diff --git a/.github/release.yaml b/.github/release.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 57d918b50..000000000
--- a/.github/release.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-changelog:
-  categories:
-    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
-      labels:
-        - breaking
-    - title: Exciting New Features 🎉
-      labels:
-        - feature
-    - title: Fixes 🔧
-      labels:
-        - fix
-    - title: Other Changes
-      labels:
-        - "*"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 974c16997..44121d1a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   tests-java:
-    name: Lint and Test
+    name: Java CI
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.draft
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           sonar_project_token: ${{ secrets[matrix.token] }}
 
   tests-javascript:
-    name: Lint and  Tests
+    name: JavaScript CI
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.draft
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
@@ -67,33 +67,9 @@ jobs:
             -Dsonar.test.inclusions=src/**/__test__/**/*
           sonar_project_token: ${{ secrets.SONAR_FRONTEND }}
 
-  validation-labels:
-    name: Label Validation
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.draft
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Pull request size and stability labels
-        uses: actions/labeler@v4
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-
-      - name: Conventional Label
-        uses: bcoe/conventional-release-labels@v1
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          ignored_types: '["chore","pr"]'
-          type_labels: '{"feat": "feature", "fix": "fix", "bug": "fix", "doc": "documentation", "ci": "ci", "chore": "chore", "breaking": "breaking", "BREAKING CHANGE": "breaking"}'
-
   # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/aqua-security-trivy
   trivy:
-    name: Trivy Security Scan
+    name: Security Scan
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.draft
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cypress-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/cypress-nightly.yml
index 0d13c9c69..466ef2127 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cypress-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cypress-nightly.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 name: Cypress Nightly
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    # runs e2e tests every day at 4am
-    - cron: '0 4 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  # schedule:
+  #   # runs e2e tests every day at 4am
+  #   - cron: '0 4 * * *'
 
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-main.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-main.yml
index efb8e75f6..1fa85aa9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-main.yml
@@ -44,145 +44,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
         uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
 
-  # SonarCloud runs in the main branch are needed to compare against PRs
-  sonarcloud:
-    name: Static Analysis
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.m2
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-test-${{ hashFiles('**/backend/pom.xml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-maven-test-
-
-      - name: Cache SonarCloud packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.sonar/cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
-
-      - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          java-version: "17"
-          distribution: "temurin"
-
-      - name: Unit Tests
-        run: mvn --no-transfer-progress test --file backend/pom.xml
-
-      - name: Integration Tests
-        run: mvn --no-transfer-progress verify -P integration-test --file backend/pom.xml
-
-      - name: Code Coverage
-        run: mvn --no-transfer-progress clean verify -P all-tests --file backend/pom.xml
-
-      - name: Generate JaCoCo Badge
-        uses: cicirello/jacoco-badge-generator@v2
-        id: jacoco
-        with:
-          generate-branches-badge: true
-          jacoco-csv-file: backend/target/coverage-reports/merged-test-report/jacoco.csv
-
-      - name: Log coverage percentage
-        run: |
-          echo "coverage = ${{ steps.jacoco.outputs.coverage }}"
-          echo "branch coverage = ${{ steps.jacoco.outputs.branches }}"
-
-      - name: Commit the badge (if it changed)
-        run: |
-          if [[ `git status --porcelain` ]]; then
-            git config --global user.name 'CI Bot'
-            git config --global user.email 'cibot@users.noreply.github.com'
-            git add -A
-            git commit -m "ci: autogenerated JaCoCo coverage badge"
-            git push
-          fi
-
-      - name: Upload JaCoCo coverage report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: jacoco-report
-          path: backend/target/coverage-reports/merged-test-report/
-
-      - name: SonarCloud Scan
-        run: mvn --no-transfer-progress clean verify package -P all-tests sonar:sonar -Dsonar.projectKey=bcgov_nr-spar-backend -Dsonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths=target/coverage-reports/merged-test-report/jacoco.xml --file backend/pom.xml
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Needed to get PR information, if any
-          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-
-  # Generate release notes and update new version
-  release:
-    name: Release Notes
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      version: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.version }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.m2
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-test-${{ hashFiles('**/backend/pom.xml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-maven-test-
-
-      - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          java-version: "17"
-          distribution: "temurin"
-
-      - name: Conventional Changelog Update
-        continue-on-error: true
-        uses: TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action@v3
-        id: changelog
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          output-file: "CHANGELOG.md"
-          skip-version-file: "true"
-          skip-commit: "true"
-          git-push: "false"
-          skip-on-empty: "false"
-
-      - name: Set new version
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=version::${{ steps.changelog.outputs.version }}"
-          mvn versions:set -DnewVersion='${{ steps.changelog.outputs.version }}' -f backend/pom.xml -DskipTests -Dtests.skip=true -Dskip.unit.tests=true
-
-      - name: Update POM
-        run: mvn versions:commit --file backend/pom.xml
-
-      - name: Commit pom and changelog
-        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
-        with:
-          author_name: Ci Bot
-          author_email: cibot@users.noreply.github.com
-          message: "doc: updating pom to ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.version }} [ci skip]"
-          add: '["backend/pom.xml","CHANGELOG.md"]'
-
-      - name: Create Release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.tag }}
-          release_name: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.tag }}
-          body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.clean_changelog }}
-
   deploy-test:
     name: TEST Deployment
     needs:
       - codeql
-      - sonarcloud
-      - release
     environment: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bd496b605..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on:
-  # push:
-  #   tags:
-  #     - '*'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
-
-jobs:
-  artifact:
-    name: Build artifact
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Cache Maven
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.m2
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-test-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-test-
-
-      - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          java-version: "17"
-          distribution: "temurin"
-
-      - name: Generate Artifact
-        run: mvn -B --no-transfer-progress clean package -DskipTests -Dtests.skip=true -Dskip.unit.tests=true --file pom.xml
-
-      - name: Saving artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: service
-          path: target/nr-spar-oracle-api.jar
-          retention-days: 1
-
-  push_to_registry:
-    name: Push Docker image
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    if: startsWith(github.ref_name,'v')
-    permissions:
-      packages: write
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Creating temp folder
-        run: mkdir -p target/
-
-      - name: Getting artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: service
-          path: target/
-
-      - name: Log in to the Container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@507c2f2dc502c992ad446e3d7a5dfbe311567a96
-        with:
-          images: |
-            ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
-
-      - name: Build and push Docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
-        with:
-          context: .
-          push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-
-      - name: Image Scan
-        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.10.0
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          image-ref: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
-          ignore-unfixed: true
-          severity: CRITICAL
-          format: "sarif"
-          output: "docker-result.sarif"
-
-      - name: Upload Security results to GitHub Security tab
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          sarif_file: "docker-result.sarif"