diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b1bc3fe17d8..84b63b632d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       barretenberg-cpp: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.barretenberg-cpp }}
       noir: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.noir }}
       noir-projects: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.noir-projects }}
+      yarn-project: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.yarn-project }}
       txe: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.txe }}
       l1-contracts: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.l1-contracts }}
       non-docs: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.non-docs }}
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ jobs:
               - 'l1-contracts/**'
             noir-projects:
               - 'noir-projects/**'
+            yarn-project:
+              - 'yarn-project/**'
             txe:
               - 'yarn-project/txe/**'
             non-barretenberg-cpp:
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
       # prepare images locally, tagged by commit hash
       - name: "Build E2E Image"
         timeout-minutes: 40
-        if: (needs.configure.outputs.non-docs == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-misc-ci == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-barretenberg-cpp == 'true') || github.ref_name == 'master'
+        if: (needs.configure.outputs.non-docs == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-barretenberg-cpp == 'true') || github.ref_name == 'master'
         run: |
           earthly-ci ./yarn-project+export-e2e-test-images
       # We base our e2e list used in e2e-x86 off the targets in ./yarn-project/end-to-end
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
   # all the non-bench end-to-end integration tests for aztec
   e2e:
     needs: [build, configure]
-    if: (needs.configure.outputs.non-docs == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-misc-ci == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-barretenberg-cpp == 'true') || github.ref_name == 'master' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'e2e')
+    if: (needs.configure.outputs.non-docs == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-barretenberg-cpp == 'true') || github.ref_name == 'master' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'e2e')
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
   # all the benchmarking end-to-end integration tests for aztec (not required to merge)
   bench-e2e:
     needs: [build, configure]
-    if: needs.build.outputs.bench_list != '[]' && ((needs.configure.outputs.non-docs == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-misc-ci == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-barretenberg-cpp == 'true') || github.ref_name == 'master' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'bench'))
+    if: needs.build.outputs.bench_list != '[]' && ((needs.configure.outputs.non-docs == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-barretenberg-cpp == 'true') || github.ref_name == 'master' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'bench'))
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -525,7 +528,7 @@ jobs:
   noir-examples:
     needs: [build, configure]
     runs-on: ${{ needs.configure.outputs.username }}-x86
-    if: needs.configure.outputs.barretenberg == 'true' || needs.configure.outputs.noir == 'true'
+    if: needs.configure.outputs.noir == 'true'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: { ref: "${{ env.GIT_COMMIT }}" }
@@ -552,7 +555,7 @@ jobs:
   noir-projects:
     needs: [build, configure]
     runs-on: ${{ needs.configure.outputs.username }}-x86
-    if: needs.configure.outputs.barretenberg == 'true' || needs.configure.outputs.noir == 'true' || needs.configure.outputs.noir-projects == 'true' || needs.configure.outputs.txe == 'true'
+    if: needs.configure.outputs.noir == 'true' || needs.configure.outputs.noir-projects == 'true' || needs.configure.outputs.txe == 'true'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: { ref: "${{ env.GIT_COMMIT }}" }
@@ -581,6 +584,7 @@ jobs:
 
   yarn-project-formatting:
     needs: [build, configure]
+    if: needs.configure.outputs.yarn-project == 'true' || github.ref_name == 'master' 
     runs-on: ${{ needs.configure.outputs.username }}-x86
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -594,6 +598,7 @@ jobs:
 
   yarn-project-test:
     needs: [build, configure]
+    if: needs.configure.outputs.yarn-project == 'true' || github.ref_name == 'master' 
     runs-on: ${{ needs.configure.outputs.username }}-x86
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -608,6 +613,7 @@ jobs:
   prover-client-test:
     needs: [build, configure]
     runs-on: ${{ needs.configure.outputs.username }}-x86
+    if: needs.configure.outputs.yarn-project == 'true' || github.ref_name == 'master' 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: { ref: "${{ env.GIT_COMMIT }}" }
@@ -621,6 +627,7 @@ jobs:
   # proving disabled
   network-test:
     needs: [build, configure]
+    if: needs.configure.outputs.yarn-project == 'true'
     runs-on: ${{ needs.configure.outputs.username }}-x86
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 1
@@ -642,6 +649,7 @@ jobs:
   # note: proving disabled
   kind-network-test:
     needs: [build, configure]
+    if: needs.configure.output.yarn-project == 'true'
     runs-on: ${{ needs.configure.outputs.username }}-x86
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -797,7 +805,7 @@ jobs:
 
   protocol-circuits-gates-report:
     needs: [build, configure]
-    if: needs.configure.outputs.non-docs == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-misc-ci == 'true'
+    if: needs.configure.outputs.non-docs == 'true' && needs.configure.outputs.non-barretenberg-cpp == 'true'
     runs-on: ${{ needs.configure.outputs.username }}-x86
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write