diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index 3fef894cd..f39d8cde6 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ version: 3
 vars:
   maybe_nightly: { sh: cargo version | grep -q 'nightly' && echo 'nightly' || echo ''  }
 
+# 2025-08-07
+# temporarily omitting `nio` runtime from CI tasks
+# because the latest published version of `nio` (0.0.1) fails to build
+# (ref: for example, https://github.com/ohkami-rs/ohkami/pull/493#issuecomment-3146636452)
+
 tasks:
   CI:
     deps:
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ tasks:
     deps:
       - task: test:tls
       - task: test:no_rt
-      - for:  [tokio, smol, nio, glommio, lambda, worker]
+      - for:  [tokio, smol, glommio, lambda, worker] # [tokio, smol, nio, glommio, lambda, worker]
         task: test:rt
         vars: { rt: '{{.ITEM}}' }
   test:other:
@@ -32,23 +37,23 @@ tasks:
     deps:
       - task: check:tls
       - task: check:no_rt
-      - for:  [tokio, smol, nio, glommio, lambda]
+      - for:  [tokio, smol, glommio, lambda] # [tokio, smol, nio, glommio, lambda]
         task: check:rt-native_target
         vars: { rt: '{{.ITEM}}' }
       - task: check:rt_worker
 
   bench:dryrun:
     status:
-      - (! cargo version | grep -q 'nightly')
+      - '[ "{{.maybe_nightly}}" != nightly ]' # skip if not nightly
     cmds:
       - cd benches && cargo bench --features DEBUG --no-run
       - cd benches_rt/vs_actix-web && cargo check
-      - for: [tokio, smol, nio, glommio]
+      - for: [tokio, smol, glommio] # [tokio, smol, nio, glommio]
         cmd: cd benches_rt/{{.ITEM}} && cargo check
 
   bench:
     status:
-      - (! cargo version | grep -q 'nightly')
+      - '[ "{{.maybe_nightly}}" != nightly ]' # skip if not nightly
     dir: ./benches
     cmds:
       - task: bench:dryrun
diff --git a/benches_rt/glommio/src/bin/param.rs b/benches_rt/glommio/src/bin/param.rs
index 8be0371e3..833001371 100644
--- a/benches_rt/glommio/src/bin/param.rs
+++ b/benches_rt/glommio/src/bin/param.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use glommio::{LocalExecutorPoolBuilder, PoolPlacement, CpuSet};
 
 
 #[inline(always)]
-async fn echo_id(id: String) -> String {
+async fn echo_id(Path(id): Path<String>) -> String {
     id
 }
 
diff --git a/benches_rt/nio/src/bin/param.rs b/benches_rt/nio/src/bin/param.rs
index ddedad5a2..f75ca927c 100644
--- a/benches_rt/nio/src/bin/param.rs
+++ b/benches_rt/nio/src/bin/param.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ use ohkami::prelude::*;
 async fn main() {
     Ohkami::new((
         "/user/:id"
-            .GET(|id: String| async {id}),
+            .GET(|Path(id): Path<String>| async {id}),
     )).howl("0.0.0.0:3000").await
 }
diff --git a/benches_rt/smol/src/bin/param.rs b/benches_rt/smol/src/bin/param.rs
index ea89d986a..f9a2d2b89 100644
--- a/benches_rt/smol/src/bin/param.rs
+++ b/benches_rt/smol/src/bin/param.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use ohkami::prelude::*;
 
 
 #[inline(always)]
-async fn echo_id(id: String) -> String {
+async fn echo_id(Path(id): Path<String>) -> String {
     id
 }
 
diff --git a/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/hello.rs b/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/hello.rs
index 632f3185b..2514f1183 100644
--- a/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/hello.rs
+++ b/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/hello.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 use ohkami::prelude::*;
-use ohkami::format::Json;
+use ohkami::format::{Path, Json};
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 struct Message {
     message: String
 }
 
-async fn hello(name: &str) -> Json<Message> {
+async fn hello(Path(name): Path<&str>) -> Json<Message> {
     Json(Message {
         message: format!("Hello, {name}!")
     })
diff --git a/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/param.rs b/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/param.rs
index 706fc1b93..934cc7b03 100644
--- a/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/param.rs
+++ b/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/param.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ fn main() {
         .expect("Failed building the Runtime")
         .block_on(Ohkami::new((
             "/user/:id"
-                .GET(|id: String| async {id}),
+                .GET(|Path(id): Path<String>| async {id}),
         )).howl("0.0.0.0:3000"))
 }
diff --git a/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/sleep.rs b/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/sleep.rs
index 2f9611a25..eaf3a1055 100644
--- a/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/sleep.rs
+++ b/benches_rt/tokio/src/bin/sleep.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use ohkami::prelude::*;
 
-async fn sleeping_hello(secs: u64) -> &'static str {
+async fn sleeping_hello(Path(secs): Path<u64>) -> &'static str {
     tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(secs)).await;
     "Hello, sleep!"
 }