diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4f70b98f0..ddd89632e 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ variables:
   GOVERSION: "1.16.13"
 
 stages:
+  - test
   - build
   - post build
   - lint
-  - test
   - integration
   - gauntlet
   - performance
@@ -55,90 +55,90 @@ build lattice:
     paths:
       - lattice.tar.gz
 
-run jest tests:
-  stage: test
-  image: node:14
-  variables:
-    CI: "true"
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
-  script:
-    - echo "Testing lattice..."
-    - cd lattice
-    - npm install --force
-    - npm test -- --coverage --testResultsProcessor=jest-sonar-reporter
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - lattice/coverage/lcov.info
+# run jest tests:
+#   stage: test
+#   image: node:14
+#   variables:
+#     CI: "true"
+#   rules:
+#     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
+#   script:
+#     - echo "Testing lattice..."
+#     - cd lattice
+#     - npm install --force
+#     - npm test -- --coverage --testResultsProcessor=jest-sonar-reporter
+#   artifacts:
+#     paths:
+#       - lattice/coverage/lcov.info
 
-run go tests:
-  stage: test
-  image: golang:$GOVERSION
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
-  retry: 1
-  script:
-    - echo "Running featurebase unit tests..."
-    - go test -timeout=30m ./...
-  tags:
-    - aws
+# run go tests:
+#   stage: test
+#   image: golang:$GOVERSION
+#   rules:
+#     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
+#   retry: 1
+#   script:
+#     - echo "Running featurebase unit tests..."
+#     - go test -timeout=30m ./...
+#   tags:
+#     - aws
 
-run go tests race:
-  stage: test
-  image: golang:$GOVERSION
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
-  retry: 1
-  script:
-    - echo "Running featurebase race tests..."
-    - go test -race -v -timeout=90m ./...
-  tags:
-    - aws
+# run go tests race:
+#   stage: test
+#   image: golang:$GOVERSION
+#   rules:
+#     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
+#   retry: 1
+#   script:
+#     - echo "Running featurebase race tests..."
+#     - go test -race -v -timeout=90m ./...
+#   tags:
+#     - aws
 
-run go tests shardwidth22:
-  stage: test
-  image: golang:$GOVERSION
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
-  script:
-    - echo "Running featurebase race tests..."
-    - go test -timeout=30m -tags=shardwidth22 ./...
-  tags:
-    - aws
+# run go tests shardwidth22:
+#   stage: test
+#   image: golang:$GOVERSION
+#   rules:
+#     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
+#   script:
+#     - echo "Running featurebase race tests..."
+#     - go test -timeout=30m -tags=shardwidth22 ./...
+#   tags:
+#     - aws
     
-# we do coverage reporting from the future tests because the json
-# output is very difficult to human-read. The alternative would be to
-# run the regular tests twice and also run the future tests.
-run go tests future:
-  stage: test
-  image: golang:1.17.6
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
-  retry: 1
-  script:
-    - echo "Running featurebase unit tests..."
-    - PKG_LIST=$(go list ./... | grep -v internal/clustertests | paste -s -d, -)
-    - go test -timeout=30m -json -coverprofile=coverage.out -covermode=atomic -coverpkg=${PKG_LIST} ./... | tee test-report.out
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - coverage.out
-      - test-report.out
-  tags:
-    - aws
+# # we do coverage reporting from the future tests because the json
+# # output is very difficult to human-read. The alternative would be to
+# # run the regular tests twice and also run the future tests.
+# run go tests future:
+#   stage: test
+#   image: golang:1.17.6
+#   rules:
+#     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
+#   retry: 1
+#   script:
+#     - echo "Running featurebase unit tests..."
+#     - PKG_LIST=$(go list ./... | grep -v internal/clustertests | paste -s -d, -)
+#     - go test -timeout=30m -json -coverprofile=coverage.out -covermode=atomic -coverpkg=${PKG_LIST} ./... | tee test-report.out
+#   artifacts:
+#     paths:
+#       - coverage.out
+#       - test-report.out
+#   tags:
+#     - aws
 
-upload to sonarcloud:
-  stage: integration
-  image: sonarsource/sonar-scanner-cli:4.6
-  variables:
-    SONAR_TOKEN: $SONAR_TOKEN
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
-  script:
-    - sonar-scanner -Dsonar.projectKey=molecula_featurebase -Dsonar.organization=molecula -Dsonar.sources=. -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io -Dsonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.out,results/coverage*.out -Dsonar.go.tests.reportPaths=test-report.out,results/report*  -Dsonar.javascript.lcov.reportPaths=lattice/coverage/lcov.info
-  needs:
-    - job: run go tests future
-    - job: run jest tests 
-    - job: clustertests
+# upload to sonarcloud:
+#   stage: integration
+#   image: sonarsource/sonar-scanner-cli:4.6
+#   variables:
+#     SONAR_TOKEN: $SONAR_TOKEN
+#   rules:
+#     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
+#   script:
+#     - sonar-scanner -Dsonar.projectKey=molecula_featurebase -Dsonar.organization=molecula -Dsonar.sources=. -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io -Dsonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.out,results/coverage*.out -Dsonar.go.tests.reportPaths=test-report.out,results/report*  -Dsonar.javascript.lcov.reportPaths=lattice/coverage/lcov.info
+#   needs:
+#     - job: run go tests future
+#     - job: run jest tests 
+#     - job: clustertests
     
 build for linux amd64:
   stage: build