diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-ci.yml
index d4afa2778b8..2ef3ce484cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-ci.yml
@@ -1,78 +1,11 @@
+name: PR07 focused Windows validation
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 23 * * 1-4"
   workflow_dispatch:
-
-name: Nightly CI
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 jobs:
-  sqlness-test:
-    name: Run sqlness test
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'GreptimeTeam/greptimedb' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Check install.sh
-        run: ./.github/scripts/check-install-script.sh
-
-      - name: Run sqlness test
-        uses: ./.github/actions/sqlness-test
-        with:
-          data-root: sqlness-test
-          aws-ci-test-bucket: ${{ vars.AWS_CI_TEST_BUCKET }}
-          aws-region: ${{ vars.AWS_CI_TEST_BUCKET_REGION }}
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_CI_TEST_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_CI_TEST_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-      - name: Upload sqlness logs
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: sqlness-logs-kind
-          path: /tmp/kind/
-          retention-days: 3
-
-  sqlness-windows:
-    name: Sqlness tests on Windows
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'GreptimeTeam/greptimedb' }}
-    runs-on: windows-2022-8-cores
-    permissions:
-      issues: write
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-cyborg
-      - uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
-      - name: Rust Cache
-        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - name: Run sqlness
-        run: make sqlness-test
-        env:
-          SQLNESS_OPTS: "--preserve-state"
-      - name: Upload sqlness logs
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: sqlness-logs
-          path: C:\Users\RUNNER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\sqlness*
-          retention-days: 3
-
   test-on-windows:
-    name: Run tests on Windows
+    name: PR07 affected tests on Windows (source fae799a98c)
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'GreptimeTeam/greptimedb' }}
     runs-on: windows-2022-8-cores
     timeout-minutes: 60
@@ -80,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: git config --global core.autocrlf false
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          ref: fae799a98c22d9aebe0bb53b34a1c85e27698c6c
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-cyborg
@@ -101,8 +35,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: Vampire/setup-wsl@v2
         with:
           distribution: Ubuntu-22.04
+      - name: Record tested source SHA
+        run: git rev-parse HEAD
       - name: Running tests
-        run: cargo nextest run -F dashboard
+        run: >-
+          cargo nextest run -F dashboard --no-fail-fast --retries 0
+          -E 'package(object-store) | test(parquet_writer::) | test(export_logical_tables::) | test(copy_table_to::) | test(data::export_v2::) | test(data::snapshot_storage::)' 
         env:
           CARGO_BUILD_RUSTFLAGS: "-C linker=lld-link"
           RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
@@ -113,64 +51,3 @@ jobs:
           GT_S3_REGION: ${{ vars.AWS_CI_TEST_BUCKET_REGION }}
           UNITTEST_LOG_DIR: "__unittest_logs"
 
-  cleanbuild-linux-nix:
-    name: Run clean build on Linux
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'GreptimeTeam/greptimedb' }}
-    timeout-minutes: 45
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v31
-      - run: nix develop --command cargo check --bin greptime
-        env:
-          CARGO_BUILD_RUSTFLAGS: "-C link-arg=-fuse-ld=mold"
-
-  check-status:
-    name: Check status
-    needs: [sqlness-test, sqlness-windows, test-on-windows]
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'GreptimeTeam/greptimedb' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      check-result: ${{ steps.set-check-result.outputs.check-result }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Set check result
-        id: set-check-result
-        run: |
-          echo "check-result=success" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-  notification:
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'GreptimeTeam/greptimedb' && always() }} # Not requiring successful dependent jobs, always run.
-    name: Send notification to Greptime team
-    needs: [check-status]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL_DEVELOP_CHANNEL }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-cyborg
-      - name: Report CI status
-        id: report-ci-status
-        working-directory: cyborg
-        run: pnpm tsx bin/report-ci-failure.ts
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          CI_REPORT_STATUS: ${{ needs.check-status.outputs.check-result == 'success' }}
-      - name: Notify dev build successful result
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.23.0
-        if: ${{ needs.check-status.outputs.check-result == 'success' }}
-        with:
-          payload: |
-            {"text": "Nightly CI has completed successfully."}
-
-      - name: Notify dev build failed result
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.23.0
-        if: ${{ needs.check-status.outputs.check-result != 'success' }}
-        with:
-          payload: |
-            {"text": "Nightly CI failed has failed, please check ${{ steps.report-ci-status.outputs.html_url }}."}