diff --git a/.github/workflows/analyse-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/analyse-pr.yml
index 1904681dcddc..be5b0cfd7c02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/analyse-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/analyse-pr.yml
@@ -5,16 +5,7 @@ env:
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DHIS2_BOT_SONARCLOUD_TOKEN }}
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - "2.3[1-9]"
-      - "2.4[0-9]"
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - "2.3[1-9]"
-      - "2.4[0-9]"
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Only manual trigger, no automatic triggers
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow}}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
index 2b5160a7641c..ceff9d497a4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ env:
   # This is to make sure Maven don't timeout fetching dependencies. See: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/1499
   MAVEN_OPTS: -Dhttp.keepAlive=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.pool=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.class=standard -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=125
 
-on: [ pull_request ]
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Only manual trigger, no automatic triggers
 
 jobs:
   check-formatting:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 4a773b03c8cf..74ed72de4bfd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ env:
   MAVEN_OPTS: -Dhttp.keepAlive=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.pool=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.class=standard -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=125
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Only manual trigger, no automatic triggers
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 12 * * *"
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
index 686e56efa7de..91853fd7b8cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Dependabot auto-merge
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Only manual trigger, no automatic triggers
 
 permissions:
   pull-requests: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-instance.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-instance.yml
index b98eee3d18fc..a6c292ebbbc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-instance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-instance.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 name: Deploy instance
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, reopened, labeled, synchronize]
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Only manual trigger, no automatic triggers
 
 # Cancel previous runs of the same workflow and PR number or branch/tag
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/destroy-instance.yml b/.github/workflows/destroy-instance.yml
index 8aed59617645..bae6d9f0433b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/destroy-instance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/destroy-instance.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 name: Destroy instance
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [closed, unlabeled]
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Only manual trigger, no automatic triggers
 
 # Cancel previous runs of the same workflow and PR number or branch/tag
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-api-analytics-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-api-analytics-tests.yml
index d6887243e769..3313075ac254 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-api-analytics-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-api-analytics-tests.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ env:
   MAVEN_OPTS: -Dhttp.keepAlive=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.pool=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.class=standard -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=125
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, labeled, synchronize]
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Only manual trigger, no automatic triggers
   schedule:
     - cron: "16 1 * * *" # Run at 01:16 AM
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-api-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-api-tests.yml
index c244585a27f2..0bcb848ef36b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-api-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-api-tests.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ env:
   MAVEN_OPTS: -Xmx1024m -Xms1024m -Dhttp.keepAlive=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.pool=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.class=standard -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=125
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Only manual trigger, no automatic triggers
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow}}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 4226b4bb46e0..99cc58bd7121 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ env:
   # This is to make sure Maven don't timeout fetching dependencies. See: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/1499
   MAVEN_OPTS: -Dhttp.keepAlive=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.pool=false -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.class=standard -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=125
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Only manual trigger, no automatic triggers
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow}}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-instance-manager.yml b/.github/workflows/update-instance-manager.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90b4368ece08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-instance-manager.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Update instance manager
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+# For this to work, this workflow needs to be on master https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-when-your-workflow-runs/events-that-trigger-workflows#workflow_run
+#  workflow_run:
+#    workflows: ["Check formatting"]
+#    types:
+#      - completed
+
+jobs:
+  update-instance-manager:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GIT_COMMIT: ${{ github.sha }} # Declare GIT_COMMIT, to be used on the entire job
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: temurin
+
+      # Set up Maven
+      - name: Set up Maven
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install maven
+          echo "On branch: $GITHUB_HEAD_REF"
+          echo "Git commit: $GIT_COMMIT"
+
+      # Run Maven build
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: mvn --threads 4 --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress clean install --update-snapshots --file ./dhis-2/pom.xml -DskipTests
+
+      #curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dhis2/dhis2-server-setup/master/ci/scripts/copy-war-s3.sh" -O
+      - name: Sync war
+        run: |
+          echo "Syncing WAR ..."
+          echo "Version: ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
+          chmod +x ./dhis-2/gha-copy-war-s3.sh
+          ./dhis-2/gha-copy-war-s3.sh dev $GITHUB_HEAD_REF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dhis-2/gha-copy-war-s3.sh b/dhis-2/gha-copy-war-s3.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1747e18abb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhis-2/gha-copy-war-s3.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script is used in the pipelines for all the supported dhis2-core branches, including
+# master and 4 major versions before that and for all the build types - dev, canary, eos and stable.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BUILD_DATE=$(date -I'date')
+
+IS_PATCH_VERSION=0
+
+VERSIONS_JSON="https://releases.dhis2.org/v1/versions/stable.json"
+
+BUCKET="s3://releases.dhis2.org"
+
+S3_CMD="aws s3 cp --metadata git-commit=$GIT_COMMIT --no-progress"
+
+S3_DESTINATIONS=()
+
+RELEASE_TYPE="$1"
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: Release type is required."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+RELEASE_VERSION="$2"
+
+if [[ -z "$2" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: Release version is required."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+MAJOR_VERSION=$(cut -d '.' -f 2 <<< "$RELEASE_VERSION")
+
+echo "Release version: $RELEASE_VERSION"
+echo "Major version: $MAJOR_VERSION"
+if [[ "$RELEASE_VERSION" == "master" || $MAJOR_VERSION -ge 42  ]]; then
+  WAR_LOCATION="${WORKSPACE}/dhis-2/dhis-web-server/target/dhis.war"
+else
+  WAR_LOCATION="${WORKSPACE}/dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-portal/target/dhis.war"
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -f "$WAR_LOCATION" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: WAR file not found."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+case $RELEASE_TYPE in
+  "canary")
+    S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$RELEASE_VERSION/$RELEASE_TYPE/dhis2-$RELEASE_TYPE-$RELEASE_VERSION.war")
+
+    S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$RELEASE_VERSION/$RELEASE_TYPE/dhis2-$RELEASE_TYPE-$RELEASE_VERSION-$BUILD_DATE.war")
+    ;;
+
+  "dev")
+    S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$RELEASE_VERSION/$RELEASE_TYPE/dhis2-$RELEASE_TYPE-$RELEASE_VERSION.war")
+
+    if [[ "$RELEASE_VERSION" == "master" ]]; then
+      RELEASE_VERSION="dev"
+    fi
+
+    S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$RELEASE_VERSION/dhis.war")
+    ;;
+
+  "eos")
+    S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$RELEASE_VERSION/dhis2-stable-$RELEASE_VERSION-$RELEASE_TYPE.war")
+    ;;
+
+  "stable")
+    if [[ "$RELEASE_VERSION" =~ ^patch\/.*  ]]; then
+      IS_PATCH_VERSION=1
+      RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION#"patch/"}
+    fi
+
+    SHORT_VERSION=$(cut -d '.' -f 1,2 <<< "$RELEASE_VERSION")
+
+    PATCH_VERSION=$(cut -d '.' -f 3 <<< "$RELEASE_VERSION")
+
+    # Add an extra destination in S3 for the new semantic version schema without leading "2."
+    IFS=. read -ra RELEASE_VERSION_SEGMENTS <<< "$RELEASE_VERSION"
+
+    NEW_RELEASE_VERSION=$(cut -d '.' -f 2- <<< "$RELEASE_VERSION")
+    NEW_SHORT_VERSION=$(cut -d '.' -f 2 <<< "$RELEASE_VERSION")
+
+    if [[ "$IS_PATCH_VERSION" -eq 1 ]]; then
+      RELEASE_VERSION+="-rc"
+      # for release candidates, also add a version with the git hash
+      S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$SHORT_VERSION/dhis2-$RELEASE_TYPE-$RELEASE_VERSION-${GIT_COMMIT:0:7}.war")
+    fi
+
+    S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$SHORT_VERSION/dhis2-$RELEASE_TYPE-$RELEASE_VERSION.war")
+    S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$SHORT_VERSION/$RELEASE_VERSION/dhis.war")
+
+    LATEST_PATCH_VERSION=$(
+      curl -fsSL "$VERSIONS_JSON" |
+      jq -r --arg VERSION "$SHORT_VERSION" '.versions[] | select(.name == $VERSION ) | .latestPatchVersion'
+    )
+
+    if [[ "$IS_PATCH_VERSION" -eq 0 && -n "${LATEST_PATCH_VERSION-}" && "$PATCH_VERSION" -ge "$LATEST_PATCH_VERSION" ]]; then
+      S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$SHORT_VERSION/dhis2-$RELEASE_TYPE-latest.war")
+      S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$NEW_SHORT_VERSION/dhis2-$RELEASE_TYPE-latest.war")
+    fi
+
+
+    if [[ ${#RELEASE_VERSION_SEGMENTS[@]} -lt 4 ]]; then
+      NEW_RELEASE_VERSION+=".0"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$IS_PATCH_VERSION" -eq 1 ]]; then
+      NEW_RELEASE_VERSION+="-rc"
+      # for release candidates, also add a version with the git hash
+      S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$NEW_SHORT_VERSION/dhis2-$RELEASE_TYPE-$NEW_RELEASE_VERSION-${GIT_COMMIT:0:7}.war")
+    fi
+
+    S3_DESTINATIONS+=("$BUCKET/$NEW_SHORT_VERSION/dhis2-$RELEASE_TYPE-$NEW_RELEASE_VERSION.war")
+
+    ;;
+
+  *)
+    echo "Error: Unknown Release type."
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+for destination in "${S3_DESTINATIONS[@]}"
+do
+  #echo "$WAR_LOCATION" "$destination"
+  $S3_CMD "$WAR_LOCATION" "$destination"
+done
diff --git a/jenkinsfiles/dev b/jenkinsfiles/dev
index f0edbc42c007..0c72f07a94d5 100644
--- a/jenkinsfiles/dev
+++ b/jenkinsfiles/dev
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pipeline {
             }
         }
 
-        stage('Run api tests') {
+/*        stage('Run api tests') {
             environment {
                 RP_UUID = credentials('report-portal-access-uuid')
                 RP_ENABLE = 'true'
@@ -100,15 +100,18 @@ pipeline {
                       }
                   }
               }
-        }
+        }*/
 
         stage('Sync WAR') {
             steps {
                 implementIoBuildStarted(buildName: "${STAGE_NAME}")
                 echo 'Syncing WAR ...'
-                sh 'curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dhis2/dhis2-server-setup/master/ci/scripts/copy-war-s3.sh" -O'
-                sh 'chmod +x copy-war-s3.sh'
-                sh './copy-war-s3.sh dev ${GIT_BRANCH}'
+                //sh 'curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dhis2/dhis2-server-setup/master/ci/scripts/copy-war-s3.sh" -O'
+                //sh 'chmod +x copy-war-s3.sh'
+                //sh './copy-war-s3.sh dev ${GIT_BRANCH}'
+
+                sh 'chmod +x ./dhis-2/gha-copy-war-s3.sh'
+                sh './dhis-2/gha-copy-war-s3.sh dev $GIT_BRANCH'
             }
 
             post {
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ pipeline {
             }
         }
 
-        stage('Publish image') {
+/*        stage('Publish image') {
             environment {
                 // THIS MUST be kept in sync with the jib.from.image in ../dhis-2/dhis-web-server/pom.xml
                 BASE_IMAGE = "tomcat:10.1.30-jre17"
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ pipeline {
                     }
                 }
             }
-        }
+        }*/
     }
 
     post {