diff --git a/comfy/cmd/main_pre.py b/comfy/cmd/main_pre.py
index 4170dce8c..c14bc436f 100644
--- a/comfy/cmd/main_pre.py
+++ b/comfy/cmd/main_pre.py
@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@ import sys
 import warnings
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
+from opentelemetry.semconv import attributes
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aio_pika import AioPikaInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests import RequestsInstrumentor
+from opentelemetry.metrics import set_meter_provider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor, SpanExporter
-from opentelemetry.semconv.resource import ResourceAttributes as ResAttrs
 
 from .. import options
 from ..app import logger
@@ -114,8 +116,8 @@ def _fix_pytorch_240():
 
 def _create_tracer():
     resource = Resource.create({
-        ResAttrs.SERVICE_NAME: args.otel_service_name,
-        ResAttrs.SERVICE_VERSION: args.otel_service_version,
+        attributes.SERVICE_NAME: args.otel_service_name,
+        attributes.SERVICE_VERSION: args.otel_service_version,
     })
 
     # omit progress spans from aio pika
@@ -152,5 +154,11 @@ def _configure_logging():
 
 _configure_logging()
 _fix_pytorch_240()
+
+# explicitly disable OpenTelemetry metrics by providing a no-op MeterProvider.
+# this prevents the SDK from auto-configuring a default OTLP exporter that
+# would try to connect to localhost when no metrics configuration is present.
+set_meter_provider(MeterProvider())
+
 tracer = _create_tracer()
 __all__ = ["args", "tracer"]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index c00686f25..5686ab565 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -11,14 +11,17 @@ from typing import Tuple, List
 import pytest
 import requests
 
+os.environ['OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER'] = 'none'
+os.environ["OPENCV_IO_ENABLE_OPENEXR"] = "1"
+os.environ["HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER"] = "1"
+# fixes issues with running the testcontainers rabbitmqcontainer on Windows
+os.environ["TC_HOST"] = "localhost"
+
 from comfy.cli_args_types import Configuration
 
 logging.getLogger("pika").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL + 1)
 logging.getLogger("aio_pika").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL + 1)
 
-# fixes issues with running the testcontainers rabbitmqcontainer on Windows
-os.environ["TC_HOST"] = "localhost"
-
 
 def run_server(server_arguments: Configuration):
     from comfy.cmd.main import main
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_svg.py b/tests/unit/test_svg.py
index 88294021e..ca2f444f6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_svg.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_svg.py
@@ -3,12 +3,19 @@ import torch
 
 from comfy_extras.nodes.nodes_svg import ImageToSVG, SVGToImage
 
+SKIP = False
+try:
+    import skia
+except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
+    SKIP = True
+
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def sample_image():
     return torch.rand((1, 64, 64, 3))
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(SKIP, reason="skia import error")
 def test_image_to_svg(sample_image):
     image_to_svg_node = ImageToSVG()
 
@@ -21,6 +28,7 @@ def test_image_to_svg(sample_image):
     assert svg_result[0].startswith('<?xml')
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(SKIP, reason="skia import error")
 def test_svg_to_image():
     svg_to_image_node = SVGToImage()