diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/run_ci_test.sh b/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/run_ci_test.sh
index 693970d3b67..20267536a0f 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/run_ci_test.sh
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/shell_test_utils/run_ci_test.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ mkdir -p $CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH
 mkdir -p $CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH || true
 _CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH=$CHECKPOINT_LOAD_PATH
 _CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH=$CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH
+_TENSORBOARD_PATH=$TENSORBOARD_PATH
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)
 ROOT_DIR=$(realpath $SCRIPT_DIR/../../../)
@@ -135,6 +136,10 @@ for i in $(seq 1 $N_REPEAT); do
 
     # First run never loads from a checkpoint
     export RUN_NUMBER=1
+    DIR=$(dirname "$_TENSORBOARD_PATH")
+    FILE=$(basename "$_TENSORBOARD_PATH")
+    export TENSORBOARD_PATH=$DIR/$i/$FILE
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $TENSORBOARD_PATH)
     export REPEAT=$i
     export CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH=$_CHECKPOINT_SAVE_PATH
     export TRAINING_EXIT_CODE=0
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/recipes/gpt.yaml b/tests/test_utils/recipes/gpt.yaml
index eab62026381..90eddc55c27 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/recipes/gpt.yaml
+++ b/tests/test_utils/recipes/gpt.yaml
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ products:
   - test_case: [gpt3_mcore_te_tp1_pp4_vp1_dist_optimizer_overlap_grad_reduce_param_gather_overlap_optimizer]
     products:
       - environment: [lts]
-        scope: [mr]
+        scope: [nightly]
       - environment: [dev]
         scope: [mr, mr-github, mr-github-slim]
         platforms: [dgx_h100]
@@ -472,11 +472,11 @@ products:
         scope: [mr]
         platforms: [dgx_h100]
       - environment: [lts]
-        scope: [mr]
+        scope: [nightly]
   - test_case: [gpt3_mcore_te_tp4_pp1_resume_torch_dist_dist_optimizer_overlap_grad_reduce_param_gather]
     products:
       - environment: [lts]
-        scope: [mr]
+        scope: [nightly]
       - environment: [dev]
         scope: [mr, mr-github, mr-github-slim]
         platforms: [dgx_h100]
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ products:
         scope: [mr]
         platforms: [dgx_h100]
       - environment: [lts]
-        scope: [mr]
+        scope: [nightly]
   # - test_case: [gpt3_mcore_te_tp4_pp2_frozen_resume_torch_dist_reshard_8x1xNone]
   #   products:
   #     - environment: [dev]