diff --git a/docs/notebooks b/docs/notebooks
index 35237a02e..8ea4d9399 160000
--- a/docs/notebooks
+++ b/docs/notebooks
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 35237a02e72678565df09fccd51da4e3aef8cdce
+Subproject commit 8ea4d93998f5db72a9437c0d50bb6b5e175353d6
diff --git a/tests/_test_notebooks/full_test_notebooks.py b/tests/_test_notebooks/full_test_notebooks.py
index 5343688e7..e000b791b 100644
--- a/tests/_test_notebooks/full_test_notebooks.py
+++ b/tests/_test_notebooks/full_test_notebooks.py
@@ -28,17 +28,22 @@
     notebook_base = path.split("/")[-1]
     print(f"'{notebook_base[:-6]}',")
 
-
 # if you want to run only some notebooks, put here, if empty, run all
-run_only = []
+run_only = [
+]
 
 skip = [
-    "AdjointPlugin5BoundaryGradients",
-    "AdjointPlugin6GratingCoupler",
-    "AdjointPlugin7Metalens",
-    "AdjointPlugin8WaveguideBend",
-    "AdjointPlugin9WDM",
-    "AdjointPlugin11CircuitMZI",
+
+# long time (excluding most adjoint)
+'8ChannelDemultiplexer',
+'BullseyeCavityPSO',
+'FocusedApodGC',
+"GeneticAlgorithmReflector",
+'ParticleSwarmOptimizedPBS',
+
+# hang by default
+"AdjointPlugin14PreFab.ipynb",
+"WaveguideBendSimulator",
 ]
 
 # if any run only supplied, only add those
@@ -52,13 +57,17 @@
         notebook_filenames.append(fname)
 
 """
-as of Nov 10 2023
+as of April 15 2024
 '8ChannelDemultiplexer',
 '90BendPolarizationSplitterRotator',
 '90OpticalHybrid',
 'AdiabaticCouplerLN',
+'AdjointPlugin0Quickstart',
 'AdjointPlugin10YBranchLevelSet',
 'AdjointPlugin11CircuitMZI',
+'AdjointPlugin12LightExtractor',
+'AdjointPlugin13Metasurface',
+'AdjointPlugin14PreFab',
 'AdjointPlugin1Intro',
 'AdjointPlugin2GradientChecking',
 'AdjointPlugin3InverseDesign',
@@ -68,10 +77,12 @@
 'AdjointPlugin7Metalens',
 'AdjointPlugin8WaveguideBend',
 'AdjointPlugin9WDM',
+'AllDielectricStructuralColor',
 'AndersonLocalization',
 'AnimationTutorial',
 'AutoGrid',
 'Bandstructure',
+'BilayerSiNEdgeCoupler',
 'BilevelPSR',
 'BiosensorGrating',
 'BistablePCCavity',
@@ -79,22 +90,29 @@
 'BraggGratings',
 'BroadbandDirectionalCoupler',
 'BullseyeCavityPSO',
+'CMOSRGBSensor',
 'CavityFOM',
 'CreatingGeometryUsingTrimesh',
 'CustomFieldSource',
 'CustomMediumTutorial',
+'Design',
 'DielectricMetasurfaceAbsorber',
 'Dispersion',
 'DistributedBraggReflectorCavity',
 'DivergedFDTDSimulation',
+'EMESolver',
 'EdgeCoupler',
+'EffectiveIndexApproximation',
 'EulerWaveguideBend',
 'FieldProjections',
 'Fitting',
 'FocusedApodGC',
 'FresnelLens',
 'FullyAnisotropic',
+'GDSExport',
 'GDSImport',
+'GeneticAlgorithmReflector',
+'GeometryTransformations',
 'GradientMetasurfaceReflector',
 'GrapheneMetamaterial',
 'GratingCoupler',
@@ -103,7 +121,9 @@
 'HeatSolver',
 'HighQGe',
 'HighQSi',
+'MIMResonator',
 'MMI1x4',
+'MachZehnderModulator',
 'MetalHeaterPhaseShifter',
 'Metalens',
 'MicrowaveFrequencySelectiveSurface',
@@ -115,6 +135,7 @@
 'Near2FarSphereRCS',
 'NonHermitianMetagratings',
 'OpticalLuneburgLens',
+'OpticalSwitchDBS',
 'OptimizedL3',
 'PICComponents',
 'ParameterScan',
@@ -122,6 +143,7 @@
 'PhotonicCrystalWaveguidePolarizationFilter',
 'PhotonicCrystalsComponents',
 'PlasmonicNanoparticle',
+'PlasmonicNanorodArray',
 'PlasmonicWaveguideCO2Sensor',
 'PlasmonicYagiUdaNanoantenna',
 'PolarizationSplitterRotator',
@@ -132,6 +154,8 @@
 'SMatrix',
 'STLImport',
 'SWGBroadbandPolarizer',
+'SbendCMAES',
+'ScaleInvariantWaveguide',
 'SelfIntersectingPolyslab',
 'Simulation',
 'StartHere',
@@ -140,14 +164,20 @@
 'TFSF',
 'THzDemultiplexerFilter',
 'ThermallyTunedRingResonator',
+'ThermoOpticDopedModulator',
 'TimeModulationTutorial',
+'TunableChiralMetasurface',
+'UnstructuredData',
 'VizData',
 'VizSimulation',
+'WaveguideBendSimulator',
 'WaveguideCrossing',
+'WaveguideGratingAntenna',
 'WaveguidePluginDemonstration',
 'WaveguideSizeConverter',
 'WaveguideToRingCoupling',
 'WebAPI',
+'XarrayTutorial',
 'YJunction',
 'ZeroCrossTalkTE',
 'ZonePlateFieldProjection',