diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_check_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_check_workflow.yml
index a7f36b24d478..c4f1f0de093c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_check_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_check_workflow.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ on:
     branches: [ '**', '!feature/**' ]
 
 env:
-  CACHE_NAME: osd-node-modules
   TEST_BROWSER_HEADLESS: 1
   CI: 1
   GCS_UPLOAD_PREFIX: fake
@@ -26,108 +25,40 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Build and Verify
     steps:
-      # Access a cache of set results from a previous run of the job
-      # This is to prevent re-running steps that were already successful since it is not native to github actions
-      # Can be used to verify flaky steps with reduced times
-      - name: Restore the cached run
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: |
-            job_successful
-            linter_results
-            unit_tests_results
-            integration_tests_results
-          key: ${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.sha }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.sha }}
-
-      - name: Get if previous job was successful
-        id: job_successful
-        run: cat job_successful 2>/dev/null || echo 'false'
-
-      - name: Get the previous linter results 
-        id: linter_results
-        run: cat linter_results 2>/dev/null || echo 'default'
-
-      - name: Get the previous unit tests results 
-        id: unit_tests_results
-        run: cat unit_tests_results 2>/dev/null || echo 'default'
-
-      - name: Get the previous integration tests results 
-        id: integration_tests_results
-        run: cat integration_tests_results 2>/dev/null || echo 'default'
 
       - name: Checkout code
-        if: steps.job_successful.outputs.job_successful != 'true'
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Setup Node
-        if: steps.job_successful.outputs.job_successful != 'true'
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version-file: ".nvmrc"
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Setup Yarn
-        if: steps.job_successful.outputs.job_successful != 'true'
         run: |
           npm uninstall -g yarn
           npm i -g yarn@1.22.10
 
       - name: Run bootstrap
-        if: steps.job_successful.outputs.job_successful != 'true'
         run: yarn osd bootstrap
 
       - name: Run linter
-        if: steps.linter_results.outputs.linter_results != 'success'
         id: linter
         run: yarn lint
 
-      # Runs unit tests while limiting workers because github actions will spawn more than it can handle and crash
-      # Continues on error but will create a comment on the pull request if this step failed.
       - name: Run unit tests
-        if: steps.unit_tests_results.outputs.unit_tests_results != 'success'
         id: unit-tests
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: node scripts/jest --ci --colors --maxWorkers=10
-        env:
-          SKIP_BAD_APPLES: true
-
-      - run: echo Unit tests completed unsuccessfully. However, unit tests are inconsistent on the CI so please verify locally with `yarn test:jest`.
-        if: steps.unit_tests_results.outputs.unit_tests_results != 'success' && steps.unit-tests.outcome != 'success'
-      
-      # TODO: This gets rejected, we need approval to add this
-      # - name: Add comment if unit tests did not succeed
-      #   if: steps.unit_tests_results.outputs.unit_tests_results != 'success' && steps.unit-tests.outcome != 'success'
-      #   uses: actions/github-script@v5
-      #   with:
-      #     github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      #     script: |
-      #       github.rest.issues.createComment({
-      #         issue_number: context.issue.number,
-      #         owner: context.repo.owner,
-      #         repo: context.repo.repo,
-      #         body: 'Unit tests completed unsuccessfully. However, unit tests are inconsistent on the CI so please verify locally with `yarn test:jest`.'
-      #       })
+        run: yarn test:jest:ci
+
+      - name: Run mocha tests
+        id: mocha-tests
+        run: yarn test:mocha
 
       - name: Run integration tests
-        if: steps.integration_tests_results.outputs.integration_tests_results != 'success'
         id: integration-tests
-        run: node scripts/jest_integration --ci --colors --max-old-space-size=5120 
-
-      # Set cache if linter, unit tests, and integration tests were successful then the job will be marked successful
-      # Sets individual results to empower re-runs of the same build without re-running successful steps.
-      - if: | 
-          (steps.linter.outcome == 'success' || steps.linter.outcome == 'skipped') && 
-          (steps.unit-tests.outcome == 'success' || steps.unit-tests.outcome == 'skipped') && 
-          (steps.integration-tests.outcome == 'success' || steps.integration-tests.outcome == 'skipped')
-        run: echo "::set-output name=job_successful::true" > job_successful
-      - if: steps.linter.outcome == 'success' || steps.linter.outcome == 'skipped'
-        run: echo "::set-output name=linter_results::success" > linter_results
-      - if: steps.unit-tests.outcome == 'success' || steps.unit-tests.outcome == 'skipped'
-        run: echo "::set-output name=unit_tests_results::success" > unit_tests_results
-      - if: steps.integration-tests.outcome == 'success' || steps.integration-tests.outcome == 'skipped'
-        run: echo "::set-output name=integration_tests_results::success" > integration_tests_results
+        run: yarn test:jest_integration:ci
+
   functional-tests:
     needs: [ build-lint-test ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -138,69 +69,35 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - run: echo Running functional tests for ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
 
-      # Access a cache of set results from a previous run of the job
-      # This is to prevent re-running a CI group that was already successful since it is not native to github actions
-      # Can be used to verify flaky steps with reduced times
-      - name: Restore the cached run
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ftr_tests_results
-          key: ${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.group }}-${{ github.sha }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.group }}-${{ github.sha }}
-
       - name: Get the cached tests results 
         id: ftr_tests_results
         run: cat ftr_tests_results 2>/dev/null || echo 'default'
 
       - name: Checkout code
-        if: steps.ftr_tests_results.outputs.ftr_tests_results != 'success'
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Setup Node
-        if: steps.ftr_tests_results.outputs.ftr_tests_results != 'success'
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version-file: ".nvmrc"
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Setup Yarn
-        if: steps.ftr_tests_results.outputs.ftr_tests_results != 'success'
         run: |
           npm uninstall -g yarn
           npm i -g yarn@1.22.10
 
-      - name: Get cache path
-        if: steps.ftr_tests_results.outputs.ftr_tests_results != 'success'
-        id: cache-path
-        run: echo "::set-output name=CACHE_DIR::$(yarn cache dir)"
-
-      - name: Setup cache
-        if: steps.ftr_tests_results.outputs.ftr_tests_results != 'success'
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.cache-path.outputs.CACHE_DIR }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ env.CACHE_NAME }}-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ env.CACHE_NAME }}-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-
-
       # github virtual env is the latest chrome
       - name: Setup chromedriver
-        if: steps.ftr_tests_results.outputs.ftr_tests_results != 'success'
         run: yarn add --dev chromedriver@97.0.0
 
       - name: Run bootstrap
-        if: steps.ftr_tests_results.outputs.ftr_tests_results != 'success'
         run: yarn osd bootstrap
 
       - name: Build plugins
-        if: steps.ftr_tests_results.outputs.ftr_tests_results != 'success'
         run: node scripts/build_opensearch_dashboards_platform_plugins --no-examples --workers 10
 
-      - if: steps.ftr_tests_results.outputs.ftr_tests_results != 'success'
+      - name: Run CI test group ${{ matrix.group }}
         id: ftr-tests
         run: node scripts/functional_tests.js --config test/functional/config.js --include ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
         env:
@@ -208,6 +105,3 @@ jobs:
           CI_PARALLEL_PROCESS_NUMBER: ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
           JOB: ci${{ matrix.group }}
           CACHE_DIR: ciGroup${{ matrix.group }}
-      
-      - if: steps.ftr-tests.outcome == 'success' || steps.ftr-tests.outcome == 'skipped'
-        run: echo "::set-output name=ftr_tests_results::success" > ftr_tests_results
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea0276fea51e..4346be0700b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
     "test": "grunt test",
     "test:bwc": "./scripts/bwctest_osd.sh",
     "test:jest": "node scripts/jest",
+    "test:jest:ci": "node scripts/jest --ci --colors --runInBand",
     "test:jest_integration": "node scripts/jest_integration",
+    "test:jest_integration:ci": "node scripts/jest_integration --ci --colors --max-old-space-size=5120",
     "test:mocha": "node scripts/mocha",
     "test:mocha:coverage": "grunt test:mochaCoverage",
     "test:ftr": "node scripts/functional_tests",
diff --git a/packages/osd-pm/src/run.test.ts b/packages/osd-pm/src/run.test.ts
index f0081f8bc9af..6fc316971677 100644
--- a/packages/osd-pm/src/run.test.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-pm/src/run.test.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import { runCommand } from './run';
 import { Project } from './utils/project';
 import { log } from './utils/log';
 
-const testif = process.env.SKIP_BAD_APPLES === 'true' ? test.skip : test;
-
 log.setLogLevel('silent');
 
 const rootPath = resolve(`${__dirname}/utils/__fixtures__/opensearch-dashboards`);
@@ -72,14 +70,14 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   };
 });
 
-testif('passes all found projects to the command if no filter is specified', async () => {
+test('passes all found projects to the command if no filter is specified', async () => {
   await runCommand(command, config);
 
   expect(command.run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   expect(getExpectedProjectsAndGraph(command.run)).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
-testif('excludes project if single `exclude` filter is specified', async () => {
+test('excludes project if single `exclude` filter is specified', async () => {
   await runCommand(command, {
     ...config,
     options: { exclude: 'foo' },
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ testif('excludes project if single `exclude` filter is specified', async () => {
   expect(getExpectedProjectsAndGraph(command.run)).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
-testif('excludes projects if multiple `exclude` filter are specified', async () => {
+test('excludes projects if multiple `exclude` filter are specified', async () => {
   await runCommand(command, {
     ...config,
     options: { exclude: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'] },
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ testif('excludes projects if multiple `exclude` filter are specified', async ()
   expect(getExpectedProjectsAndGraph(command.run)).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
-testif('includes single project if single `include` filter is specified', async () => {
+test('includes single project if single `include` filter is specified', async () => {
   await runCommand(command, {
     ...config,
     options: { include: 'foo' },
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ testif('includes single project if single `include` filter is specified', async
   expect(getExpectedProjectsAndGraph(command.run)).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
-testif('includes only projects specified in multiple `include` filters', async () => {
+test('includes only projects specified in multiple `include` filters', async () => {
   await runCommand(command, {
     ...config,
     options: { include: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'] },
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ testif('includes only projects specified in multiple `include` filters', async (
   expect(getExpectedProjectsAndGraph(command.run)).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
-testif('respects both `include` and `exclude` filters if specified at the same time', async () => {
+test('respects both `include` and `exclude` filters if specified at the same time', async () => {
   await runCommand(command, {
     ...config,
     options: { include: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'], exclude: 'bar' },
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ testif('respects both `include` and `exclude` filters if specified at the same t
   expect(getExpectedProjectsAndGraph(command.run)).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
-testif('does not run command if all projects are filtered out', async () => {
+test('does not run command if all projects are filtered out', async () => {
   const mockProcessExit = jest.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockReturnValue(undefined as never);
 
   await runCommand(command, {
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/error_embeddable.test.tsx b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/error_embeddable.test.tsx
index e8dddeadfa30..2eee0f32646c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/error_embeddable.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/error_embeddable.test.tsx
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ import { waitFor, render } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { ErrorEmbeddable } from './error_embeddable';
 import { EmbeddableRoot } from './embeddable_root';
 
-const testif = process.env.SKIP_BAD_APPLES === 'true' ? test.skip : test;
-
-testif('ErrorEmbeddable renders an embeddable', async () => {
+test('ErrorEmbeddable renders an embeddable', async () => {
   const embeddable = new ErrorEmbeddable('some error occurred', { id: '123', title: 'Error' });
   const { getByTestId, getByText } = render(<EmbeddableRoot embeddable={embeddable} />);
 
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ testif('ErrorEmbeddable renders an embeddable', async () => {
   expect(getByText(/some error occurred/i)).toBeVisible();
 });
 
-testif('ErrorEmbeddable renders an embeddable with markdown message', async () => {
+test('ErrorEmbeddable renders an embeddable with markdown message', async () => {
   const error = '[some link](http://localhost:5601/takeMeThere)';
   const embeddable = new ErrorEmbeddable(error, { id: '123', title: 'Error' });
   const { getByTestId, getByText } = render(<EmbeddableRoot embeddable={embeddable} />);
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_markdown/public/markdown_vis_controller.test.tsx b/src/plugins/vis_type_markdown/public/markdown_vis_controller.test.tsx
index ecae64971128..082ae536f0d0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_markdown/public/markdown_vis_controller.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_markdown/public/markdown_vis_controller.test.tsx
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { waitFor, render } from '@testing-library/react';
 import MarkdownVisComponent from './markdown_vis_controller';
 
-const describeif = process.env.SKIP_BAD_APPLES === 'true' ? describe.skip : describe;
-
-describeif('markdown vis controller', () => {
+describe('markdown vis controller', () => {
   it('should set html from markdown params', async () => {
     const vis = {
       params: {
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_visualization.test.js b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_visualization.test.js
index c2c4f9ccbbc0..0a0d025f1d4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_visualization.test.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_tagcloud/public/components/tag_cloud_visualization.test.js
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ import { setFormatService } from '../services';
 import { dataPluginMock } from '../../../data/public/mocks';
 import { setHTMLElementOffset, setSVGElementGetBBox } from '../../../../test_utils/public';
 
-const describeif = process.env.SKIP_BAD_APPLES === 'true' ? describe.skip : describe;
 const seedColors = ['#00a69b', '#57c17b', '#6f87d8', '#663db8', '#bc52bc', '#9e3533', '#daa05d'];
 
-describeif('TagCloudVisualizationTest', () => {
+describe('TagCloudVisualizationTest', () => {
   let domNode;
   let visParams;
   let SVGElementGetBBoxSpyInstance;
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualize/public/application/utils/use/use_visualize_app_state.test.ts b/src/plugins/visualize/public/application/utils/use/use_visualize_app_state.test.ts
index 776d814f6225..2cefb205c8c9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualize/public/application/utils/use/use_visualize_app_state.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualize/public/application/utils/use/use_visualize_app_state.test.ts
@@ -40,13 +40,11 @@ import { visualizeAppStateStub } from '../stubs';
 import { VisualizeConstants } from '../../visualize_constants';
 import { createVisualizeServicesMock } from '../mocks';
 
-const describeif = process.env.SKIP_BAD_APPLES === 'true' ? describe.skip : describe;
-
 jest.mock('../utils');
 jest.mock('../create_visualize_app_state');
 jest.mock('../../../../../data/public');
 
-describeif('useVisualizeAppState', () => {
+describe('useVisualizeAppState', () => {
   const { visStateToEditorState } = jest.requireMock('../utils');
   const { createVisualizeAppState } = jest.requireMock('../create_visualize_app_state');
   const { connectToQueryState } = jest.requireMock('../../../../../data/public');