diff --git a/.github/actions/entrypoint.sh b/.github/actions/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b40eadde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh -l
+
+if [ $1 == "validate" ]; then
+    echo "validating helm charts"
+    helm dependency update $2
+    helm lint --strict $2
+    helm template $2
+
+elif [ $1 == "publish" ]; then
+    CHART_VERSION=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF} | cut -d/ -f 3)
+    CHART_NAME=$(awk '/^name:/ {print $2}' $2/Chart.yaml)
+    INPUT_REPOSITORY=${{ inputs.helm-gcs-repository }}
+    INPUT_CREDENTIALS=${{ inputs.helm-gcs-credentials }}
+    export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${HOME}/helm-gcs-key.json
+
+    echo ${INPUT_CREDENTIALS:-$HELM_GCS_CREDENTIALS} > ${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}
+    helm dependency update $2
+    helm repo add helm-gcs ${INPUT_REPOSITORY:-$HELM_GCS_REPOSITORY}
+    helm package --version ${CHART_VERSION} --app-version ${CHART_VERSION} $2
+    helm gcs push ${CHART_NAME}-${CHART_VERSION}.tgz helm-gcs --public --retry
+fi
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diff --git a/.github/actions/gradle/action.yml b/.github/actions/gradle/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7539ecf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/gradle/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: 'Gradle command action'
+inputs:
+  args:
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps: 
+    - run: |
+          ./gradlew ${{ inputs.args }} --info --max-workers=2 -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -Dorg.gradle.console=plain --continue
+      shell: bash
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diff --git a/.github/actions/helm.dockerfile b/.github/actions/helm.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6170b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/helm.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+FROM ghcr.io/openzipkin/alpine:3.12.1
+
+# Use latest recommended version here
+ARG HELM_VERSION=3.4.2
+
+WORKDIR /usr/local/bin
+
+# Install Helm, helm-gcs plugin, git and openssh-client
+RUN apk --update --no-cache add curl git openssh-client && \
+  curl -sSL https://get.helm.sh/helm-v${HELM_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar xz \
+  --strip=1 linux-amd64/helm && \
+  helm plugin install https://github.com/hayorov/helm-gcs.git --version 0.3.6 && \
+  apk del curl --purge && \
+  rm -rf ~/.cache ~/.local/share/helm/plugins/helm-gcs.git/.git && \
+  helm version && helm plugin list
+
+ENV HELM_PLUGINS=/root/.local/share/helm/plugins
+
+# Copies your code file from your action repository to the filesystem path `/` of the container
+COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+
+# Code file to execute when the docker container starts up (`entrypoint.sh`)
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/.github/actions/validate-charts/action.yml b/.github/actions/validate-charts/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53d5ff89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/validate-charts/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: 'Validate helm charts'
+description: 'prevalidate helm chart template before its deployment; executes helm lint and helm template commands'
+inputs:
+  chart-path:
+    description: 'Path to helm chart directory'
+    required: true
+    default: './helm'
+runs:
+  using: 'docker'
+  image: '../helm.dockerfile'
+  args: 
+    - validate
+    - ${{ inputs.chart-path }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
index d3d790d3..90be9306 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ jobs:
             gradle-packages-${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Unit test
-        run: ./gradlew jacocoTestReport
+        uses: hypertrace/github-actions/gradle@main
+        with: 
+          args: jacocoTestReport
+
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
@@ -39,21 +42,46 @@ jobs:
           flags: unit
 
       - name: Integration test
-        run: ./gradlew jacocoIntegrationTestReport
-
+        uses: hypertrace/github-actions/gradle@main
+        with: 
+          args: jacocoIntegrationTestReport
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
         with:
           name: integration test reports
           fail_ci_if_error: true
           flags: integration
-
-      - name: Copy test reports
-        run: ./gradlew copyAllReports --output-dir=/tmp/test-reports
+     
+      - name: copy test reports
+        uses: hypertrace/github-actions/gradle@main
+        with: 
+          args: copyAllReports --output-dir=/tmp/test-reports
 
       - name: Archive test reports
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
         with:
           name: test-reports
           path: /tmp/test-reports
-        if: ${{ always() }}
+        if: always()
+
+      - name: Publish Unit Test Results
+        uses: docker://ghcr.io/enricomi/publish-unit-test-result-action:v1.6
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          files: ./**/build/test-results/**/*.xml
+
+  validate-helm-charts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
+          repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: validate charts
+        uses: hypertrace/github-actions/gradle@main
+
+ 
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