diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
index 2954217d8c..8133239caa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ name: Check docs build
 on:
   pull_request:
     types: [ labeled ]
+    paths: 
+    - "docs/**"
 
 jobs:
   check-docs-build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 1317d6c861..99b58e9691 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+      paths:
+        - "**.go"
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
+    paths:
+      - "**.go"
 
 jobs:
   analyze:
@@ -46,4 +50,4 @@ jobs:
     #   make release
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
\ No newline at end of file
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-race.yml b/.github/workflows/test-race.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a12bef001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-race.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+name: Tests Race
+#  Tests Race workflow runs unit tests with the race detector
+#  This workflow is run on pushes to master & every Pull Requests where a .go, .mod, .sum have been changed
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+jobs:
+  install-tparse:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2.1.5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.17
+      - name: Display go version
+        run: go version
+      - name: install tparse
+        run: |
+          export GO111MODULE="on" && go get github.com/mfridman/tparse@v0.8.3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.7
+        with:
+          path: ~/go/bin
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-tparse-binary
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2.1.5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.17
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v6.0.1
+        id: git_diff
+        with:
+          PATTERNS: |
+            **/**.go
+            **/go.mod
+            **/go.sum
+      - name: Build
+        run: GOARCH=${{ matrix.go-arch }} LEDGER_ENABLED=false make build
+
+      - name: Build cosmovisor
+        run: GOARCH=${{ matrix.go-arch }} LEDGER_ENABLED=false make cosmovisor
+
+  split-test-files:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Create a file with all core Cosmos SDK pkgs
+        run: go list ./... > pkgs.txt
+      - name: Split pkgs into 4 files
+        run: split -d -n l/4 pkgs.txt pkgs.txt.part.
+      # cache multiple
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: "${{ github.sha }}-00"
+          path: ./pkgs.txt.part.00
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: "${{ github.sha }}-01"
+          path: ./pkgs.txt.part.01
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: "${{ github.sha }}-02"
+          path: ./pkgs.txt.part.02
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: "${{ github.sha }}-03"
+          path: ./pkgs.txt.part.03
+
+  test-race:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: split-test-files
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        part: ["00", "01", "02", "03"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2.1.5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.17
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v6.0.1
+        with:
+          PATTERNS: |
+            **/**.go
+            go.mod
+            go.sum
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}"
+        if: env.GIT_DIFF
+      - name: test & coverage report creation
+        run: |
+          xargs --arg-file=pkgs.txt.part.${{ matrix.part }} go test -mod=readonly -timeout 30m -race -tags='cgo ledger test_ledger_mock'
+        if: env.GIT_DIFF
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}-race-output"
+          path: ./${{ matrix.part }}-race-output.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c31f91ef82..c4232e2dc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -7,22 +7,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
 jobs:
-  install-tparse:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2.1.5
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.17
-      - name: Display go version
-        run: go version
-      - name: install tparse
-        run: |
-          export GO111MODULE="on" && go get github.com/mfridman/tparse@v0.8.3
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.7
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/bin
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-tparse-binary
-
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
@@ -178,37 +162,6 @@ jobs:
           file: ./coverage.txt
         if: env.GIT_DIFF
 
-  test-race:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: split-test-files
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        part: ["00", "01", "02", "03"]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2.1.5
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.17
-      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v6.0.1
-        with:
-          PATTERNS: |
-            **/**.go
-            go.mod
-            go.sum
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}"
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
-      - name: test & coverage report creation
-        run: |
-          xargs --arg-file=pkgs.txt.part.${{ matrix.part }} go test -mod=readonly -timeout 30m -race -tags='cgo ledger test_ledger_mock'
-        if: env.GIT_DIFF
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: "${{ github.sha }}-${{ matrix.part }}-race-output"
-          path: ./${{ matrix.part }}-race-output.txt
-
   test-rosetta:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
@@ -249,12 +202,3 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./contrib/localnet_liveness.sh 100 5 50 localhost
         if: env.GIT_DIFF
-
-  docker-build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: build docker image
-        run: |
-          docker build --pull --rm -f "Dockerfile" -t simapp:latest "."