diff --git a/.github/workflows/caa_build_and_push.yaml b/.github/workflows/caa_build_and_push.yaml
index d9630438e..5e924fcfd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/caa_build_and_push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/caa_build_and_push.yaml
@@ -47,14 +47,18 @@ jobs:
   build_push_job:
     name: build and push
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner }}
+
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
           - type: dev
             arches: ${{ inputs.dev_arches }}
-          - type: release
-            arches: ${{ inputs.release_arches }}
+          # - type: release
+          #   arches: ${{ inputs.release_arches }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -y
           sudo apt-get install -y libvirt-dev
+
       - name: Login to quay Container Registry
         if: ${{ startsWith(inputs.registry, 'quay.io') }}
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
@@ -100,10 +105,22 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ startsWith(inputs.registry, 'ghcr.io') }}
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
-          registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
+          registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: mgns test push
+        env:
+          REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
+        run: |
+          mdkdir mgns && cd mgns
+          cat <<EOF > Dockerfile
+          FROM ubuntu:22.04
+  
+          RUN echo hello > /hello.txt
+          EOF
+          docker buildx build -t "${REGISTRY}/cloud-api-adaptor:latest-dev" --push .
+
       - name: Build and push image
         uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-e2e-tests-libvirt.yaml b/.github/workflows/daily-e2e-tests-libvirt.yaml
index 3c0b29333..280aaf6c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-e2e-tests-libvirt.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-e2e-tests-libvirt.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ on:
   # will base on default branch `main`
     - cron: '15 4 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      git-ref:
+        type: string
+        default: 'refs/heads/main'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/e2e_run_all.yaml
     with:
       caa_image_tag: latest
-      git_ref: refs/heads/main
+      git_ref: ${{ inputs.git-ref || 'refs/heads/main' }}
       podvm_image_tag: latest
       registry: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_libvirt.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e_libvirt.yaml
index 00d16c327..2a2d6d460 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_libvirt.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_libvirt.yaml
@@ -182,7 +182,11 @@ jobs:
           export TEST_E2E_TIMEOUT="75m"
           export TEST_E2E_SECURE_COMMS="${{ inputs.secure_comms }}"
 
-          make test-e2e
+          # make test-e2e
+          make test-e2e RUN_TESTS="TestLibvirtCreateSimplePod"
+
+      - name: Setup tmate session
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3 
 
       - name: Debug tests failure
         if: failure() && steps.runTests.outcome == 'failure'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_run_all.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e_run_all.yaml
index 90b9de475..57e7a7757 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_run_all.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_run_all.yaml
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ defaults:
   run:
     working-directory: src/cloud-api-adaptor
 
+
 jobs:
   # Build the podvm images.
   #
   podvm_builder:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/podvm_builder.yaml
+    if: false
     with:
       registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       image_tag: ${{ inputs.podvm_image_tag }}
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
 
   podvm_binaries:
     needs: [podvm_builder]
+    if: false
     uses: ./.github/workflows/podvm_binaries.yaml
     with:
       registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
   podvm:
     needs: [podvm_binaries]
+    if: false
     uses: ./.github/workflows/podvm.yaml
     with:
       registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@ jobs:
 
   podvm_mkosi_s390x:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/podvm_mkosi.yaml
+    if: false
     with:
       registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       image_tag: ${{ inputs.podvm_image_tag }}
@@ -197,6 +202,7 @@ jobs:
 
   caa_image_amd64:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/caa_build_and_push.yaml
+    if: false
     with:
       registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       dev_arches: 'linux/amd64'
@@ -208,6 +214,7 @@ jobs:
 
   caa_image_s390x:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/caa_build_and_push.yaml
+    if: false
     with:
       registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       dev_arches: 'linux/s390x'