diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 63161dfe..e8457aec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo ${{ github.event.number }} > PR_NUMBER.txt
       - name: Archive PR number
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: PR_NUMBER
           path: PR_NUMBER.txt
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml b/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fad0efb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoketest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: Playwright Tests against open-vsx.org
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - production
+jobs:
+  test:
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: open-vsx.org
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: eclipse/openvsx
+          path: openvsx
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.x
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        working-directory: ./openvsx/webui
+        run: yarn
+      - name: Install Playwright Browsers
+        working-directory: ./openvsx/webui
+        run: yarn playwright install --with-deps
+      - name: Get server version
+        id: read_version
+        run: |
+          read -r line < ./open-vsx.org/Dockerfile
+          version="${line:19}"
+          echo "version=${line:19}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Wait 10 minutes for deployment
+        run: sleep 10m
+      - name: Get running server version
+        id: running_version
+        uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@v1
+        with:
+          url: "https://open-vsx.org/api/version"
+          method: GET
+      - name: Check new server deployment is running
+        id: check_version
+        run: |
+          echo "is_version=${{ steps.running_version.outputs.status == 200 && fromJson(steps.running_version.outputs.response).version == steps.read_version.outputs.version }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Run Playwright tests
+        if: steps.check_version.outputs.is_version == 'true'
+        working-directory: ./openvsx/webui
+        run: yarn smoke-tests
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: steps.check_version.outputs.is_version == 'true'
+        with:
+          name: playwright-report
+          path: openvsx/webui/playwright-report/
+          retention-days: 30
+      - name: Fail smoke test
+        if: steps.check_version.outputs.is_version != 'true'
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            core.setFailed('Deployed version is not ${{ steps.read_version.outputs.version }}')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonar.yml b/.github/workflows/sonar.yml
index 7068f253..1193478f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonar.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonar.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Download PR number artifact
       if: github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request'
-      uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2
+      uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v6
       with:
         workflow: Build
         run_id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         full_name: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
           repository: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}
           ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3a5e9907..f5fe8f94 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ COPY --from=builder --chown=openvsx:openvsx /workdir/configuration/logback-sprin
 COPY --from=builder --chown=openvsx:openvsx /workdir/configuration/ehcache.xml BOOT-INF/classes/
 
 # Replace version placeholder with arg value
-RUN sed -i "s/<SERVER_VERSION>/$SERVER_VERSION/g" config/application.yml
+RUN sed -i "s/<SERVER_VERSION>/$SERVER_VERSION/g" config/application.yml
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 419a6d0f..969bf36d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ This repository contains the source of [open-vsx.org](https://open-vsx.org), the
 
 The main artifact is the Docker image available at [ghcr.io/eclipsefdn/openvsx-website](https://github.com/orgs/EclipseFdn/packages/container/package/openvsx-website). It contains the server application with customized frontend and base configuration.
 
+## Publishing and Managing Extensions
+
+For information on publishing and managing extensions at [open-vsx.org](https://open-vsx.org), please see 
+the [open-vsx.org wiki](https://github.com/EclipseFdn/open-vsx.org/wiki).
+
 ## Claiming Namespace Ownership
 
 [Open VSX namespaces](https://github.com/eclipse/openvsx/wiki/Namespace-Access) are public by default. [Create an issue here](https://github.com/EclipseFdn/open-vsx.org/issues/new/choose) to claim ownership of a namespace.
diff --git a/configuration/application.yml b/configuration/application.yml
index a79629ee..53026bbe 100644
--- a/configuration/application.yml
+++ b/configuration/application.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ server:
 spring:
   application:
     name: openvsx-server
+  autoconfigure:
+    # don't send traces to Zipkin
+    exclude: org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.tracing.zipkin.ZipkinAutoConfiguration
   config:
     import: file:${DEPLOYMENT_CONFIG}
   cache:
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ management:
       exposure:
         include:
           - health
-          - prometheus
+          # - prometheus
   tracing:
     sampling:
       probability: 0.1
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ ovsx:
   elasticsearch:
     enabled: true
     ssl: true
+  search:
     relevance:
       rating: 0.2
       downloads: 1.0