diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-bench-security.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-bench-security.yml
index 3b5211f668..588c454187 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-bench-security.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-bench-security.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ name: Docker Bench for Security
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dockerization.yml b/.github/workflows/dockerization.yml
index 07e41c95b7..81d29f5f2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dockerization.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dockerization.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ name: Dockerization
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/double_ws_export.yml b/.github/workflows/double_ws_export.yml
index 5f614cb720..bf9fe50965 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/double_ws_export.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/double_ws_export.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ name: Double workspace export
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/experimental_workflow_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/experimental_workflow_tests.yml
index ab217cc6a5..ab039e5e52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/experimental_workflow_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/experimental_workflow_tests.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ on:
     branches: [ develop ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'workflow_interface')
+    if: (github.event.pull_request.draft == false && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'workflow_interface'))
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gandlf.yml b/.github/workflows/gandlf.yml
index ff90a39c63..8a63492aa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gandlf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gandlf.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ name: GaNDLF TaskRunner
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hadolint.yml b/.github/workflows/hadolint.yml
index aebc58fcca..265c457c43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hadolint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hadolint.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ name: Hadolint Security Scan
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
-
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/interactive-kvasir.yml b/.github/workflows/interactive-kvasir.yml
index 830da7abc5..93ff09126c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/interactive-kvasir.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/interactive-kvasir.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ name: Interactive API - Pytorch Kvasir UNet
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
-
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     strategy:
       matrix:
        os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/interactive-tensorflow.yml b/.github/workflows/interactive-tensorflow.yml
index 4958ca139b..110ee1b175 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/interactive-tensorflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/interactive-tensorflow.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ name: Interactive API - Tensorflow MNIST
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest # Add Windows support after https://github.com/keras-team/keras/issues/16308 is merged
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 1c7f9fe4aa..57e33ab9d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ name: Check code format
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pki.yml b/.github/workflows/pki.yml
index 20471ef650..7d4f90df5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pki.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pki.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ name: Private Key Infrastructure
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   test_insecure_client:
-
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest_coverage.yml
index 6d50288ca8..f0543b62d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest_coverage.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ name: Pytest and code coverage
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/straggler-handling.yml b/.github/workflows/straggler-handling.yml
index 9eead301db..dfb463104e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/straggler-handling.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/straggler-handling.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ name: Straggler Handling Test
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     strategy:
       matrix:
        os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/taskrunner.yml b/.github/workflows/taskrunner.yml
index ea172e0732..1ae8a5af8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/taskrunner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/taskrunner.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ name: TaskRunner
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     strategy:
       matrix:
        os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/taskrunner_eden_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/taskrunner_eden_pipeline.yml
index cc35747ca5..e103fcf2aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/taskrunner_eden_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/taskrunner_eden_pipeline.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ name: TaskRunner (Eden Compression)
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ develop ] 
+    branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'eden_compression')
+    if: (github.event.pull_request.draft == false && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'eden_compression'))
     strategy:
       matrix:
        os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
index 40e3cafbfd..0ef7e20e8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [ develop ]
   pull_request:
+    branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     permissions:
       contents: read # for actions/checkout to fetch code
       security-events: write # for github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload SARIF results
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow_interface_101_mnist.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow_interface_101_mnist.yml
index 1f2c75c95a..a980d1088d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow_interface_101_mnist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow_interface_101_mnist.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ name: Workflow Interface 101 MNIST Notebook
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ develop ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   run_notebook:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Checkout OpenFL repository