diff --git a/.github/workflows/connector-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/connector-tests.yml
index b4e02fecb..4f6cedee0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/connector-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/connector-tests.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   cdk_changes:
     name: Get Changes
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       statuses: write
       pull-requests: read
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     # Forked PRs are handled by the community_ci.yml workflow
     # If the condition is not met the job will be skipped (it will not fail)
     # runs-on: connector-test-large
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     timeout-minutes: 360 # 6 hours
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ jobs:
     name: "Check: '${{matrix.connector}}' (skip=${{needs.cdk_changes.outputs['src'] == 'false' || needs.cdk_changes.outputs[matrix.cdk_extra] == 'false'}})"
     permissions:
       checks: write
+      contents: write  # Required for creating commit statuses
+      pull-requests: read
     steps:
       - name: Abort if extra not changed (${{matrix.cdk_extra}})
         id: no_changes
@@ -127,6 +129,22 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
+      # Create initial pending status for test report
+      - name: Create Pending Test Report Status
+        if: steps.no_changes.outputs.status != 'cancelled'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT_MAINTENANCE_OCTAVIA }}
+        run: |
+          HEAD_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}"
+          gh api \
+            --method POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/$HEAD_SHA \
+            -f state="pending" \
+            -f description="Running connector tests..." \
+            -f context="${{ matrix.connector }} Test Report"
+
       - name: Test Connector
         if: steps.no_changes.outputs.status != 'cancelled'
         timeout-minutes: 90
@@ -173,6 +191,39 @@ jobs:
           echo "success=${success}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "html_report_url=${html_report_url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      # Update the test report status with results
+      - name: Update Test Report Status
+        if: always() && steps.no_changes.outputs.status != 'cancelled' && steps.evaluate_output.outcome == 'success'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT_MAINTENANCE_OCTAVIA }}
+        run: |
+          HEAD_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}"
+          gh api \
+            --method POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/$HEAD_SHA \
+            -f state="${{ steps.evaluate_output.outputs.success == 'true' && 'success' || 'failure' }}" \
+            -f target_url="${{ steps.evaluate_output.outputs.html_report_url }}" \
+            -f description="Click Details to view the test report" \
+            -f context="${{ matrix.connector }} Test Report"
+
+      # Create failure status if report generation failed
+      - name: Create Report Generation Failed Status
+        if: always() && steps.no_changes.outputs.status != 'cancelled' && steps.evaluate_output.outcome != 'success'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT_MAINTENANCE_OCTAVIA }}
+        run: |
+          HEAD_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}"
+          gh api \
+            --method POST \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/$HEAD_SHA \
+            -f state="failure" \
+            -f description="Failed to run connector tests." \
+            -f context="${{ matrix.connector }} Test Report"
+
       # Upload the job output to the artifacts
       - name: Upload Job Output
         id: upload_job_output