diff --git a/.github/actions/slack-notification-failed-workflow/action.yaml b/.github/actions/slack-notification-failed-workflow/action.yaml
index 7a88832ec4..da2c2b5d11 100644
--- a/.github/actions/slack-notification-failed-workflow/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/slack-notification-failed-workflow/action.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ runs:
     - name: Notify
       uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@e28cf165c92ffef168d23c5c9000cffc8a25e117 # v1.24.0
       with:
+        webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        webhook-type: webhook-trigger
+        payload-templated: true
         payload: |
-          {
-            "repository": "${{ github.repository }}",
-            "workflow": "${{ github.workflow }}"
-          }
-      env:
-        SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ inputs.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          repository: ${{ github.repository }},
+          workflow: ${{ github.workflow }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration-gardener.yaml
similarity index 99%
rename from .github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener-release.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration-gardener.yaml
index 9892a5fa83..618304bde3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration-gardener.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: PR-release Integration Gardener
+name: "Release PR Integration Gardener"
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-integration-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from .github/workflows/pull-integration-release.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration.yaml
index 424b0c3bca..dff5fccba4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-integration-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This workflow is responsible for all kinds of integration tests run on pull request.
 # Those tests depend on a container image so in the first job we wait for the image build to succeed.
 
-name: Release Pull Request integration tests
+name: "Release PR Integration"
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/call-ui-tests.yaml
similarity index 95%
rename from .github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/call-ui-tests.yaml
index 9c9d2a04e6..13fde03b56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/call-ui-tests.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
             config/ui-extensions/**
             config/crd/**
             tests/ui/**
-            .github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml
+            .github/workflows/call-ui-tests.yaml
       - uses: ./.github/actions/load-manager-image
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-commit-pins.yaml b/.github/workflows/call-verify-commit-pins.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/verify-commit-pins.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/call-verify-commit-pins.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-add-bot-prs-to-project.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull-add-bot-prs-to-project.yaml
index f62eb16db3..f729f5b530 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-add-bot-prs-to-project.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-add-bot-prs-to-project.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
                 }
               }
             }' -f org=$ORGANIZATION -F number=$PROJECT_NUMBER > project_data.json
-          
+
           echo 'PROJECT_ID='$(jq '.data.organization.projectV2.id' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
           echo 'READY_ID='$(jq '.data.organization.projectV2.fields.nodes[] | select(.name== "Ready") | .id' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
index 77ef4d818f..2935f3a128 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ jobs:
   ui-tests:
     name: Dispatch UI tests
     needs: [build-image]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/call-ui-tests.yaml
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     secrets: inherit
 
   verify-pins:
     name: Dispatch verify-commit-pins
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/verify-commit-pins.yaml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/call-verify-commit-pins.yaml
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     secrets: inherit
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-create-release.yaml
similarity index 73%
rename from .github/workflows/create-release.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/release-create-release.yaml
index 43ed039f91..9976de629f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-create-release.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-name: "Create release"
+name: "Create Release"
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      name:
-        description: "Create release"
+      version:
+        description: "Version"
         default: ""
         required: true
       since:
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check security-scanner config
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          if [[ $( yq eval ".protecode[0]" sec-scanners-config.yaml ) == "europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/istio/releases/istio-manager:${{ github.event.inputs.name }}" ]]; then
+          if [[ $( yq eval ".protecode[0]" sec-scanners-config.yaml ) == "europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/istio/releases/istio-manager:${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" ]]; then
             exit 0
           else
-            echo "Error: istio-manager image tag in sec-scanners-config doesn't match release ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}"
+            echo "Error: istio-manager image tag in sec-scanners-config doesn't match release ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
             exit 1
           fi
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ jobs:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
       context: .
       build-args: |
-        VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.name }}
-      tags: "${{ github.event.inputs.name }}"
+        VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+      tags: "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
 
   build-image-experimental:
     uses: kyma-project/test-infra/.github/workflows/image-builder.yml@main
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ jobs:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
       context: .
       build-args: |
-        VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.name }}-experimental
+        VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-experimental
         GO_BUILD_TAGS=experimental
-      tags: "${{ github.event.inputs.name }}-experimental"
+      tags: "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-experimental"
 
   unit-tests:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/call-unit-lint.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build-image, build-image-experimental, unit-tests]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/call-integration-tests.yaml
     with:
-      image: "europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/istio/releases/istio-manager:${{ github.event.inputs.name }}"
+      image: "europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/istio/releases/istio-manager:${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
     secrets: inherit
 
   create-draft:
@@ -85,22 +85,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create changelog
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./scripts/create_changelog.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.name }} ${{ github.event.inputs.since }}
+        run: ./scripts/create_changelog.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} ${{ github.event.inputs.since }}
 
       - name: Create draft release
         id: create-draft
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          RELEASE_ID=$(./scripts/create_draft_release.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.name }})
+          RELEASE_ID=$(./scripts/create_draft_release.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.version }})
           echo "release_id=$RELEASE_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Create lightweight tag
         run: |
-          git tag ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}
-          git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}
-          git tag ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}-experimental
-          git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}-experimental
+          git tag ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          git tag ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-experimental
+          git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-experimental
 
     outputs:
       release_id: ${{ steps.create-draft.outputs.release_id }}
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish release assets
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./scripts/publish_assets.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.name }} ${{ needs.create-draft.outputs.release_id }}
+        run: ./scripts/publish_assets.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} ${{ needs.create-draft.outputs.release_id }}
 
       - name: Publish release
         env:
@@ -131,12 +131,11 @@ jobs:
     if: success()
     steps:
       - name: Notify
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@e28cf165c92ffef168d23c5c9000cffc8a25e117 # v1.24.0
+        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@485a9d42d3a73031f12ec201c457e2162c45d02d # v2.0.0
         with:
+          webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_RELEASE_WEBHOOK }}
+          webhook-type: webhook-trigger
+          payload-templated: true
           payload: |
-            {
-              "repository": "${{ github.repository }}",
-              "release": "${{ inputs.name }}"
-            }
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_RELEASE_WEBHOOK }}
\ No newline at end of file
+            repository: ${{ github.repository }},
+            release: ${{ inputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml
similarity index 89%
rename from .github/workflows/pull-request-release.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/release-pr.yaml
index e63c8bdccc..213e311397 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Release Pull Request pipeline
+name: "Release PR"
 on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [ synchronize, opened, reopened, ready_for_review ]
@@ -43,27 +43,27 @@ jobs:
   integration-tests:
     name: Dispatch integration tests
     needs: [upload-image]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/pull-integration-release.yaml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration.yaml
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     secrets: inherit
 
   integration-tests-gardener:
     name: Dispatch Gardener integration tests
     needs: [upload-image]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener-release.yaml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration-gardener.yaml
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     secrets: inherit
 
   ui-tests:
     name: Dispatch UI tests
     needs: [upload-image]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/call-ui-tests.yaml
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     secrets: inherit
 
   verify-pins:
     name: Dispatch verify-commit-pins
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/verify-commit-pins.yaml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/call-verify-commit-pins.yaml
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     secrets: inherit
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rollout-module.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-rollout-module.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from .github/workflows/rollout-module.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/release-rollout-module.yaml
index ee91a12e68..210a44c767 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rollout-module.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-rollout-module.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-name: Rollout to channel via module-manifests
+name: Release rollout to channel via module-manifests
 #  Workflow requires the following variables to be defined
 #     GIT_USER_NAME - user creating head branch and PR
 #     GIT_USER_EMAIL - this user email
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           tags=$(curl -s -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" ${ISTIO_API_URL}/tags | jq -r '.[] | .name')
-          
+
           if  echo $tags | tr " " '\n' | grep -F -q -x ${{ inputs.releaseTag }}; then
               echo "TAG=${{ inputs.releaseTag }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
               echo "tag found"
           else
               echo "tag not found: ${{ inputs.releaseTag }}"
-              exit 1  
+              exit 1
           fi
       - name: Set branch name
         shell: bash
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
             MODULE_VERSION="${TAG}"
             FILE_NAME="${MANIFEST_FILENAME}"
           fi
-          
+
           cat <<EOF | tee module-config.yaml
           name: ${FULL_MODULE_NAME}
           channel: ${CHANNEL}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/performance-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/schedule-performance-test.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/performance-test.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/schedule-performance-test.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests-periodic.yaml b/.github/workflows/schedule-ui-tests-periodic.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/ui-tests-periodic.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/schedule-ui-tests-periodic.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-sec-scanner.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-sec-scanner.yaml
index 2eacecffa5..98a6cb5585 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-sec-scanner.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-sec-scanner.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          
+
           git fetch origin
           git checkout -f autobump/sec-scanners-config
           git reset --hard origin/main
diff --git a/docs/contributor/04-30-ci-cd.md b/docs/contributor/04-30-ci-cd.md
index e4ed373c4d..ee2fadd822 100644
--- a/docs/contributor/04-30-ci-cd.md
+++ b/docs/contributor/04-30-ci-cd.md
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ The following CI jobs are part of the development cycle.
 | [`PR Integration Gardener / Istio integration test GCP`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener.yaml#L53)           | Executes the integration test suites for the Istio module on a GCP Gardener cluster.                                                                                                   |
 | [`PR Integration Gardener / Istio integration test AWS specific`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener.yaml#L89)  | Executes the integration test suite specific for AWS Hyperscaler.                                                                                                                      |
 | [`PR Integration Gardener / Istio integration test GCP specific`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener.yaml#L120) | Executes the integration test suite specific for GCP Hyperscaler.                                                                                                                      |
-| [`UI Tests / Run UI tests`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/65822779cbf899909088820ab009450e579199f8/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml#L7)                                                          | Runs UI tests for Busola extensions of the Istio module.                                                                                                                               |
-| [`Workflow validation / Ensure SHA pinned actions`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/65822779cbf899909088820ab009450e579199f8/.github/workflows/verify-commit-pins.yaml#L7)                        | Verifies that all external actions are pinned to a commit.                                                                                                                             |
+| [`UI Tests / Run UI tests`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/65822779cbf899909088820ab009450e579199f8/.github/workflows/call-ui-tests.yaml#L7)                                                          | Runs UI tests for Busola extensions of the Istio module.                                                                                                                               |
+| [`Workflow validation / Ensure SHA pinned actions`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/65822779cbf899909088820ab009450e579199f8/.github/workflows/call-verify-commit-pins.yaml#L7)                        | Verifies that all external actions are pinned to a commit.                                                                                                                             |
 | [`Pull Request pipeline / gitleaks`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/58c8333423e0c88c4de62ee4b15ba233af50f544/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml#L10)                                            | Runs the Gitleaks scan to detect any leaks of secrets.                                                                                                                                 |
 | [`Sync External Images / sync-external-images`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a36feb5ef1383b248d9a59e8c22706204491e9d/.github/workflows/sync-external-images.yaml#L20)                         | Executes image syncer to import external images.                                                                                                                                       |
 
@@ -36,24 +36,23 @@ The following CI jobs are part of the development cycle.
 
 | Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Description                                                                                                                                                                            |
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| [`Build manager image / Build image`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a09540539f4683198dcfd4413bb9469e108b83b/.github/workflows/pull-request-release.yaml#L29)                                                      | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's image and pushes it to the `dev` registry.                                                                                                                |
-| [`Dispatch integration tests / Istio integration test`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-release.yaml#L37)                                | Executes the integration test suites for the Istio module on a k3d cluster.                                                                                                            |
-| [`Dispatch integration tests / Istio integration test evaluation`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-release.yaml#L56)                     | Executes the evaluation integration test suite for the Istio module on a k3d cluster.                                                                                                  |
-| [`Dispatch integration tests / Kubernetes version compatibility test`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-release.yaml#L10)                 | Executes the integration test suites for the Istio module and checks if any incompatibilities occurred during the execution.                                                           |
-| [`Dispatch integration tests / Istio upgrade integration test`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-release.yaml#L24)                        | Executes the upgrade integration test suite for the Istio module on k3d cluster and verifies if the existing release can be successfully upgraded to the new version without downtime. |
-| [`Dispatch unit test / Lint`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a09540539f4683198dcfd4413bb9469e108b83b/.github/workflows/pull-unit-lint.yaml#L9)                                                                     | Performs linting.                                                                                                                                                                      |
-| [`Dispatch unit test / Run unit tests`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a09540539f4683198dcfd4413bb9469e108b83b/.github/workflows/pull-unit-lint.yaml#L24)                                                          | Runs unit tests with code coverage information.                                                                                                                                        |
-| [`Dispatch unit test / Run unit tests with experimental build tag`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a09540539f4683198dcfd4413bb9469e108b83b/.github/workflows/pull-unit-lint.yaml#L39)                              | Runs unit tests with experimental build tag.                                                                                                                                           |
-| [`Dispatch Gardener integration tests / Istio integration test GCP`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener-release.yaml#L7)           | Executes the integration test suites for the Istio module on a GCP Gardener cluster.                                                                                                   |
-| [`Dispatch Gardener integration tests / Istio integration test AWS specific`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener-release.yaml#L43) | Executes the integration test suite specific for AWS Hyperscaler.                                                                                                                      |
-| [`Dispatch Gardener integration tests / Istio integration test GCP specific`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/61f4792ec737a96ce68eaf774c7214ad6f09d8e1/.github/workflows/pull-integration-gardener-release.yaml#L74) | Executes the integration test suite specific for GCP Hyperscaler.                                                                                                                      |
-| [`Dispatch UI tests / Run UI tests`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a09540539f4683198dcfd4413bb9469e108b83b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml#L7)                                                                    | Runs UI tests for Busola extensions of the Istio module.                                                                                                                               |
-| [`Dispatch verify-commit-pins / Ensure SHA pinned actions`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a09540539f4683198dcfd4413bb9469e108b83b/.github/workflows/verify-commit-pins.yaml#L7)                                   | Verifies that all external actions are pinned to a commit.                                                                                                                             |
-| [`pull-gitleaks / scan`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a09540539f4683198dcfd4413bb9469e108b83b/.github/workflows/pull-gitleaks.yaml#L10)                                                                          | Runs the Gitleaks scan to detect any leaks of secrets.                                                                                                                                 |
-
-## Pipelines Running on Merge to Main and All Release Branches
-
-The following CI jobs run when you merge changes to the `main` branch and all release branches.
+| [`Build manager image / Build manager image`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/release-pr.yaml#L8)                                                      | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's image and pushes it to the `dev` registry.                                                                                                                |
+| [`Dispatch integration tests / Istio integration test`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration.yaml#L65)                                | Executes the integration test suites for the Istio module on a k3d cluster.                                                                                                            |
+| [`Dispatch integration tests / Istio integration test evaluation`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration.yaml#L88)                     | Executes the evaluation integration test suite for the Istio module on a k3d cluster.                                                                                                  |
+| [`Dispatch integration tests / Kubernetes version compatibility test`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration.yaml#L30)                 | Executes the integration test suites for the Istio module and checks if any incompatibilities occurred during the execution.                                                           |
+| [`Dispatch integration tests / Istio upgrade integration test`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration.yaml#L48)                        | Executes the upgrade integration test suite for the Istio module on k3d cluster and verifies if the existing release can be successfully upgraded to the new version without downtime. |
+| [`Dispatch unit test / Lint`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-unit-lint.yaml#L29)                                                                     | Performs linting.                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| [`Dispatch unit test / Run unit tests`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-unit-lint.yaml#L46)                                                          | Runs unit tests with code coverage information.                                                                                                                                        |
+| [`Dispatch unit test / Run unit tests with experimental build tag`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-unit-lint.yaml#L65)                              | Runs unit tests with experimental build tag.                                                                                                                                           |
+| [`Dispatch Gardener integration tests / Istio integration test GCP`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration-gardener.yaml#L27)           | Executes the integration test suites for the Istio module on a GCP Gardener cluster.                                                                                                   |
+| [`Dispatch Gardener integration tests / Istio integration test AWS specific`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration-gardener.yaml#L66) | Executes the integration test suite specific for AWS Hyperscaler.                                                                                                                      |
+| [`Dispatch Gardener integration tests / Istio integration test GCP specific`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/call-release-pr-integration-gardener.yaml#L100) | Executes the integration test suite specific for GCP Hyperscaler.                                                                                                                      |
+| [`Dispatch UI tests / Run UI tests`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/47fd5e8dfd844b09aca95ec29bd39f200a207ec6/.github/workflows/call-ui-tests.yaml#L8)                                                                    | Runs UI tests for Busola extensions of the Istio module.                                                                                                                               |
+| [`Dispatch verify-commit-pins / Ensure SHA pinned actions`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/47fd5e8dfd844b09aca95ec29bd39f200a207ec6/.github/workflows/call-verify-commit-pins.yaml#L8)                                   | Verifies that all external actions are pinned to a commit.                                                                                                                             |
+
+## Pipelines Running on Merge to Main branch
+
+The following CI jobs run when you merge changes to the `main` branch.
 
 | Name                                                                                                                                                                                               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -81,11 +80,11 @@ The following CI jobs generate release artifacts and verify the functional corre
 
 | Name                                                                                                                                                                            | Description                                                                                          |
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| [`Create release / Check release prerequisites`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/d91645ab9c8935da03f82ed87623663cf2a621ad/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml#L17) | Checks whether all pre-requesites for release are met                                                |
-| [`Create release / build-image`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a09540539f4683198dcfd4413bb9469e108b83b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml#L46)                 | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's image on the release and pushes it to the `prod` registry.              |
-| [`Create release / build-image-experimental`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/0a09540539f4683198dcfd4413bb9469e108b83b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml#L57)    | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's experimental image on the release and pushes it to the `prod` registry. |
-| [`Create release / Create draft release`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/d91645ab9c8935da03f82ed87623663cf2a621ad/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml#L44)        | Create a draft release that will be updated with release artifacts                                   |
-| [`Create release / Publish release`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/d91645ab9c8935da03f82ed87623663cf2a621ad/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml#L76)             | Publish the previously created draft release                                                         |
+| [`Create Release / Check release prerequisites`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/release-create-release.yaml#L16) | Checks whether all pre-requesites for release are met                                                |
+| [`Create Release / build-image`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/release-create-release.yaml#L42)                 | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's image on the release and pushes it to the `prod` registry.              |
+| [`Create Release / build-image-experimental`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/release-create-release.yaml#L53)    | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's experimental image on the release and pushes it to the `prod` registry. |
+| [`Create Release / Create draft release`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/release-create-release.yaml#L75)        | Create a draft release that will be updated with release artifacts                                   |
+| [`Create Release / Publish release`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/42d84359f5af55a1fe2d547eeb942d9780695cdd/.github/workflows/release-create-release.yaml#L108)             | Publish the previously created draft release                                                         |
 
 ## Pipelines Running on a Schedule
 
@@ -93,8 +92,8 @@ The following CI jobs are scheduled to run at specific times.
 
 | Name                                                                                                                                                                                 | Description                                                                                                 |
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| [`main performance tests / Build manager image`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/055344a31037057627a58ccf69d6080b8ab8de54/.github/workflows/performance-test.yaml#L9)                  | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's image and pushes it to the `prod` registry. |
-| [`main performance tests / Istio performance test`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/fd34803dd516c3b614fda4f5b9d9a4c8b46372bb/.github/workflows/performance-test.yaml#L10) | Runs Istio Manager's performance tests every day at 12:00 AM on a Gardener GCP cluster.                     |
-| [`UI Tests Periodic / Build manager image`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/055344a31037057627a58ccf69d6080b8ab8de54/.github/workflows/ui-tests-periodic.yaml#L8)                  | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's image and pushes it to the `prod` registry. |
-| [`UI Tests Periodic / Run UI tests`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/65822779cbf899909088820ab009450e579199f8/.github/workflows/ui-tests-periodic.yaml#L8)                | Runs UI tests for Busola extensions of Istio Module.                                                        |
-| [`UI Tests Periodic / Slack Notification`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/65822779cbf899909088820ab009450e579199f8/.github/workflows/ui-tests-periodic.yaml#L32)         | Sends a Slack notification to the team's channel if any pipelines fail in the workflow.                     |
+| [`main performance tests / Build manager image`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/9ea276c90ae787be6376cfd6935e8e0662df242a/.github/workflows/schedule-performance-test.yaml#L10)                  | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's image and pushes it to the `prod` registry. |
+| [`main performance tests / Istio performance test`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/9ea276c90ae787be6376cfd6935e8e0662df242a/.github/workflows/schedule-performance-test.yaml#L21) | Runs Istio Manager's performance tests every day at 12:00 AM on a Gardener GCP cluster.                     |
+| [`UI Tests Periodic / Build manager image`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/f7232fffa2f4bb1d40e0cf8955fc4ffae3c3e89a/.github/workflows/schedule-ui-tests-periodic.yaml#L8)                  | Builds Kyma Istio Operator's image and pushes it to the `prod` registry. |
+| [`UI Tests Periodic / Run UI tests`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/f7232fffa2f4bb1d40e0cf8955fc4ffae3c3e89a/.github/workflows/schedule-ui-tests-periodic.yaml#L19)                | Runs UI tests for Busola extensions of Istio Module.                                                        |
+| [`UI Tests Periodic / Slack Notification`](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/blob/f7232fffa2f4bb1d40e0cf8955fc4ffae3c3e89a/.github/workflows/schedule-ui-tests-periodic.yaml#L44)         | Sends a Slack notification to the team's channel if any pipelines fail in the workflow.                     |
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1.11.0.md b/docs/release-notes/1.11.0.md
index 6620c77211..48774148a2 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/1.11.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/1.11.0.md
@@ -1,2 +1,33 @@
+## Istio Updated to Version 1.24.1 
+
+| **Component** | **Version** |
+|---------------|-------------|
+| Istio         | 1.24.1      |
+| Envoy         | 1.32.2      |
+
+We've updated the Istio version to 1.24.1 ([#1024](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/pull/1024)).
+Read the [Istio 1.24.1 release announcement](https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.24.x/announcing-1.24.1/)
+and [Istio 1.24.0 Change Notes](https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.24.x/announcing-1.24/change-notes/).
+
+This version includes changes to compatibility version parameters. See the parameters for the previous compatibility version switched from `false` to `true`:
+
+| Parameter                            | Description                                                                                                                                                                         |
+|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **ENABLE\_DELIMITED\_STATS\_TAG\_REGEX** | If true, pilot uses the new delimited stat tag regex to generate Envoy stats tags.                                                                                              |
+| **ENABLE\_DEFERRED\_CLUSTER\_CREATION**  | If enabled, Istio creates clusters only when there are requests. This saves memory and CPU cycles in cases where there are lots of inactive clusters and more than one worker thread. |
+
+This compatibility version applies the following new parameters set to `false`:
+
+| Parameter                                             | Description                                                                                                                                        |
+|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **ENABLE\_INBOUND\_RETRY\_POLICY**       | If true, enables retry policy for inbound routes, which automatically retries any requests that were reset before reaching the intended service.                                                |
+| **EXCLUDE\_UNSAFE\_503\_FROM\_DEFAULT\_RETRY**            | If true, excludes unsafe retry on `503` from the default retry policy.                                                                                   |
+| **PREFER\_DESTINATIONRULE\_TLS\_FOR\_EXTERNAL\_SERVICES** | If true, external services prefer the TLS settings from DestinationRules over the metadata TLS settings.                                      |
+| **ENABLE\_ENHANCED\_DESTINATIONRULE\_MERGE**              | If enabled, Istio merges DestinationRules based on their **exportTo** fields. The DestinationRules are then kept as independent rules if the **exportTo** fields are not equal. |
+| **PILOT\_UNIFIED\_SIDECAR\_SCOPE**                        | If true, unified SidecarScope creation is used. This is only intended as a temporary feature flag for backward compatibility.                |
+| **ENABLE\_DEFERRED\_STATS\_CREATION**                     | If enabled, Istio lazily initializes a subset of the stats.                                                                                    |
+| **BYPASS\_OVERLOAD\_MANAGER\_FOR\_STATIC\_LISTENERS**     | If enabled, the overload manager is not applied to static listeners.                                                                              |
+
 ## New Features
-- Add zone-based podAntiAffinity rules for the `istio-ingressgateway` and `istiod` Deployments. [#1127](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/pull/1127)
+
+We've added zone-based **podAntiAffinity** rules for the `istio-ingressgateway` and `istiod` Deployments. This change enhances resiliency and availability in the event of node-level or zone-level failures. ([#1127](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/pull/1127))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1.12.0.md b/docs/release-notes/1.12.0.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d059c092d3..0000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/1.12.0.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-## New Features
-
-### Istio Updated to Version 1.24.1 
-
-| **Component** | **Version** |
-|---------------|-------------|
-| Istio         | 1.24.1      |
-| Envoy         | 1.32.2      |
-
-We've updated the Istio version to 1.24.1 ([#1024](https://github.com/kyma-project/istio/pull/1024)).
-Read the Istio 1.24.1 [release announcement](https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.24.x/announcing-1.24.1/)
-and [Istio 1.24.0 Change Notes](https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.24.x/announcing-1.24/change-notes/).
-
-This version includes the following changes to compatibility version parameters.
-
-The parameters for the previous compatibility version switched from 'false' to 'true':
-
-| Parameter                            | Description                                                                                                                                                                         |
-|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| ENABLE\_DELIMITED\_STATS\_TAG\_REGEX | If true, pilot uses the new delimited stat tag regex to generate Envoy stats tags.                                                                                              |
-| ENABLE\_DEFERRED\_CLUSTER\_CREATION  | If enabled, Istio creates clusters only when there are requests. This saves memory and CPU cycles in cases where there are lots of inactive clusters and more than one worker thread. |
-
-This compatibility version applies the new parameters set to `false`:
-
-| Parameter                                             | Description                                                                                                                                        |
-|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| ENABLE\_INBOUND\_RETRY\_POLICY       | If true, enables retry policy for inbound routes, which automatically retries any requests that were reset before reaching the intended service.                                                |
-| EXCLUDE\_UNSAFE\_503\_FROM\_DEFAULT\_RETRY            | If true, excludes unsafe retry on `503` from the default retry policy.                                                                                   |
-| PREFER\_DESTINATIONRULE\_TLS\_FOR\_EXTERNAL\_SERVICES | If true, external services prefer the TLS settings from DestinationRules over the metadata TLS settings.                                      |
-| ENABLE\_ENHANCED\_DESTINATIONRULE\_MERGE              | If enabled, Istio merges DestinationRules considering their **exportTo** fields. The DestinationRules are then kept as independent rules if the **exportTo** fields are not equal. |
-| PILOT\_UNIFIED\_SIDECAR\_SCOPE                        | If true, unified SidecarScope creation is used. This is only intended as a temporary feature flag for backward compatibility.                |
-| ENABLE\_DEFERRED\_STATS\_CREATION                     | If enabled, Istio lazily initializes a subset of the stats.                                                                                    |
-| BYPASS\_OVERLOAD\_MANAGER\_FOR\_STATIC\_LISTENERS     | If enabled, the overload manager is not applied to static listeners.                                                                              |
diff --git a/internal/istiooperator/istio-operator-light.yaml b/internal/istiooperator/istio-operator-light.yaml
index 577bef0dd3..d30712f61c 100644
--- a/internal/istiooperator/istio-operator-light.yaml
+++ b/internal/istiooperator/istio-operator-light.yaml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ spec:
       tracing: []
       metrics:
       - prometheus
-    enablePrometheusMerge: true
+    enablePrometheusMerge: false
     enableTracing: false
     extensionProviders:
     - name: kyma-traces
diff --git a/internal/istiooperator/istio-operator.yaml b/internal/istiooperator/istio-operator.yaml
index 162a85c496..a8edf5ae03 100644
--- a/internal/istiooperator/istio-operator.yaml
+++ b/internal/istiooperator/istio-operator.yaml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ spec:
       tracing: []
       metrics:
       - prometheus
-    enablePrometheusMerge: true
+    enablePrometheusMerge: false
     enableTracing: false
     extensionProviders:
     - name: kyma-traces