diff --git a/.azure/gpu-tests.yml b/.azure/gpu-tests.yml
index 8444468c0c58a2..683212cd55d4b2 100644
--- a/.azure/gpu-tests.yml
+++ b/.azure/gpu-tests.yml
@@ -12,31 +12,15 @@ trigger:
       - "master"
       - "release/*"
       - "refs/tags/*"
-  paths:
-    include:
-      - ".azure/**"
-      - "examples/run_ddp_examples.sh"
-      - "examples/convert_from_pt_to_pl/**"
-      - "examples/run_pl_examples.sh"
-      - "examples/pl_basics/backbone_image_classifier.py"
-      - "examples/pl_basics/autoencoder.py"
-      - "examples/pl_loops/mnist_lite.py"
-      - "examples/pl_fault_tolerant/automatic.py"
-      - "examples/test_pl_examples.py"
-      - "examples/pl_integrations/dali_image_classifier.py"
-      - "requirements/pytorch/**"
-      - "src/pytorch_lightning/**"
-      - "tests/tests_pytorch/**"
-      - "setup.cfg"
-      - "pyproject.toml"
-      - ".github/workflows/ci-pytorch*.yml"
-      - ".github/workflows/docs-*.yml"
-
 
 pr:
   - "master"
   - "release/*"
 
+variables:
+  - name: continue
+    value: '1'
+
 jobs:
   - job: testing
     strategy:
@@ -57,6 +41,22 @@ jobs:
       clean: all
 
     steps:
+
+    - bash: |
+        CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-status origin/master -- . | awk  '{print $2}')
+        FILTER='src/pytorch_lightning|requirements/pytorch|tests/tests_pytorch|examples/pl_*'
+        echo $CHANGED_FILES > changed_files.txt
+        MATCHES=$(cat changed_files.txt | grep -E $FILTER)
+        echo $MATCHES
+        if [ -z "$MATCHES" ]; then
+            echo "Skip"
+            echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=continue]0"
+        else
+            echo "Continue"
+            echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=continue]1"
+        fi
+      displayName: Skipper
+
     - bash: |
         lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'
         whereis nvidia
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         pip --version
         pip list
       displayName: 'Image info & NVIDIA'
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
 
     - bash: |
         set -e
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ jobs:
         PACKAGE_NAME: pytorch
         FREEZE_REQUIREMENTS: 1
       displayName: 'Install dependencies'
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
 
     - bash: |
         set -e
@@ -89,13 +91,16 @@ jobs:
         python requirements/pytorch/check-avail-strategies.py
         python requirements/pytorch/check-avail-extras.py
       displayName: 'Env details'
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
 
     - bash: bash .actions/pull_legacy_checkpoints.sh
       displayName: 'Get legacy checkpoints'
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
 
     - bash: python -m coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest
       workingDirectory: src/pytorch_lightning
       displayName: 'Testing: PyTorch doctests'
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
 
     - bash: python -m coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest --ignore benchmarks -v --junitxml=$(Build.StagingDirectory)/test-results.xml --durations=50
       env:
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
       workingDirectory: tests/tests_pytorch
       displayName: 'Testing: PyTorch standard'
       timeoutInMinutes: "35"
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
 
     - bash: bash run_standalone_tests.sh
       workingDirectory: tests/tests_pytorch
@@ -111,14 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         PL_RUN_CUDA_TESTS: "1"
       displayName: 'Testing: PyTorch standalone tests'
       timeoutInMinutes: "35"
-
-    - bash: bash run_standalone_tasks.sh
-      workingDirectory: tests/tests_pytorch
-      env:
-        PL_USE_MOCKED_MNIST: "1"
-        PL_RUN_CUDA_TESTS: "1"
-      displayName: 'Testing: PyTorch standalone tasks'
-      timeoutInMinutes: "10"
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
 
     - bash: |
         python -m coverage report
@@ -128,13 +127,14 @@ jobs:
         ls -l
       workingDirectory: tests/tests_pytorch
       displayName: 'Statistics'
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
 
     - task: PublishTestResults@2
       displayName: 'Publish test results'
       inputs:
         testResultsFiles: '$(Build.StagingDirectory)/test-results.xml'
         testRunTitle: '$(Agent.OS) - $(Build.DefinitionName) - Python $(python.version)'
-      condition: succeededOrFailed()
+      condition: and(succeededOrFailed(), eq(variables['continue'], '1'))
 
     - script: |
         set -e
@@ -146,9 +146,11 @@ jobs:
       env:
         PL_USE_MOCKED_MNIST: "1"
       displayName: 'Testing: PyTorch examples'
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
 
     - bash: python -m pytest benchmarks -v --maxfail=2 --durations=0
       workingDirectory: tests/tests_pytorch
       env:
         PL_RUN_CUDA_TESTS: "1"
       displayName: 'Testing: PyTorch benchmarks'
+      condition: eq(variables['continue'], '1')
diff --git a/.github/file-filters.yml b/.github/file-filters.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e621cd83881e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/file-filters.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# This file contains filters to be used in the CI to detect file changes and run the required CI jobs.
+
+app_examples:
+  - "src/lightning_app/**"
+  - "tests/tests_app_examples/**"
+  - "requirements/app/**"
+  - "examples/app_*"
+  - "setup.py"
+  - "src/pytorch_lightning/__version__.py"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-app-cloud-e2e-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-app-cloud-e2e-test.yml
index c50fee4caa2856..81d5e704417718 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-app-cloud-e2e-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-app-cloud-e2e-test.yml
@@ -7,19 +7,37 @@ on: # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master bran
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
-    paths:
-      - ".github/workflows/ci-app-cloud-e2e-test.yml"
-      - "requirements/app/**"
-      - "src/lightning_app/**"
-      - "examples/app_*"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
 jobs:
+  # This is job should once only once per PR to detect file changes so run required jobs.
+  # see .github/file-filters.yml to define file filters and run the jobs based on the output of each filter.
+  # More info: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/paths-changes-filter
+
+  changes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Set job outputs to the values from filter step
+    outputs:
+      app_examples: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.app_examples }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
+
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
+        id: filter
+        with:
+          filters: .github/file-filters.yml
+
   cloud-test:
     name: Cloud Test
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.app_examples == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-app-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-app-examples.yml
index 8114f59b01aaa7..01570f59c2c775 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-app-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-app-examples.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ on: # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master bran
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
-    paths:
-      - ".github/workflows/ci-app-examples.yml"
-      - "requirements/app/**"
-      - "src/lightning_app/**"
-      - "tests/tests_app_examples/**"
-      # the examples are used in the app CI
-      - "examples/app_*"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml
index fb2cdbda690798..fe3cc36dc16d38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ on: # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master bran
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - ".github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml"
-      - "requirements/app/**"
       - "src/lightning_app/**"
       - "tests/tests_app/**"
+      - "requirements/app/**"
+      - "setup.py"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-conda.yml
index d314a742bbdcb6..3498f087ef0aad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-conda.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master bra
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
-    paths:
-      - "requirements/pytorch/**"
-      - "src/pytorch_lightning/**"
-      - "tests/tests_pytorch/**"
-      - "setup.cfg"  # includes pytest config
-      - ".github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-conda.yml"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
@@ -41,7 +35,28 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+    - name: Get changed files
+      id: changed-files
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v23.1
+
+    - name: Decide if the test should be skipped
+      id: skip
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        FILTER='src/pytorch_lightning|requirements/pytorch|tests/tests_pytorch|examples/pl_*'
+        echo "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}" | tr " " "\n" > changed_files.txt
+        MATCHES=$(cat changed_files.txt | grep -E $FILTER)
+        echo $MATCHES
+        if [ -z "$MATCHES" ]; then
+            echo "Skip"
+            echo "::set-output name=continue::0"
+        else
+            echo "Continue"
+            echo "::set-output name=continue::1"
+        fi
+
     - name: Update base dependencies
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       env:
         PACKAGE_NAME: pytorch
         FREEZE_REQUIREMENTS: 1
@@ -55,10 +70,12 @@ jobs:
       run: pip install "Pillow<9.0"  # It messes with torchvision
 
     - name: DocTests
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       working-directory: ./src
       run: pytest pytorch_lightning --cov=pytorch_lightning
 
     - name: Update all dependencies
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       env:
         HOROVOD_BUILD_ARCH_FLAGS: "-mfma"
         HOROVOD_WITHOUT_MXNET: 1
@@ -78,9 +95,11 @@ jobs:
         python requirements/pytorch/check-avail-extras.py
 
     - name: Pull legacy checkpoints
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: bash .actions/pull_legacy_checkpoints.sh
 
     - name: Testing PyTorch
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       working-directory: tests/tests_pytorch
       run: coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest -v --timeout 150 --durations=50 --junitxml=results-${{ runner.os }}-torch${{ matrix.pytorch-version }}.xml
 
@@ -92,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
       if: failure()
 
     - name: Statistics
-      if: success()
+      if: ${{ success() && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       working-directory: tests/tests_pytorch
       run: |
         coverage report
@@ -100,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-      if: success()
+      if: ${{ success() && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       # see: https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/399
       continue-on-error: true
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-full.yml
index 386bb012b8cc6f..173e2a44a61f4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-full.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master bra
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
     types: [opened, reopened, ready_for_review, synchronize]
-    paths:
-      - "requirements/pytorch/**"
-      - "src/pytorch_lightning/**"
-      - "tests/tests_pytorch/**"
-      - "setup.cfg"  # includes pytest config
-      - ".github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-full.yml"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
@@ -43,42 +37,67 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+    - name: Get changed files
+      id: changed-files
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v23.1
+
+    - name: Decide if the test should be skipped
+      id: skip
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        FILTER='src/pytorch_lightning|requirements/pytorch|tests/tests_pytorch|examples/pl_*'
+        echo "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}" | tr " " "\n" > changed_files.txt
+        MATCHES=$(cat changed_files.txt | grep -E $FILTER)
+        echo $MATCHES
+        if [ -z "$MATCHES" ]; then
+            echo "Skip"
+            echo "::set-output name=continue::0"
+        else
+            echo "Continue"
+            echo "::set-output name=continue::1"
+        fi
+
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     - name: Reset caching
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: python -c "import time; days = time.time() / 60 / 60 / 24; print(f'TIME_PERIOD=d{int(days / 2) * 2}')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: basic setup
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: |
         pip --version
         pip install -q fire
 
     # Github Actions: Run step on specific OS: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57948488/4521646
     - name: Setup macOS
-      if: ${{ (runner.os == 'macOS') }}
+      if: ${{ (runner.os == 'macOS') && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: |
         brew install openmpi libuv  # Horovod on macOS requires OpenMPI, Gloo not currently supported
 
     - name: Setup Windows
-      if: ${{ (runner.os == 'windows') }}
+      if: ${{ (runner.os == 'windows') && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: |
         python .actions/assistant.py requirements_prune_pkgs horovod
 
     - name: Set min. dependencies
-      if: ${{ (matrix.requires == 'oldest') }}
+      if: ${{ (matrix.requires == 'oldest') && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: |
         python .actions/assistant.py replace_oldest_ver
 
     # Note: This uses an internal pip API and may not always work
     # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/master/examples.md#multiple-oss-in-a-workflow
     - name: Get pip cache dir
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       id: pip-cache
       run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(pip cache dir)"
 
     - name: pip cache
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         path: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.dir }}
@@ -87,9 +106,11 @@ jobs:
           ${{ runner.os }}-pip-td${{ env.TIME_PERIOD }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.release }}-${{ matrix.requires }}-
 
     - name: Pull legacy checkpoints
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: bash .actions/pull_legacy_checkpoints.sh
 
     - name: Install dependencies
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       env:
         PACKAGE_NAME: pytorch
         FREEZE_REQUIREMENTS: 1
@@ -101,10 +122,12 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
 
     - name: DocTests
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       working-directory: ./src
       run: pytest pytorch_lightning --cov=pytorch_lightning
 
     - name: Install extra dependencies
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: |
         # adjust versions according installed Torch version
         python ./requirements/pytorch/adjust-versions.py requirements/pytorch/extra.txt
@@ -113,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Reinstall Horovod if necessary
-      if: ${{ (runner.os != 'windows') }}
+      if: ${{ (runner.os != 'windows') && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       env:
         HOROVOD_BUILD_ARCH_FLAGS: "-mfma"
         HOROVOD_WITHOUT_MXNET: 1
@@ -130,38 +153,43 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Cache datasets
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         path: Datasets
         key: pl-dataset
 
     - name: Sanity check
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: python requirements/pytorch/check-avail-extras.py
 
     - name: Testing PyTorch
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       working-directory: tests/tests_pytorch
       # NOTE: do not include coverage report here, see: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1003
       run: coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest -v --durations=50 --junitxml=results-${{ runner.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}-${{ matrix.release }}.xml
 
     - name: Upload pytest results
-      if: failure()
+      if: ${{ (failure()) && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: unittest-results-${{ runner.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}-${{ matrix.release }}
         path: tests/tests_pytorch/results-${{ runner.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.requires }}-${{ matrix.release }}.xml
 
     - name: Prepare Examples
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: |
         # adjust versions according installed Torch version
         python ./requirements/pytorch/adjust-versions.py requirements/pytorch/examples.txt
         pip install -r requirements/pytorch/examples.txt --find-links https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html --upgrade
 
     - name: Run Examples
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       working-directory: ./examples
       run: python -m pytest test_pl_examples.py -v --durations=10
 
     - name: Statistics
-      if: success()
+      if: ${{ (success()) && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       working-directory: tests/tests_pytorch
       run: |
         coverage report
@@ -169,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-      if: always()
+      if: ${{ (always()) && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       # see: https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/399
       continue-on-error: true
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-slow.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-slow.yml
index 8e97ea90b2bc4e..0bb9916ee302aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-slow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-slow.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ on:  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master bra
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, "release/*"]
     types: [opened, reopened, ready_for_review, synchronize]
-    paths:
-      - "requirements/pytorch/**"
-      - "src/pytorch_lightning/**"
-      - "tests/tests_pytorch/**"
-      - "setup.cfg"  # includes pytest config
-      - ".github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-slow.yml"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
@@ -34,19 +28,43 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - name: Get changed files
+      id: changed-files
+      uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v23.1
+
+    - name: Decide if the test should be skipped
+      id: skip
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        FILTER='src/pytorch_lightning|requirements/pytorch|tests/tests_pytorch|examples/pl_*'
+        echo "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}" | tr " " "\n" > changed_files.txt
+        MATCHES=$(cat changed_files.txt | grep -E $FILTER)
+        echo $MATCHES
+        if [ -z "$MATCHES" ]; then
+            echo "Skip"
+            echo "::set-output name=continue::0"
+        else
+            echo "Continue"
+            echo "::set-output name=continue::1"
+        fi
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     - name: Reset caching
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: python -c "import time; days = time.time() / 60 / 60 / 24; print(f'TIME_PERIOD=d{int(days / 2) * 2}')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Get pip cache
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       id: pip-cache
       run: |
         python -c "from pip._internal.locations import USER_CACHE_DIR; print('::set-output name=dir::' + USER_CACHE_DIR)"
 
     - name: Cache pip
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         path: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.dir }}
@@ -55,6 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           ${{ runner.os }}-pip-td${{ env.TIME_PERIOD }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-
 
     - name: Install dependencies
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       env:
         PACKAGE_NAME: pytorch
         FREEZE_REQUIREMENTS: 1
@@ -66,20 +85,21 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Testing PyTorch
+      if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       working-directory: tests/tests_pytorch
       run: coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -m pytest -v --junitxml=results-${{ runner.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}.xml
       env:
         PL_RUN_SLOW_TESTS: 1
 
     - name: Upload pytest test results
-      if: failure()
+      if: ${{ (failure()) && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: unittest-results-${{ runner.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}
         path: tests/tests_pytorch/results-${{ runner.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}.xml
 
     - name: Statistics
-      if: success()
+      if: ${{ (success()) && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       working-directory: tests/tests_pytorch
       run: |
         coverage report
@@ -87,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-      if: success()
+      if: ${{ (success()) && (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       # see: https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/399
       continue-on-error: true
       with: