diff --git a/.github/actions/prep-ubuntu/action.yml b/.github/actions/prep-ubuntu/action.yml
index d5fbf909e3..4c3bc192a0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/prep-ubuntu/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/prep-ubuntu/action.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,16 @@ description: cleanup and Rust Tools setup
 inputs:
   RUST_TOOLCHAIN:
     description: toolchain version
-    required: false
     default: "1.66"
+  cache:
+    description: cache type (enabled if set)
+    default: "disabled"
+  GWIP:
+    description: "Google Workload identity provider"
+    default: ''
+  GSA:
+    description: "Google Service Account"
+    default: ''
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
@@ -25,10 +33,16 @@ runs:
       with:
         toolchain: ${{ inputs.RUST_TOOLCHAIN }}
         default: true        
-    # - name: Install Rust Toolchain
-    #   shell: bash
-    #   id: install_toolchain
-    #   env:
-    #     RUST_TOOLCHAIN: inputs.RUST_TOOLCHAIN
-    #   run: |
-    #     ./scripts/install_toolchain.sh
+
+    - name: SCcache setup
+      if: ${{ inputs.cache_type == 'enabled' }}
+      uses: ./.github/actions/sccache-gcloud
+      with:
+        GWIP: ${{ secrets.GWIP_SCCACHE }}
+        GSA: ${{ secrets.GSA_SCCACHE }}
+    
+    - name: setup Rust sccache wrapper
+      shell: sh
+      run: echo "RUSTC_WRAPPER="sccache"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wasm.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wasm.yml
index 8e89ca7a7a..8cefea1fea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wasm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wasm.yml
@@ -33,21 +33,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/prep-ubuntu
         with:
           RUST_TOOLCHAIN: ${{ matrix.rust_version }}
-
+      
+      # sccache does not work inside the srtool container
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@e207df5d269b42b69c8bc5101da26f7d31feddb4 # 2.6.2
         with:
           prefix-key: build
           shared-key: wasm
           # save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
-    # TEST 2: Sccache with Google Buckets
-    # FAILED: does not work inside the srtool container
-      # - name: SCcache setup
-      #   uses: ./.github/actions/sccache-gcloud
-      #   with:
-      #     GWIP: ${{ secrets.GWIP_SCCACHE }}
-      #     GSA: ${{ secrets.GSA_SCCACHE }}
-
       - name: Setup build options
         id: buildopt
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sanity-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/sanity-checks.yml
index 32c5c79f36..2bdc59da5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sanity-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sanity-checks.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'src/'
-      - '.github/workflows/tests.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/sanity-checks.yml'
 name: Sanity checks
 concurrency:
   group: 'tests-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
@@ -13,23 +13,15 @@ permissions:
     id-token: write
     contents: read
 jobs:
-  lint-test-build:
-    name: ${{ matrix.target }}${{ format('-{0}, matrix.runtime') || '' }}
+  test-n-lint:
+    name: ${{ matrix.target }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-4-cores
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        target: [tests-general, test-integration, 
-                 lint-fmt, lint-clippy, cargo-build, benchmark-check] # ,lint-taplo]
-        include:
-          - target: benchmark-check
-            runtime: development
-          - target: benchmark-check
-            runtime: altair
-          - target: benchmark-check
-            runtime: centrifuge
+        target: [test-general, test-integration, 
+                 lint-fmt, lint-clippy, cargo-build] # ,lint-taplo]
     env:
       RUST_TOOLCHAIN: "nightly-2022-11-14"
-      # SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
       RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
@@ -39,29 +31,28 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/prep-ubuntu
         with:
           RUST_TOOLCHAIN: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN }}
-
-      # - name: Swatinem rust cache setup
-      #   uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@b8a6852b4f997182bdea832df3f9e153038b5191 # 2.6.0
-      #   with:
-      #     prefix-key: cache
-      #     shared-key: cargo-tests
-      #     # cache-on-failure: "true"
-      #     # save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
-
-      - name: SCcache setup
-        uses: ./.github/actions/sccache-gcloud
-        with:
-          GWIP: ${{ secrets.GWIP_SCCACHE }}
-          GSA: ${{ secrets.GSA_SCCACHE }}
+          setup_cache: true
+          cache_type: sccache_gcloud
 
       - name: Runing cargo ${{ matrix.target }}
         run: ./ci/run-check.sh 
         env:
           TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
-          RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.runtime }}
-
+          # RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.runtime }}
 
-      # - name: Run tests
-      #   run: ./ci/script.sh
-      #   env:
-      #     TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
+  benchmark-check:
+    name: bench-${{ matrix.runtime }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-4-cores
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        runtime: [development, altair, centrifuge]
+    env:
+      RUST_TOOLCHAIN: "nightly-2022-11-14"
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab #3.5.2      
+      - name: Runing cargo ${{ matrix.target }}
+        run: ./ci/run-check.sh 
+        env:
+          TARGET: benchmark-check
+          RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.runtime }}