diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
index 1819ad3ac6..a57b94bda6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
@@ -11,55 +11,79 @@ jobs:
   files-changed:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/files-changed.yml
 
-  test-pgsql:
-    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.actions == 'true'
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    services:
-      pgsql:
-        image: postgres:14
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_DB: test
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-        ports:
-          - "5432:5432"
-      ldap:
-        image: gitea/test-openldap:latest
-        ports:
-          - "389:389"
-          - "636:636"
-      minio:
-        # as github actions doesn't support "entrypoint", we need to use a non-official image
-        # that has a custom entrypoint set to "minio server /data"
-        image: bitnamilegacy/minio:2023.8.31
-        env:
-          MINIO_ROOT_USER: 123456
-          MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: 12345678
-        ports:
-          - "9000:9000"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-          check-latest: true
-      - name: Add hosts to /etc/hosts
-        run: '[ -e "/.dockerenv" ] || [ -e "/run/.containerenv" ] || echo "127.0.0.1 pgsql ldap minio" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts'
-      - run: make deps-backend
-      - run: make backend
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata
-      - name: run tests
-        run: make test-pgsql
-        timeout-minutes: 50
-        env:
-          TAGS: bindata gogit
-          RACE_ENABLED: true
-          TEST_TAGS: gogit
-          TEST_LDAP: 1
-          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
-
-  test-mssql:
+  test-mssql1:
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.actions == 'true'
+    needs: files-changed
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    services:
+      mssql:
+        image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
+        env:
+          ACCEPT_EULA: Y
+          MSSQL_PID: Standard
+          SA_PASSWORD: MwantsaSecurePassword1
+        ports:
+          - "1433:1433"
+      devstoreaccount1.azurite.local: # https://github.com/Azure/Azurite/issues/1583
+        image: mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite:latest
+        ports:
+          - 10000:10000
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          check-latest: true
+      - name: Add hosts to /etc/hosts
+        run: '[ -e "/.dockerenv" ] || [ -e "/run/.containerenv" ] || echo "127.0.0.1 mssql devstoreaccount1.azurite.local" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts'
+      - run: make deps-backend
+      - run: make backend
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata
+      - name: run tests
+        run: make test-mssql
+        timeout-minutes: 50
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata
+          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
+
+  test-mssql2:
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.actions == 'true'
+    needs: files-changed
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    services:
+      mssql:
+        image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
+        env:
+          ACCEPT_EULA: Y
+          MSSQL_PID: Standard
+          SA_PASSWORD: MwantsaSecurePassword1
+        ports:
+          - "1433:1433"
+      devstoreaccount1.azurite.local: # https://github.com/Azure/Azurite/issues/1583
+        image: mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite:latest
+        ports:
+          - 10000:10000
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          check-latest: true
+      - name: Add hosts to /etc/hosts
+        run: '[ -e "/.dockerenv" ] || [ -e "/run/.containerenv" ] || echo "127.0.0.1 mssql devstoreaccount1.azurite.local" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts'
+      - run: make deps-backend
+      - run: make backend
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata
+      - name: run tests
+        run: make test-mssql
+        timeout-minutes: 50
+        env:
+          TAGS: bindata
+          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
+
+  test-mssql3:
     if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.actions == 'true'
     needs: files-changed
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_commit_nogogit.go b/modules/git/repo_commit_nogogit.go
index 3d67e371d8..11e825122b 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_commit_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_commit_nogogit.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (repo *Repository) ResolveReference(name string) (string, error) {
 
 // GetRefCommitID returns the last commit ID string of given reference (branch or tag).
 func (repo *Repository) GetRefCommitID(name string) (string, error) {
-	batch, cancel, err := repo.CatFileBatch(repo.Ctx, true)
+	batch, cancel, err := repo.CatFileBatch(repo.Ctx, false) // final test
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (repo *Repository) ConvertToGitID(commitID string) (ObjectID, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	batch, cancel, err := repo.CatFileBatch(repo.Ctx, true)
+	batch, cancel, err := repo.CatFileBatch(repo.Ctx, false) // final test
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}