diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5da41a4ce51..98a15bd1910 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [master]
   schedule:
-    # Run daily sanity check at 00:08 clock UTC
-    - cron: "8 0 * * *"
+    # Run daily sanity check at 23:08 clock UTC
+    - cron: "8 23 * * *"
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
           path: /go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/contrib/nydus-snapshotter/go.sum', '**/contrib/nydusify/go.sum', '**/contrib/ctr-remote/go.sum', '**/contrib/docker-nydus-graphdriver/go.sum', '**/contrib/nydus-overlayfs/go.sum') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/contrib/nydusify/go.sum', '**/contrib/ctr-remote/go.sum', '**/contrib/docker-nydus-graphdriver/go.sum', '**/contrib/nydus-overlayfs/go.sum') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-go
       - name: test contrib UT
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           echo Cargo Home: $CARGO_HOME
           echo Running User: $(whoami)
           make docker-smoke
+          sudo chown -R $(id -un):$(id -gn) . ~/.cargo/
 
   deny:
     name: Cargo Deny
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3262284e3e5..972ff7ccb4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
+  schedule:
+    # Run daily sanity check at 22:08 clock UTC
+    - cron: "8 22 * * *"
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
@@ -14,16 +17,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Cache cargo
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v1
       with:
-        path: |
-          ~/.cargo/registry
-          ~/.cargo/git
-          target-fusedev
-          target-virtiofs
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-cargo
+        target-dir: ./target-fusedev
+        cache-on-failure: true
     - name: Build nydus-rs
       run: |
         make docker-static
@@ -32,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo mv target-fusedev/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/nydusctl .
         sudo mv target-virtiofs/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/nydusd nydusd-virtiofs
         sudo cp -r misc/configs .
-        sudo chown -R $(id -un):$(id -gn) .
+        sudo chown -R $(id -un):$(id -gn) . ~/.cargo/
     - name: store-artifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
@@ -48,6 +45,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: [1.17.x]
+    env:
+      DOCKER: false
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/cache@v2
       with:
         path: /go/pkg/mod
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/contrib/nydus-snapshotter/go.sum', '**/contrib/nydusify/go.sum', '**/contrib/ctr-remote/go.sum', '**/contrib/docker-nydus-graphdriver/go.sum', '**/contrib/nydus-overlayfs/go.sum') }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/contrib/nydusify/go.sum', '**/contrib/ctr-remote/go.sum', '**/contrib/docker-nydus-graphdriver/go.sum', '**/contrib/nydus-overlayfs/go.sum') }}
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ runner.os }}-go
     - name: build contrib go components
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ jobs:
         sudo mv contrib/docker-nydus-graphdriver/bin/nydus_graphdriver .
         sudo mv contrib/nydusify/cmd/nydusify .
         sudo mv contrib/nydus-overlayfs/bin/nydus-overlayfs .
-        sudo mv contrib/nydus-snapshotter/bin/containerd-nydus-grpc .
     - name: store-artifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
@@ -95,6 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         name: nydus-artifacts
         path: nydus-static
     - name: upload artifacts
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
       run: |
         tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)
         tarball="nydus-static-$tag-x86_64.tgz"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc040164ea4..6d67b231ce0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ docker-nydus-smoke:
 	docker build -t nydus-smoke --build-arg ARCH=${ARCH} misc/nydus-smoke
 	docker run --rm --privileged ${CARGO_BUILD_GEARS} \
 		-e TEST_WORKDIR_PREFIX=$(TEST_WORKDIR_PREFIX) \
+		-v ~/.cargo:/root/.cargo \
 		-v $(TEST_WORKDIR_PREFIX) \
 		-v ${current_dir}:/nydus-rs \
 		nydus-smoke
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b4c47c351e..9c88e12488a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ![CI](https://github.com/dragonflyoss/image-service/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?event=schedule)
 ![Image Conversion](https://github.com/dragonflyoss/image-service/actions/workflows/convert.yml/badge.svg?event=schedule)
+![Release Test Daily](https://github.com/dragonflyoss/image-service/actions/workflows/release.yml/badge.svg?event=schedule)
 
 The nydus project implements a user space filesystem on top of a container image format that improves over the current OCI image specification, in terms of container launching speed, image space, and network bandwidth efficiency, as well as data integrity.