diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 12dd4a0..dc13efb 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ If you wish to contribute a new step, please use the following coding standards:
 5. Add any new parameters to `nextflow_schema.json` with help text (via the `nf-core pipelines schema build` tool).
 6. Add sanity checks and validation for all relevant parameters.
 7. Perform local tests to validate that the new code works as expected.
-8. If applicable, add a new test command in `.github/workflow/ci.yml`.
+8. If applicable, add a new test in the `tests` directory.
 9. Update MultiQC config `assets/multiqc_config.yml` so relevant suffixes, file name clean up and module plots are in the appropriate order. If applicable, add a [MultiQC](https://https://multiqc.info/) module.
 10. Add a description of the output files and if relevant any appropriate images from the MultiQC report to `docs/output.md`.
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml b/.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3408527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/get-shards/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: "Get number of shards"
+description: "Get the number of nf-test shards for the current CI job"
+inputs:
+  max_shards:
+    description: "Maximum number of shards allowed"
+    required: true
+  paths:
+    description: "Component paths to test"
+    required: false
+  tags:
+    description: "Tags to pass as argument for nf-test --tag parameter"
+    required: false
+outputs:
+  shard:
+    description: "Array of shard numbers"
+    value: ${{ steps.shards.outputs.shard }}
+  total_shards:
+    description: "Total number of shards"
+    value: ${{ steps.shards.outputs.total_shards }}
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install nf-test
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@v1
+      with:
+        version: ${{ env.NFT_VER }}
+    - name: Get number of shards
+      id: shards
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # Run nf-test with dynamic parameter
+        nftest_output=$(nf-test test \
+          --profile +docker \
+          $(if [ -n "${{ inputs.tags }}" ]; then echo "--tag ${{ inputs.tags }}"; fi) \
+          --dry-run \
+          --ci \
+          --changed-since HEAD^) || {
+            echo "nf-test command failed with exit code $?"
+            echo "Full output: $nftest_output"
+            exit 1
+        }
+        echo "nf-test dry-run output: $nftest_output"
+
+        # Default values for shard and total_shards
+        shard="[]"
+        total_shards=0
+
+        # Check if there are related tests
+        if echo "$nftest_output" | grep -q 'No tests to execute'; then
+          echo "No related tests found."
+        else
+          # Extract the number of related tests
+          number_of_shards=$(echo "$nftest_output" | sed -n 's|.*Executed \([0-9]*\) tests.*|\1|p')
+          if [[ -n "$number_of_shards" && "$number_of_shards" -gt 0 ]]; then
+            shards_to_run=$(( $number_of_shards < ${{ inputs.max_shards }} ? $number_of_shards : ${{ inputs.max_shards }} ))
+            shard=$(seq 1 "$shards_to_run" | jq -R . | jq -c -s .)
+            total_shards="$shards_to_run"
+          else
+            echo "Unexpected output format. Falling back to default values."
+          fi
+        fi
+
+        # Write to GitHub Actions outputs
+        echo "shard=$shard" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "total_shards=$total_shards" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+        # Debugging output
+        echo "Final shard array: $shard"
+        echo "Total number of shards: $total_shards"
diff --git a/.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml b/.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b9724c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/nf-test/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+name: "nf-test Action"
+description: "Runs nf-test with common setup steps"
+inputs:
+  profile:
+    description: "Profile to use"
+    required: true
+  shard:
+    description: "Shard number for this CI job"
+    required: true
+  total_shards:
+    description: "Total number of test shards(NOT the total number of matrix jobs)"
+    required: true
+  paths:
+    description: "Test paths"
+    required: true
+  tags:
+    description: "Tags to pass as argument for nf-test --tag parameter"
+    required: false
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup Nextflow
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
+      with:
+        version: "${{ env.NXF_VERSION }}"
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.14"
+
+    - name: Install nf-test
+      uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@v1
+      with:
+        version: "${{ env.NFT_VER }}"
+        install-pdiff: true
+
+    - name: Setup apptainer
+      if: contains(inputs.profile, 'singularity')
+      uses: eWaterCycle/setup-apptainer@main
+
+    - name: Set up Singularity
+      if: contains(inputs.profile, 'singularity')
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR
+        mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR
+
+    - name: Conda setup
+      if: contains(inputs.profile, 'conda')
+      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@505e6394dae86d6a5c7fbb6e3fb8938e3e863830 # v3
+      with:
+        auto-update-conda: true
+        conda-solver: libmamba
+        channels: conda-forge
+        channel-priority: strict
+        conda-remove-defaults: true
+
+    - name: Run nf-test
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        NFT_WORKDIR: ${{ env.NFT_WORKDIR }}
+      run: |
+        nf-test test \
+          --profile=+${{ inputs.profile }} \
+          $(if [ -n "${{ inputs.tags }}" ]; then echo "--tag ${{ inputs.tags }}"; fi) \
+          --ci \
+          --changed-since HEAD^ \
+          --verbose \
+          --tap=test.tap \
+          --shard ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }}
+
+          # Save the absolute path of the test.tap file to the output
+          echo "tap_file_path=$(realpath test.tap)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Generate test summary
+      if: always()
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # Add header if it doesn't exist (using a token file to track this)
+        if [ ! -f ".summary_header" ]; then
+          echo "# 🚀 nf-test results" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "| Status | Test Name | Profile | Shard |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "|:------:|-----------|---------|-------|" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          touch .summary_header
+        fi
+
+        if [ -f test.tap ]; then
+          while IFS= read -r line; do
+            if [[ $line =~ ^ok ]]; then
+              test_name="${line#ok }"
+              # Remove the test number from the beginning
+              test_name="${test_name#* }"
+              echo "| ✅ | ${test_name} | ${{ inputs.profile }} | ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            elif [[ $line =~ ^not\ ok ]]; then
+              test_name="${line#not ok }"
+              # Remove the test number from the beginning
+              test_name="${test_name#* }"
+              echo "| ❌ | ${test_name} | ${{ inputs.profile }} | ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            fi
+          done < test.tap
+        else
+          echo "| ⚠️ | No test results found | ${{ inputs.profile }} | ${{ inputs.shard }}/${{ inputs.total_shards }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        fi
+
+    - name: Clean up
+      if: always()
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        sudo rm -rf /home/ubuntu/tests/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
index e47925c..04028fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
@@ -4,44 +4,23 @@ name: nf-core AWS full size tests
 # It runs the -profile 'test_full' on AWS batch
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - master
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request_review:
     types: [submitted]
+  release:
+    types: [published]
 
 jobs:
   run-platform:
     name: Run AWS full tests
-    # run only if the PR is approved by at least 2 reviewers and against the master branch or manually triggered
-    if: github.repository == 'nf-core/deepmutscan' && github.event.review.state == 'approved' && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    # run only if the PR is approved by at least 2 reviewers and against the master/main branch or manually triggered
+    if: github.repository == 'nf-core/deepmutscan' && github.event.review.state == 'approved' && (github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' || github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'main') || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'release'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Get PR reviews
-        uses: octokit/request-action@v2.x
-        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
-        id: check_approvals
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          route: GET /repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/reviews?per_page=100
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Check for approvals
-        if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
-        run: |
-          echo "No review approvals found. At least 2 approvals are required to run this action automatically."
-          exit 1
-
-      - name: Check for enough approvals (>=2)
-        id: test_variables
-        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+      - name: Set revision variable
+        id: revision
         run: |
-          JSON_RESPONSE='${{ steps.check_approvals.outputs.data }}'
-          CURRENT_APPROVALS_COUNT=$(echo $JSON_RESPONSE | jq -c '[.[] | select(.state | contains("APPROVED")) ] | length')
-          test $CURRENT_APPROVALS_COUNT -ge 2 || exit 1 # At least 2 approvals are required
+          echo "revision=${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'release') && github.sha || 'dev' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
         uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
@@ -49,21 +28,21 @@ jobs:
         # Add full size test data (but still relatively small datasets for few samples)
         # on the `test_full.config` test runs with only one set of parameters
         with:
-          workspace_id: ${{ secrets.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
+          workspace_id: ${{ vars.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
           access_token: ${{ secrets.TOWER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          compute_env: ${{ secrets.TOWER_COMPUTE_ENV }}
-          revision: ${{ github.sha }}
-          workdir: s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/work/deepmutscan/work-${{ github.sha }}
+          compute_env: ${{ vars.TOWER_COMPUTE_ENV }}
+          revision: ${{ steps.revision.outputs.revision }}
+          workdir: s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/work/deepmutscan/work-${{ steps.revision.outputs.revision }}
           parameters: |
             {
               "hook_url": "${{ secrets.MEGATESTS_ALERTS_SLACK_HOOK_URL }}",
-              "outdir": "s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/deepmutscan/results-${{ github.sha }}"
+              "outdir": "s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/deepmutscan/results-${{ steps.revision.outputs.revision }}"
             }
           profiles: test_full
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
         with:
           name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |
-            seqera_platform_action_*.log
-            seqera_platform_action_*.json
+            tower_action_*.log
+            tower_action_*.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
index 0f92edd..9e687d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
         uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
         with:
-          workspace_id: ${{ secrets.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
+          workspace_id: ${{ vars.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
           access_token: ${{ secrets.TOWER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          compute_env: ${{ secrets.TOWER_COMPUTE_ENV }}
+          compute_env: ${{ vars.TOWER_COMPUTE_ENV }}
           revision: ${{ github.sha }}
-          workdir: s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/work/deepmutscan/work-${{ github.sha }}
+          workdir: s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/work/deepmutscan/work-${{ github.sha }}
           parameters: |
             {
-              "outdir": "s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/deepmutscan/results-test-${{ github.sha }}"
+              "outdir": "s3://${{ vars.AWS_S3_BUCKET }}/deepmutscan/results-test-${{ github.sha }}"
             }
           profiles: test
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
         with:
           name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |
-            seqera_platform_action_*.log
-            seqera_platform_action_*.json
+            tower_action_*.log
+            tower_action_*.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clean-up.yml b/.github/workflows/clean-up.yml
index 0b6b1f2..6adb0ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clean-up.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clean-up.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9
+      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 # v10
         with:
           stale-issue-message: "This issue has been tagged as awaiting-changes or awaiting-feedback by an nf-core contributor. Remove stale label or add a comment otherwise this issue will be closed in 20 days."
           stale-pr-message: "This PR has been tagged as awaiting-changes or awaiting-feedback by an nf-core contributor. Remove stale label or add a comment if it is still useful."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
index ab06316..45884ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: "dev"
   pull_request:
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - edited
-      - synchronize
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - master
-  pull_request_target:
     branches:
       - main
       - master
@@ -52,9 +44,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Disk space cleanup
         uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.14"
           architecture: "x64"
 
       - name: Setup Apptainer
@@ -65,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install git+https://github.com/nf-core/tools.git@dev
+          pip install git+https://github.com/nf-core/tools.git
 
       - name: Make a cache directory for the container images
         run: |
@@ -120,6 +112,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER=$image_count" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Compare container image counts
+        id: count_comparison
         run: |
           if [ "${{ steps.count_initial.outputs.IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL }}" -ne "${{ steps.count_afterwards.outputs.IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER }}" ]; then
             initial_count=${{ steps.count_initial.outputs.IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL }}
@@ -132,3 +125,10 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "The pipeline can be downloaded successfully!"
           fi
+
+      - name: Upload Nextflow logfile for debugging purposes
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
+        with:
+          name: nextflow_logfile.txt
+          path: .nextflow.log*
+          include-hidden-files: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fix_linting.yml b/.github/workflows/fix_linting.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea03315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fix_linting.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+name: Fix linting from a comment
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  fix-linting:
+    # Only run if comment is on a PR with the main repo, and if it contains the magic keywords
+    if: >
+      contains(github.event.comment.html_url, '/pull/') &&
+      contains(github.event.comment.body, '@nf-core-bot fix linting') &&
+      github.repository == 'nf-core/deepmutscan'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Use the @nf-core-bot token to check out so we can push later
+      - uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.nf_core_bot_auth_token }}
+
+      # indication that the linting is being fixed
+      - name: React on comment
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
+        with:
+          comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
+          reactions: eyes
+
+      # Action runs on the issue comment, so we don't get the PR by default
+      # Use the gh cli to check out the PR
+      - name: Checkout Pull Request
+        run: gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.nf_core_bot_auth_token }}
+
+      # Install and run pre-commit
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.14"
+
+      - name: Install pre-commit
+        run: pip install pre-commit
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit
+        id: pre-commit
+        run: pre-commit run --all-files
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      # indication that the linting has finished
+      - name: react if linting finished succesfully
+        if: steps.pre-commit.outcome == 'success'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
+        with:
+          comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
+          reactions: "+1"
+
+      - name: Commit & push changes
+        id: commit-and-push
+        if: steps.pre-commit.outcome == 'failure'
+        run: |
+          git config user.email "core@nf-co.re"
+          git config user.name "nf-core-bot"
+          git config push.default upstream
+          git add .
+          git status
+          git commit -m "[automated] Fix code linting"
+          git push
+
+      - name: react if linting errors were fixed
+        id: react-if-fixed
+        if: steps.commit-and-push.outcome == 'success'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
+        with:
+          comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
+          reactions: hooray
+
+      - name: react if linting errors were not fixed
+        if: steps.commit-and-push.outcome == 'failure'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
+        with:
+          comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
+          reactions: confused
+
+      - name: react if linting errors were not fixed
+        if: steps.commit-and-push.outcome  == 'failure'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@e8674b075228eee787fea43ef493e45ece1004c9 # v5
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          body: |
+            @${{ github.actor }} I tried to fix the linting errors, but it didn't work. Please fix them manually.
+            See [CI log](https://github.com/nf-core/deepmutscan/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}) for more details.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index dbd52d5..7a527a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ name: nf-core linting
 # It runs the `nf-core pipelines lint` and markdown lint tests to ensure
 # that the code meets the nf-core guidelines.
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - dev
   pull_request:
   release:
     types: [published]
@@ -14,12 +11,12 @@ jobs:
   pre-commit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.12
-        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5
+      - name: Set up Python 3.14
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.14"
 
       - name: Install pre-commit
         run: pip install pre-commit
@@ -31,18 +28,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out pipeline code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
 
       - name: Install Nextflow
         uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.14"
           architecture: "x64"
 
       - name: read .nf-core.yml
-        uses: pietrobolcato/action-read-yaml@1.1.0
+        uses: pietrobolcato/action-read-yaml@9f13718d61111b69f30ab4ac683e67a56d254e1d # 1.1.0
         id: read_yml
         with:
           config: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-core.yml
@@ -74,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload linting log file artifact
         if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
         with:
           name: linting-logs
           path: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
index 0bed96d..e6e9bc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download lint results
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@80620a5d27ce0ae443b965134db88467fc607b43 # v7
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@ac66b43f0e6a346234dd65d4d0c8fbb31cb316e5 # v11
         with:
           workflow: linting.yml
           workflow_conclusion: completed
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "pr_number=$(cat linting-logs/PR_number.txt)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Post PR comment
-        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@331f8f5b4215f0445d3c07b4967662a32a2d3e31 # v2
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@773744901bac0e8cbb5a0dc842800d45e9b2b405 # v2
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           number: ${{ steps.pr_number.outputs.pr_number }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c98d76e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+name: Run nf-test
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "**/meta.yml"
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "**/*.png"
+      - "**/*.svg"
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Cancel if a newer run is started
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  NFT_VER: "0.9.3"
+  NFT_WORKDIR: "~"
+  NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
+  NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
+  NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
+
+jobs:
+  nf-test-changes:
+    name: nf-test-changes
+    runs-on: # use self-hosted runners
+      - runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}-nf-test-changes
+      - runner=4cpu-linux-x64
+    outputs:
+      shard: ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.shard }}
+      total_shards: ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.total_shards }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Clean Workspace # Purge the workspace in case it's running on a self-hosted runner
+        run: |
+          ls -la ./
+          rm -rf ./* || true
+          rm -rf ./.??* || true
+          ls -la ./
+      - uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: get number of shards
+        id: set-shards
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-shards
+        env:
+          NFT_VER: ${{ env.NFT_VER }}
+        with:
+          max_shards: 7
+
+      - name: debug
+        run: |
+          echo ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.shard }}
+          echo ${{ steps.set-shards.outputs.total_shards }}
+
+  nf-test:
+    name: "${{ matrix.profile }} | ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} | ${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards }}"
+    needs: [nf-test-changes]
+    if: ${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards != '0' }}
+    runs-on: # use self-hosted runners
+      - runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}-nf-test
+      - runner=4cpu-linux-x64
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        shard: ${{ fromJson(needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.shard) }}
+        profile: [conda, docker, singularity]
+        isMain:
+          - ${{ github.base_ref == 'master' || github.base_ref == 'main' }}
+        # Exclude conda and singularity on dev
+        exclude:
+          - isMain: false
+            profile: "conda"
+          - isMain: false
+            profile: "singularity"
+        NXF_VER:
+          - "25.04.0"
+          - "latest-everything"
+    env:
+      NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
+      TOTAL_SHARDS: ${{ needs.nf-test-changes.outputs.total_shards }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Run nf-test
+        id: run_nf_test
+        uses: ./.github/actions/nf-test
+        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.NXF_VER == 'latest-everything' }}
+        env:
+          NFT_WORKDIR: ${{ env.NFT_WORKDIR }}
+          NXF_VERSION: ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}
+        with:
+          profile: ${{ matrix.profile }}
+          shard: ${{ matrix.shard }}
+          total_shards: ${{ env.TOTAL_SHARDS }}
+
+      - name: Report test status
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ steps.run_nf_test.outcome }}" == "failure" ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Test with ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} failed"
+            # Add to workflow summary
+            echo "## ❌ Test failed: ${{ matrix.profile }} | ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} | Shard ${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ env.TOTAL_SHARDS }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            if [[ "${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}" == "latest-everything" ]]; then
+              echo "::warning::Test with latest-everything failed but will not cause workflow failure. Please check if the error is expected or if it needs fixing."
+            fi
+            if [[ "${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}" != "latest-everything" ]]; then
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          fi
+
+  confirm-pass:
+    needs: [nf-test]
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: # use self-hosted runners
+      - runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}-confirm-pass
+      - runner=2cpu-linux-x64
+    steps:
+      - name: One or more tests failed (excluding latest-everything)
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+        run: exit 1
+
+      - name: One or more tests cancelled
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') }}
+        run: exit 1
+
+      - name: All tests ok
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'success') }}
+        run: exit 0
+
+      - name: debug-print
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::DEBUG: `needs` Contents"
+          echo "DEBUG: toJSON(needs) = ${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
+          echo "DEBUG: toJSON(needs.*.result) = ${{ toJSON(needs.*.result) }}"
+          echo "::endgroup::"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
index 450b1d5..431d3d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "topics=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ')" | sed 's/-//g' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      - name: get description
+        id: get_description
+        run: |
+          echo "description=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .description')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - uses: rzr/fediverse-action@master
         with:
           access-token: ${{ secrets.MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
@@ -22,48 +26,15 @@ jobs:
           # https://docs.github.com/en/developers/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads#release
           message: |
             Pipeline release! ${{ github.repository }} v${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} - ${{ github.event.release.name }}!
-
+            ${{ steps.get_description.outputs.description }}
             Please see the changelog: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
 
             ${{ steps.get_topics.outputs.topics }} #nfcore #openscience #nextflow #bioinformatics
 
-  send-tweet:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install tweepy==4.14.0
-      - name: Send tweet
-        shell: python
-        run: |
-          import os
-          import tweepy
-
-          client = tweepy.Client(
-              access_token=os.getenv("TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN"),
-              access_token_secret=os.getenv("TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET"),
-              consumer_key=os.getenv("TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY"),
-              consumer_secret=os.getenv("TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET"),
-          )
-          tweet = os.getenv("TWEET")
-          client.create_tweet(text=tweet)
-        env:
-          TWEET: |
-            Pipeline release! ${{ github.repository }} v${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} - ${{ github.event.release.name }}!
-
-            Please see the changelog: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
-          TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY }}
-          TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET }}
-          TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET }}
-
   bsky-post:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: zentered/bluesky-post-action@80dbe0a7697de18c15ad22f4619919ceb5ccf597 # v0.1.0
+      - uses: zentered/bluesky-post-action@6461056ea355ea43b977e149f7bf76aaa572e5e8 # v0.3.0
         with:
           post: |
             Pipeline release! ${{ github.repository }} v${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} - ${{ github.event.release.name }}!
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8560fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/template-version-comment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: nf-core template version comment
+# This workflow is triggered on PRs to check if the pipeline template version matches the latest nf-core version.
+# It posts a comment to the PR, even if it comes from a fork.
+
+on: pull_request_target
+
+jobs:
+  template_version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out pipeline code
+        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+      - name: Read template version from .nf-core.yml
+        uses: nichmor/minimal-read-yaml@1f7205277e25e156e1f63815781db80a6d490b8f # v0.0.2
+        id: read_yml
+        with:
+          config: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-core.yml
+
+      - name: Install nf-core
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install nf-core==${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}
+
+      - name: Check nf-core outdated
+        id: nf_core_outdated
+        run: echo "OUTPUT=$(pip list --outdated | grep nf-core)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+
+      - name: Post nf-core template version comment
+        uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@b8f338c590a895d50bcbfa6c5859251edc8952fc # v2
+        if: |
+          contains(env.OUTPUT, 'nf-core')
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.NF_CORE_BOT_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          allow-repeats: false
+          message: |
+            > [!WARNING]
+            > Newer version of the nf-core template is available.
+            >
+            > Your pipeline is using an old version of the nf-core template: ${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}.
+            > Please update your pipeline to the latest version.
+            >
+            > For more documentation on how to update your pipeline, please see the [nf-core documentation](https://github.com/nf-core/tools?tab=readme-ov-file#sync-a-pipeline-with-the-template) and [Synchronisation documentation](https://nf-co.re/docs/contributing/sync).
+          #