diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index a430359e27d..a563ee0682a 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ This module returns a Drone configuration including pipelines and secrets.
 """
 
 load("scripts/drone/events/main.star", "main_pipelines")
-load("scripts/drone/events/pr.star", "pr_pipelines")
 load(
     "scripts/drone/events/release.star",
     "publish_artifacts_pipelines",
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ load("scripts/drone/vault.star", "secrets")
 
 def main(_ctx):
     return (
-        pr_pipelines() +
         main_pipelines() +
         rrc_patch_pipelines() +
         publish_image_pipelines_public() +
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 2ca377f28a9..52bdd9dc125 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -8,498 +8,6 @@ image_pull_secrets:
 - gcr
 - gar
 kind: pipeline
-name: pr-verify-drone
-node:
-  type: no-parallel
-platform:
-  arch: amd64
-  os: linux
-services: []
-steps:
-- commands:
-  - echo $DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
-  image: alpine:3.21.3
-  name: identify-runner
-- commands:
-  - go build -o ./bin/build -ldflags '-extldflags -static' ./pkg/build/cmd
-  depends_on: []
-  environment:
-    CGO_ENABLED: 0
-  image: golang:1.24.5-alpine
-  name: compile-build-cmd
-- commands:
-  - ./bin/build verify-drone
-  depends_on:
-  - compile-build-cmd
-  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
-  name: lint-drone
-trigger:
-  event:
-  - pull_request
-  paths:
-    exclude:
-    - docs/**
-    - '*.md'
-    include:
-    - scripts/drone/**
-    - .drone.yml
-    - .drone.star
-type: docker
-volumes:
-- host:
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-  name: docker
----
-clone:
-  retries: 3
-depends_on: []
-environment:
-  EDITION: oss
-image_pull_secrets:
-- gcr
-- gar
-kind: pipeline
-name: pr-verify-starlark
-node:
-  type: no-parallel
-platform:
-  arch: amd64
-  os: linux
-services: []
-steps:
-- commands:
-  - echo $DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
-  image: alpine:3.21.3
-  name: identify-runner
-- commands:
-  - go install github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/buildifier@latest
-  - buildifier --lint=warn -mode=check -r .
-  depends_on: []
-  image: golang:1.24.5-alpine
-  name: lint-starlark
-trigger:
-  event:
-  - pull_request
-  paths:
-    exclude:
-    - docs/**
-    - '*.md'
-    include:
-    - scripts/drone/**
-    - .drone.star
-type: docker
-volumes:
-- host:
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-  name: docker
----
-clone:
-  retries: 3
-depends_on: []
-environment:
-  EDITION: oss
-image_pull_secrets:
-- gcr
-- gar
-kind: pipeline
-name: pr-build-e2e
-node:
-  type: no-parallel
-platform:
-  arch: amd64
-  os: linux
-services: []
-steps:
-- commands:
-  - echo $(/usr/bin/github-app-external-token) > /github-app/token
-  environment:
-    GITHUB_APP_ID:
-      from_secret: github-app-app-id
-    GITHUB_APP_INSTALLATION_ID:
-      from_secret: github-app-installation-id
-    GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY:
-      from_secret: github-app-private-key
-  failure: ignore
-  image: us-docker.pkg.dev/grafanalabs-global/docker-deployment-tools-prod/github-app-secret-writer:2024-11-05-v11688112090.1-83920c59
-  name: github-app-generate-token
-  volumes:
-  - name: github-app
-    path: /github-app
-- commands:
-  - echo $DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
-  image: alpine:3.21.3
-  name: identify-runner
-- commands:
-  - mkdir -p bin
-  - curl -fL -o bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v3.1.2/grabpl
-  - chmod +x bin/grabpl
-  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
-  name: grabpl
-- commands:
-  - go build -o ./bin/build -ldflags '-extldflags -static' ./pkg/build/cmd
-  depends_on: []
-  environment:
-    CGO_ENABLED: 0
-  image: golang:1.24.5-alpine
-  name: compile-build-cmd
-- commands:
-  - '# It is required that code generated from Thema/CUE be committed and in sync
-    with its inputs.'
-  - '# The following command will fail if running code generators produces any diff
-    in output.'
-  - apk add --update make
-  - CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-cue
-  depends_on: []
-  image: golang:1.24.5-alpine
-  name: verify-gen-cue
-- commands:
-  - '# It is required that generated jsonnet is committed and in sync with its inputs.'
-  - '# The following command will fail if running code generators produces any diff
-    in output.'
-  - apk add --update make
-  - CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-jsonnet
-  depends_on: []
-  image: golang:1.24.5-alpine
-  name: verify-gen-jsonnet
-- commands:
-  - yarn install --immutable || yarn install --immutable
-  depends_on: []
-  image: node:22.16.0-alpine
-  name: yarn-install
-- commands:
-  - apk add --update jq bash
-  - yarn packages:build
-  - yarn packages:pack
-  - ./scripts/validate-npm-packages.sh
-  depends_on:
-  - yarn-install
-  environment:
-    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
-  image: node:22.16.0-alpine
-  name: build-frontend-packages
-- failure: ignore
-  image: grafana/drone-downstream
-  name: trigger-enterprise-downstream
-  settings:
-    params:
-    - SOURCE_BUILD_NUMBER=${DRONE_COMMIT}
-    - SOURCE_COMMIT=${DRONE_COMMIT}
-    - OSS_PULL_REQUEST=${DRONE_PULL_REQUEST}
-    repositories:
-    - grafana/grafana-enterprise@${DRONE_SOURCE_BRANCH}
-    server: https://drone.grafana.net
-    token:
-      from_secret: drone_token
-- commands:
-  - wget -qO- https://github.com/dagger/dagger/releases/download/v0.18.8/dagger_v0.18.8_linux_amd64.tar.gz
-    | tar zx -C /bin
-  - apk add docker
-  - docker run --privileged --rm tonistiigi/binfmt:qemu-v7.0.0-28 --version
-  - docker run --privileged --rm tonistiigi/binfmt:qemu-v7.0.0-28 --uninstall 'qemu-*'
-  - docker run --privileged --rm tonistiigi/binfmt:qemu-v7.0.0-28 --install all
-  - go run ./pkg/build/cmd artifacts -a targz:grafana:linux/amd64 -a targz:grafana:linux/arm64
-    -a targz:grafana:linux/arm/v7 -a docker:grafana:linux/amd64 -a docker:grafana:linux/amd64:ubuntu
-    -a docker:grafana:linux/arm64 -a docker:grafana:linux/arm64:ubuntu -a docker:grafana:linux/arm/v7
-    -a docker:grafana:linux/arm/v7:ubuntu --yarn-cache=$$YARN_CACHE_FOLDER --build-id=$$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER
-    --ubuntu-base=ubuntu-base --alpine-base=alpine-base --tag-format='{{ .version_base
-    }}-{{ .buildID }}-{{ .arch }}' --ubuntu-tag-format='{{ .version_base }}-{{ .buildID
-    }}-ubuntu-{{ .arch }}' --verify='false' --grafana-dir=$$PWD > packages.txt
-  - find ./dist -name '*docker*.tar.gz' -type f | xargs -n1 docker load -i
-  depends_on:
-  - yarn-install
-  environment:
-    _EXPERIMENTAL_DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN:
-      from_secret: dagger_token
-  image: golang:1.24.5-alpine
-  name: rgm-package
-  pull: always
-  volumes:
-  - name: docker
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-- commands:
-  - ./bin/grabpl artifacts docker publish --dockerhub-repo grafana/grafana
-  depends_on:
-  - rgm-package
-  environment:
-    DOCKER_PASSWORD:
-      from_secret: docker_password
-    DOCKER_USER:
-      from_secret: docker_username
-    GITHUB_APP_ID: "329617"
-    GITHUB_APP_INSTALLATION_ID: "37346161"
-    GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY:
-      from_secret: delivery-bot-app-private-key
-  failure: ignore
-  image: google/cloud-sdk:431.0.0
-  name: publish-images-grafana
-  volumes:
-  - name: docker
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-- commands:
-  - yarn e2e:plugin:build
-  depends_on:
-  - yarn-install
-  environment:
-    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
-  image: node:22.16.0-alpine
-  name: build-test-plugins
-- commands:
-  - apk add --update tar bash
-  - mkdir grafana
-  - tar --strip-components=1 -xvf ./dist/*amd64.tar.gz -C grafana
-  - cp -r devenv scripts tools grafana && cd grafana && ./scripts/grafana-server/start-server
-  depends_on:
-  - rgm-package
-  detach: true
-  environment:
-    GF_APP_MODE: development
-    GF_SERVER_HTTP_PORT: "3001"
-    GF_SERVER_ROUTER_LOGGING: "1"
-  image: alpine:3.21.3
-  name: grafana-server
-- commands:
-  - GITHUB_TOKEN=$(cat /github-app/token)
-  - cd /
-  - ./cpp-e2e/scripts/ci-run.sh azure ${DRONE_SOURCE_BRANCH}
-  depends_on:
-  - grafana-server
-  - github-app-generate-token
-  environment:
-    AZURE_SP_APP_ID:
-      from_secret: azure_sp_app_id
-    AZURE_SP_PASSWORD:
-      from_secret: azure_sp_app_pw
-    AZURE_TENANT:
-      from_secret: azure_tenant
-    CYPRESS_CI: "true"
-    HOST: grafana-server
-  image: us-docker.pkg.dev/grafanalabs-dev/docker-oss-plugin-partnerships-dev/e2e-14.3.2:1.0.0
-  name: end-to-end-tests-cloud-plugins-suite-azure
-  volumes:
-  - name: github-app
-    path: /github-app
-  when:
-    paths:
-      include:
-      - pkg/tsdb/azuremonitor/**
-      - public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/**
-      - e2e/cloud-plugins-suite/azure-monitor.spec.ts
-    repo:
-    - grafana/grafana
-- commands:
-  - npx wait-on@7.0.1 http://$HOST:$PORT
-  - yarn playwright install --with-deps chromium
-  - GRAFANA_URL=http://$HOST:$PORT yarn e2e:playwright --grep @plugins
-  depends_on:
-  - grafana-server
-  - build-test-plugins
-  environment:
-    HOST: grafana-server
-    PORT: "3001"
-    PROV_DIR: /grafana/scripts/grafana-server/tmp/conf/provisioning
-  image: node:22-bookworm
-  name: playwright-plugin-e2e
-- commands:
-  - apt-get update
-  - apt-get install -yq zip
-  - printenv GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY > /tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
-  - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
-  - gsutil cp -r ./playwright-report/. gs://releng-pipeline-artifacts-dev/${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}/playwright-report
-  - export E2E_PLAYWRIGHT_REPORT_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/releng-pipeline-artifacts-dev/${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}/playwright-report/index.html
-  - "echo \"E2E Playwright report uploaded to: \n $${E2E_PLAYWRIGHT_REPORT_URL}\""
-  depends_on:
-  - playwright-plugin-e2e
-  environment:
-    GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY:
-      from_secret: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
-  failure: ignore
-  image: google/cloud-sdk:431.0.0
-  name: playwright-e2e-report-upload
-  when:
-    status:
-    - success
-    - failure
-- commands:
-  - GITHUB_TOKEN=$(cat /github-app/token)
-  - if [ ! -d ./playwright-report/trace ]; then echo 'all tests passed'; exit 0; fi
-  - export E2E_PLAYWRIGHT_REPORT_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/releng-pipeline-artifacts-dev/${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}/playwright-report/index.html
-  - 'curl -L -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/grafana/grafana/issues/${DRONE_PULL_REQUEST}/comments
-    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $${GITHUB_TOKEN}"
-    -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" -d "{\"body\":\"❌ Failed to run Playwright
-    plugin e2e tests. <br /> <br /> Click [here]($${E2E_PLAYWRIGHT_REPORT_URL}) to
-    browse the Playwright report and trace viewer. <br /> For information on how to
-    run Playwright tests locally, refer to the [Developer guide](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/main/contribute/developer-guide.md#to-run-the-playwright-tests).
-    \"}"'
-  depends_on:
-  - playwright-e2e-report-upload
-  - github-app-generate-token
-  failure: ignore
-  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
-  name: playwright-e2e-report-post-link
-  volumes:
-  - name: github-app
-    path: /github-app
-  when:
-    status:
-    - success
-    - failure
-- commands:
-  - export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(cat /github-app/token)
-  - if [ -z `find ./e2e -type f -name *spec.ts.mp4` ]; then echo 'no e2e videos found
-    from remaining tests'; exit 0; fi
-  - apt-get update
-  - apt-get install -yq zip
-  - printenv GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY > /tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
-  - gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcpkey_upload_artifacts.json
-  - find ./e2e -type f -name "*spec.ts.mp4" | zip e2e/videos.zip -@
-  - gsutil cp e2e/videos.zip gs://$${E2E_TEST_ARTIFACTS_BUCKET}/${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}/artifacts/videos/videos.zip
-  - export E2E_ARTIFACTS_VIDEO_ZIP=https://storage.googleapis.com/$${E2E_TEST_ARTIFACTS_BUCKET}/${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}/artifacts/videos/videos.zip
-  - 'echo "E2E Test artifacts uploaded to: $${E2E_ARTIFACTS_VIDEO_ZIP}"'
-  - 'curl -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/${DRONE_REPO}/statuses/${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA}
-    -H "Authorization: token $${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -d "{\"state\":\"success\",\"target_url\":\"$${E2E_ARTIFACTS_VIDEO_ZIP}\",
-    \"description\": \"Click on the details to download e2e recording videos\", \"context\":
-    \"e2e_artifacts\"}"'
-  depends_on:
-  - end-to-end-tests-cloud-plugins-suite-azure
-  - playwright-plugin-e2e
-  - github-app-generate-token
-  environment:
-    E2E_TEST_ARTIFACTS_BUCKET: releng-pipeline-artifacts-dev
-    GCP_GRAFANA_UPLOAD_ARTIFACTS_KEY:
-      from_secret: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
-  failure: ignore
-  image: google/cloud-sdk:431.0.0
-  name: e2e-tests-artifacts-upload
-  volumes:
-  - name: github-app
-    path: /github-app
-  when:
-    status:
-    - success
-    - failure
-- commands:
-  - yarn storybook:build
-  - ./bin/build verify-storybook
-  depends_on:
-  - rgm-package
-  - build-frontend-packages
-  environment:
-    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=4096
-  image: node:22.16.0-alpine
-  name: build-storybook
-  when:
-    paths:
-      include:
-      - packages/grafana-ui/**
-- commands:
-  - npx wait-on@7.0.1 http://$HOST:$PORT
-  - pa11y-ci --config e2e/pa11yci.conf.js
-  depends_on:
-  - grafana-server
-  environment:
-    GRAFANA_MISC_STATS_API_KEY:
-      from_secret: grafana_misc_stats_api_key
-    HOST: grafana-server
-    NO_THRESHOLDS: "false"
-    PORT: 3001
-  failure: always
-  image: grafana/docker-puppeteer:1.1.0
-  name: test-a11y-frontend
-trigger:
-  event:
-  - pull_request
-  paths:
-    exclude:
-    - '*.md'
-    - docs/**
-    - latest.json
-type: docker
-volumes:
-- host:
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-  name: docker
-- name: github-app
-  temp: {}
----
-clone:
-  retries: 3
-depends_on: []
-environment:
-  EDITION: oss
-image_pull_secrets:
-- gcr
-- gar
-kind: pipeline
-name: pr-docs
-node:
-  type: no-parallel
-platform:
-  arch: amd64
-  os: linux
-services: []
-steps:
-- commands:
-  - echo $DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
-  image: alpine:3.21.3
-  name: identify-runner
-- commands:
-  - yarn install --immutable || yarn install --immutable
-  depends_on: []
-  image: node:22.16.0-alpine
-  name: yarn-install
-- commands:
-  - yarn run prettier:checkDocs
-  depends_on:
-  - yarn-install
-  environment:
-    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
-  image: node:22.16.0-alpine
-  name: lint-docs
-- commands:
-  - mkdir -p /hugo/content/docs/grafana/latest
-  - 'echo -e ''---\nredirectURL: /docs/grafana/latest/\ntype: redirect\nversioned:
-    true\n---\n'' > /hugo/content/docs/grafana/_index.md'
-  - cp -r docs/sources/* /hugo/content/docs/grafana/latest/
-  - cd /hugo && make prod
-  image: grafana/docs-base:latest
-  name: build-docs-website
-  pull: always
-- commands:
-  - '# It is required that code generated from Thema/CUE be committed and in sync
-    with its inputs.'
-  - '# The following command will fail if running code generators produces any diff
-    in output.'
-  - apk add --update make
-  - CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-cue
-  depends_on: []
-  image: golang:1.24.5-alpine
-  name: verify-gen-cue
-trigger:
-  event:
-  - pull_request
-  paths:
-    include:
-    - '*.md'
-    - docs/**
-    - packages/**/*.md
-    - latest.json
-  repo:
-  - grafana/grafana
-type: docker
-volumes:
-- host:
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-  name: docker
----
-clone:
-  retries: 3
-depends_on: []
-environment:
-  EDITION: oss
-image_pull_secrets:
-- gcr
-- gar
-kind: pipeline
 name: main-docs
 node:
   type: no-parallel
@@ -2365,8 +1873,3 @@ get:
   path: secret/data/common/gcr
 kind: secret
 name: gcr_credentials
----
-kind: signature
-hmac: bfbdbe4aeedbcdc8778dd67abdfe94a75a20bdb314d1c53418cf2c2ea7a9f0c9
-
-...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml
index 6ceff2b9d45..5c9ad0e71d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
     permissions:
       contents: read
-    outputs:
-      artifact: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.artifact }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/cache@v4
         id: cache
         with:
-          key: "build-grafana-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('yarn.lock', 'public/*',  'packages/*', 'pkg/**/*.go', '**/go.mod', '**/go.sum', '!**_test.go', '!**.test.ts', '!**.test.tsx') }}"
+          key: "build-grafana-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('yarn.lock', 'public/*',  'packages/*', 'pkg/**/*.go', '**/go.mod', '**/go.sum', '!**_test.go', '!**.test.ts', '!**.test.tsx', 'Dockerfile') }}"
           path: |
             build-dir
 
@@ -67,15 +65,16 @@ jobs:
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
           verb: run
-          args: go run ./pkg/build/cmd artifacts -a targz:grafana:linux/amd64 --grafana-dir="${PWD}" > out.txt
+          args: go run ./pkg/build/cmd artifacts -a targz:grafana:linux/amd64 -a docker:grafana:linux/amd64 --grafana-dir="${PWD}" > out.txt
       - name: Cat built artifact
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: cat out.txt
-      - name: Move built artifact
+      - name: Move built artifacts
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
           mkdir -p build-dir
-          mv "$(cat out.txt)" build-dir/grafana.tar.gz
+          mv "$(grep 'grafana_.*tar.gz$' out.txt | grep -Fv -m1 'docker')" build-dir/grafana.tar.gz
+          mv "$(grep 'grafana_.*docker.tar.gz$' out.txt)" build-dir/grafana.docker.tar.gz
 
       # If cache hit, validate the artifact is present
       - name: Validate artifact
@@ -90,14 +89,20 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "artifact=grafana-server-${{github.run_number}}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         id: artifact
 
-      - name: Upload artifact
+      - name: Upload grafana.tar.gz
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        id: upload
         with:
           retention-days: 1
-          name: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.artifact }}
+          name: grafana-tar-gz
           path: build-dir/grafana.tar.gz
 
+      - name: Upload grafana docker tarball
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          retention-days: 1
+          name: grafana-docker-tar-gz
+          path: build-dir/grafana.docker.tar.gz
+
   # TODO: we won't need this when we only have playwright
   build-e2e-runner:
     needs: detect-changes
@@ -131,6 +136,66 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.artifact }}
           path: e2e-runner
 
+  push-docker-image:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - build-grafana
+    steps:
+      - id: vault-secrets
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@main
+        with:
+          repo_secrets: |
+            GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM=delivery-bot-app:PRIVATE_KEY
+      - name: Generate token
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@3beb63f4bd073e61482598c45c71c1019b59b73a
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ vars.DELIVERY_BOT_APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ env.GRAFANA_DELIVERY_BOT_APP_PEM }}
+          repositories: '["grafana"]'
+          permissions: '{"checks": "write"}'
+      - uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/login-to-gar@main
+        id: login-to-gar
+        with:
+          registry: 'us-docker.pkg.dev'
+          environment: 'dev'
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093
+        with:
+          name: grafana-docker-tar-gz
+          path: .
+      - name: Load & Push Docker image
+        env:
+          BUILD_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          LOADED_IMAGE_NAME=$(docker load -i grafana.docker.tar.gz | sed 's/Loaded image: //g')
+          VERSION=$(echo "${LOADED_IMAGE_NAME}" | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+          DOCKER_IMAGE="us-docker.pkg.dev/grafanalabs-dev/docker-grafana-dev/grafana:${VERSION}-${BUILD_ID}"
+          docker tag "${LOADED_IMAGE_NAME}" "${DOCKER_IMAGE}"
+          docker push "${DOCKER_IMAGE}"
+          echo "IMAGE=${DOCKER_IMAGE}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Add PR status check
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+          SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+        run: |
+          gh api \
+            --method POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            /repos/grafana/grafana/check-runs \
+           -f "name=${IMAGE}" \
+           -f "head_sha=${SHA}" \
+           -f 'status=completed' \
+           -f 'conclusion=neutral' \
+           -f 'output[title]=Docker image' \
+           -f "output[summary]=${IMAGE}" \
+           -f "output[text]=${IMAGE}"
+
   run-e2e-tests:
     needs:
       - build-grafana
@@ -166,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: ${{ needs.build-grafana.outputs.artifact }}
+          name: grafana-tar-gz
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ needs.build-e2e-runner.outputs.artifact }}
@@ -242,7 +307,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: ${{ needs.build-grafana.outputs.artifact }}
+          name: grafana-tar-gz
       - name: Run E2E tests
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
@@ -354,7 +419,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: ${{ needs.build-grafana.outputs.artifact }}
+          name: grafana-tar-gz
       - name: Run PR a11y test
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e