fixes

.github/workflows/backend.yml

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches: [master]
 
   # Run tests for any PRs which change the backend code
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'go.mod'
-      - 'backend/**'
-      - 'scripts/deploy/github/**'
-      - 'manifests/kustomize/**'
+#  pull_request:
+#    paths:
+#      - 'go.mod'
+#      - 'backend/**'
+#      - 'scripts/deploy/github/**'
+#      - 'manifests/kustomize/**'
 
 env:
   GITHUB_ACTION: "true"

.github/workflows/periodic.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 name: Periodic Functional Tests
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # Run every day at midnight
-
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
 jobs:
   run_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/presubmit-backend.yml

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-    paths:
-      - 'backend/**'
-      - 'test/presubmit-backend-test.sh'
+#  pull_request:
+#    branches:
+#      - master
+#    paths:
+#      - 'backend/**'
+#      - 'test/presubmit-backend-test.sh'
 
 jobs:
   backend-tests:

scripts/deploy/github/helper-functions.sh

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ wait_for_pods () {
         local num_pods
         local num_running
         pods=$(kubectl get pod -n "$namespace")
-        # echo "$pods"
+        kubectl get pod -n "$namespace"
         # kubectl get pvc -n "$namespace"
 
         if [[ -z $pods ]]