diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_in_tox.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_in_tox.yml
index 6290b09fb5c..b971fd80fd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests_in_tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_in_tox.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           MLFLOW_TRACKING_SERVER_URI: ${{ vars.MLFLOW_TRACKING_SERVER_URI }}
           BENCHMARK_RESULTS_CLEAR: ${{ vars.BENCHMARK_RESULTS_CLEAR }}
+          GH_CTX_REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          GH_CTX_SHA: ${{ github.sha  }}
         run: tox -vv -e tests-${{ inputs.toxenv-task }}-${{ inputs.toxenv-pyver }}-${{ inputs.toxenv-ptver }} -- ${{ inputs.tests-dir }}
       - name: Upload test results
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index e0e6956e841..675d66778a2 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -98,13 +98,14 @@ def manage_tm_config_for_testing():
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
 def init_mlflow_tracking():
-    uri = os.environ.get("MLFLOW_TRACKING_SERVER_URI", "http://localhost:8080")
-    mlflow.set_tracking_uri(uri=uri)
+    uri = os.environ.get("MLFLOW_TRACKING_SERVER_URI")
+    if uri is not None:
+        mlflow.set_tracking_uri(uri=uri)
 
     yield
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def fxt_mlflow_client():
-    uri = os.environ.get("MLFLOW_TRACKING_SERVER_URI", "http://localhost:8080")
-    return mlflow.MlflowClient(uri)
+    uri = os.environ.get("MLFLOW_TRACKING_SERVER_URI")
+    return mlflow.MlflowClient(uri) if uri is not None else None
diff --git a/tests/perf/conftest.py b/tests/perf/conftest.py
index 05d38e6ed1e..6fb181f5be4 100644
--- a/tests/perf/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/perf/conftest.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
-import subprocess
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List
@@ -90,14 +89,16 @@ def fxt_output_root(request: pytest.FixtureRequest, tmp_path_factory: pytest.Tem
     if output_root is None:
         output_root = tmp_path_factory.mktemp("otx-benchmark")
     data_str = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
-    commit_str = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"]).decode("ascii").strip()
-    return Path(output_root) / (data_str + "-" + commit_str)
+    commit_str = os.environ.get("GH_CTX_SHA", "unknown")
+    print(f"Git SHA configured with {commit_str}")
+    return Path(output_root) / (data_str + "-" + commit_str[:7])
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def fxt_working_branch() -> str:
     """Git branch name for the current HEAD."""
-    branch = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"]).decode("ascii").strip()
+    branch = os.environ.get("GH_CTX_REF_NAME", "unknown")
+    print(f"working branch name fixture configured with {branch}")
     return branch
 
 
@@ -241,6 +242,13 @@ def fxt_benchmark_summary(request: pytest.FixtureRequest, fxt_output_root: Path,
         all_results.to_csv(output_path, index=False)
         print(f"  -> Saved to {output_path}.")
 
+        if fxt_mlflow_client is None:
+            print(
+                "Tracking server is not configured. for logging results, "
+                "set 'MLFLOW_TRACKING_SERVER_URI' environment variable to server URI ."
+            )
+            return
+
         # logging to the mlflow for 'develop' or 'releases/x.x.x' branch
         if fxt_working_branch == "develop" or bool(re.match("^releases/[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$", fxt_working_branch)):
             version = VERSION
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index aef83193ed0..6c7f7da2581 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ passenv =
     {[testenv]passenv}
     MLFLOW_TRACKING_SERVER_URI
     BENCHMARK_RESULTS_CLEAR
+    GH_CTX_REF_NAME
+    GH_CTX_SHA
 commands =
     python -m pytest -ra --showlocals --csv={toxworkdir}/{envname}.csv {posargs:tests/integration/{[testenv]test_dir}}