diff --git a/.github/workflows/capture_new_migrations.yml b/.github/workflows/capture_new_migrations.yml
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+name: Check Django Migrations
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  check_migrations:
+    name: check migrations
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-20.04 ]
+        python-version: [ 3.8 ]
+        # 'pinned' is used to install the latest patch version of Django
+        # within the global constraint i.e. Django==3.2.21 in current case
+        # because we have global constraint of Django<4.2
+        django-version: ["pinned", "4.2"]
+        mongo-version: ["4"]
+        mysql-version: ["8"]
+        # excluding mysql5.7 with Django 4.2 since Django 4.2 has
+        # dropped support for MySQL<8
+        exclude:
+          - django-version: "4.2"
+            mysql-version: "5.7"
+    services:
+      mongo:
+        image: mongo:${{ matrix.mongo-version }}
+        ports:
+          - 27017:27017
+        # Note: Calling mongo here only works with mongo 4, in newer versions of mongo
+        # we'll have to use `mongosh`
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "mongo --quiet --eval 'db.runCommand(\"ping\")'"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 3
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql:${{ matrix.mysql-version }}
+        ports:
+          - 3306:3306
+        env:
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: "edxapp"
+          MYSQL_USER: "edxapp001"
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: "password"
+          MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: true
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "mysqladmin ping"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 3
+    steps:
+    - name: Setup mongodb user
+      run: |
+        mongosh edxapp --eval '
+          db.createUser(
+            {
+              user: "edxapp",
+              pwd:  "password",
+              roles: [
+                   { role: "readWrite", db: "edxapp" },
+              ]
+            }
+          );
+        '
+
+    - name: Verify mongo and mysql db credentials
+      run: |
+        mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -uedxapp001 -ppassword -e "select 1;" edxapp
+        mongosh --host 127.0.0.1 --username edxapp --password password --eval 'use edxapp; db.adminCommand("ping");' edxapp
+
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install system Packages
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        make ubuntu-requirements
+
+    - name: Get pip cache dir
+      id: pip-cache-dir
+      run: |
+        echo "::set-output name=dir::$(pip cache dir)"
+
+    - name: Cache pip dependencies
+      id: cache-dependencies
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: ${{ steps.pip-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('requirements/edx/development.txt') }}
+        restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+
+    - name: Install Python dependencies
+      run: |
+        make dev-requirements
+        if [[ "${{ matrix.django-version }}" != "pinned" ]]; then
+          pip install "django~=${{ matrix.django-version }}.0"
+          pip check # fail if this test-reqs/Django combination is broken
+        fi
+
+    - name: list installed package versions
+      run: |
+        sudo pip freeze
+
+    - name: Run Tests
+      env:
+        LMS_CFG: lms/envs/minimal.yml
+        # This is from the LMS dir on purpose since we don't need anything different for the CMS yet.
+        STUDIO_CFG: lms/envs/minimal.yml
+      run: |
+        echo "Running the LMS migrations."
+        ./manage.py lms showmigrations
+        echo "Running the CMS migrations."
+        ./manage.py cms showmigrations
+
+  # This job aggregates test results. It's the required check for branch protection.
+  # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/alls-green#why
+  # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/33579
+  success:
+    name: Migrations checks successful
+    if: always()
+    needs:
+      - check_migrations
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Decide whether the needed jobs succeeded or failed
+        # uses: re-actors/alls-green@v1.2.1
+        uses: re-actors/alls-green@05ac9388f0aebcb5727afa17fcccfecd6f8ec5fe
+        with:
+          jobs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index c3b1086c20eb..626a2ac54f12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -1,156 +1,156 @@
-name: unit-tests
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-
-jobs:
-  run-tests:
-    name: python-${{ matrix.python-version }},django-${{ matrix.django-version }},${{ matrix.shard_name }}
-    if: (github.repository == 'edx/edx-platform-private') || (github.repository == 'openedx/edx-platform' && (startsWith(github.base_ref, 'open-release') == false))
-    runs-on: [ edx-platform-runner ]
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version:
-          - "3.8"
-        django-version:
-          - "pinned"
-          - "4.2"
-        # When updating the shards, remember to make the same changes in
-        # .github/workflows/unit-tests-gh-hosted.yml
-        shard_name:
-          - "lms-1"
-          - "lms-2"
-          - "lms-3"
-          - "lms-4"
-          - "lms-5"
-          - "lms-6"
-          - "openedx-1-with-lms"
-          - "openedx-2-with-lms"
-          - "openedx-1-with-cms"
-          - "openedx-2-with-cms"
-          - "cms-1"
-          - "cms-2"
-          - "common-with-lms"
-          - "common-with-cms"
-          - "xmodule-with-lms"
-          - "xmodule-with-cms"
-    # We expect Django 4.0 to fail, so don't stop when it fails.
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.django-version == '4.0' }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: sync directory owner
-        run: sudo chown runner:runner -R .*
-
-      - name: checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: start mongod server for tests
-        run: |
-          sudo mkdir -p /data/db
-          sudo chmod -R a+rw /data/db
-          mongod &
-
-      - name: install requirements
-        run: |
-          sudo make test-requirements
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.django-version }}" != "pinned" ]]; then
-            sudo pip install "django~=${{ matrix.django-version }}.0"
-            sudo pip check # fail if this test-reqs/Django combination is broken
-          fi
-
-      - name: list installed package versions
-        run: |
-          sudo pip freeze
-
-      - name: Setup and run tests
-        uses: ./.github/actions/unit-tests
-
-      - name: Renaming coverage data file
-        run: |
-          mv reports/.coverage reports/${{ matrix.shard_name }}.coverage
-
-      - name: Upload coverage
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: coverage
-          path: reports/${{matrix.shard_name}}.coverage
-
-  # This job aggregates test results. It's the required check for branch protection.
-  # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/alls-green#why
-  # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/33579
-  success:
-    name: Unit tests successful
-    if: (github.repository == 'edx/edx-platform-private') || (github.repository == 'openedx/edx-platform' && (startsWith(github.base_ref, 'open-release') == false))
-    needs:
-      - run-tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Decide whether the needed jobs succeeded or failed
-        # uses: re-actors/alls-green@v1.2.1
-        uses: re-actors/alls-green@05ac9388f0aebcb5727afa17fcccfecd6f8ec5fe
-        with:
-          jobs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
-
-  compile-warnings-report:
-    runs-on: [ edx-platform-runner ]
-    needs: [ run-tests ]
-    steps:
-      - name: sync directory owner
-        run: sudo chown runner:runner -R .*
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: collect pytest warnings files
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: pytest-warnings-json
-          path: test_root/log
-
-      - name: display structure of downloaded files
-        run: ls -la test_root/log
-
-      - name: compile warnings report
-        run: |
-          python openedx/core/process_warnings.py --dir-path test_root/log --html-path reports/pytest_warnings/warning_report_all.html
-
-      - name: save warning report
-        if: success()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: pytest-warning-report-html
-          path: |
-            reports/pytest_warnings/warning_report_all.html
-
-  # Combine and upload coverage reports.
-  coverage:
-    needs: run-tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [ 3.8 ]
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Download all artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: coverage
-          path: reports
-
-      - name: Install Python dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install -r requirements/edx/coverage.txt
-
-      - name: Run coverage
-        run: |
-          coverage combine reports/*
-          coverage report
-          coverage xml
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+#name: unit-tests
+#
+#on:
+#  pull_request:
+#  push:
+#    branches:
+#      - master
+#
+#jobs:
+#  run-tests:
+#    name: python-${{ matrix.python-version }},django-${{ matrix.django-version }},${{ matrix.shard_name }}
+#    if: (github.repository == 'edx/edx-platform-private') || (github.repository == 'openedx/edx-platform' && (startsWith(github.base_ref, 'open-release') == false))
+#    runs-on: [ edx-platform-runner ]
+#    strategy:
+#      matrix:
+#        python-version:
+#          - "3.8"
+#        django-version:
+#          - "pinned"
+#          - "4.2"
+#        # When updating the shards, remember to make the same changes in
+#        # .github/workflows/unit-tests-gh-hosted.yml
+#        shard_name:
+#          - "lms-1"
+#          - "lms-2"
+#          - "lms-3"
+#          - "lms-4"
+#          - "lms-5"
+#          - "lms-6"
+#          - "openedx-1-with-lms"
+#          - "openedx-2-with-lms"
+#          - "openedx-1-with-cms"
+#          - "openedx-2-with-cms"
+#          - "cms-1"
+#          - "cms-2"
+#          - "common-with-lms"
+#          - "common-with-cms"
+#          - "xmodule-with-lms"
+#          - "xmodule-with-cms"
+#    # We expect Django 4.0 to fail, so don't stop when it fails.
+#    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.django-version == '4.0' }}
+#
+#    steps:
+#      - name: sync directory owner
+#        run: sudo chown runner:runner -R .*
+#
+#      - name: checkout repo
+#        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#
+#      - name: start mongod server for tests
+#        run: |
+#          sudo mkdir -p /data/db
+#          sudo chmod -R a+rw /data/db
+#          mongod &
+#
+#      - name: install requirements
+#        run: |
+#          sudo make test-requirements
+#          if [[ "${{ matrix.django-version }}" != "pinned" ]]; then
+#            sudo pip install "django~=${{ matrix.django-version }}.0"
+#            sudo pip check # fail if this test-reqs/Django combination is broken
+#          fi
+#
+#      - name: list installed package versions
+#        run: |
+#          sudo pip freeze
+#
+#      - name: Setup and run tests
+#        uses: ./.github/actions/unit-tests
+#
+#      - name: Renaming coverage data file
+#        run: |
+#          mv reports/.coverage reports/${{ matrix.shard_name }}.coverage
+#
+#      - name: Upload coverage
+#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+#        with:
+#          name: coverage
+#          path: reports/${{matrix.shard_name}}.coverage
+#
+#  # This job aggregates test results. It's the required check for branch protection.
+#  # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/alls-green#why
+#  # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/33579
+#  success:
+#    name: Unit tests successful
+#    if: (github.repository == 'edx/edx-platform-private') || (github.repository == 'openedx/edx-platform' && (startsWith(github.base_ref, 'open-release') == false))
+#    needs:
+#      - run-tests
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Decide whether the needed jobs succeeded or failed
+#        # uses: re-actors/alls-green@v1.2.1
+#        uses: re-actors/alls-green@05ac9388f0aebcb5727afa17fcccfecd6f8ec5fe
+#        with:
+#          jobs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
+#
+#  compile-warnings-report:
+#    runs-on: [ edx-platform-runner ]
+#    needs: [ run-tests ]
+#    steps:
+#      - name: sync directory owner
+#        run: sudo chown runner:runner -R .*
+#      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#      - name: collect pytest warnings files
+#        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+#        with:
+#          name: pytest-warnings-json
+#          path: test_root/log
+#
+#      - name: display structure of downloaded files
+#        run: ls -la test_root/log
+#
+#      - name: compile warnings report
+#        run: |
+#          python openedx/core/process_warnings.py --dir-path test_root/log --html-path reports/pytest_warnings/warning_report_all.html
+#
+#      - name: save warning report
+#        if: success()
+#        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+#        with:
+#          name: pytest-warning-report-html
+#          path: |
+#            reports/pytest_warnings/warning_report_all.html
+#
+#  # Combine and upload coverage reports.
+#  coverage:
+#    needs: run-tests
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#    strategy:
+#      matrix:
+#        python-version: [ 3.8 ]
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Checkout repo
+#        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#
+#      - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+#        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+#        with:
+#          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+#
+#      - name: Download all artifacts
+#        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+#        with:
+#          name: coverage
+#          path: reports
+#
+#      - name: Install Python dependencies
+#        run: |
+#          pip install -r requirements/edx/coverage.txt
+#
+#      - name: Run coverage
+#        run: |
+#          coverage combine reports/*
+#          coverage report
+#          coverage xml
+#      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3