diff --git a/.github/scripts/changed_files.sh b/.github/scripts/changed_files.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 48b3e37ff7be3..0000000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/changed_files.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Get the list of changed files
-changed_files=$(git diff --name-only origin/$GITHUB_BASE_REF)
-
-# Define the directories to check
-allowed_directories=("docs/" "ui/" "website/" "grafana/" ".github/")
-
-# Initialize a variable to track directories outside the specified ones
-other_directories=""
-
-# Loop through the changed files and find directories outside the allowed ones
-for file in $changed_files; do
-  is_allowed=false
-  for dir in "${allowed_directories[@]}"; do
-    if [[ "$file" == "$dir"* ]] || [[ "$file" == *.md && "$dir" == *"/" ]]; then
-      is_allowed=true
-      break
-    fi
-  done
-  if [ "$is_allowed" = "false" ]; then
-    other_directories+="$(dirname "$file")\n"
-  fi
-done
-
-# If there are directories outside the specified ones, trigger the workflow
-if [ -n "$other_directories" ]; then
-    echo "One or more non doc file(s) changed: true"
-    echo -e $other_directories
-    echo "trigger-ci=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-else
-    echo "One or more non doc file(s) changed: false"
-    echo "trigger-ci=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-fi
diff --git a/.github/scripts/filter_changed_files_go_test.sh b/.github/scripts/filter_changed_files_go_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..2050f2f3a8d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/filter_changed_files_go_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Get the list of changed files
+files_to_check=$(git diff --name-only origin/$GITHUB_BASE_REF)
+
+# Define the directories to check
+skipped_directories=("docs/" "ui/" "website/" "grafana/" ".github/")
+
+# Initialize a variable to track directories outside the skipped ones
+other_directories=""
+trigger_ci=false
+
+# Loop through the changed files and find directories/files outside the skipped ones
+for file_to_check in $files_to_check; do
+  file_is_skipped=false
+  for dir in "${skipped_directories[@]}"; do
+    if [[ "$file_to_check" == "$dir"* ]] || [[ "$file_to_check" == *.md && "$dir" == *"/" ]]; then
+      file_is_skipped=true
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+  if [ "$file_is_skipped" = "false" ]; then
+    other_directories+="$(dirname "$file_to_check")\n"
+		trigger_ci=true
+		echo "One or more non doc file(s) changed: true"
+    echo -e $other_directories
+    echo "trigger-ci=$trigger_ci" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+		exit 0 ## if file is outside of the skipped_directory exit loop
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "One or more non doc file(s) changed: false"
+echo "trigger-ci=$trigger_ci" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
index 7dc31ba8d4088..a34e9ab094927 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ env:
 jobs:
   conditional-skip:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest 
-    name: Get files changed and condtionally skip CI
+    name: Get files changed and conditionally skip CI
     outputs:
       files-changed: ${{ steps.read-files.outputs.trigger-ci }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  
-      - name: Get all docs, ui and github files that have changed
+      - name: Get changed files
         id: read-files
-        run: ./.github/scripts/changed_files.sh
+        run: ./.github/scripts/filter_changed_files_go_test.sh
 
   setup:
     needs: [conditional-skip]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml b/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml
index ecb03ed119a5b..adde49b44fa63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       files-changed: ${{ steps.read-files.outputs.trigger-ci }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  
-      - name: Get all docs, ui and github files that have changed
+      - name: Get changed files
         id: read-files
-        run: ./.github/scripts/changed_files.sh
+        run: ./.github/scripts/filter_changed_files_go_test.sh
 
   setup:
     needs: [conditional-skip]
diff --git a/test-integ/peering_commontopo/ac1_basic_test.go b/test-integ/peering_commontopo/ac1_basic_test.go
index 85aaee4e6b55b..6c4500a620788 100644
--- a/test-integ/peering_commontopo/ac1_basic_test.go
+++ b/test-integ/peering_commontopo/ac1_basic_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ac1BasicSuite struct {
+	// test comment
 	// inputs
 	DC   string
 	Peer string