diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang_sanitizers.yml b/.github/workflows/clang_sanitizers.yml
index c665dc9c803..af189e62878 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang_sanitizers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang_sanitizers.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Clang UB sanitizer
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container: ubuntu:23.10
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CC: clang
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Clang thread sanitizer
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container: ubuntu:23.10
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CC: clang
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang_tidy.yml b/.github/workflows/clang_tidy.yml
index f501f75ed4d..7661e166087 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang_tidy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang_tidy.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
     name: clang-tidy-${{ matrix.dim }}D
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     timeout-minutes: 180
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 6095ee6cab6..1ce19c82335 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     permissions:
       actions: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cuda.yml b/.github/workflows/cuda.yml
index 1cff8dcec2c..ff47d82b795 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cuda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cuda.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
   build_nvcc:
     name: NVCC 11.3 SP
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CXXFLAGS: "-Werror"
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ jobs:
   build_nvcc_gnumake:
     name: NVCC 11.8.0 GNUmake
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@ jobs:
   build_nvhpc24-1-nvcc:
     name: NVHPC@24.1 NVCC/NVC++ Release [tests]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     #env:
     #  # For NVHPC, Ninja is slower than the default:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hip.yml b/.github/workflows/hip.yml
index 94e28aeda12..dec8b795fe5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hip.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       CXXFLAGS: "-Werror -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=pass-failed"
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: Ninja
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       CXXFLAGS: "-Werror -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=pass-failed"
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: Ninja
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/insitu.yml b/.github/workflows/insitu.yml
index 2f9bebb8df3..e4a984e4683 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/insitu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/insitu.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
   sensei:
     name: SENSEI
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CXX: clang++
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
   ascent:
     name: Ascent
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CXX: g++
@@ -85,7 +83,6 @@ jobs:
   catalyst:
     name: Catalyst
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CXX: g++
diff --git a/.github/workflows/intel.yml b/.github/workflows/intel.yml
index f5528dd3142..1a90b2502d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/intel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/intel.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ jobs:
   build_icc:
     name: oneAPI ICC SP&DP
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     # For oneAPI, Ninja is slower than the default:
     #env:
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ jobs:
       CXXFLAGS: "-Werror -Wno-error=pass-failed -Wno-tautological-constant-compare"
     # For oneAPI, Ninja is slower than the default:
     #  CMAKE_GENERATOR: Ninja
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -153,7 +151,6 @@ jobs:
       CXXFLAGS: "-Werror -Wno-tautological-constant-compare"
     # For oneAPI, Ninja is slower than the default:
     #  CMAKE_GENERATOR: Ninja
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index 6aba3f38726..707fdc9d59f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -14,18 +14,10 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  skip:
-    name: Skip
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "true" }}
-    steps:
-    - name: Skip checks
-      run: |
-        echo "Skip checks"
   build_appleclang:
     name: AppleClang
     runs-on: macos-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
+    #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CXXFLAGS: "-Werror -Wno-error=pass-failed"
       HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: TRUE
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index 75edfc41445..d009f834d1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
   build_cxxminimal:
     name: GCC Minimal w/o MPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CXXFLAGS: "-Werror"
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ jobs:
   build_1D_2D:
     name: GCC 1D & 2D w/ MPI, QED tools
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CXXFLAGS: "-Werror"
@@ -104,7 +102,6 @@ jobs:
   build_3D_sp:
     name: GCC 3D & RZ w/ MPI, single precision
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CXX: "g++-12"
@@ -152,7 +149,6 @@ jobs:
   build_gcc_ablastr:
     name: GCC ABLASTR w/o MPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: Ninja
@@ -189,7 +185,6 @@ jobs:
   build_pyfull:
     name: Clang pywarpx
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     env:
       CC: clang
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 0df93cef6d4..5ea10205ff8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ jobs:
   build_win_clang:
     name: Clang C++17 w/ OMP w/o MPI
     runs-on: windows-2019
-    if: 0
     #if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false && github.event.workflow_run.outputs.skip == "false" }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4