diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/cache-verify.yml
index f1e5a2bb4..6c2f33e83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-verify.yml
@@ -7,32 +7,17 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  test-cache:
-    name: Verify Node Modules Cache
+  verify-cache:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20'
-
-      - name: Generate cache key
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with: { node-version: '20' }
+      - run: echo "key=node-modules-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.LOCK_HASH }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         id: cache-key
-        run: echo "key=node-modules-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.LOCK_HASH }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        env:
-          LOCK_HASH: ${{ hashFiles('backend/yarn.lock', 'webapp/yarn.lock') }}
-
-      - name: Show lockfile hashes (debug)
-        run: |
-          echo "backend/yarn.lock hash: ${{ hashFiles('backend/yarn.lock') }}"
-          echo "webapp/yarn.lock hash: ${{ hashFiles('webapp/yarn.lock') }}"
-
-      - name: Restore node_modules cache
-        id: restore-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        env: { LOCK_HASH: ${{ hashFiles('backend/yarn.lock', 'webapp/yarn.lock') }} }
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: restore
         with:
           path: |
             backend/node_modules
@@ -41,44 +26,26 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             node-modules-${{ runner.os }}-
             node-modules-
+      - run: echo "Cache: ${{ steps.restore.outputs.cache-hit }}"
+      - run: cd backend && yarn install && yarn build
+      - run: cd webapp && yarn install && yarn build
 
-      - name: Show cache hit status
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ steps.restore-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            echo "✅ Cache was hit!"
-          else
-            echo "❌ Cache was missed."
-          fi
-
-      - name: Install backend deps
-        run: |
-          cd backend
-          yarn install
-          yarn build
-
-      - name: Install webapp deps
-        run: |
-          cd webapp
-          yarn install
-          yarn build
-
-      - name: Start webapp (static or fallback)
-        run: |
-          if [ -d "webapp/out" ]; then
-            echo "Serving webapp/out statically..."
+  verify-wait:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with: { node-version: '20' }
+      - run: cd webapp && yarn install && yarn build
+      - run: |
+          if [ -d webapp/out ]; then
             npx serve -s webapp/out -l 3000 &
           else
-            echo "webapp/out not found – falling back to yarn start..."
-            cd webapp
-            yarn start &
+            cd webapp && yarn start &
           fi
-
-      - name: Test HTTP wait logic
-        run: |
-          echo "Waiting for http://localhost:3000 to respond..."
+      - run: |
           for i in {1..15}; do
-            curl -sf http://localhost:3000 && echo "✅ Service ready." && exit 0
-            echo "Attempt $i failed. Retrying..."
-            sleep 2
+            curl -sf http://localhost:3000 && echo "✅ up" && exit 0
+            echo "$i..." && sleep 2
           done
-          echo "❌ Service did not respond in time." && exit 1
+          echo "❌ no response" && exit 1
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