diff --git a/.github/actions/test/action.yml b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
index 895231b43..71f663a98 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
@@ -122,19 +122,16 @@ runs:
 
               # Count total tests by unique test names (not file extensions)
               # Get base test names by removing extensions and extracting just the test name
-              test_names=$(find "$wpath/results/last-run" -type f -name "*" | \
+              total_tests=$(find "$wpath/results/last-run" -type f -name "*" | \
                 grep -E '/[^/]*$' | \
                 sed 's|.*/||' | \
                 sed 's/\.\(full\|out\|runtime\|dmesg\)$//' | \
-                sort -u)
-              total_tests=$(echo "$test_names" | grep -v '^$' | wc -l)
+                sort -u | \
+                grep -v '^$' | \
+                wc -l)
 
-              bad_files=$(find "$wpath/results/last-run" -name "*.out.bad" -type f)
-              if [[ -n "$bad_files" ]]; then
-                failed_tests=$(echo "$bad_files" | wc -l)
-              else
-                failed_tests=0
-              fi
+              # Count failed tests directly from find output
+              failed_tests=$(find "$wpath/results/last-run" -name "*.out.bad" -type f | wc -l)
 
               passed_tests=$((total_tests - failed_tests))
 
@@ -149,8 +146,8 @@ runs:
               # Show sample test status files for passed tests
               if [ $passed_tests -gt 0 ]; then
                 echo -e "\nSample passed test:" >> ci.commit_extra
-                sample_files=$(find "$wpath/results/last-run" -type f -name "*" ! -name "*.out.bad" ! -name "*.dmesg")
-                sample_file=$(echo "$sample_files" | head -1)
+                # Get first sample file directly without echo pipe to avoid SIGPIPE with set -o pipefail
+                sample_file=$(find "$wpath/results/last-run" -type f -name "*" ! -name "*.out.bad" ! -name "*.dmesg" | head -1)
                 if [ -n "$sample_file" ] && [ -f "$sample_file" ]; then
                   cat "$sample_file" >> ci.commit_extra || echo "Failed to read sample file" >> ci.commit_extra
                 else
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kdevops.yml b/.github/workflows/kdevops.yml
index 78a3fe228..6fc583c6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kdevops.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kdevops.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ on:
           - linux
           - linux-next
           - linux-stable
+          - kdevops-linus
       kernel_ref:
         description: "Linux tree git reference (branch/tag/commit-id)"
         required: true
@@ -271,7 +272,14 @@ jobs:
               || 'kdevops-ci'
             }}
           tests: ${{ github.event.inputs.tests || '' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 120
+        # Timeout: linux-ci runs full test suite (24 hours),
+        # kdevops-ci runs single test (2 hours)
+        timeout-minutes: >-
+          ${{
+            (github.event_name == 'schedule' && 1440)
+            || (github.event.inputs.test_mode == 'linux-ci' && 1440)
+            || 120
+          }}
 
       - name: Archive results
         uses: ./.github/actions/archive