diff --git a/.verdaccio/config.yml b/.verdaccio/config.yml
index 2e9f83b1..bc61ec2b 100644
--- a/.verdaccio/config.yml
+++ b/.verdaccio/config.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ uplinks:
     maxage: 60m
 
 packages:
+  # allow publishing local packages
+  '@push-based/*':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+    unpublish: $all
+
   '**':
     # give all users (including non-authenticated users) full access
     # because it is a local registry
diff --git a/code-pushup.config.ts b/code-pushup.config.ts
index 4c985c11..99f40a44 100644
--- a/code-pushup.config.ts
+++ b/code-pushup.config.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const taskTimeTasks: TaskTimeAuditOption[] = [
   {task: 'models-e2e:e2e'},
   {task: 'models-e2e:nxv-e2e'},
   {task: 'nx-verdaccio-e2e:nxv-e2e'},
-  {task: 'cli-e2e-original:original-e2e'},
+  {task: 'cli-e2e-original:original-e2e', options: { exclude: ["nx-verdaccio"]}},
 ];
 const cacheSizeTasks = [
   'models-e2e:nxv-env-setup',
diff --git a/e2e/nx-verdaccio-e2e/test/__snapshots__/plugin-create-nodes.e2e.test.ts.snap b/e2e/nx-verdaccio-e2e/test/__snapshots__/plugin-create-nodes.e2e.test.ts.snap
index f2dbc096..57aa2a41 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-verdaccio-e2e/test/__snapshots__/plugin-create-nodes.e2e.test.ts.snap
+++ b/e2e/nx-verdaccio-e2e/test/__snapshots__/plugin-create-nodes.e2e.test.ts.snap
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ exports[`nx-verdaccio plugin create-nodes-v2 > should add environment targets to
   "nxv-e2e": {
     "configurations": {},
     "dependsOn": [
-      "e2e",
+      {
+        "params": "forward",
+        "target": "e2e",
+      },
     ],
     "executor": "@push-based/nx-verdaccio:env-teardown",
     "options": {},
@@ -26,9 +29,7 @@ exports[`nx-verdaccio plugin create-nodes-v2 > should add environment targets to
   "nxv-env-bootstrap": {
     "configurations": {},
     "executor": "@push-based/nx-verdaccio:env-bootstrap",
-    "options": {
-      "environmentRoot": "tmp/environments/lib-a-e2e",
-    },
+    "options": {},
     "parallelism": true,
   },
   "nxv-env-install": {
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ exports[`nx-verdaccio plugin create-nodes-v2 > should add environment targets to
         "target": "nxv-pkg-install",
       },
     ],
-    "executor": "nx:noop",
+    "executor": "nx:run-commands",
     "options": {
+      "command": "echo "dependencies installed for tmp/environments/lib-a-e2e"",
       "environmentRoot": "tmp/environments/lib-a-e2e",
     },
     "parallelism": true,
@@ -65,9 +67,7 @@ exports[`nx-verdaccio plugin create-nodes-v2 > should add environment targets to
       },
       "^production",
     ],
-    "options": {
-      "environmentRoot": "tmp/environments/lib-a-e2e",
-    },
+    "options": {},
     "outputs": [
       "{options.environmentRoot}/.npmrc",
       "{options.environmentRoot}/package.json",
diff --git a/e2e/nx-verdaccio-e2e/test/plugin-create-nodes.e2e.test.ts b/e2e/nx-verdaccio-e2e/test/plugin-create-nodes.e2e.test.ts
index ff321877..a15eeca9 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-verdaccio-e2e/test/plugin-create-nodes.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-verdaccio-e2e/test/plugin-create-nodes.e2e.test.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ describe('nx-verdaccio plugin create-nodes-v2', () => {
     const { code, projectJson } = await nxShowProjectJson(cwd, projectAE2e);
     expect(code).toBe(0);
 
-    expect(projectJson.targets).toStrictEqual(
+    expect(projectJson.targets).toEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({
         e2e: expect.objectContaining({
           dependsOn: [
@@ -199,9 +199,6 @@ describe('nx-verdaccio plugin create-nodes-v2', () => {
         }),
         [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_BOOTSTRAP]: expect.objectContaining({
           executor: '@push-based/nx-verdaccio:env-bootstrap',
-          options: {
-            environmentRoot: 'tmp/environments/lib-a-e2e',
-          },
         }),
         [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_INSTALL]: expect.objectContaining({
           dependsOn: [
@@ -211,15 +208,17 @@ describe('nx-verdaccio plugin create-nodes-v2', () => {
               target: TARGET_PACKAGE_INSTALL,
             },
           ],
-          executor: 'nx:noop',
-          options: { environmentRoot: 'tmp/environments/lib-a-e2e' },
+          executor: 'nx:run-commands',
+          options: {
+            environmentRoot: 'tmp/environments/lib-a-e2e',
+            command:
+              'echo "dependencies installed for tmp/environments/lib-a-e2e"',
+          },
         }),
         [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_SETUP]: expect.objectContaining({
           cache: true,
           executor: '@push-based/nx-verdaccio:env-setup',
-          options: {
-            environmentRoot: 'tmp/environments/lib-a-e2e',
-          },
+          options: {},
           inputs: [
             '{projectRoot}/project.json',
             {
@@ -259,7 +258,12 @@ describe('nx-verdaccio plugin create-nodes-v2', () => {
         }),
         [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_E2E]: expect.objectContaining({
           executor: '@push-based/nx-verdaccio:env-teardown',
-          dependsOn: ['e2e'],
+          dependsOn: [
+            {
+              params: 'forward',
+              target: 'e2e',
+            },
+          ],
         }),
         [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_TEARDOWN]: expect.objectContaining({
           executor: '@push-based/nx-verdaccio:env-teardown',
diff --git a/examples/e2e/cli-e2e-original/tooling/original.plugin.ts b/examples/e2e/cli-e2e-original/tooling/original.plugin.ts
index 57ba1518..f79125e4 100644
--- a/examples/e2e/cli-e2e-original/tooling/original.plugin.ts
+++ b/examples/e2e/cli-e2e-original/tooling/original.plugin.ts
@@ -54,12 +54,16 @@ function verdaccioTargets(): Record<string, TargetConfiguration> {
 function npmTargets(
   projectConfiguration: ProjectConfiguration & { name: string }
 ): Record<string, TargetConfiguration> {
-  const { root } = projectConfiguration;
+  const { root, name, tags } = projectConfiguration;
   const outputPath = getBuildOutputPathFromBuildTarget(projectConfiguration);
 
   const { name: packageName, version: pkgVersion } = readJsonFile(
     join(root, 'package.json')
   );
+  //
+  if(!tags.some(i => i === 'type:example')) {
+    return {};
+  }
   return {
     'original-npm-publish': {
       command: 'npm publish',
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/executor.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/executor.ts
index 8213f072..890ea36c 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/executor.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/executor.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../plugin/targets/environment.targets';
 import { runSingleExecutor } from '../../internal/run-executor';
 import { PACKAGE_NAME } from '../../plugin/constants';
+import { getEnvironmentRoot } from '../../internal/environment-root';
 
 export type BootstrapExecutorOutput = {
   success: boolean;
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ export async function bootstrapExecutor(
   context: ExecutorContext
 ): Promise<BootstrapExecutorOutput> {
   const { configurationName, projectName } = context;
-  const { keepServerRunning, environmentRoot, verbose } = options;
+  const { keepServerRunning, verbose } = options;
+  const environmentRoot = getEnvironmentRoot(context, options);
 
   if (verbose) {
     logger.info(
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/executor.unit-test.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/executor.unit-test.ts
index df79f9c2..bf25290d 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/executor.unit-test.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/executor.unit-test.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import * as bootstrapExecutorModule from './bootstrap-env';
 import { PACKAGE_NAME } from '../../plugin/constants';
 import { TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_VERDACCIO_STOP } from '../../plugin/targets/environment.targets';
 import { MockAsyncIterableIterator } from '@push-based/test-utils';
+import { ExecutorContext } from '@nx/devkit';
 
 describe('runBootstrapExecutor', () => {
   const e2eProjectName = 'my-lib-e2e';
   const e2eProjectsConfiguration = {
     root: `e2e/${e2eProjectName}`,
   };
-  const context = {
+  const context: ExecutorContext = {
     cwd: 'test',
     isVerbose: false,
     root: 'tmp/environments/test',
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ describe('runBootstrapExecutor', () => {
         [e2eProjectName]: e2eProjectsConfiguration,
       },
     },
+    nxJsonConfiguration: {
+      plugins: [],
+    },
   };
   const stopVerdaccioTask = {
     project: e2eProjectName,
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/schema.json b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/schema.json
index 7f58d5f6..7bb21d47 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/schema.json
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/schema.json
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": true,
-  "required": ["environmentRoot"]
+  "required": []
 }
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/schema.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/schema.ts
index 550c5fa6..e5b57a01 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/schema.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/schema.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-export type BootstrapExecutorOptions = Partial<{
-  keepServerRunning: boolean;
-  environmentRoot: string;
-  printConfig: boolean;
-  verbose: boolean;
-}>;
+import { Environment } from './npm';
+
+export type BootstrapExecutorOptions = Partial<
+  {
+    keepServerRunning: boolean;
+    printConfig: boolean;
+    verbose: boolean;
+  } & Environment
+>;
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/verdaccio-registry.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/verdaccio-registry.ts
index 98d0728a..4fb722e7 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/verdaccio-registry.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/verdaccio-registry.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   VERDACCIO_REGISTRY_JSON,
 } from './constants';
 import { runSingleExecutor } from '../../internal/run-executor';
+import { getEnvironmentRoot } from '../../internal/environment-root';
 
 const VERDACCIO_TOKEN = 'Verdaccio: ';
 
@@ -179,8 +180,8 @@ export function stopVerdaccioServer(options: {
   environmentRoot: string;
   context: ExecutorContext;
 }): Promise<void> {
-  const { projectName, verbose, context, configuration, environmentRoot } =
-    options;
+  const { projectName, verbose, context, configuration } = options;
+  const environmentRoot = getEnvironmentRoot(context, options);
   return runSingleExecutor(
     {
       project: projectName,
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/executor.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/executor.ts
index fb0dbd20..263389ab 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/executor.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/executor.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../plugin/targets/environment.targets';
 import { runSingleExecutor } from '../../internal/run-executor';
 import { rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { options } from 'yargs';
+import { getEnvironmentRoot } from '../../internal/environment-root';
 
 export type ExecutorOutput = {
   success: boolean;
@@ -27,8 +29,11 @@ export default async function runSetupEnvironmentExecutor(
   context: ExecutorContext
 ) {
   const { configurationName: configuration, projectName } = context;
-  const { verbose, environmentRoot, keepServerRunning } =
-    terminalAndExecutorOptions;
+  const { verbose, keepServerRunning } = terminalAndExecutorOptions;
+  const environmentRoot = getEnvironmentRoot(
+    context,
+    terminalAndExecutorOptions
+  );
   try {
     await runSingleExecutor(
       {
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/executor.unit-test.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/executor.unit-test.ts
index 5a58fa77..943f19b3 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/executor.unit-test.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/executor.unit-test.ts
@@ -77,12 +77,7 @@ describe('runSetupEnvironmentExecutor', () => {
     };
 
     await expect(
-      runSetupEnvironmentExecutor(
-        {
-          environmentRoot: 'tmp/environments/my-lib-e2e',
-        },
-        context
-      )
+      runSetupEnvironmentExecutor({}, context)
     ).resolves.toStrictEqual({
       success: true,
       command: 'Environment env-setup complete.',
@@ -108,7 +103,6 @@ describe('runSetupEnvironmentExecutor', () => {
         target: TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_BOOTSTRAP,
       },
       {
-        environmentRoot: 'tmp/environments/my-lib-e2e',
         keepServerRunning: true,
       },
       context
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/schema.json b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/schema.json
index 06c4e07f..7c56ad90 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/schema.json
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/schema.json
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": true,
-  "required": ["environmentRoot"]
+  "required": []
 }
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/schema.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/schema.ts
index 3f14617e..9688789c 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/schema.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-setup/schema.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-export type SetupEnvironmentExecutorOptions = Partial<{
-  environmentRoot: string;
-  keepServerRunning: boolean;
-  progress: boolean;
-  verbose: boolean;
-}>;
+import { Environment } from '../env-bootstrap/npm';
+
+export type SetupEnvironmentExecutorOptions = Partial<
+  Environment & {
+    keepServerRunning: boolean;
+    progress: boolean;
+    verbose: boolean;
+  }
+>;
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-teardown/teardown-env.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-teardown/teardown-env.ts
index 13e2ad98..9256b149 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-teardown/teardown-env.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-teardown/teardown-env.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ import { VERDACCIO_REGISTRY_JSON } from '../env-bootstrap/constants';
 import { fileExists } from '../../internal/file-system';
 import { rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import runKillProcessExecutor from '../kill-process/executor';
-import { DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENTS_OUTPUT_DIR } from '../../plugin/constants';
-import { type ExpandedPluginConfiguration } from 'nx/src/config/nx-json';
-import type { NxVerdaccioCreateNodeOptions } from '../../plugin/schema';
+import { getEnvironmentRoot } from '../../internal/environment-root';
 
 export const gitClient: SimpleGit = simpleGit(process.cwd());
 export type TeardownEnvironmentOptions = Environment & { verbose?: boolean };
@@ -19,17 +17,7 @@ export async function teardownEnvironment(
   options: TeardownEnvironmentOptions,
   git: SimpleGit = gitClient
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const { environmentRoot: optEnvironmentRoot } = options;
-  const plugin = context.nxJsonConfiguration.plugins.find((pCfg) => {
-    return (
-      typeof pCfg === 'object' && pCfg?.plugin === '@push-based/nx-verdaccio'
-    );
-  }) as ExpandedPluginConfiguration<NxVerdaccioCreateNodeOptions>;
-  const environmentsDir =
-    plugin.options.environments?.environmentsDir ??
-    DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENTS_OUTPUT_DIR;
-  const environmentRoot =
-    optEnvironmentRoot ?? join(environmentsDir, context.projectName);
+  const environmentRoot = getEnvironmentRoot(context, options);
   // kill verdaccio process if running
   const registryPath = join(environmentRoot, VERDACCIO_REGISTRY_JSON);
   const registryJsonExists = await fileExists(registryPath);
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/internal/environment-root.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/internal/environment-root.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a779e66e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/internal/environment-root.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { ExecutorContext } from '@nx/devkit';
+import { ExpandedPluginConfiguration } from 'nx/src/config/nx-json';
+import { NxVerdaccioCreateNodeOptions } from '../plugin/schema';
+import { DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENTS_OUTPUT_DIR } from '../plugin/constants';
+import { Environment } from '../executors/env-bootstrap/npm';
+
+export function getEnvironmentDir(context: ExecutorContext) {
+  const plugin = context.nxJsonConfiguration?.plugins?.find((pCfg) => {
+    return (
+      typeof pCfg === 'object' && pCfg?.plugin === '@push-based/nx-verdaccio'
+    );
+  }) as ExpandedPluginConfiguration<NxVerdaccioCreateNodeOptions>;
+  return (
+    plugin?.options?.environments?.environmentsDir ??
+    DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENTS_OUTPUT_DIR
+  );
+}
+
+export function getEnvironmentRoot(
+  context: ExecutorContext,
+  options: Partial<Environment>
+) {
+  const { environmentRoot: optEnvironmentRoot } = options;
+  const environmentsDir = getEnvironmentDir(context);
+  return optEnvironmentRoot ?? join(environmentsDir, context.projectName);
+}
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/plugin/targets/environment.targets.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/plugin/targets/environment.targets.ts
index bde97d73..c656e57b 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/plugin/targets/environment.targets.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/plugin/targets/environment.targets.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ export function verdaccioTargets(
     [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_VERDACCIO_START]: {
       // @TODO: consider using the executor function directly to reduce the number of targets
       // https://github.com/nrwl/nx/blob/b73f1e0e0002c55fc0bacaa1557140adb9eec8de/packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/verdaccio.impl.ts#L22
-      outputs: [
-        `{options.environmentRoot}/${VERDACCIO_STORAGE_DIR}`,
-      ],
+      outputs: [`{options.environmentRoot}/${VERDACCIO_STORAGE_DIR}`],
       executor: '@nx/js:verdaccio',
       options: {
         config: '.verdaccio/config.yml',
@@ -113,7 +111,6 @@ export function getEnvTargets(
   return {
     [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_BOOTSTRAP]: {
       executor: `${PACKAGE_NAME}:${EXECUTOR_ENVIRONMENT_BOOTSTRAP}`,
-      options: { environmentRoot },
     },
     // intermediate task just here to execute dependent pkg-install tasks with the correct environmentProject
     [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_INSTALL]: {
@@ -126,7 +123,7 @@ export function getEnvTargets(
       ],
       options: { environmentRoot },
       // This is here to make it appear in the graph in older nx versions (otherwise it is filtered out)
-      command: `echo "dependencies installed for ${environmentRoot}"`
+      command: `echo "dependencies installed for ${environmentRoot}"`,
     },
     // runs env-bootstrap-env, install-env and stop-verdaccio
     [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_SETUP]: {
@@ -155,9 +152,6 @@ export function getEnvTargets(
       ],
       cache: true,
       executor: `${PACKAGE_NAME}:${EXECUTOR_ENVIRONMENT_SETUP}`,
-      options: {
-        environmentRoot,
-      },
     },
     [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_TEARDOWN]: {
       executor: `${PACKAGE_NAME}:${EXECUTOR_ENVIRONMENT_TEARDOWN}`,
@@ -165,7 +159,7 @@ export function getEnvTargets(
     [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_E2E]: {
       dependsOn: targetNames.map((targetName) => ({
         target: targetName,
-        params: 'forward'
+        params: 'forward',
       })),
       executor: `${PACKAGE_NAME}:${EXECUTOR_ENVIRONMENT_TEARDOWN}`,
     },
diff --git a/tooling/measures/nx-performance/audit/task-time.audit.ts b/tooling/measures/nx-performance/audit/task-time.audit.ts
index 7cd2e684..e252f395 100644
--- a/tooling/measures/nx-performance/audit/task-time.audit.ts
+++ b/tooling/measures/nx-performance/audit/task-time.audit.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AuditOutput, Audit, Table, Issue } from '@code-pushup/models';
-import { executeProcess, slugify, formatDuration } from '@code-pushup/utils';
+import {executeProcess, slugify, formatDuration, objectToCliArgs} from '@code-pushup/utils';
 import { logger, readJsonFile } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { DEFAULT_PLUGIN_OUTPUT } from '../constant';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export function getTaskTimeAuditSlug(task: string): string {
 
 export type TaskTimeAuditOption = {
   task: string;
+  options?: Record<string, unknown>;
   cleanup?: () => void | Promise<void>;
 };
 
@@ -80,13 +81,13 @@ export async function taskTimeData<T extends TaskTimeAuditOption>(
 ): Promise<TaskTimeResult[]> {
   const results: TaskTimeResult[] = [];
 
-  for (const { task } of tasks) {
+  for (const { task, options = {} } of tasks) {
     const dist = join(DEFAULT_PLUGIN_OUTPUT, 'task-time');
     await executeProcess({
       command: `NX_DAEMON=false NX_PROFILE=${dist}/${slugify(
         task
       )}-profile.json npx`,
-      args: ['nx', 'run', task, '--parallel=1', '--skipNxCache'],
+      args: ['nx', 'run', task, '--parallel=1', '--skipNxCache', ...objectToCliArgs(options)],
       observer: {
         onStdout: (stdout) => logger.info(stdout),
         onStderr: (stderr) => logger.error(stderr),