diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 534725d5319..cbc49240630 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
+      - name: Checkout of tyk-automated-tests
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: TykTechnologies/tyk-automated-tests
+          token: ${{ secrets.ORG_GH_TOKEN }}
+          ref: ${{ startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release-') && github.ref_name || 'master' }}
+          path: tyk-automated-tests
+
       - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
         with:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::754489498669:role/ecr_rw_tyk
@@ -218,8 +226,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: env up
         shell: bash
+        working-directory: tyk-automated-tests/ci/auto
+        id: env_up
         env:
           t: ${{ needs.goreleaser.outputs.tags }}
+          pull_policy: 'if_not_present'
           # gw and dash use the same branch names
           gw_dash_image_tag: ${{ ( (github.repository == 'TykTechnologies/tyk' || github.repository == 'TykTechnologies/tyk-analytics') && startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release-') ) && github.ref_name || 'master' }}
           pump_image_tag: ${{ ( github.repository == 'TykTechnologies/tyk-pump' && startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release-') ) && github.ref_name || 'master' }}
@@ -228,13 +239,8 @@ jobs:
           TYK_MDCB_LICENSE: ${{ secrets.MDCB_LICENSE }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ORG_GH_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          echo CI tags: $t
           tags=($t)
           echo First tag: ${tags[0]}
-          # Get the ci test env in a temp dir
-          cd $(mktemp -d autoXXX)
-          gh release download v1 --pattern '*.tgz' -R TykTechnologies/tyk-ci
-          tar --strip-components=1 -xvf ci-env.tgz
           # Start customising env
           echo "registry=${{ steps.ecr.outputs.registry }}
           tyk_image=\${registry}/tyk:${gw_dash_image_tag}
@@ -243,21 +249,26 @@ jobs:
           tyk_pump_image=\${registry}/tyk-pump:${pump_image_tag}
           # override default with just built tag
           tyk_image=${tags[0]}
+          tyk_alfa_image=${tags[0]}
+          tyk_beta_image=${tags[0]}
           # base dir for config files
-          confs_dir=./pro
+          confs_dir=./pro-ha
           # pick database
           env_file=local-${{ matrix.db }}.env
           " > versions.env
           # Add Tyk component config variations to $env_file
           cat confs/${{ matrix.conf }}.env >> local-${{ matrix.db }}.env
           # bring up env, the project name is important
-          docker compose -p auto -f pro.yml -f deps.yml -f ${{ matrix.db }}.yml --env-file versions.env up --quiet-pull -d
+          docker compose -p auto -f pro-ha.yml -f deps_pro-ha.yml -f ${{ matrix.db }}.yml --env-file versions.env --profile master-datacenter up --quiet-pull -d
+          ./dash-bootstrap.sh http://localhost:3000
+          docker compose -p auto -f pro-ha.yml -f deps_pro-ha.yml -f ${{ matrix.db }}.yml --env-file versions.env --profile slave-datacenter up --quiet-pull -d
 
       - name: Run tests
+        working-directory: tyk-automated-tests/ci/auto
         run: |
-          docker run --rm --network auto_default \
+          docker run --rm --network auto_default --env-file pytest.env \
           754489498669.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/tyk-automated-tests:${{ startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release-') && github.ref_name || 'master' }} \
-          pytest -c pytest_ci.ini -m "not local and not mdcb and not dind ${{ matrix.markers }}"
+          pytest -c pytest_ci.ini --ci -m "not local and not dind ${{ matrix.markers }}"
 
 # TODO: PR comment, using just one comment and updating, not a new comment each time
 
@@ -422,4 +433,3 @@ jobs:
                   cd -
               fi
           done
-
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index d69ebec4afa..22841e1a8be 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ type PoliciesConfig struct {
 	// Set this to the URL of your Tyk Dashboard installation. The URL needs to be formatted as: http://dashboard_host:port.
 	PolicyConnectionString string `json:"policy_connection_string"`
 
-	// This option is required if `policies.policy_source` is set to `file`.
-	// Specifies the path of your JSON file containing the available policies.
+	// This option only applies in OSS deployment when the `policies.policy_source` is either set
+	// to `file` or an empty string. If `policies.policy_path` is not set, then Tyk will load policies
+	// from the JSON file specified by `policies.policy_record_name`.
 	PolicyRecordName string `json:"policy_record_name"`
 
 	// In a Pro installation, Tyk will load Policy IDs and use the internal object-ID as the ID of the policy.
@@ -87,8 +88,10 @@ type PoliciesConfig struct {
 	//
 	// This option should only be used when moving an installation to a new database.
 	AllowExplicitPolicyID bool `json:"allow_explicit_policy_id"`
-	// This option is used for storing a policies  if `policies.policy_source` is set to `file`.
-	// it should be some existing directory path on hard drive
+	// This option only applies in OSS deployment when the `policies.policy_source` is either set
+	// to `file` or an empty string. If `policies.policy_path` is set, then Tyk will load policies
+	// from all the JSON files under the directory specified by the `policies.policy_path` option.
+	// In this configuration, Tyk Gateway will allow policy management through the Gateway API.
 	PolicyPath string `json:"policy_path"`
 }