diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 39e4681f3f9b..9af034d3404b 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mainBuildFilters: &mainBuildFilters
     branches:
       only:
         - develop
-        - issue-22147-nohoist
+        - global-mode-issue
 
 # usually we don't build Mac app - it takes a long time
 # but sometimes we want to really confirm we are doing the right thing
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ macWorkflowFilters: &darwin-workflow-filters
   when:
     or:
     - equal: [ develop, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-    - equal: [ linux-arm64, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-    - equal: [ 'tbiethman/UNIFY-1816-prototype', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
+    - equal: [ 'global-mode-issue', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
     - matches:
           pattern: "-release$"
           value: << pipeline.git.branch >>
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ linuxArm64WorkflowFilters: &linux-arm64-workflow-filters
   when:
     or:
     - equal: [ develop, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-    - equal: [ linux-arm64, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
     - matches:
           pattern: "-release$"
           value: << pipeline.git.branch >>
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@ windowsWorkflowFilters: &windows-workflow-filters
   when:
     or:
     - equal: [ develop, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-    - equal: [ linux-arm64, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
     - matches:
           pattern: "-release$"
           value: << pipeline.git.branch >>
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ commands:
       - run:
           name: Check current branch to persist artifacts
           command: |
-            if [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "develop" && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "tbiethman/UNIFY-1816-prototype" ]]; then
+            if [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "develop" && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "global-mode-issue" ]]; then
               echo "Not uploading artifacts or posting install comment for this branch."
               circleci-agent step halt
             fi
@@ -658,7 +655,7 @@ commands:
         ## by default, assert that at least 1 test ran
         default: 0
     steps:
-      - run: 
+      - run:
           name: 'Verify Mocha Results'
           command: |
             source ./scripts/ensure-node.sh
@@ -1614,7 +1611,7 @@ jobs:
           path: /tmp/cypress
       - store_artifacts:
           path: /tmp/artifacts
-      - store-npm-logs      
+      - store-npm-logs
 
   run-vite-dev-server-integration-tests:
     <<: *defaults
@@ -1636,7 +1633,7 @@ jobs:
           path: /tmp/cypress
       - store_artifacts:
           path: /tmp/artifacts
-      - store-npm-logs            
+      - store-npm-logs
 
   ui-components-integration-tests:
     <<: *defaults
@@ -2363,7 +2360,7 @@ linux-x64-workflow: &linux-x64-workflow
     - run-vite-dev-server-integration-tests:
         context: [test-runner:cypress-record-key, test-runner:percy]
         requires:
-          - system-tests-node-modules-install          
+          - system-tests-node-modules-install
     - run-app-component-tests-chrome:
         context: [test-runner:cypress-record-key, test-runner:launchpad-tests, test-runner:percy]
         percy: true
diff --git a/cli/lib/exec/open.js b/cli/lib/exec/open.js
index 777eed730f46..c77fdc639900 100644
--- a/cli/lib/exec/open.js
+++ b/cli/lib/exec/open.js
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ const { exitWithError } = require('../errors')
  * @returns {string[]} list of CLI arguments
  */
 const processOpenOptions = (options = {}) => {
+  // In addition to setting the project directory, setting the project option
+  // here ultimately decides whether cypress is run in global mode or not.
+  // It's first based off whether it's installed globally by npm/yarn (-g).
+  // A global install can be overridden by the --project flag, putting Cypress
+  // in project mode. A non-global install can be overridden by the --global
+  // flag, putting it in global mode.
   if (!util.isInstalledGlobally() && !options.global && !options.project) {
     options.project = process.cwd()
   }
diff --git a/packages/frontend-shared/cypress/e2e/e2ePluginSetup.ts b/packages/frontend-shared/cypress/e2e/e2ePluginSetup.ts
index e883f643cb64..c6b7285f75fe 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-shared/cypress/e2e/e2ePluginSetup.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-shared/cypress/e2e/e2ePluginSetup.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import execa from 'execa'
 
-import type { CyTaskResult, RemoteGraphQLInterceptor, ResetOptionsResult, WithCtxInjected, WithCtxOptions } from './support/e2eSupport'
+import type { CyTaskResult, OpenGlobalModeOptions, RemoteGraphQLInterceptor, ResetOptionsResult, WithCtxInjected, WithCtxOptions } from './support/e2eSupport'
 import { fixtureDirs } from '@tooling/system-tests'
 // import type { CloudExecuteRemote } from '@packages/data-context/src/sources'
 import { makeGraphQLServer } from '@packages/graphql/src/makeGraphQLServer'
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ async function makeE2ETasks () {
   const { scaffoldCommonNodeModules, scaffoldProjectNodeModules } = require('@tooling/system-tests/lib/dep-installer')
 
   const cli = require('../../../../cli/lib/cli')
+  const cliUtil = require('../../../../cli/lib/util')
   const cliOpen = require('../../../../cli/lib/exec/open')
 
   // Remove all the fixtures when the plugin starts
@@ -288,12 +289,18 @@ async function makeE2ETasks () {
       return Fixtures.projectPath(opts.projectName)
     },
     __internal_scaffoldProject,
-    async __internal_openGlobal (argv: string[] = []): Promise<ResetOptionsResult> {
-      const openArgv = ['--global', ...argv]
+    async __internal_openGlobal ({ argv = [], byFlag = true }: OpenGlobalModeOptions): Promise<ResetOptionsResult> {
+      let isInstalledGloballyStub
+
+      if (byFlag) {
+        argv.unshift('--global')
+      } else {
+        isInstalledGloballyStub = sinon.stub(cliUtil, 'isInstalledGlobally').returns(true)
+      }
 
       // Runs the launchArgs through the whole pipeline for the CLI open process,
       // which probably needs a bit of refactoring / consolidating
-      const cliOptions = await cli.parseOpenCommand(['open', ...openArgv])
+      const cliOptions = await cli.parseOpenCommand(['open', ...argv])
       const processedArgv = cliOpen.processOpenOptions(cliOptions)
       const modeOptions = { ...argUtils.toObject(processedArgv), invokedFromCli: true }
 
@@ -303,6 +310,8 @@ async function makeE2ETasks () {
       // Handle any pre-loading that should occur based on the launch arg settings
       await ctx.initializeMode()
 
+      isInstalledGloballyStub?.restore()
+
       return {
         modeOptions,
         e2eServerPort: ctx.appServerPort,
diff --git a/packages/frontend-shared/cypress/e2e/support/e2eSupport.ts b/packages/frontend-shared/cypress/e2e/support/e2eSupport.ts
index c94b1c6bf81b..d5fb5dfd0f72 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-shared/cypress/e2e/support/e2eSupport.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-shared/cypress/e2e/support/e2eSupport.ts
@@ -198,9 +198,14 @@ export interface ResetOptionsResult {
   e2eServerPort?: number | null
 }
 
-function openGlobalMode (argv?: string[]) {
+export interface OpenGlobalModeOptions {
+  argv?: string[]
+  byFlag?: boolean
+}
+
+function openGlobalMode (options: OpenGlobalModeOptions = {}) {
   return logInternal({ name: 'openGlobalMode', message: '' }, () => {
-    return taskInternal('__internal_openGlobal', argv)
+    return taskInternal('__internal_openGlobal', options)
   }).then((obj) => {
     Cypress.env('e2e_serverPort', obj.e2eServerPort)
 
diff --git a/packages/graphql/schemas/schema.graphql b/packages/graphql/schemas/schema.graphql
index a7e475655fa0..219444950c20 100644
--- a/packages/graphql/schemas/schema.graphql
+++ b/packages/graphql/schemas/schema.graphql
@@ -1442,7 +1442,9 @@ type Query {
   """
   invokedFromCli: Boolean!
 
-  """Whether the app is in global mode or not"""
+  """
+  Whether the app is in global mode or not. This is based off the presence of a project, which is set by the CLI (or absent if the app is run directly). See cli/lib/exec/open.js for the logic that sets the project or not.
+  """
   isGlobalMode: Boolean!
 
   """local settings on a device-by-device basis"""
diff --git a/packages/graphql/src/schemaTypes/objectTypes/gql-Query.ts b/packages/graphql/src/schemaTypes/objectTypes/gql-Query.ts
index e4f637dc3058..71da5316c788 100644
--- a/packages/graphql/src/schemaTypes/objectTypes/gql-Query.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql/src/schemaTypes/objectTypes/gql-Query.ts
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ export const Query = objectType({
     })
 
     t.nonNull.boolean('isGlobalMode', {
-      description: 'Whether the app is in global mode or not',
-      resolve: (source, args, ctx) => Boolean(ctx.modeOptions.global),
+      description: 'Whether the app is in global mode or not. This is based off the presence of a project, which is set by the CLI (or absent if the app is run directly). See cli/lib/exec/open.js for the logic that sets the project or not.',
+      resolve: (source, args, ctx) => !ctx.modeOptions.project,
     })
 
     t.nonNull.field('authState', {
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/global-mode.cy.ts b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/global-mode.cy.ts
index 83549e8affab..ce4251ffecc5 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/global-mode.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/global-mode.cy.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ import { getPathForPlatform } from './support/getPathForPlatform'
 const sep = Cypress.platform === 'win32' ? '\\' : '/'
 
 describe('Launchpad: Global Mode', () => {
+  describe('methods of opening global mode', () => {
+    it('shows global page when opened by --global flag', () => {
+      cy.openGlobalMode()
+      cy.visitLaunchpad()
+      cy.get('h1').should('contain', defaultMessages.globalPage.empty.title)
+    })
+
+    it('shows global page when opened by global install', () => {
+      cy.openGlobalMode({ byFlag: false })
+      cy.visitLaunchpad()
+      cy.get('h1').should('contain', defaultMessages.globalPage.empty.title)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('when no projects have been added', () => {
     it('shows "Add Project" view', () => {
       cy.openGlobalMode()
@@ -71,7 +85,7 @@ describe('Launchpad: Global Mode', () => {
 
   describe('when projects have been added', () => {
     const setupAndValidateProjectsList = (projectList, globalModeOptions?: string[] | undefined) => {
-      cy.openGlobalMode(globalModeOptions)
+      cy.openGlobalMode({ argv: globalModeOptions })
 
       // Adding a project puts the project first in the list, so we reverse the list
       // to ensure the projectList in the UI matches what is passed in.