diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b827468d719..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-name: "Validate Gradle Wrapper"
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  validation:
-    name: "Gradle wrapper validation"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lock.yml b/.github/workflows/lock.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ba37d4db4be..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/lock.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Lock Threads'
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '37 3 * * *'
-
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  lock:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: dessant/lock-threads@v3
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
-          issue-inactive-days: 90
-          pr-inactive-days: 90
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93387421944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  publish_jar:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: 17
+
+      - name: Run Gradle Script
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "Run Gradle Script"
+          git fetch --tags
+          TAG=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1` | tr -d v)
+          HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+          echo Publishing Jar: $TAG$HASH-SNAPSHOT
+          ./gradlew :grpc-core:build :grpc-core:publish -PpublishVersion=$TAG$HASH-SNAPSHOT -x test -x checkstyleJmh -x checkstyleMain -x checkstyleTest
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+          GH_PACKAGES_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.GH_PACKAGES_USERNAME }}
+          GH_PACKAGES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GH_PACKAGES_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4788ebfc7f0..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-name: GitHub Actions Linux Testing
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - master
-    - 'v1.*'
-  pull_request:
-  schedule:
-  - cron: '54 19 * * SUN' # weekly at a "random" time
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        jre: [8, 11]
-      fail-fast: false # Should swap to true if we grow a large matrix
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        java-version: ${{ matrix.jre }}
-        distribution: 'temurin'
-
-    - name: Gradle cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
-      with:
-        path: |
-          ~/.gradle/caches
-          ~/.gradle/wrapper
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
-    - name: Maven cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
-      with:
-        path: |
-          ~/.m2/repository
-          !~/.m2/repository/io/grpc
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml', 'build.gradle') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
-    - name: Protobuf cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
-      with:
-        path: /tmp/protobuf-cache
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('buildscripts/make_dependencies.sh') }}
-
-    - name: Build
-      run: buildscripts/kokoro/unix.sh
-    - name: Post Failure Upload Test Reports to Artifacts
-      if: ${{ failure() }}
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: Test Reports (JRE ${{ matrix.jre }})
-        path: ./*/build/reports/tests/**
-        retention-days: 14
-    - name: Check for modified codegen
-      run: test -z "$(git status --porcelain)" || (git status && echo Error Working directory is not clean. Forget to commit generated files? && false)
-
-    - name: Coveralls
-      if: matrix.jre == 8 # Upload once, instead of for each job in the matrix
-      run: ./gradlew :grpc-all:coveralls -x compileJava
-    - name: Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9fd0d7fb574..80d81fbafb0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Gradle
 build
-gradle.properties
 .gradle
 local.properties
 out
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ee6cb7c7947..dad0632f80b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -381,6 +381,15 @@ subprojects {
                 }
             }
             repositories {
+                maven {
+                    name = "GitHubPackages"
+                    url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/contaquanto/grpc-java")
+                    credentials {
+                        // The credentials
+                        username = System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTOR")
+                        password = System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+                    }
+                }
                 maven {
                     if (rootProject.hasProperty('repositoryDir')) {
                         url = new File(rootProject.repositoryDir).toURI()
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/TransportFrameUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/TransportFrameUtil.java
index 51854410843..59335b63c6b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/TransportFrameUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/TransportFrameUtil.java
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ private static boolean endsWith(byte[] subject, byte[] suffix) {
    * characters and space.
    */
   private static boolean isSpecCompliantAscii(byte[] subject) {
-    for (byte b : subject) {
-      if (b < 32 || b > 126) {
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
+  //for (byte b : subject) {
+  //  if (b < 32 || b > 126) {
+  //    return false;
+  //  }
+  //}
     return true;
   }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8794d50d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+skipAndroid=true
+skipCodegen=true
\ No newline at end of file