diff --git a/.github/workflows/quali.yml b/.github/workflows/quali.yml
index 857c65c80..a294a4de5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quali.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quali.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on:
         description: "revision of the Open Wifi Helm chart"
       ap_models:
         required: true
-        default: "hfcl_ion4xe,edgecore_eap101,tp-link_ec420-g1,edgecore_ecw5211,cig_wf188n,edgecore_eap102,cig_wf194c,hfcl_ion4,indio_um-305ac,hfcl_ion4xi,udaya_a5-id2"
+        default: "wallys_dr40x9,hfcl_ion4xe,edgecore_eap101,tp-link_ec420-g1,edgecore_ecw5211,cig_wf188n,edgecore_eap102,cig_wf194c,hfcl_ion4,indio_um-305ac,hfcl_ion4xi,udaya_a5-id2"
         description: "the AP models to test"
       ap_version:
         required: true
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ on:
         description: "revision of firmware to flash on AP, <branch>-<commit>"
       marker_expression:
         required: true
-        default: "uc_sanity"
+        default: "ow_sanity_lf"
         description: "Marker expression to select tests to execute"
       existing_controller:
         required: false
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo ::set-output name=openwifi::$(echo "${{ github.event.inputs.openwifi_revision || 'main' }}")
           echo ::set-output name=ap_version::$(echo "${{ github.event.inputs.ap_version || 'next-latest' }}")
-          echo ::set-output name=marker_expression::$(echo "${{ github.event.inputs.marker_expression || 'uc_sanity' }}")
+          echo ::set-output name=marker_expression::$(echo "${{ github.event.inputs.marker_expression || 'ow_sanity_lf' }}")
           echo ::set-output name=existing_controller::$(echo "${{ github.event.inputs.existing_controller || 'qa01' }}")
 
           AP_MODELS="${{ github.event.inputs.ap_models || 'hfcl_ion4xe,edgecore_eap101,tp-link_ec420-g1,edgecore_ecw5211,cig_wf188n,edgecore_eap102,cig_wf194c,hfcl_ion4,indio_um-305ac,hfcl_ion4xi,udaya_a5-id2' }}"
@@ -76,6 +76,127 @@ jobs:
           registry_password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_PASSWORD }}
 
   # Run tests on APs
+  test-wallys-dr40x9:
+    needs: [ "vars", "build" ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: "!cancelled() && contains(fromJSON(needs.vars.outputs.ap_models), 'wallys_dr40x9')"
+    env:
+      CLOUDSHELL_URL: quali-cloudshell.lab.wlan.tip.build
+      CLOUDSHELL_USER: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSHELL_USER }}
+      CLOUDSHELL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSHELL_PASSWORD }}
+      AP_MODEL: wallys_dr40x9
+    steps:
+      - name: Set AP model output
+        id: ap_model
+        run: |
+          echo "::set-output name=model::${AP_MODEL}"
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
+
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run: pip install -r .quali/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: start reservation
+        run: |
+          if [ ${{ needs.vars.outputs.existing_controller }} != '' ]
+          then
+            python .quali/start_reservation.py --global-inputs '{"Chart Version":"${{ needs.vars.outputs.openwifi_revision }}","AP Model":"${{ steps.ap_model.outputs.model }}","Optional Existing SDK Namespace":"${{ needs.vars.outputs.existing_controller }}"}' "Basic Lab"
+          else
+            python .quali/start_reservation.py --global-inputs '{"Chart Version":"${{ needs.vars.outputs.openwifi_revision }}","AP Model":"${{ steps.ap_model.outputs.model }}"}' "Basic Lab"
+          fi
+
+      - name: set reservation outputs
+        if: always()
+        id: reservation
+        run: |
+          echo ::set-output name=identifier::"$(cat ./reservation_id.txt)"
+          if [ ${{ needs.vars.outputs.existing_controller }} != '' ]
+          then
+            echo ::set-output name=namespace::"${{ needs.vars.outputs.existing_controller }}"
+          else
+            echo ::set-output name=namespace::"$(cat ./reservation_id.txt | cut -d "-" -f 1)"
+          fi
+
+      # TODO WIFI-7839 delete when issue is resolved on AWS CLI side
+      - name: install kubectl
+        run: |
+          curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.23.6/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+          sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+
+      - name: get EKS access credentials
+        run: aws eks update-kubeconfig --name ${{ env.AWS_EKS_NAME }}
+
+      - name: prepare namespace name
+        id: namespace
+        run: |
+          NAMESPACE="testing-${{ github.run_id }}-$(echo ${{ steps.ap_model.outputs.model }} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr '_' '-')"
+          echo "::set-output name=name::${NAMESPACE}"
+
+      - name: prepare configuration
+        run: |
+          cat << EOF > lab_info.json
+          ${{ secrets.LAB_CONFIGURATION_JSON }}
+          EOF
+          
+          DYN_CONFIG="$(python .quali/get_configuration.py --json ${{ steps.reservation.outputs.identifier }})"
+          jq ".CONFIGURATION.basic=$DYN_CONFIG" lab_info.json > lab_info.json.tmp && mv lab_info.json.tmp lab_info.json
+          
+          # overwrite configuration value from Quali
+          if [ ${{ needs.vars.outputs.existing_controller }} != '' ]
+          then
+            jq '.CONFIGURATION.basic.controller.url="https://sec-${{ needs.vars.outputs.existing_controller }}.cicd.lab.wlan.tip.build:16001"' lab_info.json > lab_info.json.tmp && mv lab_info.json.tmp lab_info.json
+          fi
+
+      - name: run tests
+        uses: ./.github/actions/run-tests
+        with:
+          namespace: ${{ steps.namespace.outputs.name }}
+          testbed: basic
+          marker_expression: "${{ needs.vars.outputs.marker_expression }}"
+          configuration_file: "./lab_info.json"
+          testing_docker_image: tip-tip-wlan-cloud-docker-repo.jfrog.io/cloud-sdk-nightly:${{ github.run_id }}
+          additional_args: '-o firmware="${{ needs.vars.outputs.ap_version }}"'
+          allure_results_artifact_name: "allure-results-${{ steps.ap_model.outputs.model }}"
+          dns_records_to_resolve: "sec-${{ steps.reservation.outputs.namespace }}.cicd.lab.wlan.tip.build gw-${{ steps.reservation.outputs.namespace }}.cicd.lab.wlan.tip.build fms-${{ steps.reservation.outputs.namespace }}.cicd.lab.wlan.tip.build"
+
+        # necessary because if conditionals in composite actions are currently not respected
+      - name: delete namespace
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: kubectl delete ns --ignore-not-found=true --wait ${{ steps.namespace.outputs.name }}
+
+      - name: show gw logs
+        if: failure()
+        run: kubectl -n openwifi-${{ steps.reservation.outputs.namespace }} logs deployment/owgw
+
+      - name: show fms logs
+        if: failure()
+        run: kubectl -n openwifi-${{ steps.reservation.outputs.namespace }} logs deployment/owfms
+
+      - name: show prov logs
+        if: failure()
+        run: kubectl -n openwifi-${{ steps.reservation.outputs.namespace }} logs deployment/owprov
+
+      - name: show analytics logs
+        if: failure()
+        run: kubectl -n openwifi-${{ steps.reservation.outputs.namespace }} logs deployment/owanalytics
+
+      - name: show subscription (userportal) logs
+        if: failure()
+        run: kubectl -n openwifi-${{ steps.reservation.outputs.namespace }} logs deployment/owsub
+
+      - name: show sec logs
+        if: failure()
+        run: kubectl -n openwifi-${{ steps.reservation.outputs.namespace }} logs deployment/owsec
+
+      - name: stop reservation
+        if: always()
+        run: python .quali/stop_reservation.py ${{ steps.reservation.outputs.identifier }}
+
   test-hfcl-ion4xe:
     needs: ["vars", "build", "test-edgecore-eap102"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -1413,7 +1534,7 @@ jobs:
   report:
     if: "!cancelled()"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [vars, test-hfcl-ion4xe, test-edgecore-eap101, test-tp-link-ec420-g1, test-edgecore-ecw5211, test-cig-wf188n, test-edgecore-eap102, test-cig-wf194c, test-hfcl-ion4, test-indio-um-305ac, test-hfcl-ion4xi, test-udaya-a5-id2]
+    needs: [vars, test-wallys-dr40x9, test-hfcl-ion4xe, test-edgecore-eap101, test-tp-link-ec420-g1, test-edgecore-ecw5211, test-cig-wf188n, test-edgecore-eap102, test-cig-wf194c, test-hfcl-ion4, test-indio-um-305ac, test-hfcl-ion4xi, test-udaya-a5-id2]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -1453,7 +1574,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cp -r allure-results allure-report/results
 
       - name: upload to S3
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && needs.vars.outputs.marker_expression == 'uc_sanity'
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && needs.vars.outputs.marker_expression == 'ow_sanity_lf'
         uses: ./.github/actions/allure-report-to-s3
         with:
           test_type: sanity
@@ -1464,7 +1585,7 @@ jobs:
 
   # Cleanup
   cleanup:
-    needs: [test-hfcl-ion4xe, test-edgecore-eap101, test-tp-link-ec420-g1, test-edgecore-ecw5211, test-cig-wf188n, test-edgecore-eap102, test-cig-wf194c, test-hfcl-ion4, test-indio-um-305ac, test-hfcl-ion4xi, test-udaya-a5-id2]
+    needs: [test-wallys-dr40x9, test-hfcl-ion4xe, test-edgecore-eap101, test-tp-link-ec420-g1, test-edgecore-ecw5211, test-cig-wf188n, test-edgecore-eap102, test-cig-wf194c, test-hfcl-ion4, test-indio-um-305ac, test-hfcl-ion4xi, test-udaya-a5-id2]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: always()
     steps: