diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61363f98aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: Build docs
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      python-version:
+        description: 'Python version to use'
+        required: true
+        default: '3.10'
+        type: string
+      node-version:
+        description: 'Node version to use'
+        required: true
+        default: '18.x'
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  build-docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: website
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          lfs: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+        with:
+          version: "latest"
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ github.event.inputs.node-version }}
+      - name: setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ github.event.inputs.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install quarto
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
+
+      - name: Build documentation
+        run: |
+          uv venv
+          . .venv/bin/activate
+          uv pip install -e ".[docs]"
+          ./scripts/docs_build.sh
+        working-directory: .
+
+      - name: Prepare website content
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        run: |
+          # Create a temporary directory for filtered content
+          mkdir -p temp_website
+
+          # Navigate to build directory
+          cd build
+
+          # Copy files except .ipynb, node_modules, .quarto, .gitignore, temp_website, _blogs, use-cases, user-guide and talks
+          find . -type f -not -path "*/node_modules/*" -not -path "*/.quarto/*" -not -path "./_blogs/*" -not -path "./use-cases/*" -not -path "./user-guide/*" -not -path "./talks/*" -not -name "*.ipynb" -not -name ".gitignore" -exec cp --parents {} ../temp_website/ \;
+
+      - name: Deploy to Mintlify
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          publish_branch: mintlify-pages
+          publish_dir: ./website/temp_website
diff --git a/.github/workflows/contrib-llm-test.yml b/.github/workflows/contrib-llm-test.yml
index e8d86e12fa..32cffb41d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contrib-llm-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contrib-llm-test.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ on:
       - "test/agentchat/contrib/**"
       - ".github/workflows/contrib-llm-test.yml"
       - "pyproject.toml"
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 permissions:
   {}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/contrib-test.yml b/.github/workflows/contrib-test.yml
index c8687bc3f8..229afb3633 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contrib-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contrib-test.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   RetrieveChatTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
 
   RetrieveChatTest-Ubuntu:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         python-version: ["3.10"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
@@ -222,6 +225,7 @@ jobs:
 
   GPTAssistantAgent:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -261,6 +265,7 @@ jobs:
 
   TeachableAgent:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -300,6 +305,7 @@ jobs:
 
   WebSurfer:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -339,6 +345,7 @@ jobs:
 
   LMMTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -384,6 +391,7 @@ jobs:
 
   GeminiTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -394,8 +402,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -428,6 +434,7 @@ jobs:
 
   TransformMessages:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -467,6 +474,7 @@ jobs:
 
   LlamaIndexAgent:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -501,6 +509,7 @@ jobs:
 
   AnthropicTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -509,8 +518,6 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -545,6 +552,7 @@ jobs:
 
   CerebrasTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -555,8 +563,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -589,6 +595,7 @@ jobs:
 
   MistralTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -599,8 +606,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -633,6 +638,7 @@ jobs:
 
   TogetherTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -643,8 +649,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -677,6 +681,7 @@ jobs:
 
   GroqTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -687,8 +692,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -721,14 +724,13 @@ jobs:
 
   CohereTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -761,6 +763,7 @@ jobs:
 
   OllamaTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -771,8 +774,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -805,6 +806,7 @@ jobs:
 
   BedrockTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -815,8 +817,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ jobs:
 
   SwarmTest:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -859,8 +860,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.9"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
           version: "latest"
@@ -893,6 +892,7 @@ jobs:
 
   ReasoningTest:
       runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+      environment: permit-tests
       strategy:
         fail-fast: false
         matrix:
@@ -903,8 +903,6 @@ jobs:
               python-version: "3.9"
       steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-          with:
-            lfs: true
         - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
           with:
             version: "latest"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/core-llm-test.yml b/.github/workflows/core-llm-test.yml
index c49c029c63..649fccc173 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core-llm-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core-llm-test.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ on:
       - "notebook/agentchat_groupchat_finite_state_machine.ipynb"
       - ".github/workflows/core-llm-test.yml"
       - "pyproject.toml"
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 permissions:
   {}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/core-test.yml b/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
index 3a36101e8e..7f8ea8a291 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: paths-filter
     if: needs.paths-filter.outputs.hasChanges == 'true'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     env:
       AUTOGEN_USE_DOCKER: ${{ matrix.os != 'ubuntu-latest'  && 'False' }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-website-mintlify.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-website-mintlify.yml
index ebc50eb10d..a0827487b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-website-mintlify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-website-mintlify.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 name: mintlify docs
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - "autogen/**"
-      - "website/**"
-      - ".github/workflows/deploy-website-mintlify.yml"
-      - ".github/workflows/docs-check-broken-links.yml"
-      - "scripts/broken-links-check.sh"
-      - "scripts/docs_build.sh"
-      - "scripts/docs_serve.sh"
-      - ".muffet-excluded-links.txt"
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
@@ -29,82 +18,8 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
 jobs:
-  checks:
-    if: github.event_name != 'push'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: website
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
-        with:
-          version: "latest"
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 18.x
-      - name: setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-
-      - name: Install quarto
-        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
-
-      - name: Build documentation
-        run: |
-          uv pip install --system -e ".[docs]"
-          ./scripts/docs_build.sh
-        working-directory: .
-
   mintlify-release:
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: website
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
-        with:
-          version: "latest"
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 18.x
-      - name: setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-
-      - name: Install quarto
-        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
-
-      - name: Build documentation
-        run: |
-          uv pip install --system -e ".[docs]"
-          ./scripts/docs_build.sh
-        working-directory: .
-
-      - name: Prepare website content
-        run: |
-          # Create a temporary directory for filtered content
-          mkdir -p temp_website
-
-          # Navigate to build directory
-          cd build
-
-          # Copy files except .ipynb, node_modules, .quarto, .gitignore, temp_website, _blogs, use-cases, user-guide and talks
-          find . -type f -not -path "*/node_modules/*" -not -path "*/.quarto/*" -not -path "./_blogs/*" -not -path "./use-cases/*" -not -path "./user-guide/*" -not -path "./talks/*" -not -name "*.ipynb" -not -name ".gitignore" -exec cp --parents {} ../temp_website/ \;
-
-      - name: Deploy to Mintlify
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          publish_branch: mintlify-pages
-          publish_dir: ./website/temp_website
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
+    with:
+      python-version: "3.10"
+      node-version: "18.x"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
index c0feffc27a..f0e9767410 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,19 @@ jobs:
             <head>
               <meta charset="UTF-8">
               <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=https://docs.ag2.ai">
-              <script>window.location.href = "https://docs.ag2.ai";</script>
+              <!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
+              <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-M24T8371GM"></script>
+              <script>
+                window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
+                function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
+                gtag('js', new Date());
+                gtag('config', 'G-M24T8371GM');
+              </script>
+              <script>
+                setTimeout(function() {
+                  window.location.href = "https://docs.ag2.ai";
+                }, 500);
+              </script>
               <title>Page Redirection</title>
             </head>
             <body>
@@ -42,6 +54,14 @@ jobs:
           <html>
             <head>
               <meta charset="UTF-8">
+              <!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
+              <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-M24T8371GM"></script>
+              <script>
+                window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
+                function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
+                gtag('js', new Date());
+                gtag('config', 'G-M24T8371GM');
+              </script>
               <script>
                 const newDomain = 'https://docs.ag2.ai';
                 let path = window.location.pathname;
@@ -60,7 +80,9 @@ jobs:
                 // Handle -index and create final URL with hash
                 const redirectUrl = (newDomain + path).replace(/-index$/, "/index") + hash;
 
-                window.location.href = redirectUrl;
+                setTimeout(function() {
+                  window.location.href = redirectUrl;
+                }, 500);
               </script>
               <title>Page Redirection</title>
             </head>
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lfs-check.yml b/.github/workflows/lfs-check.yml
index 4baae925de..104abb6b0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lfs-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lfs-check.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: "Git LFS Check"
 
 on: pull_request
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 permissions: {}
 jobs:
   lfs-check:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33a103886b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+name: PR checks
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  merge_group:
+    types: [checks_requested]
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering of the workflow
+
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SKIP: "mypy"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          lfs: true
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.9"
+      - name: Set $PY environment variable
+        run: echo "PY=$(python -VV | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
+          key: pre-commit|${{ env.PY }}|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
+
+  type-check:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+        with:
+          version: "latest"
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.9"
+      - run: uv pip install --system ".[types]"
+      # Any additional configuration for mypy should be defined in pyproject.toml under the [tool.mypy] section
+      - run: |
+          mypy
+
+  test-paths-filter:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      hasChanges: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.autogen == 'true' || steps.filter.outputs.test == 'true' || steps.filter.outputs.workflows == 'true' || steps.filter.outputs.setup == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        id: filter
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            autogen:
+              - "autogen/**"
+            test:
+              - "test/**"
+            workflows:
+              - ".github/workflows/**"
+            setup:
+              - "pyproject.toml"
+
+  core-test-without-llm:
+    needs: test-paths-filter
+    if: needs.test-paths-filter.outputs.hasChanges == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+        with:
+          version: "latest"
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Install packages and dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv pip install --system -e .[test,cosmosdb,interop,redis,websockets]
+      - name: Install optional dependencies for code executors
+        run: |
+          uv pip install --system -e ".[jupyter-executor]"
+          python -m ipykernel install --user --name python3
+      - name: Test with pytest skipping openai tests
+        run: |
+          bash scripts/test-core-skip-llm.sh
+      - name: Show coverage report
+        run: bash scripts/show-coverage-report.sh
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        if: ${{ !contains(github.ref, 'gh-readonly-queue/') }}
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          files: ./coverage.xml
+          flags: core-without-llm, ubuntu-latest, 3.11
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+
+  docs-paths-filter:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      hasChanges: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.autogen == 'true' || steps.filter.outputs.website == 'true' || steps.filter.outputs.workflows == 'true' || steps.filter.outputs.setup == 'true' || steps.filter.outputs.scripts == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        id: filter
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            autogen:
+              - "autogen/**"
+            website:
+              - "website/**"
+            workflows:
+              - ".github/workflows/pr-checks.yml"
+            setup:
+              - "pyproject.toml"
+              - ".muffet-excluded-links.txt"
+            scripts:
+              - "scripts/broken-links-check.sh"
+              - "scripts/docs_build.sh"
+              - "scripts/docs_serve.sh"
+
+  build-docs:
+    needs: docs-paths-filter
+    if: needs.docs-paths-filter.outputs.hasChanges == 'true'
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
+    with:
+      python-version: "3.10"
+      node-version: "18.x"
+
+  pr-check:
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [pre-commit-check, type-check, core-test-without-llm, build-docs]
+    steps:
+      - name: Get Date
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "date=$(date +'%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Run Type is ${{ github.event_name }}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'schedule' && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'}}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "run_type=${{ github.event_name }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Fail workflow if build failed
+        id: check_build_failed
+        if: contains(join(needs.*.result, ','), 'failure')
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: core.setFailed('Build Failed!')
+
+      - name: Fail workflow if build cancelled
+        id: check_build_cancelled
+        if: contains(join(needs.*.result, ','), 'cancelled')
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: core.setFailed('Build Cancelled!')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cade2fcaaf..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-name: Code formatting
-
-# see: https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows
-on:  # Trigger the workflow on pull request or merge
-  pull_request:
-  merge_group:
-    types: [checks_requested]
-
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: bash
-permissions: {}
-    # actions: read
-  # checks: read
-  # contents: read
-  # deployments: read
-jobs:
-
-  pre-commit-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      SKIP: "mypy"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          lfs: true
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      - name: Set $PY environment variable
-        run: echo "PY=$(python -VV | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
-          key: pre-commit|${{ env.PY }}|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
-      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-with-optional-deps.yml b/.github/workflows/test-with-optional-deps.yml
index 29335a9529..3c84c46654 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-with-optional-deps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-with-optional-deps.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: paths-filter
     if: needs.paths-filter.outputs.hasChanges == 'true'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    environment: permit-tests
     env:
       AUTOGEN_USE_DOCKER: ${{ matrix.os != 'ubuntu-latest'  && 'False' }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/type-check.yml b/.github/workflows/type-check.yml
index 61b21abdc2..36a4a041a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/type-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/type-check.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on: # Trigger the workflow on pull request or merge
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           - python-version: "3.10"
             optional-dependencies: "browser-use"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: permit-tests
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
diff --git a/RFCs/000/RFC-000-global-run-function.ipynb.txt b/RFCs/000/RFC-000-global-run-function.ipynb.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 606713ab2e..0000000000
--- a/RFCs/000/RFC-000-global-run-function.ipynb.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-{
- "cells": [
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": []
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": []
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": []
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": []
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "from typing import Any, Protocol, runtime_checkable\n",
-    "\n",
-    "from autogen import Agent\n",
-    "\n",
-    "\n",
-    "class RunResponse:\n",
-    "    pass\n",
-    "\n",
-    "\n",
-    "class Cost:\n",
-    "    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any):\n",
-    "        self._cost: dict[str, Any] = kwargs.copy()\n",
-    "\n",
-    "    @staticmethod\n",
-    "    def _add_elements(key: str, x: dict[str, Any], y: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:\n",
-    "        if key in x and key in y:\n",
-    "            return x[key] + y[key]\n",
-    "        elif key in x:\n",
-    "            return x[key]\n",
-    "        elif key in y:\n",
-    "            return y[key]\n",
-    "        else:\n",
-    "            raise KeyError(f\"Key {key} not found in either dictionary\")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "    def __add__(self, other: \"Cost\") -> \"Cost\":\n",
-    "        keys = set(self._cost.keys()) | set(other._cost.keys())\n",
-    "        return Cost(**{key: self._add_elements(key, self._cost, other._cost) for key in keys})\n",
-    "\n",
-    "\n",
-    "@runtime_checkable\n",
-    "class EventProtocol(Protocol):\n",
-    "    @property\n",
-    "    def cost(self) -> Cost:\n",
-    "        return Cost()\n",
-    "\n",
-    "\n",
-    "class RunResponse:\n",
-    "    @property\n",
-    "    def events(self) -> list[EventProtocol]:\n",
-    "        pass\n",
-    "\n",
-    "\n",
-    "def run(\n",
-    "    *agents: Agent,\n",
-    ") -> RunResponse:\n",
-    "    return RunResponse"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "agents: list[Agent] = []\n",
-    "\n",
-    "response = run(*agents, message=\"What is the meaning of life?\")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "total_cost = Cost(0)\n",
-    "for m in response.events:\n",
-    "    total_cost += m.cost\n",
-    "    if isinstance(m, InputRequest):\n",
-    "        s = input(m.prompt)\n",
-    "        m.respond(s)\n",
-    "    elif isinstance(m, OutputMessage):\n",
-    "        print(m.message)\n",
-    "    elif isinstance(m, ToolRequest):\n",
-    "        tool = m.tool"
-   ]
-  }
- ],
- "metadata": {
-  "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": ".venv-3.10-core",
-   "language": "python",
-   "name": "python3"
-  },
-  "language_info": {
-   "codemirror_mode": {
-    "name": "ipython",
-    "version": 3
-   },
-   "file_extension": ".py",
-   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
-   "name": "python",
-   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
-   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.10"
-  }
- },
- "nbformat": 4,
- "nbformat_minor": 2
-}
diff --git a/autogen/agentchat/conversable_agent.py b/autogen/agentchat/conversable_agent.py
index a53f7b7b1c..3465bcff86 100644
--- a/autogen/agentchat/conversable_agent.py
+++ b/autogen/agentchat/conversable_agent.py
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ async def a_receive(
         self._process_received_message(message, sender, silent)
         if request_reply is False or (request_reply is None and self.reply_at_receive[sender] is False):
             return
-        reply = await self.a_generate_reply(sender=sender)
+        reply = await self.a_generate_reply(messages=self.chat_messages[sender], sender=sender)
         if reply is not None:
             await self.a_send(reply, sender, silent=silent)
 
diff --git a/autogen/coding/jupyter/local_jupyter_server.py b/autogen/coding/jupyter/local_jupyter_server.py
index 10140c6bde..f7ad196385 100644
--- a/autogen/coding/jupyter/local_jupyter_server.py
+++ b/autogen/coding/jupyter/local_jupyter_server.py
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ def __init__(
                 "Jupyter gateway server is not installed. Please install it with `pip install jupyter_kernel_gateway`."
             )
 
-        self.ip = ip
+        self.ip: str = ip
 
         if isinstance(token, LocalJupyterServer.GenerateToken):
             token = secrets.token_hex(32)
 
-        self.token = token
+        self.token: str = token
+        self._subprocess: subprocess.Popen[str]
         logging_config = {
             "handlers": {
                 "file": {
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ def __init__(
                 #   Jupyter Kernel Gateway 3.0.0 is available at http://127.0.0.1:8890
                 if port is None:
                     port = int(line.split(":")[-1])
-                self.port = port
+                self.port: int = port
 
                 break