diff --git a/.github/actions/initialize-environment/action.yaml b/.github/actions/initialize-environment/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af229dbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/initialize-environment/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: Initialize Environment
+
+description: Initialization steps for kagent actions
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Cancel Previous Actions
+      uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@85880fa0301c86cca9da44039ee3bb12d3bedbfa # 0.12.1
+      with:
+        access_token: ${{ github.token }}
+    - name: Free disk space
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "Before clearing disk space:"
+        df -h
+        docker system df -v
+
+        # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/discussions/3242 github runners are bad at cleanup
+        echo "Removing large packages"
+        sudo apt-get remove -y '^dotnet-.*' || true
+        sudo apt-get remove -y '^llvm-.*' || true
+        sudo apt-get remove -y 'php.*' || true
+        sudo apt-get remove -y '^mongodb-.*' || true
+        sudo apt-get remove -y '^mysql-.*' || true
+        sudo apt-get remove -y azure-cli google-chrome-stable firefox powershell mono-devel libgl1-mesa-dri || true
+        sudo apt-get autoremove -y || true
+        sudo apt-get clean -y || true
+        echo "Done removing large packages"
+
+        # Clean up pre-installed tools
+        # For some reason, GHA often takes minutes (up to 20min observed) to clean up somehow.
+        # Presumably this is due to a slow disk?
+        function clean-dir() {
+          echo "Cleaning $1"
+          time sudo rm -rf "$1" || true
+        }
+        # These two were found to take very very long. Even though its large, its not worth the cost
+        # clean-dir /usr/local/lib/android  # 8.9gb
+        # clean-dir $AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY  # 5.6gb
+        clean-dir /usr/share/dotnet  # 3.4gb
+        clean-dir /usr/share/swift  # 3.1gb
+        clean-dir /usr/local/.ghcup  # 6.3gb
+        clean-dir /usr/local/share/powershell  # 1.2gb
+        clean-dir /usr/local/share/chromium  # 600mb
+
+        # Clean up images
+        docker image rm node:18 || true
+        docker image rm node:18-alpine || true
+        docker image rm node:20 || true
+        docker image rm node:20-alpine || true
+        # remove the dangling images and containers
+        docker images | tail -n +2 | awk '$1 == "<none>" {print $3}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty docker rmi
+        docker ps -a | tail -n +2 | awk '$2 ~ "^[0-9a-f]+$" {print $1}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty docker rm --volumes=true
+
+        # Clean up Docker
+        docker system prune -f || true
+
+        echo "After clearing disk space:"
+        df -h
+        docker system df -v
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5f941ecc4..97eea7bce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Initialize Environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/initialize-environment
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
         with:
diff --git a/python/samples/crewai/poem_flow/Dockerfile b/python/samples/crewai/poem_flow/Dockerfile
index e29ddc1e2..c25697dab 100644
--- a/python/samples/crewai/poem_flow/Dockerfile
+++ b/python/samples/crewai/poem_flow/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Install system dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && apt-get clean
 
 # Copy project files
 COPY samples samples
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ COPY .python-version .python-version
 COPY uv.lock uv.lock
 
 # Install dependencies
-RUN uv venv && uv sync --locked --no-dev --package poem-flow
+RUN uv venv && uv sync --locked --no-dev --package poem-flow \
+    && uv cache clean
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV PORT=8080
diff --git a/python/samples/crewai/research-crew/Dockerfile b/python/samples/crewai/research-crew/Dockerfile
index 8fe33d48a..48f20cfa2 100644
--- a/python/samples/crewai/research-crew/Dockerfile
+++ b/python/samples/crewai/research-crew/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Install system dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && apt-get clean
 
 # Copy project files
 COPY samples samples
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ COPY .python-version .python-version
 COPY uv.lock uv.lock
 
 # Install dependencies
-RUN uv venv && uv sync --locked --no-dev --package research-crew
+RUN uv venv && uv sync --locked --no-dev --package research-crew \
+    && uv cache clean
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV PORT=8080
diff --git a/python/samples/langgraph/currency/Dockerfile b/python/samples/langgraph/currency/Dockerfile
index 809b1d1f5..bd0383ae7 100644
--- a/python/samples/langgraph/currency/Dockerfile
+++ b/python/samples/langgraph/currency/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Install system dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && apt-get clean
 
 # Copy project files
 COPY samples samples
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ COPY .python-version .python-version
 COPY uv.lock uv.lock
 
 # Install dependencies
-RUN uv sync --locked --no-dev
+RUN uv sync --locked --no-dev \
+    && uv cache clean
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/app