diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 64363540c79..107396a4ee3 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -754,6 +754,9 @@ embed.go @grafana/grafana-as-code
 /.github/pr-checks.json @tolzhabayev
 /.github/pr-commands.json @tolzhabayev
 /.github/renovate.json5 @grafana/frontend-ops
+/.github/actions/report-coverage @grafana/grafana-backend-group
+/.github/actions/run-backend-tests @grafana/grafana-backend-group
+/.github/actions/setup-enterprise @grafana/grafana-backend-group
 /.github/workflows/add-to-whats-new.yml @grafana/docs-tooling
 /.github/workflows/auto-triager/ @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend
 /.github/workflows/alerting-swagger-gen.yml @grafana/alerting-backend
@@ -761,7 +764,6 @@ embed.go @grafana/grafana-as-code
 /.github/workflows/auto-milestone.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
 /.github/workflows/backport.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
 /.github/workflows/bump-version.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
-/.github/workflows/backend-coverage.yml @Proximyst
 /.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
 /.github/workflows/release-pr.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
 /.github/workflows/release-comms.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
@@ -787,6 +789,7 @@ embed.go @grafana/grafana-as-code
 /.github/workflows/pr-codeql-analysis-python.yml @DanCech
 /.github/workflows/pr-commands.yml @tolzhabayev
 /.github/workflows/pr-patch-check.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
+/.github/workflows/pr-test-backend.yml @grafana/grafana-backend-group
 /.github/workflows/sync-mirror.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
 /.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-next.yml @grafana/docs-tooling
 /.github/workflows/publish-technical-documentation-release.yml @grafana/docs-tooling
diff --git a/.github/actions/report-coverage/action.yml b/.github/actions/report-coverage/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c84aa806d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/report-coverage/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: 'Report Coverage'
+description: 'Processes and uploads coverage reports from Go tests'
+
+inputs:
+  unit-cov-path:
+    description: 'Path to unit test coverage file'
+    required: true
+  integration-cov-path:
+    description: 'Path to integration test coverage file'
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Join coverage outputs
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cp ${{ inputs.unit-cov-path }} backend.cov
+        tail -n+2 ${{ inputs.integration-cov-path }} >> backend.cov
+
+    - name: Convert coverage info to per-func stats
+      shell: bash
+      run: go tool cover -func backend.cov > backend-funcs.log
+
+    - name: Convert coverage info to HTML
+      shell: bash
+      run: go tool cover -html backend.cov -o backend.html
+
+    - name: Upload coverage file
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: backend-cov
+        path: |
+          backend.cov
+          backend-funcs.log
+          backend.html
+        retention-days: 30
+        compression-level: 9
+
+    - name: Set summary to total coverage
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo '# Coverage' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        grep 'total:' backend-funcs.log | tr '\t' ' ' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY 
diff --git a/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ae930fa489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: 'Run Backend Tests'
+description: 'Runs Grafana backend test suites'
+
+inputs:
+  coverage-opts:
+    description: 'Coverage options to pass to the test command (empty for no coverage)'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  test-command:
+    description: 'The test command to run'
+    required: false
+    default: 'make gen-go test-go-unit'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Run tests
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if [ -n "${{ inputs.coverage-opts }}" ]; then
+          COVER_OPTS="${{ inputs.coverage-opts }}" ${{ inputs.test-command }}
+        else
+          ${{ inputs.test-command }}
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-enterprise/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-enterprise/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e87d3d7bae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-enterprise/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: 'Setup Grafana Enterprise'
+description: 'Clones and sets up Grafana Enterprise repository for testing'
+
+inputs:
+  github-app-name:
+    description: 'Name of the GitHub App in Vault'
+    required: false
+    default: 'grafana-ci-bot'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Retrieve GitHub App secrets
+      id: get-secrets
+      uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/get-vault-secrets@get-vault-secrets-v1.0.1
+      with:
+        repo_secrets: |
+          APP_ID=${{ inputs.github-app-name }}:app-id
+          APP_INSTALLATION_ID=${{ inputs.github-app-name }}:app-installation-id
+          PRIVATE_KEY=${{ inputs.github-app-name }}:private-key
+
+    - name: Generate GitHub App token
+      id: generate_token
+      uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+      with:
+        app-id: ${{ env.APP_ID }}
+        private-key: ${{ env.PRIVATE_KEY }}
+        repositories: "grafana-enterprise"
+        owner: "grafana"
+
+    - name: Setup Enterprise
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+      run: |
+        git clone https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/grafana/grafana-enterprise.git ../grafana-enterprise;
+        
+        cd ../grafana-enterprise
+        
+        if git checkout ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}; then
+          echo "checked out ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}"
+        elif git checkout ${GITHUB_BASE_REF}; then
+          echo "checked out ${GITHUB_BASE_REF}"
+        else
+          git checkout main
+        fi
+        
+        ./build.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-coverage.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f103e5b1eed..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-coverage.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-name: Backend Coverage (OSS)
-on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - pkg/**
-      - .github/workflows/backend-coverage.yml
-      - go.*
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  unit-tests:
-    name: Run unit tests (OSS)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
-      - name: Setup Go environment
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5.3.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.work
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: make gen-go test-go-unit
-      - name: Upload coverage file
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: success() || failure()
-        with:
-          name: unit-cov
-          path: unit.cov
-          retention-days: 1
-          compression-level: 9 # this is raw text, and includes a _lot_ of repetition. compressing it should yield pretty good results.
-  integration-tests:
-    name: Run integration tests (OSS)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
-      - name: Setup Go environment
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5.3.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.work
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: make gen-go test-go-integration
-      - name: Upload coverage file
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: success() || failure()
-        with:
-          name: integration-cov
-          path: integration.cov
-          retention-days: 1
-          compression-level: 9 # this is raw text, and includes a _lot_ of repetition. compressing it should yield pretty good results.
-  report-coverage:
-    name: Report coverage from unit and integration tests (OSS)
-    needs: [unit-tests, integration-tests]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # we don't do always() so as to not run even if the workflow is cancelled
-    if: github.repository == 'grafana/grafana' && (success() || failure())
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
-      - name: Setup Go environment
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5.3.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.work
-      - name: Generate Go
-        run: make gen-go
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          pattern: '*-cov'
-          path: .
-          merge-multiple: true
-      - name: Join coverage outputs
-        run: |
-          cp unit.cov backend.cov
-          tail -n+2 integration.cov >> backend.cov
-      - name: Convert coverage info to per-func stats
-        run: go tool cover -func backend.cov > backend-funcs.log
-      # The HTML can be useful in some UI to browse the artifacts easily.
-      - name: Convert coverage info to HTML
-        run: go tool cover -html backend.cov -o backend.html
-      - name: Upload coverage file
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: backend-cov
-          path: |
-            backend.cov
-            backend-funcs.log
-            backend.html
-          retention-days: 30
-          compression-level: 9 # this is raw text, and includes a _lot_ of repetition. compressing it should yield pretty good results.
-      - name: Delete old coverage files
-        # This is a community tool, not one provided by GitHub. Hence it shall be pinned to a hash.
-        # https://github.com/GeekyEggo/delete-artifact/tree/v5
-        uses: GeekyEggo/delete-artifact@f275313e70c08f6120db482d7a6b98377786765b
-        with:
-          name: |
-            unit-cov
-            integration-cov
-          failOnError: false # oh well, we'll just have the extra artifacts...
-      - name: Set summary to total coverage
-        # We use single quotes here to disable the bash backtick behaviour of executing commands.
-        run: |
-          echo '# Coverage' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          grep 'total:' backend-funcs.log | tr '\t' ' ' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-test-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-test-backend.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da7e3450a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-test-backend.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+name: Test Backend
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**/*.md'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**/*.md'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  id-token: write
+
+env:
+  EDITION: 'oss'
+
+jobs:
+  test-backend:
+    name: Test Backend
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
+    
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.23.5'
+          cache: true
+          
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential shared-mime-info make
+
+      - name: Get runner name
+        run: echo ${{ runner.name }}
+
+      - name: Setup Enterprise (PR only)
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-enterprise
+
+      - name: Verify CUE generation
+        run: CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-cue
+
+      - name: Verify Jsonnet generation
+        run: CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-jsonnet
+
+      - name: Check if coverage should be generated
+        id: check-coverage
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Event: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+          echo "Ref: ${{ github.ref }}"
+          
+          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ]]; then
+            echo "PR changed files:"
+            files=$(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/files --jq '.[].filename')
+            echo "$files"
+            if echo "$files" | grep -E "(pkg/|go\.)"; then
+              echo "Coverage will be generated: true (PR changes)"
+              echo "generate=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            else
+              echo "Coverage will be generated: false"
+              echo "generate=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            fi
+          elif [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" && "${{ github.ref }}" == "refs/heads/main" ]] && \
+               [[ "${{ github.event.head_commit.modified }}" =~ (pkg/|go\.|\.github/workflows/pr-test-backend\.yml) ]]; then
+            echo "Coverage will be generated: true (push to main)"
+            echo "generate=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Coverage will be generated: false"
+            echo "generate=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run backend tests
+        uses: ./.github/actions/run-backend-tests
+        with:
+          coverage-opts: ${{ steps.check-coverage.outputs.generate == 'true' && '-coverprofile=unit.cov -coverpkg=github.com/grafana/grafana/...' || '' }}
+          test-command: 'make gen-go test-go-unit'
+
+      - name: Run backend integration tests
+        uses: ./.github/actions/run-backend-tests
+        with:
+          coverage-opts: ${{ steps.check-coverage.outputs.generate == 'true' && '-coverprofile=integration.cov -coverpkg=github.com/grafana/grafana/...' || '' }}
+          test-command: 'make gen-go test-go-integration'
+
+      - name: Generate Coverage Report
+        if: steps.check-coverage.outputs.generate == 'true'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/report-coverage
+        with:
+          unit-cov-path: unit.cov
+          integration-cov-path: integration.cov
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true