diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager/viewsets/comment.py b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager/viewsets/comment.py
index 3be718e16..78cc8a108 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager/viewsets/comment.py
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager/viewsets/comment.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class CommentViewSet(mixins.CreateModelMixin, mixins.UpdateModelMixin, mixins.Li
     search_fields = Comment.get_base_fields()
     http_method_names = ['get', 'post', 'patch', 'delete']
     pagination_class = None
+    lookup_value_regex = "[^/]+" # to allow id prefix
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         return Comment.objects.filter(
@@ -41,16 +42,11 @@ def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         # Add workflow_run_id to the request data
         mutable_data = request.data.copy()
         mutable_data['association_id'] = seq_orcabus_id
-
-        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=mutable_data)
-        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
-        self.perform_create(serializer)
+        comment_obj = Comment.objects.create( **mutable_data)
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(comment_obj)
         headers = self.get_success_headers(serializer.data)
         return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, headers=headers)
 
-    def perform_create(self, serializer):
-        serializer.save()  # Assuming you're using email as the user identifier
-
     def update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         partial = kwargs.pop('partial', False)
         instance = self.get_object()
diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager/viewsets/state.py b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager/viewsets/state.py
index 109e0f3ff..4cd0ec798 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager/viewsets/state.py
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/sequence-run-manager/sequence_run_manager/viewsets/state.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class StateViewSet(mixins.ListModelMixin, GenericViewSet):
     serializer_class = StateSerializer
     search_fields = State.get_base_fields()
     pagination_class = None
+    lookup_value_regex = "[^/]+" # to allow id prefix
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         return State.objects.filter(sequence=self.kwargs["orcabus_id"])
diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/state.py b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/state.py
index dbb53441a..381850bad 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/state.py
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/state.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class StateViewSet(mixins.CreateModelMixin, mixins.UpdateModelMixin, mixins.List
     search_fields = State.get_base_fields()
     http_method_names = ['get', 'post', 'patch']
     pagination_class = None
+    lookup_value_regex = "[^/]+" # to allow id prefix
     
     """
     valid_states_map for state creation, update
diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/workflow_run_comment.py b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/workflow_run_comment.py
index 25eb58e06..fd7c7bb17 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/workflow_run_comment.py
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/workflow_run_comment.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class WorkflowRunCommentViewSet(mixins.CreateModelMixin, mixins.UpdateModelMixin
     search_fields = WorkflowRunComment.get_base_fields()
     http_method_names = ['get', 'post', 'patch', 'delete']
     pagination_class = None
+    lookup_value_regex = "[^/]+" # to allow id prefix
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         return WorkflowRunComment.objects.filter(
diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/workflow_run_stats.py b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/workflow_run_stats.py
index 11c2d7ef7..73e3cc343 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/workflow_run_stats.py
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/workflow-manager/workflow_manager/viewsets/workflow_run_stats.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class WorkflowRunStatsViewSet(mixins.ListModelMixin, GenericViewSet):
     serializer_class = WorkflowRunDetailSerializer
     pagination_class = None  # No pagination by default
     http_method_names = ['get']
+    lookup_value_regex = "[^/]+" # to allow id prefix
     
     def get_queryset(self):
         """