diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-devel.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-devel.yaml
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+name: Kata Containers CI (manually triggered)
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  kata-containers-ci-on-push:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+    with:
+      commit-hash: ${{ github.sha }}
+      pr-number: "manually-triggered"
+      tag: ${{ github.sha }}-manually-triggered
+      target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+    secrets: inherit