diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
index bd97d0d5..6b2689cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   CodeQL-Build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-ci') }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-dashboards.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint-dashboards.yaml
index ea7e209e..af175341 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-dashboards.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-dashboards.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   lint-dashboards:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-ci') }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 9c053272..39202dde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-ci') }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/push_pr.yaml
index a0d1777b..8e800940 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_pr.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
   # Job to run change detection
   integration-test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-ci') }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upgrade_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/upgrade_test.yaml
index 7eebc5b8..c98e9db3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upgrade_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upgrade_test.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   upgrade-test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-ci') }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ jobs:
           && install_fission_cli
 
       - name: Test previously created fission objects with new release
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: |
           source ./test/upgrade_test/fission_objects.sh test_fission_objects
 
@@ -100,10 +102,10 @@ jobs:
           kind export logs --name kind kind-logs
 
       - name: Archive fission dump
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: fission-dump
+          name: fission-dump-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.kindversion }}
           path: fission-dump/*.zip
           retention-days: 5
 
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index df316433..67705cae 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func UrlForFunction(name, namespace string) string {
 	if namespace != metav1.NamespaceDefault {
 		prefix = fmt.Sprintf("/fission-function/%s", namespace)
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", prefix, name)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", prefix, name)
 }
 
 // IsNetworkError returns true if an error is a network error, and false otherwise.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func IsNetworkError(err error) bool {
 
 // GetFunctionIstioServiceName return service name of function for istio feature
 func GetFunctionIstioServiceName(fnName, fnNamespace string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("istio-%v-%v", fnName, fnNamespace)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("istio-%s-%s", fnName, fnNamespace)
 }
 
 // GetTempDir creates and return a temporary directory
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ func FindAllGlobs(paths ...string) ([]string, error) {
 		// use absolute path to find files
 		path, err := filepath.Abs(p)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting absolute path of path '%v'", p)
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting absolute path of path '%s'", p)
 		}
 		globs, err := filepath.Glob(path)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Errorf("invalid glob %v: %v", path, err)
+			return nil, errors.Errorf("invalid glob %s: %s", path, err)
 		}
 		files = append(files, globs...)
 		// xxx handle excludeGlobs here