diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml b/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1269a639f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - ipykernel
+  - myst-parser
+  - nbsphinx
+  - sphinx-gallery
+  - sphinx-rtd-theme
+  - versioneer
diff --git a/.github/workflows/centralized-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/centralized-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ea65bf69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/centralized-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Trying to track down the recent upstream breaks of building docs
+
+name: centralized docs
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: pyiron/actions/build-docs@use_miniconda
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/induce-failure.yml b/.github/workflows/induce-failure.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9662ff0bb..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/induce-failure.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Trying to track down the conda env failures
-
-name: Induce failure
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: pyiron/actions/add-to-python-path@use_miniconda
-        with:
-          path-dirs: tests tests/benchmark tests/integration tests/static tests/unit  # For executorlib
-      - uses: pyiron/actions/write-environment@use_miniconda
-        with:
-          env-files: .ci_support/environment.yml
-      - name: Cat env file
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          echo "ENV"
-          cat ${{ env.WRITE_ENVIRONMENT_OUTPUT_ENV_FILE }}
-      - name: Setup miniconda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
-          miniforge-variant: Miniforge3
-          miniforge-version: 'latest'
-          channels: conda-forge
-          conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
-          channel-priority: strict
-          activate-environment: cached-miniforge/my-env
-          environment-file: ${{ env.WRITE_ENVIRONMENT_OUTPUT_ENV_FILE }}
-      - name: Display env info
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          conda info
-          conda list
-      - name: Install versioneer
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          pip install versioneer[toml]==0.29
-      - name: Install local code without build isolation
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          pip install --no-deps . --no-build-isolation
-      - name: Test
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          python -m unittest discover tests/unit
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/local-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a54279ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/local-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Trying to track down the recent upstream breaks of building docs
+
+name: local docs
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: pyiron/actions/cached-miniforge@use_miniconda
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+          env-files: .ci_support/environment-docs.yml .ci_support/environment.yml
+#      - uses: pyiron/actions/pyiron-config@use_miniconda
+      - name: Build sphinx documentation
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          mkdir public_html
+          cd docs
+          sphinx-build -b html ./ ../public_html || exit 1;
+          cd ..
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cached-action.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
similarity index 94%
rename from .github/workflows/cached-action.yml
rename to .github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 91c68271c..85e271657 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cached-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Trying to track down the conda env failures
 
-name: Cached action
+name: setup-miniforge then unit tests
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ca1676dd..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Trying to track down the conda env failures
-
-name: Unit tests
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: pyiron/actions/add-to-python-path@use_miniconda
-        with:
-          path-dirs: tests tests/benchmark tests/integration tests/static tests/unit  # For executorlib
-      - uses: pyiron/actions/write-environment@use_miniconda
-        with:
-          env-files: .ci_support/environment.yml
-      - name: Cat env file
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          echo "ENV"
-          cat ${{ env.WRITE_ENVIRONMENT_OUTPUT_ENV_FILE }}
-      - name: Setup miniconda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
-          miniforge-variant: Miniforge3
-          miniforge-version: 'latest'
-          channels: conda-forge
-          conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
-          channel-priority: strict
-          activate-environment: my-env
-          environment-file: ${{ env.WRITE_ENVIRONMENT_OUTPUT_ENV_FILE }}
-      - name: Display env info
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          conda info
-          conda list
-      - name: Install versioneer
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          pip install versioneer[toml]==0.29
-      - name: Install local code without build isolation
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          pip install --no-deps . --no-build-isolation
-      - name: Test
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: |
-          python -m unittest discover tests/unit
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