diff --git a/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
index af1d932039..a49b9b9736 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ inputs:
   force_skip_tests:
     description: 'Whether to force skip the tests.'
     required: false
-    type: 'boolean'
-    default: false
+    type: 'string'
+    default: 'false'
   gemini_api_key:
     description: 'The API key for running integration tests.'
     required: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1e95d76623..db7c6188cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ on:
       - 'release/**'
   merge_group:
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      branch_ref:
+        description: 'Branch to run on'
+        required: true
+        default: 'main'
+        type: 'string'
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
@@ -34,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
         with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
           fetch-depth: 1
 
       - name: 'Set up Node.js'
@@ -143,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
           - '24.x'
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@vv5
 
       - name: 'Set up Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}'
         uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -201,6 +208,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
 
       - name: 'Initialize CodeQL'
         uses: 'github/codeql-action/init@df559355d593797519d70b90fc8edd5db049e7a2' # ratchet:github/codeql-action/init@v3
@@ -223,6 +232,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
         with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
           fetch-depth: 1
 
       - uses: 'preactjs/compressed-size-action@946a292cd35bd1088e0d7eb92b69d1a8d5b5d76a'
@@ -240,7 +250,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a3f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
 
       - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
         uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions/setup-node@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index e95cdcdc96..bba4869fc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: ['labeled']
   merge_group:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      branch_ref:
+        description: 'Branch to run on'
+        required: true
+        default: 'main'
+        type: 'string'
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
@@ -31,6 +38,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
 
       - name: 'Set up Node.js'
         uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
@@ -83,6 +92,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Checkout (internal)'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
         if: "github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'"
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
 
       - name: 'Download build artifacts'
         uses: 'actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093'
@@ -131,10 +142,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os:
-          - 'macos-latest'
+          - 'macos-12'
         node-version:
           - '20.x'
-
     steps:
       - name: 'Checkout (fork)'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
@@ -146,6 +156,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Checkout (internal)'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
         if: "github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'"
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
 
       - name: 'Download build artifacts'
         uses: 'actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093'
@@ -197,6 +209,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Checkout (internal)'
         uses: 'actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8' # ratchet:actions/checkout@v5
         if: "github.event_name != 'pull_request_target'"
+        with:
+          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.branch_ref || github.ref }}'
 
       - name: 'Set up Node.js 20.x'
         uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020' # ratchet:actions-node@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-manual.yml b/.github/workflows/release-manual.yml
index 6056e562cb..8bfdd74140 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-manual.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-manual.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ jobs:
           ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}'
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: 'Debug Inputs'
+        run: 'echo "${{ toJSON(inputs) }}"'
+
       - name: 'Setup Node.js'
         uses: 'actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020'
         with:
@@ -68,10 +71,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
 
       - name: 'Run Tests'
-        if: |-
-          ${{ github.event.inputs.force_skip_tests != true }}
         uses: './.github/actions/run-tests'
         with:
+          force_skip_tests: '${{ github.event.inputs.force_skip_tests }}'
           gemini_api_key: '${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}'
 
       - name: 'Publish Release'