diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
index f7dc6e2cb6..624e35d281 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 name: go-tests
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - stable-website
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - 'ui/**'
-      - 'mktg-**' # Digital Team Terraform-generated branches' prefix
-      - 'backport/docs/**'
-      - 'backport/ui/**'
-      - 'backport/mktg-**'
+#  pull_request:
+#    branches-ignore:
+#      - stable-website
+#      - 'docs/**'
+#      - 'ui/**'
+#      - 'mktg-**' # Digital Team Terraform-generated branches' prefix
+#      - 'backport/docs/**'
+#      - 'backport/ui/**'
+#      - 'backport/mktg-**'
   push:
-    branches:
-      # Push events on the main branch
-      - main
-      - release/**
+#    branches:
+#      # Push events on the main branch
+#      - main
+#      - release/**
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -59,401 +59,13 @@ jobs:
       name: Setup outputs
       run: ./.github/scripts/get_runner_classes.sh
 
-  check-go-mod:
+  always-fail:
     needs:
-    - setup
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-check-go-mod.yml
-    with:
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-small }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  check-generated-protobuf:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-medium) }}
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
-    # NOTE: This step is specifically needed for ENT. It allows us to access the required private HashiCorp repos.
-    - name: Setup Git
-      if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
-      run: git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}:@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@fac708d6674e30b6ba41289acaab6d4b75aa0753 # v4.0.1
-      with:
-        go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-    - run: make proto-tools
-      name: Install protobuf
-    - run: make proto-format
-      name: "Protobuf Format"
-    - run: make --always-make proto
-    - run: |
-            if ! git diff --exit-code; then
-              echo "Generated code was not updated correctly"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-    - run: make proto-lint
-      name: "Protobuf Lint"
-  check-codegen:
-     needs:
-     - setup
-     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-large) }}
-     steps:
-     - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
-     # NOTE: This step is specifically needed for ENT. It allows us to access the required private HashiCorp repos.
-     - name: Setup Git
-       if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
-       run: git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}:@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"
-     - uses: actions/setup-go@fac708d6674e30b6ba41289acaab6d4b75aa0753 # v4.0.1
-       with:
-         go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-     - run: make --always-make codegen
-     - run: |
-         if ! git diff --exit-code; then
-           echo "Generated code was not updated correctly"
-           exit 1
-         fi
-
-  lint-enums:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-large) }}
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
-    # NOTE: This step is specifically needed for ENT. It allows us to access the required private HashiCorp repos.
-    - name: Setup Git
-      if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
-      run: git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}:@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@fac708d6674e30b6ba41289acaab6d4b75aa0753 # v4.0.1
-      with:
-        go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-    - run: go install github.com/reillywatson/enumcover/cmd/enumcover@master && enumcover ./...
-
-  lint-container-test-deps:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
-    # NOTE: This step is specifically needed for ENT. It allows us to access the required private HashiCorp repos.
-    - name: Setup Git
-      run: git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}:@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@fac708d6674e30b6ba41289acaab6d4b75aa0753 # v4.0.1
-      with:
-        go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-    - run: make lint-container-test-deps
-
-  lint-consul-retry:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
-    # NOTE: This step is specifically needed for ENT. It allows us to access the required private HashiCorp repos.
-    - name: Setup Git
-      if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
-      run: git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}:@github.com".insteadOf "https://github.com"
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@fac708d6674e30b6ba41289acaab6d4b75aa0753 # v4.0.1
-      with:
-        go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-    - run: go install github.com/hashicorp/lint-consul-retry@v1.3.0 && lint-consul-retry
-
-  lint:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-lint.yml
-    with:
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  lint-32bit:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-lint.yml
-    with:
-      go-arch: "386"
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  # create a development build
-  dev-build:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-dev-build.yml
-    with:
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  # dev-build-s390x:
-  #   if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
-  #   needs:
-  #   - setup
-  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-dev-build.yml
-  #   with:
-  #     uploaded-binary-name: 'consul-bin-s390x'
-  #     runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-  #     go-arch: "s390x"
-  #     repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-  #   secrets:
-  #     elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  # dev-build-arm64:
-  #   # only run on enterprise because GHA does not have arm64 runners in CE
-  #   if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
-  #   needs:
-  #   - setup
-  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-dev-build.yml
-  #   with:
-  #     uploaded-binary-name: 'consul-bin-arm64'
-  #     runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-  #     go-arch: "arm64"
-  #     repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-  #   secrets:
-  #     elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  # go-test-arm64:
-  #   # only run on enterprise because GHA does not have arm64 runners in CE
-  #   if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
-  #   needs:
-  #   - setup
-  #   - dev-build-arm64
-  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit-split.yml
-  #   with:
-  #     directory: .
-  #     uploaded-binary-name: 'consul-bin-arm64'
-  #     runner-count: 12
-  #     runs-on: "['self-hosted', 'ondemand', 'os=macos-arm', 'arm64']"
-  #     go-test-flags: "${{ (github.ref_name != 'main' && !startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/')) && '-short' || '' }}"
-  #     repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-  #   secrets:
-  #     elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  #     consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-  #     datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-ce:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit-split.yml
-    with:
-      directory: .
-      runner-count: 6
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: ""
-      go-test-flags: "${{ (github.ref_name != 'main' && !startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/')) && '-short' || '' }}"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-enterprise:
-    if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit-split.yml
-    with:
-      directory: .
-      runner-count: 6
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-      go-test-flags: "${{ (github.ref_name != 'main' && !startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/')) && '-short' || '' }}"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-race:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit.yml
-    with:
-      directory: .
-      go-test-flags: "-race -gcflags=all=-d=checkptr=0"
-      package-names-command: "go list ./... | grep -E -v '^github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent(/consul|/local|/routine-leak-checker)?$' | grep -E -v '^github.com/hashicorp/consul(/command|/connect|/snapshot)'"
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-32bit:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit.yml
-    with:
-      directory: .
-      go-arch: "386"
-      go-test-flags: "-short"
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  # go-test-s390x:
-  #   if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
-  #   needs:
-  #   - setup
-  #   - dev-build-s390x
-  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit.yml
-  #   with:
-  #     uploaded-binary-name: 'consul-bin-s390x'
-  #     directory: .
-  #     go-test-flags: -short"
-  #     runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-  #     repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-  #     go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-  #   permissions:
-  #     id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-  #     contents: read
-  #   secrets:
-  #     elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  #     consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-  #     datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-envoyextensions:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit.yml
-    with:
-      directory: envoyextensions
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-troubleshoot:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit.yml
-    with:
-      directory: troubleshoot
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-api-1-19:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit.yml
-    with:
-      directory: api
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-      go-version: "1.19"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-api-1-20:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit.yml
-    with:
-      directory: api
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-      go-version: "1.20"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-sdk-1-19:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit.yml
-    with:
-      directory: sdk
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-      go-version: "1.19"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  go-test-sdk-1-20:
-    needs:
-    - setup
-    - dev-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-unit.yml
-    with:
-      directory: sdk
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-large }}
-      repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
-      go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consuldev' || '' }}"
-      go-version: "1.20"
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
-      contents: read
-    secrets:
-      elevated-github-token: ${{ secrets.ELEVATED_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
-      datadog-api-key: "${{ !endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') && secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY || '' }}"
-
-  noop:
+      - conditional-skip
+      - setup
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - run: "echo ok"
+      - run: sleep 60s && echo "failing!" && exit 1
 
   # This is job is required for branch protection as a required gihub check
   # because GitHub actions show up as checks at the job level and not the
@@ -473,25 +85,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
     - conditional-skip
     - setup
-    - check-codegen
-    - check-generated-protobuf
-    - check-go-mod
-    - lint-consul-retry
-    - lint-container-test-deps
-    - lint-enums
-    - lint
-    - lint-32bit
-    # - go-test-arm64
-    - go-test-enterprise
-    - go-test-ce
-    - go-test-race
-    - go-test-envoyextensions
-    - go-test-troubleshoot
-    - go-test-api-1-19
-    - go-test-api-1-20
-    - go-test-sdk-1-19
-    - go-test-sdk-1-20
-    - go-test-32bit
+    - always-fail
     # - go-test-s390x
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
     if: always() && needs.conditional-skip.outputs.skip-ci != 'true'
@@ -520,14 +114,14 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "COMMIT_MESSAGE_SUMMARY=$(echo ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }} | head -n 1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Notify Slack
         # always() ensures this runs even if the test eval step exits 1
-        if: ${{ always() && env.FAILED_TESTS == 'true' && (github.ref_name == 'main' || startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/')) }}
+        if: ${{ always() && env.FAILED_TESTS == 'true' }} # && (github.ref_name == 'main' || startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/')) }}
         id: slack
         uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@e28cf165c92ffef168d23c5c9000cffc8a25e117 # v1.24.0
         with:
           # github.event.head_commit.message and github.ref_name both rely on this event occurring on a push / merge
           payload: |
             {
-              "message": "❌ ${{ github.workflow }} workflow failed: \n\n- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }} \n- Branch: ${{ github.ref_name }} \n- Message: ${{ env.COMMIT_MESSAGE_SUMMARY }} \n- Author: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}"
+              "message": "THIS IS A TEST ❌ ${{ github.workflow }} workflow failed: \n\n- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }} \n- Branch: ${{ github.ref_name }} \n- Message: ${{ env.COMMIT_MESSAGE_SUMMARY }} \n- Author: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}"
             }
         env:
           SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.CONSUL_PROTECTED_BRANCH_TEST_SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml b/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml
index 7782ec9b31..6b6909c673 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,8 @@ name: test-integrations
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - stable-website
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - 'ui/**'
-      - 'mktg-**' # Digital Team Terraform-generated branch prefix
-      - 'backport/docs/**'
-      - 'backport/ui/**'
-      - 'backport/mktg-**'
+    branches:
+      - none
 
 env:
   TEST_RESULTS_DIR: /tmp/test-results