diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-v2.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-v2.yml
index 54668f4d2b..3fa0a92a1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-v2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-v2.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
       - v5
       - release/**
   pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -19,7 +20,15 @@ env:
   IOS_VERSION: '18.1'
 
 jobs:
+  ready-to-merge-gate:
+    name: Ready-to-merge gate
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
+    with:
+      is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+      labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
+
   diff_check:
+    needs: [ready-to-merge-gate]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/skip-ci.yml
   auth_token_check:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/skip-ci-noauth.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/native-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/native-tests.yml
index 97aaffa327..e096f7de40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/native-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/native-tests.yml
@@ -7,13 +7,22 @@ on:
       - v5
       - release/**
   pull_request:
-
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled]
+    
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
 jobs:
+  ready-to-merge-gate:
+    name: Ready-to-merge gate
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
+    with:
+      is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+      labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
+
   diff_check:
+    needs: [ready-to-merge-gate]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/skip-ci.yml
 
   test-ios:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..402593eb85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Ready to Merge Workflow
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      labels:
+        description: The GitHub event's labels
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      is-pr:
+        description: Whether the workflow is running on a PR
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
+
+jobs:
+  ready-to-merge-gate:
+    name: 'Missing "ready-to-merge" label'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check for exact 'ready-to-merge' label
+        if: ${{ inputs.is-pr }}
+        id: check-label
+        run: |
+          # Use jq to check for exact label match (avoids substring matching issues with contains())
+          if echo '${{ inputs.labels }}' | jq -e '.[] | select(.name == "ready-to-merge")' > /dev/null; then
+            echo "label_found=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "label_found=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+      # Since Github also accepts `skipped` results for Required Workflows, we need
+      # to fail the job to ensure that the downstream jobs don't just skip.
+      - name: Fail until the 'ready-to-merge' label is present
+        if: ${{ inputs.is-pr && steps.check-label.outputs.label_found == 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Add the 'ready-to-merge' label to run CI."
+          exit 1
+      - name: Gate passed
+        if: ${{ inputs.is-pr && steps.check-label.outputs.label_found == 'true' }}
+        run: echo "Label present. Proceeding with CI."
+      - name: Gate passed
+        if: ${{ !inputs.is-pr }}
+        run: echo "Not a PR. Proceeding with CI."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sample-application-expo.yml b/.github/workflows/sample-application-expo.yml
index 6d1008e5f6..9b7c17f94d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sample-application-expo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sample-application-expo.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - main
       - v5
   pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -16,7 +17,15 @@ env:
   RN_SENTRY_POD_NAME: RNSentry
 
 jobs:
+  ready-to-merge-gate:
+    name: Ready-to-merge gate
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
+    with:
+      is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+      labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
+
   diff_check:
+    needs: [ready-to-merge-gate]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/skip-ci.yml
 
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sample-application.yml b/.github/workflows/sample-application.yml
index 18e6910885..f9b39ce194 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sample-application.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sample-application.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - main
       - v5
   pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -23,7 +24,15 @@ env:
   ANDROID_API_LEVEL: '30'
 
 jobs:
+  ready-to-merge-gate:
+    name: Ready-to-merge gate
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
+    with:
+      is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+      labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
+
   diff_check:
+    needs: [ready-to-merge-gate]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/skip-ci.yml
 
   build:
diff --git a/CI.md b/CI.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09ee96b7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CI.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# CI inner working
+
+## `ready-to-merge` label
+
+CI checks are great, but macOS runners are limited on every provider, because of this, we need to be smarter on how we run jobs.
+To avoid running many jobs on every PR's commit, we have decided to only run a subset of tests regularily and run the full suite only when the PR has the label `ready-to-merge`.
+
+### How to use the gate
+
+Add this job at the start the workflow and then add `need: ready-to-merge-gate` to jobs that you want to be skipped.
+
+```
+ready-to-merge-gate:
+  name: Ready-to-merge gate
+  uses: ./.github/workflows/ready-to-merge-workflow.yml
+  with:
+    is-pr: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+    labels: ${{ toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels) }}
+```
+
+This job will:
+
+- Pass if the event is not a PR
+- Fail if the event is a PR and is missing the `ready-to-merge` label
+- Pass if the event is a PR and is has the `ready-to-merge` label