diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index a968ec743..5f6bfe041 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -3,82 +3,12 @@ steps:
   - group: ":julia: Julia"
     key: "julia"
     steps:
-      - label: "Julia 1.8"
-        plugins:
-          - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: 1.8
-          - JuliaCI/julia-test#v1:
-              test_args: "--quickfail"
-          - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
-              codecov: true
-              dirs:
-                - src
-                - lib
-                - examples
-        command: |
-          julia --project=deps deps/build_ci.jl
-        agents:
-          queue: "juliaecosystem"
-          os: "macos"
-          arch: "aarch64"
-        if: build.message !~ /\[skip tests\]/
-        timeout_in_minutes: 60
-
       - label: "Julia 1.9"
         plugins:
           - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
               version: 1.9-nightly
           - JuliaCI/julia-test#v1:
-              test_args: "--quickfail"
-          - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
-              codecov: true
-              dirs:
-                - src
-                - lib
-                - examples
-        command: |
-          julia --project=deps deps/build_ci.jl
-        agents:
-          queue: "juliaecosystem"
-          os: "macos"
-          arch: "aarch64"
-        if: build.message !~ /\[skip tests\]/ && !build.pull_request.draft
-        timeout_in_minutes: 60
-
-      # - label: "Julia nightly"
-      #   plugins:
-      #     - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-      #         version: nightly
-      #     - JuliaCI/julia-test#v1:
-      #         test_args: "--quickfail"
-      #     - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
-      #         codecov: true
-      #         dirs:
-      #           - src
-      #           - lib
-      #           - examples
-      #   command: |
-      #     julia --project=deps deps/build_ci.jl
-      #   agents:
-      #     queue: "juliaecosystem"
-      #     os: "macos"
-      #     arch: "aarch64"
-      #   if: build.message !~ /\[skip tests\]/ && !build.pull_request.draft
-      #   timeout_in_minutes: 60
-      #   soft_fail:
-      #     - exit_status: 1
-
-  # special tests
-  - group: ":eyes: Special"
-    depends_on: "julia"
-    steps:
-      - label: "Metal API Validation"
-        plugins:
-          - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: 1.8
-          - JuliaCI/julia-test#v1:
-              test_args: "--quickfail metal"
-              # only enabled for select tests due to JuliaGPU/Metal.jl#34
+              test_args: "gpuarrays/random"
           - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
               codecov: true
               dirs:
@@ -87,15 +17,9 @@ steps:
                 - examples
         command: |
           julia --project=deps deps/build_ci.jl
-        env:
-          MTL_DEBUG_LAYER: '1'
-          MTL_SHADER_VALIDATION: '1'
         agents:
           queue: "juliaecosystem"
           os: "macos"
           arch: "aarch64"
         if: build.message !~ /\[skip tests\]/ && !build.pull_request.draft
         timeout_in_minutes: 60
-
-env:
-  SECRET_CODECOV_TOKEN: "dysHhdzb4Afv/ogVhu+SVWpcFyzFgwzgpiM3rdPuwwKtzCZVvPYWMCE22WCTUvpJQG/TYY7wmDJA9nH5j1VUd9Y55IamkDDMrOkLsdI+Mu7pmIjfJ0DzRZymP0q5HF4X1lp9YlTErko+ZHYghZktQUqDDWr7g/ponCyNba/uBUEi0wXLISiS+/kRDtOKtAQXV55VdcG7H9pXfWYgWrfDKZVRk/6Jgx6djsYwPYjM6AygFm1SmWRynBIqP/n/H94u8lMTcfv3iFs98RwWja7Nu8rwn82325qqIvE25B3PPPUcYK8KMclKj5FA9U6F/ta58h8zGR/rnKxDJSvER3RF+g==;U2FsdGVkX18jTxzRENWrQI03MQepANTHhy2iYZHwpTzIZnWR26SUBLJCdmJonz0YffMXQuTO0II1VAqgMVnopA=="
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 0f6f535e5..8f315ff8b 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ function print_testworker_stats(test, wrkr, resp)
     end
 end
 global print_testworker_started = (name, wrkr)->begin
+    lock(print_lock)
+    try
+        printstyled(name, color=:white)
+        printstyled(lpad("($wrkr)", name_align - textwidth(name) + 1, " "), " |",
+            " "^elapsed_align, "started at $(now())\n", color=:white)
+    finally
+        unlock(print_lock)
+    end
 end
 function print_testworker_errored(name, wrkr)
     lock(print_lock)