diff --git a/.github/workflows/crates_check.sh b/.github/workflows/crates_check.sh
index e8ec76cbce..7e9fca4c8c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/crates_check.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/crates_check.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cargo check -p zenoh-link-udp --manifest-path io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp/Carg
 cargo check -p zenoh-link-tcp --manifest-path io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/Cargo.toml &&
 cargo check -p zenoh-link-tls --manifest-path io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tls/Cargo.toml &&
 cargo check -p zenoh-link-quic --manifest-path io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-quic/Cargo.toml &&
+cargo check -p zenoh-link-unixpipe --manifest-path io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/Cargo.toml &&
 cargo check -p zenoh-link-unixsock_stream --manifest-path io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixsock_stream/Cargo.toml &&
 cargo check -p zenoh-link-serial --manifest-path io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-serial/Cargo.toml &&
 cargo check -p zenoh-link-ws --manifest-path io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-ws/Cargo.toml &&
diff --git a/.github/workflows/crates_publish.sh b/.github/workflows/crates_publish.sh
index 4e8b93b856..3cd1243a61 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/crates_publish.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/crates_publish.sh
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
 cargo login $1
-(cd commons/zenoh-result && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-core && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-keyexpr && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-collections && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-crypto && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-buffers && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-protocol && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-util && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-sync && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-macros && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-shm && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-codec && cargo publish)
-(cd commons/zenoh-config && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-link-commons && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tls && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-quic && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixsock_stream && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-serial && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-ws && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-link && cargo publish)
-(cd io/zenoh-transport && cargo publish)
-(cd plugins/zenoh-plugin-trait && cargo publish)
-(cd zenoh && cargo publish)
-(cd zenoh-ext && cargo publish)
-(cd zenohd && cargo publish)
-(cd plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest && cargo publish)
-(cd plugins/zenoh-backend-traits && cargo publish)
-(cd plugins/zenoh-plugin-storage-manager && cargo publish)
\ No newline at end of file
+(cd commons/zenoh-result && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-core && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-keyexpr && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-collections && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-crypto && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-buffers && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-protocol && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-util && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-sync && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-macros && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-shm && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-codec && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd commons/zenoh-config && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-link-commons && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tls && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-quic && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixsock_stream && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-serial && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-ws && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-link && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd io/zenoh-transport && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd plugins/zenoh-plugin-trait && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd zenoh && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd zenoh-ext && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd zenohd && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd plugins/zenoh-backend-traits && cargo publish; cargo clean)
+(cd plugins/zenoh-plugin-storage-manager && cargo publish; cargo clean)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0b3a767ceb..b3e2837a56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,27 @@ on:
       runtests:
         description: "run tests"
         type: boolean
-      dockerhub:
-        description: "publish to dockerhub"
-        type: boolean
       doc:
         description: "generate doc"
         type: boolean
+      build:
+        description: "build"
+        type: boolean
+      publish:
+        description: "publish"
+        type: boolean
+      githubrelease:
+        description: "publish as github release"
+        type: boolean
+      eclipse:
+        description: "publish to download.eclipse.org/zenoh"
+        type: boolean
+      cratesio:
+        description: "publish to crates.io"
+        type: boolean
+      dockerhub:
+        description: "publish to dockerhub"
+        type: boolean
       features:
         description: "build with specified features (comma separated, no space)"
         type: string
@@ -162,6 +177,7 @@ jobs:
 
   builds:
     name: Build for ${{ matrix.job.target }} on ${{ matrix.job.os }}
+    if: ${{ !(github.event.inputs.build == 'false') }}
     needs: checks
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.job.os }}
     strategy:
@@ -330,7 +346,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publication:
     name: Release publication
-    if: ${{ needs.checks.outputs.IS_RELEASE == 'true' && !failure() }}
+    if: ${{ (needs.checks.outputs.IS_RELEASE == 'true' || github.event.inputs.publish == 'true') && !failure() }}
     needs: [checks, builds, tests, doc]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -339,10 +355,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ARTIFACTS
       - name: Publish as github release
+        if: ${{ !(github.event.inputs.githubrelease == 'false') }}
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
           files: ARTIFACTS/*/*.*
       - name: Publish to download.eclipse.org/zenoh
+        if: ${{ !(github.event.inputs.eclipse == 'false') }}
         env:
           SSH_TARGET: genie.zenoh@projects-storage.eclipse.org
           ECLIPSE_BASE_DIR: /home/data/httpd/download.eclipse.org/zenoh
@@ -367,13 +385,18 @@ jobs:
           ssh-add -D
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        if: ${{ !(github.event.inputs.cratesio == 'false') }}
         run: rustup show
       - name: Check crates
+        if: ${{ !(github.event.inputs.cratesio == 'false') }}
         shell: bash
         run: .github/workflows/crates_check.sh
       - name: Publish to crates.io
+        if: ${{ !(github.event.inputs.cratesio == 'false') }}
         shell: bash
-        run: .github/workflows/crates_publish.sh ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set +x
+          .github/workflows/crates_publish.sh ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
       - name: Cancel workflow if fail # thus Docker job be interrupted
         if: failure()
         uses: andymckay/cancel-action@0.2
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e945a9e637..5366b3d307 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5003,7 +5003,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zenoh-result",
  "zenoh-shm",
  "zenoh-sync",
- "zenoh-transport",
  "zenoh-util",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bbc55a6c7e..b28bb8ad05 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ zenoh-collections = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "commons/zenoh-collections"
 zenoh-macros = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "commons/zenoh-macros" }
 zenoh-plugin-trait = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "plugins/zenoh-plugin-trait", default-features = false }
 zenoh_backend_traits = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "plugins/zenoh-backend-traits" }
-zenoh-transport = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "io/zenoh-transport" }
+zenoh-transport = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "io/zenoh-transport", default-features = false }
 zenoh-link-tls = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tls" }
 zenoh-link-tcp = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp" }
 zenoh-link-unixsock_stream = { version = "0.10.0-dev", path = "io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixsock_stream" }
diff --git a/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5 b/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5
index 2a0af258cd..dae3ebc9aa 100644
--- a/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5
+++ b/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
       max_sessions: 1000,
       /// Maximum number of incoming links that are admitted per session
       max_links: 1,
-      /// Enables the LowLatency transport. WARNING: This option is still experimental!
+      /// Enables the LowLatency transport
       /// This option does not make LowLatency transport mandatory, the actual implementation of transport
       /// used will depend on Establish procedure and other party's settings
       ///
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/Cargo.toml b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/Cargo.toml
index 112e9705a6..51e746a2d3 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async-std = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 async-io = ">= 1.13.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { workspace = true }
+rand = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
 zenoh-buffers = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-core = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-config = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/io/zenoh-transport/Cargo.toml b/io/zenoh-transport/Cargo.toml
index 77f6b18db3..0921f4e1ee 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-transport/Cargo.toml
+++ b/io/zenoh-transport/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ transport_unixpipe = ["zenoh-link/transport_unixpipe"]
 stats = ["zenoh-protocol/stats"]
 test = []
 unstable = []
+default = ["test", "transport_multilink"]
 
 [dependencies]
 async-executor = { workspace = true }
@@ -78,5 +79,3 @@ zenoh-util = { workspace = true }
 env_logger = { workspace = true }
 panic-message = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-protocol = { workspace = true, features = ["test"] }
-zenoh-transport = { workspace = true, features = ["test", "transport_multilink"] }
-