diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest-rl.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest-rl.yml
index 21d2e7d..2f0fbdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest-rl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest-rl.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - "src/lpsim/env/**/*.py"
+      - "tests_env/**"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "src/lpsim/env/**/*.py"
+      - "tests_env/**"
   workflow_dispatch:
   workflow_call:
 
@@ -29,6 +31,12 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pip install -e ".[dev,rl]"
 
+    - name: Create pyrightconfig.json
+      run: |
+        echo '{
+          "typeCheckingMode": "basic"
+        }' > pyrightconfig.json
+
     - name: Run type check
       run: |
         pyright --version
@@ -37,9 +45,5 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run tests with coverage
       run: |
         python -m setuptools_scm
-        python -m pytest --cov
+        python -m pytest -c ./pytest_env.ini --cov
         coverage xml
-
-    - name: Upload coverage to Coveralls
-      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-      uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index e2bbbbc..28e12d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
       - "**/*.py"
       - "!src/lpsim/env/**"
       - "!src/lpsim/network/**"
+      - "!tests_env/**"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "src/**"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ on:
       - "**/*.py"
       - "!src/lpsim/env/**"
       - "!src/lpsim/network/**"
+      - "!tests_env/**"
   workflow_dispatch:
   workflow_call:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rl-build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/rl-build-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..221436c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/rl-build-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# test build CI, all the steps are the same as publish.yml, except will not publish
+# to pypi or doing tests.
+name: RL Test Build
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - "src/lpsim/env/**/*.py"
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "src/lpsim/env/**/*.py"
+
+jobs:
+
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0  # Shallow clones should be disabled for setuptools_scm
+        fetch-tags: true  # Fetch all tags for setuptools_scm
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.10'
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install ".[rl]"
+
+    - name: Fetch tags and print
+      run: |
+        git tag
+        python -m setuptools_scm
+
+    - name: Create distributions
+      run: |
+        python -m build
+
+    - name: Upload artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: package-rl
+        path: dist/*