diff --git a/.ci/build_matrix.sh b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
index 67189fda44..a94781cf9c 100755
--- a/.ci/build_matrix.sh
+++ b/.ci/build_matrix.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # List of versions
 versions=(
     # if added more "latest", change "$LATEST"
-    'latest-ubuntu' 
+    'v25.2-ubuntu-cicd' 
     'latest-ubuntu-student'
     'v25.2.0'
     'v25.1.0'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f0b1d8f741..1d77c37176 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        mapdl-version: ['latest-ubuntu', 'v25.1-ubuntu']
+        mapdl-version: ['v25.2-ubuntu-cicd', 'v25.1-ubuntu']
     secrets:
       license-server: ${{ secrets.LICENSE_SERVER }}
       codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        mapdl-version: ['latest-ubuntu', 'v25.1-ubuntu']
+        mapdl-version: ['v25.2-ubuntu-cicd', 'v25.1-ubuntu']
     secrets:
       license-server: ${{ secrets.LICENSE_SERVER }}
       codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
index 657eeb8a79..9273d1046c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-local.yml
@@ -48,9 +48,31 @@ on:
       tags:
         description: |
           Tags to add to the coverage report.
-        required: true
+        required: false
         type: string
 
+      codecov-report:
+        description: |
+          Whether to upload the coverage report to Codecov or not. If `true`, then the
+          appropriate token is needed.
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+
+      package-registry:
+        description: |
+          Package registry for the container.
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ghcr.io/ansys/mapdl
+      
+      runner:
+        description: |
+          Runner to use.
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ubuntu-22.04
+        
     secrets:
       license-server:
         description: |
@@ -74,7 +96,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test-local:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner }}
     env:
       ON_CI: True
       ON_LOCAL: true
@@ -85,9 +107,11 @@ jobs:
       P_SCHEMA: "/ansys_inc/v241/ansys/ac4/schema"
       PYTEST_TIMEOUT: 120 # seconds. Limit the duration for each unit test
       PYTEST_ARGUMENTS: '-vvv -rxXsa --color=yes --durations=30 --random-order --random-order-bucket=class --maxfail=10 --reruns 3 --reruns-delay 4 --cov=ansys.mapdl.core --cov-report=html --timeout=180 --profile-svg --profile'
+      OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT: 1
+      OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT_CONFIRM: 1
 
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/ansys/mapdl:${{ inputs.mapdl-version }}
+      image: "${{ inputs.package-registry }}:${{ inputs.mapdl-version }}"
       options: -u=0:0 --oom-kill-disable --memory=6656MB --memory-swap=16896MB --shm-size=1gb --entrypoint /bin/bash
       credentials:
         username: ${{ secrets.username }}
@@ -96,6 +120,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: "Install Git and checkout project"
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+        with:
+          repository: ansys/pymapdl
 
       - name: "Get if running student version"
         id: student_check
@@ -115,13 +141,13 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         if: inputs.testing-minimal == true
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update && apt install -y libgomp1 graphviz
+          apt-get update && apt install -y libgomp1 graphviz
 
       - name: "Installing OS packages"
         shell: bash
         if: inputs.testing-minimal == false
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update && apt install -y libgl1-mesa-glx xvfb libgomp1 graphviz
+          apt-get update && apt install -y libgl1-mesa-glx xvfb libgomp1 graphviz
 
       - name: "Setup Python"
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -228,6 +254,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         name: "Upload coverage to Codecov"
+        if: inputs.codecov-report == true
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.codecov-token }} # required
           root_dir: ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -236,6 +263,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Upload coverage artifacts"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: inputs.codecov-report == true
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.file-name }}.xml
           path: ./${{ inputs.file-name }}.xml
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/3805.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog.d/3805.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aec4a60607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/3805.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ci: adapting workflow for new docker container
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/launcher.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/launcher.py
index 10486ea972..aa63a70e44 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/launcher.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/launcher.py
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ def launch_grpc(
 
 
 def check_mapdl_launch(
-    process: subprocess.Popen, run_location: str, timeout: int, cmd: str
+    process: subprocess.Popen[bytes], run_location: str, timeout: int, cmd: str
 ) -> None:
     """Check MAPDL launching process.
 
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ def check_mapdl_launch(
         MAPDL did not start.
     """
     LOG.debug("Generating queue object for stdout")
-    stdout_queue, thread = _create_queue_for_std(process.stdout)
+    stdout_queue, _ = _create_queue_for_std(process.stdout)
 
     # Checking connection
     try:
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ def check_mapdl_launch(
         LOG.debug("Checking file error is created")
         _check_file_error_created(run_location, timeout)
 
-        if os.name == "posix" and not ON_WSL:
+        if os.name == "posix" and not ON_WSL and stdout_queue is not None:
             LOG.debug("Checking if gRPC server is alive.")
             _check_server_is_alive(stdout_queue, timeout)
 
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ def _check_file_error_created(run_location, timeout):
         raise MapdlDidNotStart(msg)
 
 
-def _check_server_is_alive(stdout_queue, timeout):
+def _check_server_is_alive(stdout_queue: Queue[str], timeout: int):
     if not stdout_queue:
         LOG.debug("No STDOUT queue. Not checking MAPDL this way.")
         return
@@ -644,11 +644,11 @@ def _check_server_is_alive(stdout_queue, timeout):
         raise MapdlDidNotStart("MAPDL failed to start the gRPC server")
 
 
-def _get_std_output(std_queue, timeout=1):
+def _get_std_output(std_queue: Queue[str], timeout: int = 1) -> List[str]:
     if not std_queue:
-        return [None]
+        return [""]
 
-    lines = []
+    lines: List[str] = []
     reach_empty = False
     t0 = time.time()
     while (not reach_empty) or (time.time() < (t0 + timeout)):
diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_grpc.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_grpc.py
index 3507869e78..1980e94f52 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_grpc.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_grpc.py
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ def _multi_connect(self, n_attempts=5, timeout=15):
                 # Process is alive
                 raise MapdlConnectionError(
                     msg
-                    + f"The MAPDL process seems to be alive (PID: {self._mapdl_process.pid}) but PyMAPDL cannot connect to it."
+                    + f" The MAPDL process seems to be alive (PID: {self._mapdl_process.pid}) but PyMAPDL cannot connect to it."
                 )
             else:
                 pid_msg = (
diff --git a/tests/common.py b/tests/common.py
index 9a7581f843..57c19f3fa2 100644
--- a/tests/common.py
+++ b/tests/common.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import subprocess
 import time
 from typing import Dict, List
-from warnings import warn
 
 import psutil
 
@@ -268,13 +267,13 @@ def is_exited(mapdl: Mapdl):
         try:
             # to connect
             mapdl = Mapdl(port=port, ip=ip)
-            warn("MAPDL disconnected during testing, reconnected.")
+            LOG.warning("MAPDL disconnected during testing, reconnected.")
 
         except MapdlConnectionError as err:
             from conftest import DEBUG_TESTING, ON_LOCAL
 
             # Registering error.
-            LOG.info(str(err))
+            LOG.warning(str(err))
 
             # we cannot connect.
             # Kill the instance
@@ -296,7 +295,7 @@ def is_exited(mapdl: Mapdl):
                 log_apdl="pymapdl.apdl" if DEBUG_TESTING else None,
                 mapdl_output="apdl.out" if (DEBUG_TESTING and ON_LOCAL) else None,
             )
-            warn("MAPDL died during testing, relaunched.")
+            LOG.info("MAPDL died during testing, relaunched.")
 
         LOG.info("Successfully re-connected to MAPDL")
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 87e6ed691d..6e9cb6f396 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 
 QUICK_LAUNCH_SWITCHES = "-smp -m 100 -db 100"
 VALID_PORTS = []
+ACCEPTABLE_FAILURE_RATE = 50
 
 ## Skip ifs
 skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skipif(ON_WINDOWS, reason="Skip on Windows")
@@ -372,6 +373,24 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(session, config, items):
                 item.add_marker(skip_grpc)
 
 
+@pytest.hookimpl()
+def pytest_sessionfinish(session: pytest.Session, exitstatus: pytest.ExitCode):
+    if os.environ.get("ALLOW_FAILURE_RATE") is None:
+        return
+
+    else:
+        acceptable_failure_rate = float(
+            os.environ.get("ALLOW_FAILURE_RATE", ACCEPTABLE_FAILURE_RATE)
+        )
+
+    if exitstatus != pytest.ExitCode.TESTS_FAILED:
+        return
+
+    failure_rate = (100.0 * session.testsfailed) / session.testscollected
+    if failure_rate <= acceptable_failure_rate:
+        session.exitstatus = 0
+
+
 ################################################################
 #
 # Setting configuration fixtures
diff --git a/tests/test_launcher.py b/tests/test_launcher.py
index 88f5dc607f..8008560fa8 100644
--- a/tests/test_launcher.py
+++ b/tests/test_launcher.py
@@ -2072,7 +2072,7 @@ def test_check_server_is_alive_no_queue():
 def test_get_std_output_no_queue():
     from ansys.mapdl.core.launcher import _get_std_output
 
-    assert _get_std_output(None, 30) == [None]
+    assert _get_std_output(None, 30) == [""]
 
 
 def test_create_queue_for_std_no_queue():