diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/TabbedBrowsingTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/TabbedBrowsingTest.kt
index 9792d02dde69..f177a9a353fb 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/TabbedBrowsingTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/TabbedBrowsingTest.kt
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.ui.robots.notificationShade
 class TabbedBrowsingTest {
     private val mDevice = UiDevice.getInstance(InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation())
     private lateinit var mockWebServer: MockWebServer
+    private val settings = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().targetContext.settings()
+
+    // saving default values of feature flags
+    private var jumpBackInCFRDefault: Boolean = settings.shouldShowJumpBackInCFR
+    private var recentTabsFeatureDefault: Boolean = settings.showRecentTabsFeature
+    private var showPocketDefault: Boolean = settings.showPocketRecommendationsFeature
 
     /* ktlint-disable no-blank-line-before-rbrace */ // This imposes unreadable grouping.
     @get:Rule
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ class TabbedBrowsingTest {
 
     @Before
     fun setUp() {
-        activityTestRule.activity.applicationContext.settings().shouldShowJumpBackInCFR = false
+        settings.shouldShowJumpBackInCFR = false
         mockWebServer = MockWebServer().apply {
             dispatcher = AndroidAssetDispatcher()
             start()
@@ -58,6 +64,10 @@ class TabbedBrowsingTest {
     @After
     fun tearDown() {
         mockWebServer.shutdown()
+        // resetting the default values of these features flags
+        settings.shouldShowJumpBackInCFR = jumpBackInCFRDefault
+        settings.showRecentTabsFeature = recentTabsFeatureDefault
+        settings.showPocketRecommendationsFeature = showPocketDefault
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -138,6 +148,10 @@ class TabbedBrowsingTest {
 
     @Test
     fun closeTabTest() {
+        // disabling these features because they interfere with the snackbar visibility
+        settings.showRecentTabsFeature = false
+        settings.showPocketRecommendationsFeature = false
+
         val genericURL = TestAssetHelper.getGenericAsset(mockWebServer, 1)
 
         navigationToolbar {
@@ -176,6 +190,9 @@ class TabbedBrowsingTest {
 
     @Test
     fun closePrivateTabTest() {
+        settings.showRecentTabsFeature = false
+        settings.showPocketRecommendationsFeature = false
+
         val genericURL = TestAssetHelper.getGenericAsset(mockWebServer, 1)
 
         homeScreen { }.togglePrivateBrowsingMode()
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/BrowserRobot.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/BrowserRobot.kt
index cea2ac9e7311..41818e13728e 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/BrowserRobot.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/BrowserRobot.kt
@@ -102,9 +102,13 @@ class BrowserRobot {
     }
 
     fun verifyTabCounter(expectedText: String) {
-        val counter = mDevice.findObject(UiSelector().resourceId("$packageName:id/counter_text"))
-        counter.waitForExists(waitingTime)
-        assertTrue(counter.text.equals(expectedText))
+        val counter =
+            mDevice.findObject(
+                UiSelector()
+                    .resourceId("$packageName:id/counter_text")
+                    .text(expectedText)
+            )
+        assertTrue(counter.waitForExists(waitingTime))
     }
 
     fun verifySnackBarText(expectedText: String) {
diff --git a/automation/taskcluster/androidTest/flank-x86.yml b/automation/taskcluster/androidTest/flank-x86.yml
index fed6be86c231..22082e2e3b1e 100644
--- a/automation/taskcluster/androidTest/flank-x86.yml
+++ b/automation/taskcluster/androidTest/flank-x86.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ flank:
   max-test-shards: -1
   # num-test-runs: the amount of times to run the tests.
   # 1 runs the tests once. 10 runs all the tests 10x
-  num-test-runs: 20
+  num-test-runs: 100
   ### Output Style flag
   ## Output style of execution status. May be one of [verbose, multi, single, compact].
   ## For runs with only one test execution the default value is 'verbose', in other cases