diff --git a/.github/workflows/xrt_mock.yaml b/.github/workflows/xrt_mock.yaml
index 47fe2ea989d..e427d3dc581 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/xrt_mock.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/xrt_mock.yaml
@@ -1,29 +1,51 @@
-name: XRT Mock 
+name: XRT CI Alert 
 
 env:  
   RELEASE: '2024.1'  
   PIPELINE: 'xrt' 
   ENV: 'test' 
 
-on:  
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  workflow_call:
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, edited, synchronize]
+
+concurrency:  
+  group: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true 
   
 jobs:
+  authorize:
+    runs-on: Ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout private repository      
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4   
+        with:      
+          repository: actions-int/composite-workflows
+          github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}      
+          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}      
+          path: composite-workflows
+          ref: main
+
+      - name: authorize
+        uses: ./composite-workflows/authorize
+        with:
+          accessToken: ${{ secrets.CI_CLOUD_TOKEN }}
+          pullRequestUser: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login }}
   build:
+    needs: authorize  
     strategy:      
       matrix:      
         include:      
           - os: centos78      
             packageType: rpm      
-          - os: centos8      
-            packageType: rpm      
-          - os: rhel9      
-            packageType: rpm      
-          - os: ubuntu2004      
-            packageType: deb      
-          - os: ubuntu2204      
-            packageType: deb      
+          # - os: centos8      
+          #   packageType: rpm      
+          # - os: rhel9      
+          #   packageType: rpm      
+          # - os: ubuntu2004      
+          #   packageType: deb      
+          # - os: ubuntu2204      
+          #   packageType: deb      
         
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Ubuntu-22.04]
     steps:  
@@ -49,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}      
           token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}      
           path: composite-workflows 
-          ref: mock
+          ref: alert
        
       - name: XRT build     
         uses: ./composite-workflows/build
@@ -66,295 +88,11 @@ jobs:
           appConfig2: ${{ secrets.APP_CONFIG2 }} 
           appConfig3: ${{ secrets.APP_CONFIG3 }} 
 
-  # windows-build:
-  #   runs-on: Windows
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Checkout PR   
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v4 
-  #       with: 
-  #         repository: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}"
-  #         ref: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
-  #         fetch-depth: 0
-  #         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.run_number }}  
-  #         submodules: recursive
-  #         persist-credentials: false 
-            
-  #     - name: Checkout private repository      
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3   
-  #       with:      
-  #         repository: actions-int/composite-workflows
-  #         github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}      
-  #         token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}      
-  #         path: composite-workflows   
-  #         ref: mock
-       
-  #     - name: XRT windows build     
-  #       uses: ./composite-workflows/windows-build
-  #       with:     
-  #         workspace: ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.run_number }}/build   
-  #         buildNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}    
-  #         release: ${{ env.RELEASE }}
-  #         accessToken: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }} 
-  #         workspaceg: ${{ github.workspace }}
-  #         github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}
-
-  apu-package-build:
-    runs-on: apu
-    # runs-on: Ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:      
-      - name: Set env variables    
-        run: |    
-          echo "Setting environment variables..."      
-          echo "XRT_VERSION_PATCH=${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}" >> $GITHUB_ENV    
-          echo "PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV     
-    
-      - name: Checkout PR   
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3 
-        with: 
-          # repository: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}"
-          repository: "Xilinx/XRT"
-          # ref: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
-          ref: "8558a0709b725c51cdd783702789534af2ddba3b" 
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ github.run_number }}  
-          github-server-url: 'https://github.com'
-          submodules: recursive  
-
-      - name: Checkout private repository      
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3   
-        with:      
-          repository: actions-int/composite-workflows      
-          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}       
-          path: composite-workflows  
-          ref: mock
-       
-      - name: Apu package build for XRT     
-        uses: ./composite-workflows/apu-package
-        with:     
-          pipeline: ${{ env.PIPELINE }}   
-          workspace: ${{ github.workspace }}  
-          buildNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}    
-          apuPackage: 'True' 
-          release: ${{ env.RELEASE }}  
-          accessToken: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}
-          appConfig: ${{ secrets.APP_CONFIG }} 
-          appConfig1: ${{ secrets.APP_CONFIG1 }} 
-          appConfig2: ${{ secrets.APP_CONFIG2 }} 
-          appConfig3: ${{ secrets.APP_CONFIG3 }} 
-
-  package-download:    
-    needs: build    
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Ubuntu-22.04]    
-    steps:    
-      - name: Checkout private repository    
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3 
-        with:    
-          repository: actions-int/composite-workflows    
-          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}    
-          path: composite-workflows 
-          ref: mock
-    
-      - name: Use composite action package download     
-        uses: ./composite-workflows/package-download   
-        with:    
-          runNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}    
-          pipeline: ${{ env.PIPELINE }}    
-          env: ${{ env.ENV }}  
-          sshKey: ${{ secrets.CI_PRIVATE_SSH_KEY }}    
-          accessToken: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          NPATH: ${{ secrets.NPATH }}
-          USER: ${{ secrets.USER }}
-          github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}
-
-
-  extract-platforms:  
-    needs: package-download    
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Ubuntu-22.04]
-    steps:      
-      - name: Checkout extraction Action repository  
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3  
-        with:  
-          repository: actions-int/extraction-action
-          ref: 'v0.0.1' 
-          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}
-          path: ./.github/actions/extraction-action
-
-      - name: Extracting ${{ inputs.boardType }} ${{ inputs.boardMode }} platforms      
-        uses: ./.github/actions/extraction-action 
-        id: extract      
-        with:      
-          release: ${{ env.RELEASE }}
-          env: ${{ env.ENV }}
-          pipeline: ${{ env.PIPELINE }} 
-          boardType: "pcie"
-          boardMode: "hw"    
-  
-      - name: Checkout upload-logs-to-artifactory Action repository  
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3  
-        with:  
-          repository: actions-int/upload-logs-to-artifactory-action
-          ref: 'v0.0.1' 
-          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}
-          path: ./.github/actions/upload-logs-to-artifactory-action
-
-      - name: Upload logs to Artifactory        
-        id: upload        
-        uses: ./.github/actions/upload-logs-to-artifactory-action
-        with:          
-          logFile: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.logFile }}           
-          buildNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}     
-          apiKey: ${{ secrets.apiKey }}     
-          pipeline: ${{ env.PIPELINE }} 
-          repoKeyName: 'extractBoard'  
-
-      - name: Display log file URL      
-        run: |      
-          # echo "Log file URL: ${{ steps.upload.outputs.logFileUrl }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY  
-          # echo '### [logs for extracted boards](${{ steps.upload.outputs.logFileUrl }})' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY  
-          echo "logs for extracted boards: ${{ steps.upload.outputs.logFileUrl }}"  
-    outputs:    
-      board_list: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.board_list }}        
-      logFileUrl: ${{ steps.upload.outputs.logFileUrl }} 
-
-  # pcie-hw-tests:  
-  #   needs: extract-platforms    
-  #   runs-on: [xrt, trx]
-  #   strategy:      
-  #     matrix:      
-  #       board_list: ${{ fromJson(needs.extract-platforms.outputs.board_list) }}  
-  #   steps:      
-  #     - name: Checkout private repository      
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3   
-  #       with:      
-  #         repository: actions-int/composite-workflows      
-  #         token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-  #         github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}      
-  #         path: composite-workflows  
-  #         ref: mock
-       
-  #     - name: Use composite action for pcie-hw       
-  #       uses: ./composite-workflows/pcie-hw  
-  #       with:     
-  #         organization: ${{ github.repository }}  
-  #         runNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}  
-  #         buildNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}  
-  #         release: ${{ env.RELEASE }}
-  #         env: ${{ env.ENV }}  
-  #         pipeline: ${{ env.PIPELINE }} 
-  #         boardType: "pcie"  
-  #         boardState: "gating"  
-  #         boardMode: "hw"  
-  #         board: ${{ matrix.board_list }}      
-  #         runnerName: ${{ runner.name }}
-  #         accessToken: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}  
-  #         sshKey: ${{ secrets.CI_PRIVATE_SSH_KEY }}   
-  #         apiKey: ${{ secrets.apiKey }}    
-  #         NPATH: ${{ secrets.NPATH }}
-  #         github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}  
-  #         pact: 'true'
-
-  pcie-sw-emulation-tests:
-    needs: package-download
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Ubuntu-22.04]
-    strategy:      
-      matrix:      
-        os_list: ['centos_7.8', 'centos_8.1'] 
-    steps:      
-      - name: Checkout private repository      
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3   
-        with:      
-          repository: actions-int/composite-workflows      
-          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}       
-          path: composite-workflows 
-          ref: mock
-       
-      - name: Use composite action for pcie-hw       
-        uses: ./composite-workflows/emulation
+      - name: Notify Slack on failure  
+        if: failure()  
+        uses: 8398a7/action-slack@v3  
         with:  
-          organization: ${{ github.repository }}
-          run_number: ${{ github.run_number }}
-          buildNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}
-          release: ${{ env.RELEASE }}
-          env: ${{ env.ENV }}
-          pipeline: ${{ env.PIPELINE }} 
-          boardType: "pcie"
-          boardState: "gating"
-          boardMode: "sw_emu"
-          os: ${{ matrix.os_list }}
-          runnerName: ${{ runner.name }}
-          sshKey: ${{ secrets.CI_PRIVATE_SSH_KEY }}
-          apiKey: ${{ secrets.apiKey }}  
-          accessToken: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}     
-          USER: ${{ secrets.USER }}
-          NPATH: ${{ secrets.NPATH }}
-          github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }} 
-
-  # pcie-hw-emulation-tests:
-  #   needs: package-download
-  #   runs-on: [self-hosted, Ubuntu-22.04]
-  #   strategy:      
-  #     matrix:      
-  #       os_list: ['centos_7.8', 'centos_8.1'] 
-  #   steps:      
-  #     - name: Checkout private repository      
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3   
-  #       with:      
-  #         repository: actions-int/composite-workflows      
-  #         token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-  #         github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}       
-  #         path: composite-workflows 
-  #         ref: mock
-       
-  #     - name: Use composite action for pcie-hw       
-  #       uses: ./composite-workflows/emulation
-  #       with:  
-  #         organization: ${{ github.repository }}
-  #         run_number: ${{ github.run_number }}
-  #         buildNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}
-  #         release: ${{ env.RELEASE }}
-  #         env: ${{ env.ENV }}
-  #         pipeline: ${{ env.PIPELINE }} 
-  #         boardType: "pcie"
-  #         boardState: "gating"
-  #         boardMode: "hw_emu"
-  #         os: ${{ matrix.os_list }}
-  #         runnerName: ${{ runner.name }}
-  #         sshKey: ${{ secrets.CI_PRIVATE_SSH_KEY }}
-  #         apiKey: ${{ secrets.apiKey }}  
-  #         accessToken: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}   
-  #         USER: ${{ secrets.USER }}       
-  #         NPATH: ${{ secrets.NPATH }}
-  #         github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}     
-                  
-  # test-summary:    
-  #   runs-on: [self-hosted, Ubuntu-22.04]
-  #   needs: build
-  #   steps:  
-  #     - name: Checkout test summary Action repository  
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3  
-  #       with:  
-  #         repository: actions-int/XOAH-URL-action
-  #         ref: 'v0.0.6' 
-  #         token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-  #         github-server-url: ${{ secrets.SERVER_URL }}
-  #         path: ./.github/actions/XOAH-URL-action
-
-  #     - name: Generate test summary URL
-  #       id: summary  
-  #       uses: ./.github/actions/XOAH-URL-action
-  #       with:    
-  #         pipeline: ${{ env.PIPELINE }} 
-  #         release: ${{ env.RELEASE }}
-  #         runNumber: ${{ github.run_number }}
-  #         env: ${{ env.ENV }}  
-    
-  #     - name: Print test summary URL 
-  #       run: |    
-  #         # echo "test summary URL: ${{ steps.summary.outputs.url }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY    
-  #         echo '### [tests logs summary](${{ steps.summary.outputs.url }})' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY 
+          status: ${{ job.status }}  
+          fields: repo,message,commit,author,action  
+        env:  
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}