diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 8f7c2c00e2..623d026b5a 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ steps:
     group: format
     image: tmknom/prettier:3.0.0
     commands:
-      - prettier -c . '!**/volumes' '!**/dist' '!target' '!**/translations' '!.cargo_home'
+      - prettier -c . '!**/volumes' '!**/dist' '!target' '!**/translations'
 
   toml_fmt:
     group: format
@@ -84,11 +84,8 @@ steps:
       - IGNORED=$(git ls-files --cached -i --exclude-standard)
       - if [[ "$IGNORED" ]]; then echo "Ignored files present:\n$IGNORED\n"; exit 1; fi
 
-  # Restore build cache. This must run even when `*slow_check_paths` is not fulfilled, because otherwise
-  # rebuild-cache throws an error on missing files, and `when` conditions are always combined with *and*,
-  # so there is no way to rebuild cache only on main branch *and* slow_check_paths.
+  # restore cache unconditionally to avoid failures in rebuild-cache
   restore-cache:
-    group: format
     image: meltwater/drone-cache:v1
     pull: true
     settings:
@@ -112,6 +109,83 @@ steps:
       exit_code: true
     secrets:
       [MINIO_ENDPOINT, MINIO_WRITE_USER, MINIO_WRITE_PASSWORD, MINIO_BUCKET]
+    when: *slow_check_paths
+
+  # make sure api builds with default features (used by other crates relying on lemmy api)
+  check_api_common_default_features:
+    image: *rust_image
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      - cargo check --package lemmy_api_common
+    when: *slow_check_paths
+
+  lemmy_api_common_doesnt_depend_on_diesel:
+    image: *rust_image
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      - "! cargo tree -p lemmy_api_common --no-default-features -i diesel"
+    when: *slow_check_paths
+
+  lemmy_api_common_works_with_wasm:
+    image: *rust_image
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      - "rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown"
+      - "cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -p lemmy_api_common"
+    when: *slow_check_paths
+
+  check_defaults_hjson_updated:
+    image: *rust_image
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      - export LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=./config/config.hjson
+      - ./scripts/update_config_defaults.sh config/defaults_current.hjson
+      - diff config/defaults.hjson config/defaults_current.hjson
+    when: *slow_check_paths
+
+  check_diesel_schema:
+    image: willsquire/diesel-cli
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+      DATABASE_URL: postgres://lemmy:password@database:5432/lemmy
+    commands:
+      - diesel migration run
+      - diesel print-schema --config-file=diesel.toml > tmp.schema
+      - diff tmp.schema crates/db_schema/src/schema.rs
+    when: *slow_check_paths
+
+  check_diesel_migration_revertable:
+    image: willsquire/diesel-cli
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+      DATABASE_URL: postgres://lemmy:password@database:5432/lemmy
+    commands:
+      - diesel migration run
+      - diesel migration redo
+    when: *slow_check_paths
+
+  cargo_clippy:
+    image: *rust_image
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      # when adding new clippy lints, make sure to also add them in scripts/lint.sh
+      - rustup component add clippy
+      - cargo clippy --workspace --tests --all-targets --features console -- -D warnings
+    when: *slow_check_paths
+
+  cargo_build:
+    image: *rust_image
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      - cargo build
+      - mv target/debug/lemmy_server target/lemmy_server
+    when: *slow_check_paths
 
   cargo_test:
     group: tests
@@ -123,7 +197,20 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - export LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=../../config/config.hjson
       - cargo test --workspace --no-fail-fast
-      - ls -la ".cargo_home" "target" "api_tests/node_modules"
+    when: *slow_check_paths
+
+  run_federation_tests:
+    group: tests
+    image: node:20-bookworm-slim
+    environment:
+      LEMMY_DATABASE_URL: postgres://lemmy:password@database:5432
+      DO_WRITE_HOSTS_FILE: "1"
+    commands:
+      - apt update && apt install -y bash curl postgresql-client
+      - bash api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
+      - cd api_tests/
+      - yarn
+      - yarn api-test
     when: *slow_check_paths
 
   rebuild-cache:
@@ -142,7 +229,7 @@ steps:
       cache_key: "rust-cache"
       region: us-east-1
       path-style: true
-      backend_operation_timeout: 60m
+      backend_operation_timeout: 30m
       compression_level: 0
       mount:
         - ".cargo_home"
@@ -151,9 +238,9 @@ steps:
       exit_code: true
     secrets:
       [MINIO_ENDPOINT, MINIO_WRITE_USER, MINIO_WRITE_PASSWORD, MINIO_BUCKET]
-    #when:
-    #  - event: push
-    #    branch: main
+    when:
+      - event: push
+        branch: main
 
   publish_release_docker:
     image: woodpeckerci/plugin-docker-buildx