diff --git a/.github/workflows/on-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/on-pr.yml
index e0b287f0de..15dc39c1be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on-pr.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ jobs:
         id: config
         run: |
           grep -oP "(NRF_revision=)[a-zA-Z0-9/_-]*" pr_body.md > config
-          if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo NRF_revision=main > config; fi
-          cat config >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+            echo "NRF_revision=main" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
+          else
+            cat config >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT;
+          fi;
+
+      - name: print nrf revision
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ steps.config.outputs.NRF_revision }}
 
   verify_PR:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/validate_code_style.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_dut.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_dut.yml
index b9dc15a11e..6313bc4901 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests_dut.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_dut.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           source zephyr/zephyr-env.sh
           west twister --platform ${{inputs.target_board}} --testsuite-root sidewalk --filter runnable --shuffle-tests --shuffle-tests-seed 123 --inline-logs --overflow-as-errors -vvv --prep-artifacts-for-testing --package-artifacts PACKAGE_ARTIFACTS_${{ inputs.subset }}.tar.bz2 --subset ${{ inputs.subset }}/${{ inputs.max_subsets }}
 
-      - name: save build artifacts
+      - name: Save build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: PACKAGE_ARTIFACTS_${{ inputs.subset }}.tar.bz2
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ jobs:
       volumes:
         - /dev:/dev
         - /run/udev:/run/udev
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: nrfutil toolchain-manager launch --install-dir /root/ncs bash -- {0}
@@ -122,11 +124,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: DUT_artifacts_${{inputs.target_board}}_${{ inputs.subset }}
 
-      - name: Delete artifacts
-        uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: DUT_artifacts_${{inputs.target_board}}_${{ inputs.subset }}
-
       - name: Unwrap artifacts
         run: |
           tar -xf PACKAGE_ARTIFACTS_${{ inputs.subset }}.tar.bz2
@@ -140,6 +137,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mv twister-out/twister.xml twister-out/${{inputs.target_board}}_${{ inputs.subset }}_twister.xml
 
+      - name: Delete artifacts
+        uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: DUT_artifacts_${{inputs.target_board}}_${{ inputs.subset }}
+
       - name: Upload test results
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_code_style.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_code_style.yml
index 872048eea4..1ba3af78c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_code_style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_code_style.yml
@@ -44,11 +44,20 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
+        if: ${{github.event_name != 'pull_request'}}
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: sidewalk
 
+      - name: Checkout
+        if: ${{github.event_name == 'pull_request'}}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          path: sidewalk
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
       - name: update NRF
         run: |
           cd sidewalk &&  git rev-parse HEAD > /workdir/sidewalk_hash; cd ..
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index fefbcac574..b6ed354722 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 .. image:: https://github.com/nrfconnect/sdk-sidewalk/actions/workflows/on-commit.yml/badge.svg?branch=main
  :target: https://github.com/nrfconnect/sdk-sidewalk/actions/workflows/on-commit.yml
 
-.. image:: https://github.com/nrfconnect/sdk-sidewalk/actions/workflows/verify-new-ncs.yml/badge.svg
- :target: https://github.com/nrfconnect/sdk-sidewalk/actions/workflows/verify-new-ncs.yml
-
 nRF Connect SDK: sdk-sidewalk
 #############################