diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-add-gitlab.yml b/.github/workflows/test-add-gitlab.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8db4e0dd0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-add-gitlab.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: tester
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'add_gitlab_e2e_tests'
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+      - ready_for_review
+    branches:
+      - 'add_gitlab_e2e_tests'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  e2e-gitlab:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # dont run e2e tests on forked PRs
+    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
+    env:
+      TERRAFORM_VERSION: 1.8.3
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - run: |
+        echo "Hello!"
+      # This version of TF will be downloaded before Atlantis is started.
+      # We do this instead of setting --default-tf-version because setting
+      # that flag starts the download asynchronously so we'd have a race
+      # condition.
+      #- uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@651471c36a6092792c552e8b1bef71e592b462d8 # v3
+      #  with:
+      #    terraform_version: ${{ env.TERRAFORM_VERSION }}
+      #
+      #- name: Setup ngrok
+      #  run: |
+      #      wget -q -nc https://bin.equinox.io/c/bNyj1mQVY4c/ngrok-v3-stable-linux-amd64.tgz
+      #      tar -xzf ngrok-v3-stable-linux-amd64.tgz && \
+      #      chmod +x ngrok
+      #      ./ngrok --help
+      #- name: Setup gitconfig
+      #  run: |
+      #    git config --global user.email "maintainers@runatlantis.io"
+      #    git config --global user.name "atlantisbot"
+      #
+      #- run: |
+      #    make build-service
+      #    ./scripts/e2e.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 7b66972876..4664877375 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -138,38 +138,3 @@ jobs:
       - run: |
           make build-service
           ./scripts/e2e.sh
-  e2e-gitlab:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # dont run e2e tests on forked PRs
-    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
-    env:
-      TERRAFORM_VERSION: 1.8.3
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-      - run: |
-        echo "Hello!"
-      # This version of TF will be downloaded before Atlantis is started.
-      # We do this instead of setting --default-tf-version because setting
-      # that flag starts the download asynchronously so we'd have a race
-      # condition.
-      #- uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@651471c36a6092792c552e8b1bef71e592b462d8 # v3
-      #  with:
-      #    terraform_version: ${{ env.TERRAFORM_VERSION }}
-      #
-      #- name: Setup ngrok
-      #  run: |
-      #      wget -q -nc https://bin.equinox.io/c/bNyj1mQVY4c/ngrok-v3-stable-linux-amd64.tgz
-      #      tar -xzf ngrok-v3-stable-linux-amd64.tgz && \
-      #      chmod +x ngrok
-      #      ./ngrok --help
-      #- name: Setup gitconfig
-      #  run: |
-      #    git config --global user.email "maintainers@runatlantis.io"
-      #    git config --global user.name "atlantisbot"
-      #
-      #- run: |
-      #    make build-service
-      #    ./scripts/e2e.sh