diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 17f032a..1d7b788 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -5,16 +5,7 @@
 # - Update some actions to more recent versions
 
 name: release
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    # Run tests for change on the main branch ...
-    - main
-    tags-ignore:
-    # ... but not for tags (avoids duplicate work).
-    - '**'
-  pull_request:
-  # Run tests on pull requests
+on: push
 
 env:
   # This is not critical
diff --git a/stepup/core/workflow.py b/stepup/core/workflow.py
index cc0c198..e38845c 100644
--- a/stepup/core/workflow.py
+++ b/stepup/core/workflow.py
@@ -513,7 +513,6 @@ def filter_deferred(self, paths: list[str]) -> list[str]:
             all_paths = []
             while not (path is None or f"file:{path}" in self.nodes):
                 all_paths.insert(0, path)
-                print(all_paths)
                 path = myparent(path)
             for path_up in all_paths:
                 dg = self.matching_deferred_glob(path_up)
diff --git a/tests/test_workflow.py b/tests/test_workflow.py
index 7f41438..236afaf 100644
--- a/tests/test_workflow.py
+++ b/tests/test_workflow.py
@@ -1650,3 +1650,50 @@ def test_set_pool(wfp):
     plan.update_recording(wfp)
     assert plan.recording.defined_pools == {"random": 2}
     check_workflow_unstructure(wfp)
+
+
+def test_filter_deferred1(wfp):
+    plan_key = "step:./plan.py"
+    assert wfp.defer_glob(plan_key, ["*.txt"]) == []
+    assert wfp.filter_deferred(["test.png", "test.txt", "other.txt", "sub/boom.txt"]) == [
+        "test.txt",
+        "other.txt",
+    ]
+    assert "file:test.png" not in wfp.nodes
+    assert wfp.get_file("file:test.txt").get_state(wfp) == FileState.MISSING
+    assert wfp.get_file("file:other.txt").get_state(wfp) == FileState.MISSING
+    assert "file:sub/boom.txt" not in wfp.nodes
+
+
+def test_filter_deferred2(wfp):
+    plan_key = "step:./plan.py"
+    assert wfp.defer_glob(plan_key, ["data/**"]) == []
+    assert wfp.filter_deferred(["data/test.txt", "data.txt"]) == ["data/", "data/test.txt"]
+    assert wfp.get_file("file:data/").get_state(wfp) == FileState.MISSING
+    assert wfp.get_file("file:data/test.txt").get_state(wfp) == FileState.MISSING
+    assert "file:data.txt" not in wfp.nodes
+
+
+def test_filter_deferred3(wfp):
+    plan_key = "step:./plan.py"
+    assert wfp.defer_glob(plan_key, ["data/**/foo.txt"]) == []
+    with pytest.raises(GraphError):
+        wfp.filter_deferred(["data/test/foo.txt"])
+    wfp.declare_static(plan_key, ["data/", "data/other/"])
+    assert wfp.filter_deferred(["data/other/foo.txt"]) == ["data/other/foo.txt"]
+
+
+def test_confirm_deferred(wfp):
+    plan_key = "step:./plan.py"
+    step_key = wfp.define_step(plan_key, "cat ${inp}", inp_paths=["test.txt"])
+    wfp.declare_static(plan_key, ["test.txt", "other.txt"], verified=False)
+    # static other.txt
+    assert wfp.get_file("file:other.txt").get_state(wfp) == FileState.MISSING
+    wfp.confirm_deferred(["other.txt"])
+    assert wfp.get_step(step_key).get_state(wfp) == StepState.PENDING
+    # static test.txt
+    assert wfp.get_file("file:test.txt").get_state(wfp) == FileState.MISSING
+    assert wfp.get_step(step_key).get_state(wfp) == StepState.PENDING
+    wfp.confirm_deferred(["test.txt"])
+    assert wfp.get_file("file:test.txt").get_state(wfp) == FileState.STATIC
+    assert wfp.get_step(step_key).get_state(wfp) == StepState.QUEUED