diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f53646d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Docker Image CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Build the Docker image
+      run: docker build . --file Dockerfile --tag my-image-name:$(date +%s)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lock-threads.yml b/.github/workflows/lock-threads.yml
index 22652dab88..6b83c5316f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lock-threads.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lock-threads.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Lock Threads
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+    - cron: ''1
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ietf-tools/lock-threads@v3.1.1
         with:
           github-token: ${{ github.token }}
-          issue-inactive-days: 7
-          pr-inactive-days: 3
+          issue-inactive-days: 999999
+          pr-inactive-days: 99999
           log-output: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e56abb6303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Python package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install flake8 pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest