diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build-image.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-build-image.yml
index 09c18f24d5..a0b20983d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build-image.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: build cryostat image
+
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
@@ -10,10 +12,6 @@ on:
       build-arch:
         required: true
         type: string
-      skip-itests:
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
     outputs:
       image-version:
         description: the Cryostat application version that will be built
@@ -42,6 +40,8 @@ jobs:
 
   build-image:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
     needs: [get-pom-properties]
     steps:
     - name: Install qemu
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y qemu-user-static
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      if: always()
       with:
         repository: ${{ inputs.checkout-repo }}
         ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref }}
@@ -64,8 +63,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: maven-settings
       uses: s4u/maven-settings-action@v2
       with:
-        servers: '[{"id": "github", "username": "dummy", "password": "${env.GITHUB_TOKEN_REF}"}]'
         githubServer: false
+    - name: ghcr login
+      uses: redhat-actions/podman-login@v1
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}
+        username: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     - uses: skjolber/maven-cache-github-action@v1
       with:
         step: restore
@@ -83,49 +87,3 @@ jobs:
     - uses: skjolber/maven-cache-github-action@v1
       with:
         step: save
-
-  integration-tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build-image]
-    if: ${{ ! inputs.skip-itests }}
-    steps:
-    - name: Install xpath
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y libxml-xpath-perl
-    - name: Install qemu
-      if: ${{ inputs.build-arch != 'amd64' }}
-      continue-on-error: true
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y qemu-user-static
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      if: always()
-      with:
-        repository: ${{ inputs.checkout-repo }}
-        ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref }}
-        submodules: true
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        java-version: '17'
-        distribution: 'temurin'
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: cryostat-${{ inputs.build-arch }}
-    - name: Load cryostat image
-      run: podman load -i cryostat-${{ inputs.build-arch }}.tar
-    - uses: skjolber/maven-cache-github-action@v1
-      with:
-        step: restore
-    - name: Run integration tests
-      run: POD_NAME=cryostat-itests CONTAINER_NAME=cryostat-itest ITEST_IMG_VERSION=latest bash repeated-integration-tests.bash
-    - name: Print itest logs
-      if: failure()
-      run: ls -1dt target/cryostat-itest-*.log | head -n1 | xargs cat
-    - name: Print itest container logs
-      if: failure()
-      run: ls -1dt target/cryostat-*.server.log | head -n1 | xargs cat
-    - uses: skjolber/maven-cache-github-action@v1
-      with:
-        step: save
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integrated-test.yml b/.github/workflows/integrated-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f60f808f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/integrated-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+name: Retest Integration Tests
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      checkout-repo:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      checkout-ref:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      build-arch:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      pr-number:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      sha-value:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      skip-itests:
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: read
+
+jobs:
+  integration-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Install xpath
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y libxml-xpath-perl
+    - name: Install qemu
+      if: ${{ inputs.build-arch != 'amd64' }}
+      continue-on-error: true
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y qemu-user-static
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+          repository: ${{ inputs.checkout-repo }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref }}
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      with:
+        java-version: '17'
+        distribution: 'temurin'
+    - name: maven-settings
+      uses: s4u/maven-settings-action@v2
+      with:
+        githubServer: true
+    - name: ghcr login
+      uses: redhat-actions/podman-login@v1
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}
+        username: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Pull cryostat image
+      run: podman pull ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/cryostat:pr-${{ inputs.pr-number }}-${{ inputs.sha-value }}-linux-${{ inputs.build-arch }}
+    - name: retag image as quay
+      run: podman tag ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/cryostat:pr-${{ inputs.pr-number }}-${{ inputs.sha-value }}-linux-${{ inputs.build-arch}} quay.io/cryostat/cryostat
+    - name: Run integration tests
+      run: POD_NAME=cryostat-itests CONTAINER_NAME=cryostat-itest ITEST_IMG_VERSION=latest bash repeated-integration-tests.bash
+      env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Print itest logs
+      if: failure()
+      run: ls -1dt target/cryostat-itest-*.log | head -n1 | xargs cat
+    - name: Print itest container logs
+      if: failure()
+      run: ls -1dt target/cryostat-*.server.log | head -n1 | xargs catyea
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
index d32dc2a23a..f3abd44d7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check-before-build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'cryostatio' && github.event.issue.pull_request && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/build_test')
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'cryostatio' && github.event.issue.pull_request && (startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/build_test') || startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/retest'))
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-    - name: Fail if needs-triage label applied 
+    - name: Fail if needs-triage label applied
       if: ${{ contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'needs-triage') }}
       run: exit 1
     - name: Show warning if permission is denied
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ jobs:
               repo,
               comment_id: context.payload.comment.id,
               content: "+1",
-            });  
+            });
 
-  checkout-branch: 
+  checkout-branch:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [check-before-build]
-    outputs: 
+    outputs:
       PR_head_ref: ${{ fromJSON(steps.comment-branch.outputs.result).ref }}
       PR_head_sha: ${{ fromJSON(steps.comment-branch.outputs.result).sha }}
       PR_num: ${{ fromJSON(steps.comment-branch.outputs.result).num }}
@@ -69,13 +69,33 @@ jobs:
 
   code-analysis:
     needs: [checkout-branch]
+    if: startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/build_test')
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-code-analysis.yml
     with:
       checkout-repo: ${{ needs.checkout-branch.outputs.PR_repo }}
       checkout-ref: ${{ needs.checkout-branch.outputs.PR_head_ref }}
-      
-  build-and-test:
-    needs: [code-analysis, checkout-branch]
+
+  start-comment:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-before-build]
+    steps:
+    - name: Leave Actions Run Comment
+      uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const runURL = `https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}`;
+          const currentTime = new Date().toLocaleString('en-US', { timeZone: 'America/Toronto' });
+          const commentBody = `Workflow started at ${currentTime}. [View Actions Run](${runURL}).`;
+          github.rest.issues.createComment({
+            issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            body: commentBody
+          });
+
+  build-image:
+    needs: [checkout-branch]
+    if: github.event.issue.pull_request && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/build_test')
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: [amd64, arm64]
@@ -84,15 +104,14 @@ jobs:
       build-arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
       checkout-repo: ${{ needs.checkout-branch.outputs.PR_repo }}
       checkout-ref: ${{ needs.checkout-branch.outputs.PR_head_ref  }}
-      skip-itests: ${{ matrix.arch != 'amd64' }}
 
   push-to-ghcr:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build-and-test, checkout-branch]
+    needs: [checkout-branch, build-image]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: [amd64, arm64]
-    outputs: 
+    outputs:
       amd64_image: ${{ steps.amd64_image.outputs.image }}
       arm64_image: ${{ steps.arm64_image.outputs.image }}
     env:
@@ -138,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Create markdown table
       id: md-table
       uses: petems/csv-to-md-table-action@v3.0.0
-      with: 
+      with:
         csvinput: |
           ARCH, IMAGE
           amd64, ${{ env.amd64_image }}
@@ -150,9 +169,100 @@ jobs:
 
           To run smoketest:
           ```
-          # amd64          
+          # amd64
           CRYOSTAT_IMAGE=${{ env.amd64_image }} sh smoketest.sh
 
           # or arm64
           CRYOSTAT_IMAGE=${{ env.arm64_image }} sh smoketest.sh
           ```
+
+  integration-test:
+    needs: [checkout-branch, push-to-ghcr]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [amd64]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/integrated-test.yml
+    with:
+      build-arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      pr-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+      sha-value: ${{ needs.checkout-branch.outputs.PR_head_sha }}
+    
+  retest-integration:
+    needs: [checkout-branch]
+    if: contains(github.event.comment.body, '/retest')
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [amd64]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/integrated-test.yml
+    with:
+      build-arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      pr-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+      sha-value: ${{ needs.checkout-branch.outputs.PR_head_sha }}
+      
+  integration-test-pass:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [integration-test]
+    steps:
+    - name: Leave Actions Run Comment
+      uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const runURL = `https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}`;
+          const commentBody = `\`/build_test\` completed successfully ✅. \n[View Actions Run](${runURL}).`;
+          github.rest.issues.createComment({
+            issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            body: commentBody
+            });
+          
+  retest-integration-pass:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [retest-integration]
+    steps:
+    - name: Leave Actions Run Comment
+      uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const runURL = `https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}`;
+          const commentBody = `\`/retest\` Integration: All tests pass ✅. \n[View Actions Run](${runURL}).`;
+          github.rest.issues.createComment({
+            issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            body: commentBody
+            });
+  
+  comment-integration-test-fail:
+    if: (always() && contains(needs.*.result, 'failure'))
+    needs: [integration-test]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const runURL = `https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}`;
+          const commentBody = `\`/build_test\` : At least one test failed ❌. \n[View Actions Run](${runURL}).`;
+          github.rest.issues.createComment({
+            issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            body: commentBody
+            });
+
+  comment-retest-integration-fail:
+    if: (always() && contains(needs.*.result, 'failure'))
+    needs: [retest-integration]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const runURL = `https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}`;
+          const commentBody = `\`/retest\` Integration: At least one test failed ❌. \n[View Actions Run](${runURL}).`;
+          github.rest.issues.createComment({
+            issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            body: commentBody
+            });