diff --git a/.github/workflows/beam_PreCommit_Yaml_Xlang_Direct.yml b/.github/workflows/beam_PreCommit_Yaml_Xlang_Direct.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffdd10e89b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/beam_PreCommit_Yaml_Xlang_Direct.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: PostCommit Python Xlang Gcp Direct
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    paths: ['release/trigger_all_tests.json', 'model/**', 'sdks/python/**']
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+  push:
+    tags: ['v*']
+    branches: ['master', 'release-*']
+    paths: [ "model/**","sdks/python/**","release/**",".github/workflows/beam_PreCommit_Yaml_Xlang_Direct.yml"]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 5/6 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+#Setting explicit permissions for the action to avoid the default permissions which are `write-all` in case of pull_request_target event
+permissions:
+  actions: write
+  pull-requests: write
+  checks: write
+  contents: read
+  deployments: read
+  id-token: none
+  issues: write
+  discussions: read
+  packages: read
+  pages: read
+  repository-projects: read
+  security-events: read
+  statuses: read
+
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.issue.number || github.sha || github.head_ref || github.ref }}-${{ github.event.schedule || github.event.comment.id || github.event.sender.login }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.GE_CACHE_USERNAME }}
+  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
+
+jobs:
+  beam_PreCommit_Yaml_Xlang_Direct:
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.repository == 'apache/beam') ||
+      github.event.comment.body == 'Run Yaml_Xlang_Direct PreCommit'
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, ubuntu-20.04, main]
+    timeout-minutes: 100
+    name: ${{ matrix.job_name }} (${{ matrix.job_phrase }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        job_name: ["beam_PreCommit_Yaml_Xlang_Direct"]
+        job_phrase: ["Run Yaml_Xlang_Direct"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup repository
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-action
+        with:
+          comment_phrase: ${{ matrix.job_phrase }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          github_job: ${{ matrix.job_name }} (${{ matrix.job_phrase }})
+      - name: Setup environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-environment-action
+        with:
+          python-version: |
+            3.8
+            3.11
+      - name: run PostCommit Yaml Xlang Gcp Direct script
+        uses: ./.github/actions/gradle-command-self-hosted-action
+        with:
+          gradle-command: :sdks:python:yamlIntegrationTests
+      - name: Archive Python Test Results
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: Python Test Results
+          path: '**/pytest*.xml'
+      - name: Publish Python Test Results
+        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@v2
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          commit: '${{ env.prsha || env.GITHUB_SHA }}'
+          comment_mode: ${{ github.event_name == 'issue_comment'  && 'always' || 'off' }}
+          files: '**/pytest*.xml'
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diff --git a/sdks/python/build.gradle b/sdks/python/build.gradle
index 37b80519b7c4..a7001ffeea59 100644
--- a/sdks/python/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/python/build.gradle
@@ -107,6 +107,26 @@ tasks.register("generateYamlDocs") {
   outputs.file "${buildDir}/yaml-ref.html"
 }
 
+tasks.register("yamlIntegrationTests") {
+  description "Runs integration tests for yaml pipelines."
+
+  dependsOn installGcpTest
+  // Need to build all expansion services referenced in apache_beam/yaml/*.*
+  // grep -oh 'sdk.*Jar' sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/*.yaml | sort | uniq
+  dependsOn ":sdks:java:extensions:schemaio-expansion-service:shadowJar"
+  dependsOn ":sdks:java:extensions:sql:expansion-service:shadowJar"
+  dependsOn ":sdks:java:io:expansion-service:build"
+  dependsOn ":sdks:java:io:google-cloud-platform:expansion-service:build"
+
+  doLast {
+    exec {
+      executable 'sh'
+      args '-c', "${envdir}/bin/pytest -v apache_beam/yaml/integration_tests.py"
+    }
+  }
+  outputs.file "${buildDir}/yaml-ref.html"
+}
+
 // Create Python wheels for given platform and Python version
 // build identifiers for cibuildwheel
 def platform_identifiers_map = [