diff --git a/test/DynamoCoreTests/SerializationTests.cs b/test/DynamoCoreTests/SerializationTests.cs
index 82e361a1af4..21faa8ee02c 100644
--- a/test/DynamoCoreTests/SerializationTests.cs
+++ b/test/DynamoCoreTests/SerializationTests.cs
@@ -277,14 +277,24 @@ public static void CompareWorkspaceModels(serializationTestUtils.WorkspaceCompar
             {
                 var valueA = kvp.Value;
                 var valueB = b.NodeDataMap[kvp.Key];
+                var valANodeName = a.NodeTypeMap[kvp.Key].FullName;
 
                 // Ignore IntegerSlider nodes as they are being read as IntegerSlider64Bit JSON nodes.
                 // TODO: Remove this filter once we deprecate IntegerSlider nodes in a future Dynamo version.
-                if (a.NodeTypeMap[kvp.Key].FullName == "CoreNodeModels.Input.IntegerSlider")
+                if (valANodeName == "CoreNodeModels.Input.IntegerSlider")
                 {
                     Assert.AreEqual("CoreNodeModels.Input.IntegerSlider64Bit", b.NodeTypeMap[kvp.Key].FullName);
                     continue;
                 }
+                //ignore file name/object nodes - the result is dependent on where the graph was run.
+                //which is modified during this test.
+
+                if (valANodeName.ToLower() == "corenodemodels.input.filename" ||
+                    valANodeName.ToLower()== "corenodemodels.input.fileobject"||
+                    valANodeName.ToLower() == "corenodemodels.input.directory")
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
 
                 Assert.AreEqual(a.NodeTypeMap[kvp.Key], b.NodeTypeMap[kvp.Key]);
 
@@ -389,15 +399,26 @@ public static void CompareWorkspacesDifferentGuids(serializationTestUtils.Worksp
                 //convert the old guid to the new guid
                 var newGuid = GuidUtility.Create(GuidUtility.UrlNamespace, modelGuidsToIDmap[kvp.Key]);
                 var valueB = b.NodeDataMap[newGuid];
+                var valANodeName = a.NodeTypeMap[kvp.Key].FullName;
 
                 // Ignore IntegerSlider nodes as they are being read as IntegerSlider64Bit JSON nodes.
                 // TODO: Remove this filter once we deprecate IntegerSlider nodes in a future Dynamo version.
-                if (a.NodeTypeMap[kvp.Key].FullName == "CoreNodeModels.Input.IntegerSlider")
+                if (valANodeName == "CoreNodeModels.Input.IntegerSlider")
                 {
                     Assert.AreEqual("CoreNodeModels.Input.IntegerSlider64Bit", b.NodeTypeMap[newGuid].FullName);
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                //ignore file name/object nodes - the result is dependent on where the graph was run.
+                //which is modified during this test.
+
+                if (valANodeName.ToLower() == "corenodemodels.input.filename" ||
+                    valANodeName.ToLower() == "corenodemodels.input.fileobject" ||
+                    valANodeName.ToLower() == "corenodemodels.input.directory")
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 Assert.AreEqual(a.NodeTypeMap[kvp.Key], b.NodeTypeMap[newGuid]);
 
                 try
diff --git a/test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/SerializationTests.cs b/test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/SerializationTests.cs
index e41eb6d3dc2..aae2f7e7de8 100644
--- a/test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/SerializationTests.cs
+++ b/test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/SerializationTests.cs
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ private void ExecutionEvents_GraphPostExecution(Dynamo.Session.IExecutionSession
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filePath">The path to a .dyn file. This parameter is supplied
         /// by the test framework.</param>
-        [Test, TestCaseSource(nameof(FindWorkspaces)), Category("JsonTestExclude"), Category("Failure")]
+        [Test, TestCaseSource(nameof(FindWorkspaces)), Category("JsonTestExclude")]
         public void SerializationTest(string filePath)
         {
             DoWorkspaceOpenAndCompareView(filePath,
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ public void SerializationTest(string filePath)
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filePath">The path to a .dyn file. This parameter is supplied
         /// by the test framework.</param>
-        [Test, TestCaseSource(nameof(FindWorkspaces)), Category("JsonTestExclude"), Category("Failure")]
+        [Test, TestCaseSource(nameof(FindWorkspaces)), Category("JsonTestExclude")]
         public void SerializationNonGuidIdsTest(string filePath)
         {
             modelsGuidToIdMap.Clear();
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ public void NewCustomNodeSaveAndLoadPt2()
             File.Delete(savePath);
         }
 
-        [Test, Category("Failure")]
+        [Test]
         public void AllTypesSerialize()
         {
             var customNodeTestPath = Path.Combine(TestDirectory, @"core\serialization\serialization.dyn");