diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-add-issues-to-project.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-add-issues-to-project.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fac6f4ad41..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-add-issues-to-project.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-name: Automatically add new issue to backlog
-on:
-  issues:
-    types:
-      - opened
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  track_issue:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
-    steps:
-      - name: Get project data
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AUTOMATION_PAT }}
-          ORGANIZATION: kedacore
-          # This refers to our backlog project: https://github.com/orgs/kedacore/projects/2/views/1
-          PROJECT_NUMBER: 2
-        run: |
-          gh api graphql -f query='
-            query($org: String!, $number: Int!) {
-              organization(login: $org){
-                projectV2(number: $number) {
-                  id
-                  fields(first:20) {
-                    nodes {
-                      ... on ProjectV2Field {
-                        id
-                        name
-                      }
-                    }
-                  }
-                }
-              }
-            }' -f org=$ORGANIZATION -F number=$PROJECT_NUMBER > project_data.json
-
-          echo 'PROJECT_ID='$(jq '.data.organization.projectV2.id' project_data.json) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Add issue to project
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AUTOMATION_PAT }}
-          ISSUE_ID: ${{ github.event.issue.node_id }}
-        run: |
-          item_id="$( gh api graphql -f query='
-            mutation($project:ID!, $issue:ID!) {
-              addProjectV2ItemById(input: {projectId: $project, contentId: $issue}) {
-                item {
-                  id
-                }
-              }
-            }' -f project=$PROJECT_ID -f issue=$ISSUE_ID --jq '.data.addProjectV2ItemById.item.id')"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/custom-build-image.yml b/.github/workflows/custom-build-image.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d0e34d08cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/custom-build-image.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Build Custom KEDA Image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - feature/temporal-scaler-composite-metric
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: $GITHUB_ACTOR
+          password: ${{ secrets.ORG_PAT_GITHUB }}
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Build and push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          tags: ghcr.io/atlanhq/keda:2.18.3-temporal-composite-${{ github.sha }} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fossa.yml b/.github/workflows/fossa.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff3ec88f87a..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/fossa.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: FOSSA
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  fossa-key: 9e722f2c8904586d61f97f0bf05a99e4 # This is a public key only for pushing, it's safe here
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: "go.mod"
-      - run: go version
-      - name: Get branch name
-        id: branch-name
-        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@5250492686b253f06fa55861556d1027b067aeb5 # v9.0.2
-      - uses: fossas/fossa-action@3ebcea1862c6ffbd5cf1b4d0bd6b3fe7bd6f2cac # v1.7.0
-        name: Scanning with FOSSA
-        with:
-          api-key: ${{ env.fossa-key }}
-          branch: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.current_branch }}
-      - uses: fossas/fossa-action@3ebcea1862c6ffbd5cf1b4d0bd6b3fe7bd6f2cac # v1.7.0
-        name: Executing tests with FOSSA
-        with:
-          api-key: ${{ env.fossa-key }}
-          run-tests: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main-build.yml b/.github/workflows/main-build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fc21de5e94..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/main-build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-name: main-build
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: build
-    runs-on: ARM64
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-      id-token: write # needed for signing the images with GitHub OIDC Token **not production ready**
-
-    # keda-tools is built from github.com/test-tools/tools/Dockerfile
-    container: ghcr.io/kedacore/keda-tools:1.25.5
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Register workspace path
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-
-      - id: go-paths
-        run: |
-          echo "mod_cache=$(go env GOMODCACHE)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "build_cache=$(go env GOCACHE)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Go modules cache
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.go-paths.outputs.mod_cache }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-mod-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-
-      - name: Go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.go-paths.outputs.build_cache }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-
-      - name: Go modules sync
-        run: go mod tidy -compat=1.25
-
-      - name: Test
-        run: make test
-
-      # https://github.com/sigstore/cosign-installer
-      - name: Install Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d58896d6a1865668819e1d91763c7751a165e159 # v3.9.2
-
-      - name: Check Cosign install!
-        run: cosign version
-
-      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0
-        with:
-          # Username used to log in to a Docker registry. If not set then no login will occur
-          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          # Password or personal access token used to log in to a Docker registry. If not set then no login will occur
-          password: ${{ secrets.GH_AUTOMATION_PAT }}
-          # Server address of Docker registry. If not set then will default to Docker Hub
-          registry: ghcr.io
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@c47758b77c9736f4b2ef4073d4d51994fabfe349 # v3.7.1
-
-      - name: Publish main on GitHub Container Registry
-        run: make publish-multiarch
-
-      - name: Sign KEDA images published on GitHub Container Registry
-        # This step uses the identity token to provision an ephemeral certificate
-        # against the sigstore community Fulcio instance.
-        run: make sign-images
-
-      - name: Publish sha on GitHub Container Registry
-        run: make publish-multiarch
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ github.sha }}
-
-      - name: Sign KEDA images published on GitHub Container Registry
-        # This step uses the identity token to provision an ephemeral certificate
-        # against the sigstore community Fulcio instance.
-        run: make sign-images
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ github.sha }}
-
-  validate:
-    needs: build
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-main-e2e-test.yml@main
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  validate-arm64:
-    needs: build
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-arm64-smoke-tests.yml@main
-
-  validate-s390x:
-    needs: build
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-s390x-smoke-tests.yml@main
-
-  validate-k8s-versions:
-    needs: build
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-versions-smoke-tests.yml@main
-
-  trivy-scan:
-    needs: build
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      security-events: write
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-trivy-scan.yml@main
-    with:
-      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-      scan-type: "fs"
-      format: "sarif"
-      exit-code: 0
-      publish: true
-
-  trivy-scan-metrics-server:
-    needs: build
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      security-events: write
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        runner: [ARM64, ubuntu-latest]
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-trivy-scan.yml@main
-    with:
-      runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
-      scan-type: "image"
-      image-ref: ghcr.io/kedacore/keda-metrics-apiserver:main
-      format: "sarif"
-      exit-code: 0
-      publish: true
-
-  trivy-scan-keda:
-    needs: build
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      security-events: write
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        runner: [ARM64, ubuntu-latest]
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-trivy-scan.yml@main
-    with:
-      runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
-      scan-type: "image"
-      image-ref: ghcr.io/kedacore/keda:main
-      format: "sarif"
-      exit-code: 0
-      publish: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e8186589bd3..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: nightly-e2e-test
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  validate:
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-main-e2e-test.yml@main
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  validate-arm64:
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-arm64-smoke-tests.yml@main
-
-  validate-s390x:
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-s390x-smoke-tests.yml@main
-
-  validate-k8s-versions:
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-versions-smoke-tests.yml@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-bot-welcome.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-bot-welcome.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9131320e1a5..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-bot-welcome.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-name: PR Welcome Bot
-
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened]
-    branches:
-    - 'main'
-
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  pr_bot:
-    name: PR Bot
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Comment on PR'
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          script: |
-            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              issue_number: ${{ github.event.number }},
-              body: 'Thank you for your contribution! 🙏\n\nPlease understand that we will do our best to review your PR and give you feedback as soon as possible, but please bear with us if it takes a little longer as expected.\n\nWhile you are waiting, make sure to:\n\n- Add an entry in our changelog in alphabetical order and link related issue\n- Update the documentation, if needed\n- Add unit & e2e tests for your changes\n- GitHub checks are passing\n- Is the DCO check failing? Here is how you can [fix DCO issues](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#i-didnt-sign-my-commit-now-what)\n\nOnce the initial tests are successful, a KEDA member will ensure that the e2e tests are run. Once the e2e tests have been successfully completed, the PR may be merged at a later date. Please be patient.\n\nLearn more about our [contribution guide](https://github.com/kedacore/keda-docs/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).'
-            });
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-checker.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d2fb7cabfe3..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-checker.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-name: E2E Test Checker
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types:
-      - labeled
-      - unlabeled
-
-env:
-  SKIP_E2E_TAG: skip-e2e
-  E2E_CHECK_NAME: e2e tests
-  ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME: ARM smoke tests
-  S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME: S390x smoke tests
-
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  e2e-checker:
-    name: label checker
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
-    if: github.event.label.name == 'skip-e2e'
-    steps:
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Enqueue e2e
-        id: create
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.E2E_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: queued
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Skip e2e
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, env.SKIP_E2E_TAG )}}
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          check_id: ${{ steps.create.outputs.check_id }}
-          conclusion: success
-          output: |
-            {"summary": "skipped by maintainer"}
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Enqueue e2e
-        id: create-arm
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: queued
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Skip e2e
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, env.SKIP_E2E_TAG )}}
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          check_id: ${{ steps.create-arm.outputs.check_id }}
-          conclusion: success
-          output: |
-            {"summary": "skipped by maintainer"}
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Enqueue e2e
-        id: create-s390x
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: queued
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Skip e2e
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, env.SKIP_E2E_TAG )}}
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          check_id: ${{ steps.create-s390x.outputs.check_id }}
-          conclusion: success
-          output: |
-            {"summary": "skipped by maintainer"}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-creator.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-creator.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c11cf1619e2..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-creator.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-name: E2E Test Creator
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - synchronize
-
-env:
-  SKIP_E2E_TAG: skip-e2e
-  E2E_CHECK_NAME: e2e tests
-  ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME: ARM smoke tests
-  S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME: S390x smoke tests
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  check-creator:
-    name: check-creator
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
-    steps:
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Enqueue e2e
-        id: create
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.E2E_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: queued
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Skip e2e
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, env.SKIP_E2E_TAG )}}
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          check_id: ${{ steps.create.outputs.check_id }}
-          conclusion: success
-          output: |
-            {"summary": "skipped by maintainer"}
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Enqueue e2e
-        id: create-arm
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: queued
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Skip e2e
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, env.SKIP_E2E_TAG )}}
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          check_id: ${{ steps.create-arm.outputs.check_id }}
-          conclusion: success
-          output: |
-            {"summary": "skipped by maintainer"}
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Enqueue e2e
-        id: create-s390x
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: queued
-
-      - uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        name: Skip e2e
-        if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, env.SKIP_E2E_TAG )}}
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          check_id: ${{ steps.create-s390x.outputs.check_id }}
-          conclusion: success
-          output: |
-            {"summary": "skipped by maintainer"}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-e2e.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a6ad331865c..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,499 +0,0 @@
-name: pr-e2e-tests
-on:
-  issue_comment:
-    types: [created]
-
-env:
-  E2E_CHECK_NAME: e2e tests
-  ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME: ARM smoke tests
-  S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME: S390x smoke tests
-
-jobs:
-  triage:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Comment evaluate
-    container: ghcr.io/kedacore/keda-tools:1.25.5
-    outputs:
-      run-e2e: ${{ startsWith(github.event.comment.body,'/run-e2e') && steps.checkUserMember.outputs.isTeamMember == 'true' }}
-      pr_num: ${{ steps.parser.outputs.pr_num }}
-      image_tag: "pr-${{ steps.parser.outputs.pr_num }}-${{ steps.parser.outputs.commit_sha }}"
-      commit_sha: ${{ steps.parser.outputs.commit_sha }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-
-      - uses: tspascoal/get-user-teams-membership@57e9f42acd78f4d0f496b3be4368fc5f62696662 # v3.0.0
-        id: checkUserMember
-        with:
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          team: "keda-e2e-test-executors"
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_CHECKING_USER_AUTH }}
-
-      - name: Update comment with the execution url
-        if: ${{ startsWith(github.event.comment.body,'/run-e2e') && steps.checkUserMember.outputs.isTeamMember == 'true' }}
-        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@71345be0265236311c031f5c7866368bd1eff043 # v4
-        with:
-          comment-id: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          body: |
-            **Update:** You can check the progress [here](https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}})
-          reactions: rocket
-
-      - name: Add label to skip e2e test
-        if: ${{ startsWith(github.event.comment.body,'/skip-e2e') && steps.checkUserMember.outputs.isTeamMember == 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AUTOMATION_PAT }}
-          script: |
-            github.rest.issues.addLabels({
-              issue_number: context.issue.number,
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              labels: ["skip-e2e"]
-            })
-
-      - name: Parse git info
-        if: ${{ startsWith(github.event.comment.body,'/run-e2e') && steps.checkUserMember.outputs.isTeamMember == 'true' }}
-        id: parser
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          # Get PR number
-          PR_URL="${{ github.event.issue.pull_request.url }}"
-          PR_NUM=${PR_URL##*/}
-          echo "Checking out from PR #$PR_NUM based on URL: $PR_URL"
-          echo "pr_num=$PR_NUM" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          # Get commit SHA
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          gh pr checkout $PR_NUM
-          SHA=$(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%H")
-          echo "commit_sha=$SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  build-test-images:
-    needs: triage
-    runs-on: ARM64
-    name: Build images
-    container: ghcr.io/kedacore/keda-tools:1.25.5
-    if: needs.triage.outputs.run-e2e == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Set status in-progress
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.E2E_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: in_progress
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Set status in-progress
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: in_progress
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Set status in-progress
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: in_progress
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-
-      - name: Register workspace path
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-
-      - name: Checkout Pull Request
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        id: checkout
-        run: |
-          gh pr checkout ${{ needs.triage.outputs.pr_num }}
-          git checkout ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-
-      - name: Run regex checks
-        id: regex-validation
-        continue-on-error: true
-        env:
-          COMMENT_BODY: ${{ github.event.comment.body }}
-        run: |
-          MESSAGE="$COMMENT_BODY"
-          REGEX='/run-e2e (.+)'
-          if [[ "$MESSAGE" =~ $REGEX ]]
-          then
-            export E2E_TEST_REGEX="$(echo ${BASH_REMATCH[1]} | head -1)"
-          fi
-          make e2e-regex-check
-
-      - name: React to comment with failure
-        uses: dkershner6/reaction-action@97ede302a1b145b3739dec3ca84a489a34ef48b5 # v2
-        if: steps.regex-validation.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commentId: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          reaction: "-1"
-
-      - name: Set status failure
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        if: steps.regex-validation.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.E2E_CHECK_NAME }}
-          conclusion: failure
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Set status failure
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        if: steps.regex-validation.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: failure
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Set status failure
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        if: steps.regex-validation.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: failure
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Exit on failure
-        if: steps.regex-validation.outcome != 'success'
-        run: exit 1
-
-      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0
-        with:
-          # Username used to log in to a Docker registry. If not set then no login will occur
-          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          # Password or personal access token used to log in to a Docker registry. If not set then no login will occur
-          password: ${{ secrets.GH_AUTOMATION_PAT }}
-          # Server address of Docker registry. If not set then will default to Docker Hub
-          registry: ghcr.io
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@c47758b77c9736f4b2ef4073d4d51994fabfe349 # v3.7.1
-
-      - name: Publish on GitHub Container Registry
-        run: make publish-multiarch
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.image_tag }}
-          SUFFIX: "-test"
-
-  run-e2e-test:
-    needs: [triage, build-test-images]
-    runs-on: e2e
-    name: Execute e2e tests
-    container: ghcr.io/kedacore/keda-tools:1.25.5
-    if: needs.triage.outputs.run-e2e == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Set status in-progress
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.E2E_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: in_progress
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-
-      - name: Register workspace path
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-
-      - name: Checkout Pull Request
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        id: checkout
-        run: |
-          gh pr checkout ${{ needs.triage.outputs.pr_num }}
-          git checkout ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-
-      - uses: oNaiPs/secrets-to-env-action@ec46a22bfc9b37e014b627b3208b07eb8909ea0f # v1.5
-        with:
-          secrets: ${{ toJSON(secrets) }}
-
-      - name: Scale cluster
-        run: make scale-node-pool
-        env:
-          NODE_POOL_SIZE: 3
-          TEST_CLUSTER_NAME: keda-e2e-cluster-pr
-
-      - name: Run end to end tests
-        continue-on-error: true
-        id: test
-        env:
-          AWS_RUN_IDENTITY_TESTS: true
-          AZURE_RUN_WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_TESTS: true
-          GCP_RUN_IDENTITY_TESTS: true
-          ENABLE_OPENTELEMETRY: true
-          VERSION: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.image_tag }}
-          SUFFIX: "-test"
-          TEST_CLUSTER_NAME: keda-e2e-cluster-pr
-          COMMENT_BODY: ${{ github.event.comment.body }}
-        run: |
-          MESSAGE="$COMMENT_BODY"
-          REGEX='/run-e2e (.+)'
-          if [[ "$MESSAGE" =~ $REGEX ]]
-          then
-            export E2E_TEST_REGEX="$(echo ${BASH_REMATCH[1]} | head -1)"
-          fi
-          echo "${{ needs.triage.outputs.pr_num }}"
-          make e2e-test
-
-      - name: Delete all e2e related namespaces
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: make e2e-test-clean
-        env:
-          TEST_CLUSTER_NAME: keda-e2e-cluster-pr
-
-      - name: Scale cluster
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: make scale-node-pool
-        env:
-          NODE_POOL_SIZE: 1
-          TEST_CLUSTER_NAME: keda-e2e-cluster-pr
-
-      - name: React to comment with success
-        uses: dkershner6/reaction-action@97ede302a1b145b3739dec3ca84a489a34ef48b5 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome == 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commentId: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          reaction: "+1"
-
-      - name: Set status success
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome == 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.E2E_CHECK_NAME }}
-          conclusion: success
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: React to comment with failure
-        uses: dkershner6/reaction-action@97ede302a1b145b3739dec3ca84a489a34ef48b5 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commentId: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          reaction: "-1"
-
-      - name: Set status failure
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.E2E_CHECK_NAME }}
-          conclusion: failure
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Upload test logs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
-        with:
-          name: e2e-test-logs
-          path: "${{ github.workspace }}/**/*.log"
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
-
-  run-arm-smoke-test:
-    needs: [triage, build-test-images]
-    runs-on: ARM64
-    name: Execute ARM smoke tests
-    if: needs.triage.outputs.run-e2e == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Set status in-progress
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: in_progress
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: "go.mod"
-
-      - name: Install prerequisites
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install curl make ca-certificates gcc libc-dev wget -y
-        env:
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Create k8s ${{ inputs.kubernetesVersion }} Kind Cluster
-        uses: helm/kind-action@92086f6be054225fa813e0a4b13787fc9088faab # v1.13.0
-        with:
-          node_image: kindest/node:v1.32.0@sha256:c48c62eac5da28cdadcf560d1d8616cfa6783b58f0d94cf63ad1bf49600cb027
-          cluster_name: ${{ runner.name }}
-
-      - name: Run smoke test
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: make smoke-test
-        id: test
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.image_tag }}
-          SUFFIX: "-test"
-
-      - name: React to comment with success
-        uses: dkershner6/reaction-action@97ede302a1b145b3739dec3ca84a489a34ef48b5 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome == 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commentId: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          reaction: "+1"
-
-      - name: Set status success
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome == 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          conclusion: success
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: React to comment with failure
-        uses: dkershner6/reaction-action@97ede302a1b145b3739dec3ca84a489a34ef48b5 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commentId: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          reaction: "-1"
-
-      - name: Set status failure
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.ARM_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          conclusion: failure
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Upload test logs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
-        with:
-          name: arm-smoke-test-logs
-          path: "${{ github.workspace }}/**/*.log"
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
-
-  run-s390x-smoke-test:
-    needs: [triage, build-test-images]
-    runs-on: s390x
-    name: Execute s390x smoke tests
-    if: needs.triage.outputs.run-e2e == 'true'
-    steps:
-      - name: Set status in-progress
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          status: in_progress
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: "go.mod"
-
-      - name: Install prerequisites
-        run: |
-          apt update
-          apt install curl make ca-certificates gcc libc-dev wget -y
-        env:
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Install Kubernetes
-        run: |
-          go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.29.0
-          kind create cluster --name ${{ runner.name }} --image vishnubijukumar/kindest-node-s390x:v0.29.0
-          kubectl -n kube-system set image daemonset/kindnet kindnet-cni=docker.io/vishnubijukumar/kindnetd:v20250512-s390x
-          kubectl -n local-path-storage set image deployment/local-path-provisioner local-path-provisioner=docker.io/vishnubijukumar/local-path-provisioner:v1
-
-          curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/s390x/kubectl"
-          chmod +x kubectl
-          mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
-          mv ./kubectl ~/.local/bin/kubectl
-          kubectl version
-
-      - name: Run smoke test
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: make smoke-test
-        id: test
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.image_tag }}
-          SUFFIX: "-test"
-
-      - name: React to comment with success
-        uses: dkershner6/reaction-action@97ede302a1b145b3739dec3ca84a489a34ef48b5 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome == 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commentId: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          reaction: "+1"
-
-      - name: Set status success
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome == 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          conclusion: success
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: React to comment with failure
-        uses: dkershner6/reaction-action@97ede302a1b145b3739dec3ca84a489a34ef48b5 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commentId: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          reaction: "-1"
-
-      - name: Set status failure
-        uses: LouisBrunner/checks-action@6b626ffbad7cc56fd58627f774b9067e6118af23 # v2
-        if: steps.test.outcome != 'success'
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          sha: ${{ needs.triage.outputs.commit_sha }}
-          name: ${{ env.S390X_SMOKE_CHECK_NAME }}
-          conclusion: failure
-          details_url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}/job/${{job.check_run_id}}
-
-      - name: Remove Kubernetes
-        run: |
-          kind delete cluster --name ${{ runner.name }}
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        env:
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-
-      - name: Upload test logs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
-        with:
-          name: s390x-smoke-test-logs
-          path: "${{ github.workspace }}/**/*.log"
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-notify.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-notify.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d2e08e19a4c..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-notify.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-name: Auto Assign
-on:
-  - pull_request_target
-
-jobs:
-  assign_reviewer:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
-    steps:
-      - uses: shufo/auto-assign-reviewer-by-files@0a7fae44d02e841755d0caaac2ef05ad12a3bbc9 # v1.2.1
-        with:
-          config: ".github/reviewers.yml"
-          token: ${{ secrets.GH_AUTOMATION_PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d4e86a75d3c..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-name: release-build
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Push Release
-    runs-on: ARM64
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      packages: write
-      id-token: write # needed for signing the images with GitHub OIDC Token **not production ready**
-
-    # keda-tools is built from github.com/test-tools/tools/Dockerfile
-    container: ghcr.io/kedacore/keda-tools:1.25.5
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Register workspace path
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-
-      - id: go-paths
-        run: |
-          echo "mod_cache=$(go env GOMODCACHE)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "build_cache=$(go env GOCACHE)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Go modules cache
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.go-paths.outputs.mod_cache }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-mod-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-
-      - name: Go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.go-paths.outputs.build_cache }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-cache-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-
-      - name: Go modules sync
-        run: go mod tidy -compat=1.25
-
-      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0
-        with:
-          # Username used to log in to a Docker registry. If not set then no login will occur
-          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          # Password or personal access token used to log in to a Docker registry. If not set then no login will occur
-          password: ${{ secrets.GH_AUTOMATION_PAT }}
-          # Server address of Docker registry. If not set then will default to Docker Hub
-          registry: ghcr.io
-
-      - name: Get the version
-        id: get_version
-        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Release Deployment YAML file
-        run: make release
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@c47758b77c9736f4b2ef4073d4d51994fabfe349 # v3.7.1
-
-      - name: Publish KEDA images on GitHub Container Registry
-        run: make publish-multiarch
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
-
-      # https://github.com/sigstore/cosign-installer
-      - name: Install Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d58896d6a1865668819e1d91763c7751a165e159 # v3.9.2
-
-      - name: Check Cosign install!
-        run: cosign version
-
-      - name: Sign KEDA images published on GitHub Container Registry
-        # This step uses the identity token to provision an ephemeral certificate
-        # against the sigstore community Fulcio instance.
-        run: make sign-images
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
-
-      # Add artifacts the release
-      - name: Upload Release artifacts
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@a06a81a03ee405af7f2048a818ed3f03bbf83c7b # v2.5.0
-        with:
-          upload_url: https://uploads.github.com/repos/kedacore/keda/releases/${{ steps.get-release-info.outputs.id }}/assets?name=keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.yaml
-          asset_path: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.yaml
-          asset_name: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.yaml
-          asset_content_type: application/x-yaml
-
-      # Upload core deployment YAML file to GitHub release (TO BE DELETED FOR v2.12)
-      - name: Upload Deployment YAML file
-        id: upload-core-deployment-yaml
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@e8f9f06c4b078e705bd2ea027f0926603fc9b4d5 # v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: https://uploads.github.com/repos/kedacore/keda/releases/${{ steps.get-release-info.outputs.id }}/assets?name=keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-core.yaml
-          asset_path: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-core.yaml
-          asset_name: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-core.yaml
-          asset_content_type: application/x-yaml
-
-      # Upload CRD deployment YAML file to GitHub release
-      - name: Upload Deployment YAML file
-        id: upload-crd-deployment-yaml
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@e8f9f06c4b078e705bd2ea027f0926603fc9b4d5 # v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: https://uploads.github.com/repos/kedacore/keda/releases/${{ steps.get-release-info.outputs.id }}/assets?name=keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-crds.yaml
-          asset_path: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-crds.yaml
-          asset_name: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-crds.yaml
-          asset_content_type: application/x-yaml
-
-      # Upload scalers schema YAML file to GitHub release
-      - name: Upload scalers schema YAML file
-        id: upload-scalers-schema-yaml
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@e8f9f06c4b078e705bd2ea027f0926603fc9b4d5 # v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: https://uploads.github.com/repos/kedacore/keda/releases/${{ steps.get-release-info.outputs.id }}/assets?name=keda-scalers-schema-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.yaml
-          asset_path: schema/generated/scalers-metadata-schema-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.yaml
-          asset_name: keda-scalers-schema-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.yaml
-          asset_content_type: application/x-yaml
-
-      # Upload scalers schema JSON file to GitHub release
-      - name: Upload scalers schema JSON file
-        id: upload-scalers-schema-json
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@e8f9f06c4b078e705bd2ea027f0926603fc9b4d5 # v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: https://uploads.github.com/repos/kedacore/keda/releases/${{ steps.get-release-info.outputs.id }}/assets?name=keda-scalers-schema-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.json
-          asset_path: schema/generated/scalers-metadata-schema-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.json
-          asset_name: keda-scalers-schema-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.json
-          asset_content_type: application/json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 443e19d3f7b..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-name: Scorecard supply-chain security
-on:
-  # For Branch-Protection check. Only the default branch is supported. See
-  # https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#branch-protection
-  branch_protection_rule:
-  # To guarantee Maintained check is occasionally updated. See
-  # https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#maintained
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "38 12 * * 4"
-  push:
-    branches: ["main"]
-
-# Declare default permissions as read only.
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-  analysis:
-    name: Scorecard analysis
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      # Needed to upload the results to code-scanning dashboard.
-      security-events: write
-      # Needed to publish results and get a badge (see publish_results below).
-      id-token: write
-      # Uncomment the permissions below if installing in a private repository.
-      # contents: read
-      # actions: read
-
-    steps:
-      - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: "Run analysis"
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@05b42c624433fc40578a4040d5cf5e36ddca8cde # v2.4.2
-        with:
-          results_file: results.sarif
-          results_format: sarif
-          # (Optional) "write" PAT token. Uncomment the `repo_token` line below if:
-          # - you want to enable the Branch-Protection check on a *public* repository, or
-          # - you are installing Scorecard on a *private* repository
-          # To create the PAT, follow the steps in https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action?tab=readme-ov-file#authentication-with-fine-grained-pat-optional.
-          # repo_token: ${{ secrets.SCORECARD_TOKEN }}
-
-          # Public repositories:
-          #   - Publish results to OpenSSF REST API for easy access by consumers
-          #   - Allows the repository to include the Scorecard badge.
-          #   - See https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action#publishing-results.
-          # For private repositories:
-          #   - `publish_results` will always be set to `false`, regardless
-          #     of the value entered here.
-          publish_results: true
-
-      # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
-      # format to the repository Actions tab.
-      - name: "Upload artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.pre.node20
-        with:
-          name: SARIF file
-          path: results.sarif
-          retention-days: 5
-
-      # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard (optional).
-      # Commenting out will disable upload of results to your repo's Code Scanning dashboard
-      - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@fe4161a26a8629af62121b670040955b330f9af2 # v4.31.6
-        with:
-          sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-analysis-codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/static-analysis-codeql.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bdf6ce4382..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/static-analysis-codeql.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-name: "CodeQL"
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: ["main"]
-  pull_request: {}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  security-events: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  codeQl:
-    name: Analyze CodeQL Go
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/kedacore/keda-tools:1.25.5
-    if: (github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]')
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-      - name: Register workspace path
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-
-      - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@fe4161a26a8629af62121b670040955b330f9af2 # v4.31.6
-        with:
-          languages: go
-          # Details on CodeQL's query packs refer to : https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
-          queries: +security-and-quality
-
-      - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@fe4161a26a8629af62121b670040955b330f9af2 # v4.31.6
-
-      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@fe4161a26a8629af62121b670040955b330f9af2 # v4.31.6
-        with:
-          category: "/language:go"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-analysis-semgrep.yml b/.github/workflows/static-analysis-semgrep.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d9a1a504da..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/static-analysis-semgrep.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-name: "Semgrep"
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: ["main"]
-  pull_request_target: {}
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  security-events: write
-
-jobs:
-  semgrep:
-    name: Analyze Semgrep
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: returntocorp/semgrep
-    if: (github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]')
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-      - name: Register workspace path
-        if: ${{ github.event.number > 0 }}
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-
-      - name: Checkout Pull Request
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        id: checkout
-        if: ${{ github.event.number > 0 }}
-        run: |
-          apk add github-cli
-          gh pr checkout ${{ github.event.number }}
-
-      - run: semgrep ci --exclude=test --exclude=test --sarif --output=semgrep.sarif
-        env:
-          SEMGREP_APP_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SEMGREP_APP_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Upload SARIF file for GitHub Advanced Security Dashboard
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@fe4161a26a8629af62121b670040955b330f9af2 # v4.31.6
-        with:
-          sarif_file: semgrep.sarif
-        if: ${{ github.event.number == '' && !cancelled() }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-arm64-smoke-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/template-arm64-smoke-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a39e929f3e..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/template-arm64-smoke-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-name: Reusable workflow to run smoke tests on ARM64
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  smoke-tests-ARM64:
-    name: ARM64
-    concurrency: arm-smoke-tests
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-smoke-tests.yml@main
-    with:
-      runs-on: ARM64
-      kubernetesVersion: v1.33
-      kindImage: kindest/node:v1.33.1@sha256:050072256b9a903bd914c0b2866828150cb229cea0efe5892e2b644d5dd3b34f
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-main-e2e-test.yml b/.github/workflows/template-main-e2e-test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 659723a7335..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/template-main-e2e-test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-name: Reusable workflow to run e2e tests on main branch
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  e2e-tests:
-    name: Run e2e test
-    runs-on: ARM64
-    # keda-tools is built from github.com/test-tools/tools/Dockerfile
-    container: ghcr.io/kedacore/keda-tools:1.25.5
-    concurrency: e2e-tests
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Register workspace path
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-
-      - uses: oNaiPs/secrets-to-env-action@ec46a22bfc9b37e014b627b3208b07eb8909ea0f # v1.5
-        with:
-          secrets: ${{ toJSON(secrets) }}
-
-      - name: Scale cluster
-        run: make scale-node-pool
-        env:
-          NODE_POOL_SIZE: 3
-
-      - name: Run end to end tests
-        env:
-          AWS_RUN_IDENTITY_TESTS: true
-          AZURE_RUN_WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_TESTS: true
-          GCP_RUN_IDENTITY_TESTS: true
-          ENABLE_OPENTELEMETRY: true
-        run: make e2e-test
-
-      - name: Delete all e2e related namespaces
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: make e2e-test-clean
-
-      - name: Scale cluster
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        run: make scale-node-pool
-        env:
-          NODE_POOL_SIZE: 1
-
-      - name: Upload test logs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        with:
-          name: e2e-test-logs
-          path: "${{ github.workspace }}/**/*.log"
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-s390x-smoke-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/template-s390x-smoke-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b10f3d8a0..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/template-s390x-smoke-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-name: Reusable workflow to run smoke tests on s390x
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  smoke-tests-s390x:
-    name: Validate k8s
-    runs-on: s390x
-    steps:
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: "go.mod"
-
-      - name: Install prerequisites
-        run: |
-          apt update
-          apt install curl make ca-certificates gcc libc-dev wget -y
-        env:
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Install Kubernetes
-        run: |
-          go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.29.0
-          kind create cluster --name ${{ runner.name }} --image vishnubijukumar/kindest-node-s390x:v0.29.0
-          kubectl -n kube-system set image daemonset/kindnet kindnet-cni=docker.io/vishnubijukumar/kindnetd:v20250512-s390x
-          kubectl -n local-path-storage set image deployment/local-path-provisioner local-path-provisioner=docker.io/vishnubijukumar/local-path-provisioner:v1
-
-          curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/s390x/kubectl"
-          chmod +x kubectl
-          mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
-          mv ./kubectl ~/.local/bin/kubectl
-          kubectl version
-
-      - name: Run smoke test
-        run: make smoke-test
-
-      - name: Upload test logs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@4cec3d8aa04e39d1a68397de0c4cd6fb9dce8ec1 # v4
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        with:
-          name: smoke-test-logs ${{ inputs.runs-on }}-${{ inputs.kubernetesVersion }}
-          path: "${{ github.workspace }}/**/*.log"
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
-
-      - name: Remove Kubernetes
-        run: |
-          kind delete cluster --name ${{ runner.name }}
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        env:
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-smoke-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/template-smoke-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 565de92a26f..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/template-smoke-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-name: Reusable workflow to run smoke tests
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      runs-on:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      kubernetesVersion:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      kindImage:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-jobs:
-  smoke-tests:
-    name: Validate k8s-${{ inputs.kubernetesVersion }}
-    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runs-on }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: "go.mod"
-
-      - name: Install prerequisites
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install curl make ca-certificates gcc libc-dev wget -y
-        env:
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Create k8s ${{ inputs.kubernetesVersion }} Kind Cluster
-        uses: helm/kind-action@92086f6be054225fa813e0a4b13787fc9088faab # v1.13.0
-        with:
-          node_image: ${{ inputs.kindImage }}
-          cluster_name: smoke-tests-cluster-${{ inputs.kubernetesVersion }}
-
-      - name: Run smoke test
-        run: make smoke-test
-
-      - name: Upload test logs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        with:
-          name: smoke-test-logs ${{ inputs.runs-on }}-${{ inputs.kubernetesVersion }}
-          path: "${{ github.workspace }}/**/*.log"
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-trivy-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/template-trivy-scan.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b5ce79ea8..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/template-trivy-scan.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: Reusable workflow to run trivy scan
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      runs-on:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      scan-type:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      format:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      output:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: trivy.sarif
-      image-ref:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: ""
-      severity:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: "CRITICAL,HIGH"
-      exit-code:
-        required: true
-        type: number
-      publish:
-        required: true
-        type: boolean
-
-jobs:
-  trivy-scan:
-    name: Trivy - ${{ inputs.runs-on }} - ${{ inputs.scan-type }} ${{ inputs.image-ref }}
-    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runs-on }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-
-      - name: Run Trivy
-        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@dc5a429b52fcf669ce959baa2c2dd26090d2a6c4 # v0.32.0
-        env:
-          TRIVY_DB_REPOSITORY: ghcr.io/kedacore/trivy-db
-        with:
-          scan-type: ${{ inputs.scan-type }}
-          image-ref: ${{ inputs.image-ref }}
-          ignore-unfixed: false
-          format: ${{ inputs.format }}
-          output: ${{ inputs.output }}
-          exit-code: ${{ inputs.exit-code }}
-          severity: ${{ inputs.severity }}
-          trivy-config: trivy.yml
-
-      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@fe4161a26a8629af62121b670040955b330f9af2 # v4.31.6
-        if: ${{ inputs.publish }}
-        with:
-          sarif_file: ${{ inputs.output }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-versions-smoke-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/template-versions-smoke-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 684288572eb..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/template-versions-smoke-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Reusable workflow to run smoke tests on different k8s versions
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  smoke-tests:
-    name: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        kubernetesVersion: [v1.33, v1.32, v1.31]
-        include:
-          - kubernetesVersion: v1.33
-            kindImage: kindest/node:v1.33.1@sha256:050072256b9a903bd914c0b2866828150cb229cea0efe5892e2b644d5dd3b34f
-          - kubernetesVersion: v1.32
-            kindImage: kindest/node:v1.32.5@sha256:e3b2327e3a5ab8c76f5ece68936e4cafaa82edf58486b769727ab0b3b97a5b0d
-          - kubernetesVersion: v1.31
-            kindImage: kindest/node:v1.31.9@sha256:b94a3a6c06198d17f59cca8c6f486236fa05e2fb359cbd75dabbfc348a10b211
-    uses: kedacore/keda/.github/workflows/template-smoke-tests.yml@main
-    with:
-      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-      kubernetesVersion: ${{ matrix.kubernetesVersion }}
-      kindImage: ${{ matrix.kindImage }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/v1-build.yml b/.github/workflows/v1-build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 89c1c88d5a7..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/v1-build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-name: v1-build
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - v1
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  validate:
-    name: Validate
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: kedacore/build-tools:v1
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Go modules cache
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
-        with:
-          path: /go/pkg
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go-
-
-      - name: Test
-        run: make test
-
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        env:
-          DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
-        run: echo $DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN | docker login -u $DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME --password-stdin
-
-      - name: Publish
-        run: make publish
-
-      - name: Run end to end tests
-        env:
-          TF_AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION: ${{ secrets.TF_AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION }}
-          TF_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: ${{ secrets.TF_AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP }}
-          TF_AZURE_SP_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.TF_AZURE_SP_APP_ID }}
-          AZURE_SP_KEY: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SP_KEY }}
-          TF_AZURE_SP_TENANT: ${{ secrets.TF_AZURE_SP_TENANT }}
-          TF_AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING: ${{ secrets.TF_AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING }}
-          TF_AZURE_LOG_ANALYTICS_WORKSPACE_ID: ${{ secrets.TF_AZURE_LOG_ANALYTICS_WORKSPACE_ID }}
-        run: make e2e-test
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/temporal_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/temporal_scaler.go
index 689cc97964e..99426c29d7b 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/temporal_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/temporal_scaler.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	workflowservice "go.temporal.io/api/workflowservice/v1"
 	sdk "go.temporal.io/sdk/client"
 	sdklog "go.temporal.io/sdk/log"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -35,17 +37,19 @@ type temporalScaler struct {
 }
 
 type temporalMetadata struct {
-	Endpoint                  string   `keda:"name=endpoint,                  order=triggerMetadata;resolvedEnv"`
-	Namespace                 string   `keda:"name=namespace,                 order=triggerMetadata;resolvedEnv, default=default"`
-	ActivationTargetQueueSize int64    `keda:"name=activationTargetQueueSize, order=triggerMetadata, default=0"`
-	TargetQueueSize           int64    `keda:"name=targetQueueSize,           order=triggerMetadata, default=5"`
-	TaskQueue                 string   `keda:"name=taskQueue,                 order=triggerMetadata;resolvedEnv"`
-	QueueTypes                []string `keda:"name=queueTypes,                order=triggerMetadata, optional"`
-	BuildID                   string   `keda:"name=buildId,                   order=triggerMetadata;resolvedEnv, optional"`
-	AllActive                 bool     `keda:"name=selectAllActive,           order=triggerMetadata, default=false"`
-	Unversioned               bool     `keda:"name=selectUnversioned,         order=triggerMetadata, default=false"`
-	APIKey                    string   `keda:"name=apiKey,                    order=authParams;resolvedEnv, optional"`
-	MinConnectTimeout         int      `keda:"name=minConnectTimeout,         order=triggerMetadata, default=5"`
+	Endpoint                    string   `keda:"name=endpoint,                      order=triggerMetadata;resolvedEnv"`
+	Namespace                   string   `keda:"name=namespace,                 order=triggerMetadata;resolvedEnv, default=default"`
+	ActivationTargetQueueSize   int64    `keda:"name=activationTargetQueueSize, order=triggerMetadata, default=0"`
+	TargetQueueSize             int64    `keda:"name=targetQueueSize,           order=triggerMetadata, default=5"`
+	TaskQueue                   string   `keda:"name=taskQueue,                 order=triggerMetadata;resolvedEnv"`
+	QueueTypes                  []string `keda:"name=queueTypes,                order=triggerMetadata, optional"`
+	BuildID                     string   `keda:"name=buildId,                   order=triggerMetadata;resolvedEnv, optional"`
+	AllActive                   bool     `keda:"name=selectAllActive,           order=triggerMetadata, default=false"`
+	Unversioned                 bool     `keda:"name=selectUnversioned,         order=triggerMetadata, default=false"`
+	IncludeRunningWorkflowCount bool     `keda:"name=includeRunningWorkflowCount, order=triggerMetadata, default=true"`
+	WorkflowTaskQueueForCount   string   `keda:"name=workflowTaskQueueForCount,   order=triggerMetadata;resolvedEnv, optional"`
+	APIKey                      string   `keda:"name=apiKey,                    order=authParams;resolvedEnv, optional"`
+	MinConnectTimeout           int      `keda:"name=minConnectTimeout,         order=triggerMetadata, default=5"`
 
 	UnsafeSsl     bool   `keda:"name=unsafeSsl,                 order=triggerMetadata, optional"`
 	Cert          string `keda:"name=cert,                      order=authParams, optional"`
@@ -159,7 +163,42 @@ func (s *temporalScaler) getQueueSize(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to get Temporal queue size: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return getCombinedBacklogCount(resp), nil
+	backlog := getCombinedBacklogCount(resp)
+
+	if !s.metadata.IncludeRunningWorkflowCount {
+		return backlog, nil
+	}
+
+	runningCount, err := s.getRunningWorkflowCount(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.V(1).Info("failed to get running workflow count, using backlog only", "error", err)
+		return backlog, nil
+	}
+
+	return backlog + runningCount, nil
+}
+
+// getRunningWorkflowCount returns the approximate number of running workflow executions
+// for the task queue (or workflowTaskQueueForCount if set). Used to avoid premature
+// scale-down when workers are fast and backlog is often zero.
+func (s *temporalScaler) getRunningWorkflowCount(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
+	taskQueue := s.metadata.WorkflowTaskQueueForCount
+	if taskQueue == "" {
+		taskQueue = s.metadata.TaskQueue
+	}
+	// Escape single quotes in task queue name for visibility query
+	escaped := strings.ReplaceAll(taskQueue, "'", "''")
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("ExecutionStatus = 'Running' AND TaskQueue = '%s'", escaped)
+
+	req := &workflowservice.CountWorkflowExecutionsRequest{
+		Namespace: s.metadata.Namespace,
+		Query:     query,
+	}
+	resp, err := s.tcl.CountWorkflow(ctx, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("count workflow: %w", err)
+	}
+	return resp.GetCount(), nil
 }
 
 func getQueueTypes(queueTypes []string) []sdk.TaskQueueType {
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/temporal_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/temporal_scaler_test.go
index 149322ef27d..85a533c41a3 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/temporal_scaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/temporal_scaler_test.go
@@ -103,14 +103,15 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"namespace": "default",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 0,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
@@ -121,14 +122,15 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"taskQueue": "testxx",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "testxx",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 0,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
@@ -141,14 +143,15 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"activationTargetQueueSize": "12",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "testxx",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 12,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   12,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
@@ -160,15 +163,16 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"taskQueue": "testxx",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "testxx",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 0,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				APIKey:                    "test01",
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				APIKey:                      "test01",
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
 			},
 			authParams: map[string]string{
 				"apiKey": "test01",
@@ -184,15 +188,16 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"queueTypes": "workflow,activity",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "testxx",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 0,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				QueueTypes:                []string{"workflow", "activity"},
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				QueueTypes:                  []string{"workflow", "activity"},
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
@@ -209,15 +214,16 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"taskQueueFromEnv": "taskQueue",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "testxx",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 0,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				APIKey:                    "test01",
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				APIKey:                      "test01",
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
 			},
 			authParams: map[string]string{
 				"apiKey": "test01",
@@ -233,15 +239,16 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"apiKey":    "test-api-key",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "testxx",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 0,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				APIKey:                    "test-api-key",
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				APIKey:                      "test-api-key",
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
 			},
 			authParams: map[string]string{
 				"apiKey": "test-api-key",
@@ -257,15 +264,16 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"tlsServerName": "my-namespace.tmpr.cloud",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "testxx",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 0,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
-				TLSServerName:             "my-namespace.tmpr.cloud",
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
+				TLSServerName:               "my-namespace.tmpr.cloud",
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
@@ -281,16 +289,17 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"apiKey": "test01",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "testxx",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 0,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				APIKey:                    "test01",
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
-				TLSServerName:             "my-namespace.tmpr.cloud",
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				APIKey:                      "test01",
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
+				TLSServerName:               "my-namespace.tmpr.cloud",
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
@@ -309,19 +318,63 @@ func TestParseTemporalMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				"ca":          "ca-data",
 			},
 			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
-				Endpoint:                  "test:7233",
-				Namespace:                 "default",
-				TaskQueue:                 "testxx",
-				TargetQueueSize:           5,
-				ActivationTargetQueueSize: 0,
-				AllActive:                 false,
-				Unversioned:               false,
-				Cert:                      "cert-data",
-				Key:                       "key-data",
-				KeyPassword:               "password",
-				CA:                        "ca-data",
-				MinConnectTimeout:         5,
-				TLSServerName:             "my-namespace.tmpr.cloud",
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				Cert:                        "cert-data",
+				Key:                         "key-data",
+				KeyPassword:                 "password",
+				CA:                          "ca-data",
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
+				TLSServerName:               "my-namespace.tmpr.cloud",
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "includeRunningWorkflowCount disabled",
+			metadata: map[string]string{
+				"endpoint":                    "test:7233",
+				"namespace":                   "default",
+				"taskQueue":                   "testxx",
+				"includeRunningWorkflowCount": "false",
+			},
+			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "testxx",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: false,
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "workflowTaskQueueForCount set",
+			metadata: map[string]string{
+				"endpoint":                  "test:7233",
+				"namespace":                 "default",
+				"taskQueue":                 "activity-queue",
+				"workflowTaskQueueForCount": "workflow-queue",
+			},
+			wantMeta: &temporalMetadata{
+				Endpoint:                    "test:7233",
+				Namespace:                   "default",
+				TaskQueue:                   "activity-queue",
+				TargetQueueSize:             5,
+				ActivationTargetQueueSize:   0,
+				AllActive:                   false,
+				Unversioned:                 false,
+				IncludeRunningWorkflowCount: true,
+				WorkflowTaskQueueForCount:   "workflow-queue",
+				MinConnectTimeout:           5,
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},