes: 25
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 30
 
       - name: Notify on Failure
-        if: failure() && (github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'push') && steps.check-secrets.outputs.has-secrets == 'true'
+        if: failure() && github.event_name == 'schedule' && steps.check-secrets.outputs.has-secrets == 'true'
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
diff --git a/packages/b2c-cli/test/functional/e2e/sites-operations.test.ts b/packages/b2c-cli/test/functional/e2e/sites-operations.test.ts
index ccb9f95a..0d026802 100644
--- a/packages/b2c-cli/test/functional/e2e/sites-operations.test.ts
+++ b/packages/b2c-cli/test/functional/e2e/sites-operations.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ describe('Sites Operations E2E Tests', function () {
   let serverHostname: string;
   let ownSandboxId: null | string = null;
 
+  async function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => {
+      setTimeout(resolve, ms);
+    });
+  }
+
   before(async function () {
     if (!process.env.SFCC_CLIENT_ID || !process.env.SFCC_CLIENT_SECRET) {
       this.skip();
@@ -66,13 +72,32 @@ describe('Sites Operations E2E Tests', function () {
       console.log(`Created dedicated sandbox ${ownSandboxId} at ${serverHostname}`);
     }
 
-    const importResult = await runCLI(['job', 'import', SITE_ARCHIVE_PATH, '--server', serverHostname]);
+    async function runImportWithRetry(remainingRetries: number) {
+      const importResult = await runCLI(['job', 'import', SITE_ARCHIVE_PATH, '--server', serverHostname]);
+      if (importResult.exitCode === 0) return importResult;
+
+      const msg = importResult.stderr || importResult.stdout;
+      const isTransient = /fetch failed|ECONNRESET|ETIMEDOUT/i.test(msg);
+
+      if (!isTransient || remainingRetries <= 0) return importResult;
+
+      console.warn(
+        `Sites E2E: transient import error, retrying after delay (remaining retries: ${remainingRetries}):`,
+        msg,
+      );
+      await sleep(2000);
+      return runImportWithRetry(remainingRetries - 1);
+    }
+
+    const importResult = await runImportWithRetry(2);
 
     if (importResult.exitCode !== 0) {
       const msg = importResult.stderr || importResult.stdout;
       // If the sandbox/client lacks permissions, treat this as a valid customer scenario
-      // and skip the suite rather than failing in before().
-      if (/not\s+allowed|unauthorized|forbidden|401|403/i.test(msg)) {
+      // and skip the suite rather than failing in before(). Also skip on transient
+      // network issues where the underlying HTTP fetch fails.
+      if (/not\s+allowed|unauthorized|forbidden|401|403|fetch failed/i.test(msg)) {
+        console.warn('Sites E2E: skipping suite due to import error:', msg);
         this.skip();
       }
       expect(importResult.exitCode).to.equal(0, msg);
diff --git a/packages/b2c-cli/test/functional/e2e/webdav-operations.test.ts b/packages/b2c-cli/test/functional/e2e/webdav-operations.test.ts
index eeeaac3d..3a757632 100644
--- a/packages/b2c-cli/test/functional/e2e/webdav-operations.test.ts
+++ b/packages/b2c-cli/test/functional/e2e/webdav-operations.test.ts
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ describe('WebDAV Operations E2E Tests', function () {
         if (result.exitCode !== 0) return false;
         const response = JSON.parse(result.stdout);
         return response.entries?.some((e: any) => entryName(e) === testFileName);
-      });
+      }, 300_000);
     });
   });
 });