diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/t.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/t.yaml
index 27f3f31..c86e040 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/t.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/t.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ jobs:
         run: whoami
       - name: pwd
         run: pwd
+      - name: free disk space if needed
+        run: |
+          df -h
+          df -H . | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $5 }' | grep -oE '[0-9]+'
+          test 85 -lt "$(df -H . | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $5 }' | grep -oE '[0-9]+')" || echo too low space will attempt to clean
+          test 85 -lt "$(df -H . | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $5 }' | grep -oE '[0-9]+')" || bash -xc 'go clean cache'
+          test 85 -lt "$(df -H . | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $5 }' | grep -oE '[0-9]+')" || bash -xc 'podman rmi -a -f'
+          df -h
+          df -H . | tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $5 }' | grep -oE '[0-9]+'
       - name: vars
         run: |
           set | grep GITEA_
@@ -45,6 +54,26 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: py.test-3.11 -v tests
         working-directory: ./autogits/integration
+      - name: podman ps
+        if: failure()
+        run: podman ps
+      - name: workflow pr log
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo $(podman-compose logs workflow-pr | wc -l)
+        working-directory: ./autogits/integration
+      - name: workflow pr log
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "here are the logs:"
+          podman-compose logs workflow-pr
+        working-directory: ./autogits/integration
+      - name: gitea log
+        if: failure()
+        run: podman logs gitea-test
+      - name: gitea publisher log
+        if: failure()
+        run: podman logs gitea-publisher
       - name: Make sure the pod is down
         if: always()
         run: make down
diff --git a/integration/tests/workflow_pr_review_test.py b/integration/tests/workflow_pr_review_test.py
index f3985c8..30dd031 100644
--- a/integration/tests/workflow_pr_review_test.py
+++ b/integration/tests/workflow_pr_review_test.py
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ index 0000000..e69de29
 
 
 @pytest.mark.t005
-# @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="TBD troubleshoot")
 def test_005_any_maintainer_approval_sufficient(maintainer_env, ownerA_client, ownerBB_client):
     """
     Test scenario:
@@ -233,7 +232,6 @@ index 0000000..e69de29
 
 
 @pytest.mark.t006
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="tbd flacky in ci")
 def test_006_maintainer_rejection_removes_other_requests(maintainer_env, ownerA_client, ownerBB_client):
     """
     Test scenario:
@@ -287,7 +285,6 @@ index 0000000..e69de29
 
 
 @pytest.mark.t007
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="TBD troubleshoot")
 def test_007_review_required_needs_all_approvals(review_required_env, ownerA_client, ownerBB_client):
     """
     Test scenario: