diff --git a/docs/nx-cloud/features/split-e2e-tasks.md b/docs/nx-cloud/features/split-e2e-tasks.md
index 487bb2dcd1d31..d85c00933949a 100644
--- a/docs/nx-cloud/features/split-e2e-tasks.md
+++ b/docs/nx-cloud/features/split-e2e-tasks.md
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ nx add @nx/playwright
 nx add @nx/jest
 ```
 
-{% /tab %}
-{% tab label="Gradle" %}
-
-```shell {% skipRescope=true %}
-nx add @nx/gradle
-```
-
 {% /tab %}
 {% /tabs %}
 
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-graph-utils.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-graph-utils.spec.ts
index ac5ef4e3b44b2..182ed5d1a5442 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-graph-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-graph-utils.spec.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ describe('task graph utils', () => {
       const taskGraph = {
         tasks: {
           'e2e:e2e': {
+            id: 'e2e:e2e',
             target: {
               project: 'e2e',
               target: 'e2e',
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ describe('task graph utils', () => {
       const taskGraph = {
         tasks: {
           'e2e:e2e-ci': {
+            id: 'e2e:e2e-ci',
             target: {
               project: 'e2e',
               target: 'e2e-ci',
@@ -153,12 +155,14 @@ describe('task graph utils', () => {
       const taskGraph = {
         tasks: {
           'e2e:e2e-ci': {
+            id: 'e2e:e2e-ci',
             target: {
               project: 'e2e',
               target: 'e2e-ci',
             },
           },
           'gradle:test-ci': {
+            id: 'gradle:test-ci',
             target: {
               project: 'gradle',
               target: 'test-ci',
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index f71771e71e2bb..cb9cb73e33324 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 import { defaultMaxListeners } from 'events';
-import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { relative } from 'path';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
-import { ProjectGraph } from '../config/project-graph';
-import { Task, TaskGraph } from '../config/task-graph';
-import { DaemonClient } from '../daemon/client/client';
-import runCommandsImpl from '../executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl';
-import { hashTask } from '../hasher/hash-task';
+import { relative } from 'path';
+import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { TaskHasher } from '../hasher/task-hasher';
-import { output } from '../utils/output';
-import { combineOptionsForExecutor } from '../utils/params';
-import { workspaceRoot } from '../utils/workspace-root';
+import runCommandsImpl from '../executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl';
+import { ForkedProcessTaskRunner } from './forked-process-task-runner';
 import { Cache } from './cache';
 import { DefaultTasksRunnerOptions } from './default-tasks-runner';
-import { ForkedProcessTaskRunner } from './forked-process-task-runner';
-import { TaskMetadata } from './life-cycle';
-import {
-  getEnvVariablesForBatchProcess,
-  getEnvVariablesForTask,
-  getTaskSpecificEnv,
-} from './task-env';
 import { TaskStatus } from './tasks-runner';
-import { Batch, TasksSchedule } from './tasks-schedule';
 import {
   calculateReverseDeps,
   getExecutorForTask,
@@ -31,6 +17,20 @@ import {
   removeTasksFromTaskGraph,
   shouldStreamOutput,
 } from './utils';
+import { Batch, TasksSchedule } from './tasks-schedule';
+import { TaskMetadata } from './life-cycle';
+import { ProjectGraph } from '../config/project-graph';
+import { Task, TaskGraph } from '../config/task-graph';
+import { DaemonClient } from '../daemon/client/client';
+import { hashTask } from '../hasher/hash-task';
+import {
+  getEnvVariablesForBatchProcess,
+  getEnvVariablesForTask,
+  getTaskSpecificEnv,
+} from './task-env';
+import { workspaceRoot } from '../utils/workspace-root';
+import { output } from '../utils/output';
+import { combineOptionsForExecutor } from '../utils/params';
 
 export class TaskOrchestrator {
   private cache = new Cache(this.options);
@@ -388,15 +388,7 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
         task,
         this.projectGraph
       );
-
-      if (targetConfiguration.executor === 'nx:noop') {
-        writeFileSync(temporaryOutputPath, '');
-        results.push({
-          task,
-          status: 'success',
-          terminalOutput: '',
-        });
-      } else if (
+      if (
         process.env.NX_RUN_COMMANDS_DIRECTLY !== 'false' &&
         targetConfiguration.executor === 'nx:run-commands' &&
         !shouldPrefix
@@ -464,6 +456,13 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
             terminalOutput,
           });
         }
+      } else if (targetConfiguration.executor === 'nx:noop') {
+        writeFileSync(temporaryOutputPath, '');
+        results.push({
+          task,
+          status: 'success',
+          terminalOutput: '',
+        });
       } else {
         // cache prep
         const { code, terminalOutput } = await this.runTaskInForkedProcess(