diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
index a99142a..ff6c0c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   lint-backend:
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/develop'
     runs-on: self-hosted
     container:
       image: golang:1.26.1
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           git diff --exit-code go.mod go.sum || (echo "go mod tidy made changes, please run 'go mod tidy' and commit the changes" && exit 1)
 
   lint-frontend:
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/develop'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           npm run build
 
   lint-agent:
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/develop'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           git diff --exit-code go.mod go.sum || (echo "go mod tidy made changes, please run 'go mod tidy' and commit the changes" && exit 1)
 
   test-frontend:
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/develop'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint-frontend]
     steps:
@@ -142,6 +146,7 @@ jobs:
           npm run test
 
   test-agent:
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/develop'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint-agent]
     steps:
@@ -165,6 +170,7 @@ jobs:
           go test -count=1 -failfast ./internal/...
 
   e2e-agent:
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/develop'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint-agent]
     steps:
@@ -184,6 +190,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf artifacts || true
 
   e2e-agent-backup-restore:
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/develop'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint-agent]
     strategy:
@@ -209,6 +216,7 @@ jobs:
   # Self-hosted: performant high-frequency CPU is used to start many containers and run tests fast. Tests
   # step is bottle-neck, because we need a lot of containers and cannot parallelize tests due to shared resources
   test-backend:
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/develop'
     runs-on: self-hosted
     needs: [lint-backend]
     container:
@@ -539,7 +547,6 @@ jobs:
 
   build-and-push-dev:
     runs-on: self-hosted
-    needs: [test-backend, test-frontend, test-agent, e2e-agent, e2e-agent-backup-restore]
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop' }}
     steps:
       - name: Clean workspace
diff --git a/agent/internal/features/wal/streamer.go b/agent/internal/features/wal/streamer.go
index c1513fd..955a027 100644
--- a/agent/internal/features/wal/streamer.go
+++ b/agent/internal/features/wal/streamer.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	pollInterval  = 2 * time.Second
+	pollInterval  = 10 * time.Second
 	uploadTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
 )
 
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ func (s *Streamer) processQueue(ctx context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if len(segments) == 0 {
+		s.log.Info("No WAL segments pending", "dir", s.cfg.PgWalDir)
+		return
+	}
+
+	s.log.Info("WAL segments pending upload", "dir", s.cfg.PgWalDir, "count", len(segments))
+
 	for _, segmentName := range segments {
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
 			return
@@ -121,6 +128,8 @@ func (s *Streamer) uploadSegment(ctx context.Context, segmentName string) error
 	uploadCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, uploadTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
+	s.log.Info("Uploading WAL segment", "segment", segmentName)
+
 	result, err := s.apiClient.UploadWalSegment(uploadCtx, segmentName, pr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -136,7 +145,7 @@ func (s *Streamer) uploadSegment(ctx context.Context, segmentName string) error
 		return fmt.Errorf("gap detected for segment %s", segmentName)
 	}
 
-	s.log.Debug("WAL segment uploaded", "segment", segmentName)
+	s.log.Info("WAL segment uploaded", "segment", segmentName)
 
 	if *s.cfg.IsDeleteWalAfterUpload {
 		if err := os.Remove(filePath); err != nil {