diff --git a/.woodpecker/changelog.yaml b/.woodpecker/changelog.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f38ce618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker/changelog.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+when:
+  - event: pull_request
+
+steps:
+  check-changelog:
+    image: docker.io/alpine:3.23
+    commands:
+      - apk add --no-cache git
+      - sh ./tools/check-changelog
diff --git a/.woodpecker/lint.yaml b/.woodpecker/lint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b96d584ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker/lint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+when:
+  - event: pull_request
+    path: [ "*.ex", "*.eex", "*.exs", "mix.lock", ".woodpecker/**" ]
+  - event: push
+    branch: ${CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
+    path: [ "*.ex", "*.eex", "*.exs", "mix.lock", ".woodpecker/**" ]
+
+steps:
+  mix-format:
+    image: &elixir-image
+      docker.io/elixir:1.15-alpine
+    failure: ignore
+    commands:
+      - |
+        if ! mix format --check-formatted; then
+          touch fail.stamp
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+  credo:
+    image: *elixir-image
+    failure: ignore
+    environment:
+      MIX_ENV: test
+    commands:
+      - apk add --no-cache build-base cmake exiftool ffmpeg file-dev git openssl
+      - adduser -D -h /home/testuser testuser
+      - mkdir -p /home/testuser/.mix /home/testuser/.hex
+      - chown -R testuser:testuser . /home/testuser
+      - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix local.hex --force"
+      - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix local.rebar --force"
+      - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix deps.get"
+      - |
+        if ! su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix analyze"; then
+          touch fail.stamp
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+  # cycles:
+  #   image: *elixir-image
+  #   failure: ignore
+  #   commands:
+  #     - apk add --no-cache build-base cmake exiftool ffmpeg file-dev git openssl
+  #     - adduser -D -h /home/testuser testuser
+  #     - mkdir -p /home/testuser/.mix /home/testuser/.hex
+  #     - chown -R testuser:testuser . /home/testuser
+  #     - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix local.hex --force"
+  #     - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix local.rebar --force"
+  #     - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix compile"
+  #     - |
+  #       if ! su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix xref graph --format cycles --label compile | awk '{print $0} END{exit ($0 != \"No cycles found\")}'"; then
+  #       touch fail.stamp
+  #       exit 1
+  #       fi
+
+  ensure-status:
+    image: *elixir-image
+    commands: |
+      if test -f fail.stamp; then
+        echo "One or more previous steps fails. Failing workflow..."
+        exit 1
+      else
+        echo "All steps passed"
+        exit 0
+      fi
diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker/unit-testing-elixir-1.15.yaml
similarity index 67%
rename from .woodpecker.yml
rename to .woodpecker/unit-testing-elixir-1.15.yaml
index 4ceb1cab5..84046be41 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/unit-testing-elixir-1.15.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 when:
-  - event:
-      - pull_request
+  - event: pull_request
+    path: [ "*.ex", "*.eex", "*.exs", "mix.lock", ".woodpecker/**" ]
+  - event: push
+    branch: ${CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
+    path: [ "*.ex", "*.eex", "*.exs", "mix.lock", ".woodpecker/**" ]
+
+depends_on:
+  - lint
 
 steps:
-  test:
+  unit-testing-elixir-1.15:
     image: elixir:1.15-alpine
     environment:
       MIX_ENV: test
@@ -17,7 +23,7 @@ steps:
       - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix local.hex --force"
       - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix local.rebar --force"
       - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix deps.get"
-      - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix test"
+      - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix pleroma.test_runner --preload-modules"
 
 services:
   postgres:
diff --git a/.woodpecker/unit-testing-elixir-1.18.yaml b/.woodpecker/unit-testing-elixir-1.18.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dcec62fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker/unit-testing-elixir-1.18.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+when:
+  - event: pull_request
+    path: [ "*.ex", "*.eex", "*.exs", "mix.lock", ".woodpecker/**" ]
+  - event: push
+    branch: ${CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
+    path: [ "*.ex", "*.eex", "*.exs", "mix.lock", ".woodpecker/**" ]
+
+depends_on:
+  - lint
+
+steps:
+  unit-testing-elixir-1.18:
+    image: elixir:1.18-otp-27-alpine
+    environment:
+      MIX_ENV: test
+      DB_HOST: postgres
+      DB_PORT: 5432
+    commands:
+      - apk add --no-cache build-base cmake exiftool ffmpeg file-dev git openssl
+      - adduser -D -h /home/testuser testuser
+      - mkdir -p /home/testuser/.mix /home/testuser/.hex
+      - chown -R testuser:testuser . /home/testuser
+      - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix local.hex --force"
+      - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix local.rebar --force"
+      - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix deps.get"
+      - su testuser -c "HOME=/home/testuser mix pleroma.test_runner --preload-modules"
+
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:13-alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: pleroma_test
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
diff --git a/changelog.d/woodpecker-pr-pipeline.skip b/changelog.d/woodpecker-pr-pipeline.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tools/check-changelog b/tools/check-changelog
index 5952aefcc..d09a68895 100644
--- a/tools/check-changelog
+++ b/tools/check-changelog
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 echo "adding ownership exception"
-git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
+git config --global --add safe.directory "$(pwd)"
 
 echo "looking for change log"
 
 git remote add upstream https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma.git
-git fetch upstream ${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME}:refs/remotes/upstream/$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME
+git fetch upstream ${CI_COMMIT_TARGET_BRANCH}:refs/remotes/upstream/${CI_COMMIT_TARGET_BRANCH}
 
-git diff --raw --no-renames upstream/$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME HEAD -- changelog.d | \
+git diff --raw --no-renames upstream/${CI_COMMIT_TARGET_BRANCH} HEAD -- changelog.d | \
     grep ' A\t' | grep '\.\(skip\|add\|remove\|fix\|security\|change\)$'
 ret=$?