diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-and-release-container.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-and-release-container.yaml
index 1f44cab0..f1d922a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-and-release-container.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-and-release-container.yaml
@@ -141,266 +141,22 @@ jobs:
       labels: [ self-hosted, linux, x64 ]
       group: heavy
     steps:
-      - name: clone repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-# changes
-      - name: detect changed files - pr
-        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
-        id: changes
-        with:
-          token: ${{ github.token }}
-          filters: ${{ inputs.filters }}
-
-      - name: annotate the ci run with changes
-        run: >-
-          echo "::notice title=Job: ${{ github.job }}::%0A
-          Changes: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.changes }}"
-# setup
-      - name: install cosign
-        if: inputs.cosign-public-key != ''
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v3.1.2
-
-      - name: forward proxy settings
-        run: |
-          echo "HTTP_PROXY=$HTTP_PROXY" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "HTTPS_PROXY=$HTTPS_PROXY" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "NO_PROXY=$NO_PROXY" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: install buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-        with:
-          driver-opts: |
-            env.http_proxy=${{ env.HTTP_PROXY }}
-            env.https_proxy=${{ env.HTTPS_PROXY }}
-            "env.no_proxy='${{ env.NO_PROXY }}'"
-
-      - name: login to container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
-          username: ${{ inputs.registry-user }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.registry-token }}
-
-      - name: determine release
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        uses: docker://ghcr.io/codfish/semantic-release-action:v2
-        id: semantic
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        with:
-          dry_run: true
-          branches: ${{ inputs.release-branches }}
-          tag_format: ${{ inputs.release-tag-format }}
-          plugins: |-
-            [
-              ['@semantic-release/commit-analyzer', {
-                "releaseRules": ${{ inputs.release-rules }},
-              }], 
-              '@semantic-release/release-notes-generator',
-              ['@semantic-release/github', {
-                "successComment": false,
-                "failTitle": false
-              }]
-            ]
-
-      - name: annotate the ci run with release version output
-        if: steps.semantic.outputs.new-release-published == 'true' && github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: >-
-          echo "::notice title=Job: ${{ github.job }} / ${{ inputs.job-name }}::%0A
-          Next release will be version ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.release-version }}"
-# rest of the owl
-      - name: pr container metadata
+      - name: pr
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        id: meta
-        with:
-          images: |
-            ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.registry-repo }}
-          tags: |
-            type=ref,event=pr
-
-      - name: release container metadata
-        if: steps.semantic.outputs.new-release-published == 'true' && github.event_name == 'push'
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        id: meta
-        with:
-          images: |
-            ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.registry-repo }}
-          tags: |
-            type=raw,value=${{ inputs.registry-tag-prefix }}${{ steps.semantic.outputs.release-version }}${{ inputs.registry-tag-suffix }}
-
-      - name: build and push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        id: build
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/pr-container-composite.yaml
         with:
-          file: ${{ inputs.build-file }}
-          context: ${{ inputs.build-context }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          push: true
-          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
-          provenance: true
-
-      - name: cosign image with key
-        if: inputs.cosign-public-key != ''
-        run: |
-          cosign sign --yes --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY "${TAGS}@${DIGEST}"
-        env:
-          COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.cosign-private-key }}
-          COSIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.cosign-password }}
-          TAGS: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          DIGEST: ${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}
-
-      - name: cosign verify image
-        if: inputs.cosign-public-key != ''
-        env:
-          COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ inputs.cosign-public-key }}
-          TAGS: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          DIGEST: ${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}
-        run: |
-          cosign verify --key env://COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY "${TAGS}@${DIGEST}"
-
-      - name: annotate the ci run with pr container tags
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        run: >-
-          echo "::notice title=Job: ${{ github.job }} / ${{ inputs.job-name }}::%0A
-          Pushed PR container assets!%0A
-          - %0A
-          docker pull ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}%0A
-          ${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}"
-
-      - name: annotate the ci run with release candidate container tags
-        if: steps.semantic.outputs.new-release-published == 'true' && github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: >-
-          echo "::notice title=Job: ${{ github.job }} / ${{ inputs.job-name }}::%0A
-          Pushed release candidate container assets!%0A
-          - %0A
-          docker pull ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}%0A
-          docker pull ${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}"
-
-      - name: test
-        if: ${{ inputs.test-flags != '' || inputs.test-args != '' }}
-        run: |
-          docker run \
-            ${{ inputs.test-flags }} \
-            ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.registry-repo }}@${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }} \
-            ${{ inputs.test-args }}
-
-      - name: test condition
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: |
-          echo 'Hello World'
-
-      - name: retag container
-        if: steps.semantic.outputs.new-release-published == 'true' && github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: docker buildx imagetools create -t ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }} ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.registry-repo }}@${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}
-
-      - name: cosign image with key
-        if: steps.semantic.outputs.new-release-published == 'true' && inputs.cosign-public-key != '' && github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: |
-          cosign sign --yes --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY "${TAGS}@${DIGEST}"
-        env:
-          COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.cosign-private-key }}
-          COSIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.cosign-password }}
-          TAGS: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          DIGEST: ${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}
-
-      - name: cosign verify container
-        if: steps.semantic.outputs.new-release-published == 'true' && inputs.cosign-public-key != '' && github.event_name == 'push'
-        env:
-          COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ inputs.cosign-public-key }}
-          TAG: ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.registry-repo }}
-          DIGEST: ${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}
-        run: |
-          cosign verify --key env://COSIGN_PUBLIC_KEY "${TAG}@${DIGEST}"
-
-      - name: release
-        if: steps.semantic.outputs.new-release-published == 'true' && github.event_name == 'push'
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
-        id: release
-        env:
-          RELEASE_NOTES: |
-            ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.release-notes }}
-        with:
-          retries: 3
-          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
-          script: |
-            github.rest.repos.createRelease({
-              owner: "${{ github.repository_owner }}",
-              repo: "${{ github.event.repository.name }}",
-              tag_name: "${{ steps.semantic.outputs.git-tag }}",
-              target_commitish: "${{ github.sha }}",
-              body: process.env.RELEASE_NOTES,
-              name: "${{ steps.semantic.outputs.git-tag }}"
-            });
-
-      - name: annotate the ci run with release container tags
-        if: steps.semantic.outputs.new-release-published == 'true' && github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: >-
-          echo "::notice title=Job: ${{ github.job }} / ${{ inputs.job-name }}::%0A
-          Pushed release container version ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.release-version }}!%0A
-          - %0A
-          docker pull ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}%0A
-          docker pull ${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}"
-
-      - name: update slack thread failure
-        uses: archive/github-actions-slack@v2.7.0
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: failure()
-        with:
-          slack-bot-user-oauth-access-token: ${{ secrets.slack-token }}
+          job-name: ${{ inputs.job-name }}
+          registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
+          registry-user: ${{ inputs.registry-user }}
+          registry-repo: ${{ inputs.registry-repo }}
+          cosign-public-key: ${{ inputs.cosign-public-key }}
           slack-channel: ${{ inputs.slack-channel }}
-          slack-text: |
-            :no_entry: ${{ github.repository }} / ${{ github.job }} / ${{ inputs.job-name }}\n
-            <https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}|:octocat: Pull Request>\n
-            <https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|:book: CI Logs>
-#  pr:
-#    if: ${{ github.event.action }} == "synchronize" || ${{ github.event.action }} == "opened"
-#    # Build the container and push it as :pr-42 and :pr-42-fe45b3h
-#    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-and-test-pr-container.yaml
-#    with:
-#      job-name: ${{ inputs.job-name }}
-#      registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
-#      registry-user: ${{ inputs.registry-user }}
-#      registry-repo: ${{ inputs.registry-repo }}
-#      cosign-public-key: ${{ inputs.cosign-public-key }}
-#      slack-channel: ${{ inputs.slack-channel }}
-#      build-file: ${{ inputs.build-file }}
-#      build-context: ${{ inputs.build-context }}
-#      test-flags: ${{ inputs.test-flags }}
-#      test-args: ${{ inputs.test-args }}
-#
-#    secrets:
-#      cosign-private-key: ${{ secrets.cosign-private-key }}
-#      cosign-password: ${{ secrets.cosign-password }}
-#      registry-token: ${{ secrets.registry-token }}
-#      slack-token: ${{ secrets.slack-token }}
-#
-#  release:
-#    if: ${{ github.event.action }} == "push"
-#    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-and-test-release-container.yaml
-#    with:
-#      job-name: ${{ inputs.job-name }}
-#      registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
-#      registry-user: ${{ inputs.registry-user }}
-#      registry-repo: ${{ inputs.registry-repo }}
-#      registry-tag-prefix: ${{ inputs.registry-tag-prefix }}
-#      registry-tag-suffix: ${{ inputs.registry-tag-suffix }}
-#      release-tag-format: ${{ inputs.release-tag-format}}
-#      release-rules: ${{ inputs.release-rules }}
-#      release-branches: ${{ inputs.release-branches }}
-#      cosign-public-key: ${{ inputs.cosign-public-key }}
-#      slack-channel: ${{ inputs.slack-channel }}
-#      build-file: ${{ inputs.build-file }}
-#      build-context: ${{ inputs.build-context }}
-#      status-failure: ${{ inputs.status-failure }}
-#      test-flags: ${{ inputs.test-flags }}
-#      test-args: ${{ inputs.test-args }}
-#
-#    secrets:
-#      cosign-private-key: ${{ secrets.cosign-private-key }}
-#      cosign-password: ${{ secrets.cosign-password }}
-#      slack-token: ${{ secrets.slack-token }}
-#      registry-token: ${{ secrets.registry-token }}
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+          build-file: ${{ inputs.build-file }}
+          build-context: ${{ inputs.build-context }}
+          test-flags: ${{ inputs.test-flags }}
+          test-args: ${{ inputs.test-args }}
+          pr-filters: ${{ inputs.pr-filters }}
+          cosign-private-key: ${{ secrets.cosign-private-key }}
+          cosign-password: ${{ secrets.cosign-password }}
+          registry-token: ${{ secrets.registry-token }}
+          slack-token: ${{ secrets.slack-token }}
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