diff --git a/.github/actions/run-time-exceeded-notification/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-time-exceeded-notification/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d8f09758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/run-time-exceeded-notification/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: send a exceeded build time notification
+description: Sends slack notification if build took more than planned
+
+inputs:
+  max-build-time:
+    description: "Maximum acceptable build time in seconds"
+    required: true
+  slack-token:
+    description: The slack bot token
+    required: true
+  slack-channel:
+    description: The slack channel
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Fetch billable time from gh API
+      id: fetch_time
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        total_time: ""
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        total_time=$(gh api /repos/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/timing | jq ' .billable.UBUNTU.total_ms /1000')
+        echo "total_time in seconds: ${total_time}"
+        echo "total_time=${total_time}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Slack Notification
+      if: steps.fetch_time.outputs.total_time > ${{inputs.max-build-time}}
+      uses: Alfresco/alfresco-build-tools/.github/actions/send-slack-notification@v2.3.0
+      with:
+        channel-id: ${{ inputs.slack-channel }}
+        message: 'build time took ${{steps.fetch_time.outputs.total_time}} seconds when expected ${{inputs.max-build-time}} seconds'
+        token: ${{ inputs.slack-token }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/run-time-notification/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-time-notification/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f27ae727..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/run-time-notification/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-name: notification when run took too much time
-description: 'something'
-
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - name: print
-      run: |
-        echo "something"
diff --git a/.github/actions/send-slack-notification/action.yml b/.github/actions/send-slack-notification/action.yml
index ff3be722a..2088faa30 100644
--- a/.github/actions/send-slack-notification/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/send-slack-notification/action.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Send slack notification
       id: slack
+      if: ${{ inputs.token != '' }}
       uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.23.0
       env:
         SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_me.yml b/.github/workflows/test_me.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index de1d22e3b..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test_me.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#Deploy SNAPSHOTS artifacts once a day to Nexus, so they can be consumed by Veracode
-name: test workflow
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: run notification
-        uses: ./.github/actions/run-time-notification