diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 91add81f44ae..42176a760e1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ name: Dotty
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'language-reference-stable'
   pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'language-reference-stable'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 3 * * *'  # Every day at 3 AM
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla.yml b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
index 53800df7bb00..ebe65dfc3cde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cla.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cla.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 name: Scala CLA
-on: [pull_request]
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'language-reference-backport'
 jobs:
   check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - run: ./project/scripts/check-cla.sh
+      if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
       env:
         AUTHOR: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/language-reference.yaml b/.github/workflows/language-reference.yaml
index 4a1277ac2c50..1668b5424fa4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/language-reference.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/language-reference.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: 'dotty'
           ref: 'language-reference-stable'
+          fetch-depth: 0
           ssh-key: ${{ secrets.DOCS_KEY }}
 
       - name: Cache Coursier
@@ -43,8 +44,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate reference documentation and test links
         run: |
-          ./dotty/project/scripts/sbt scaladoc/generateReferenceDocumentation --no-regenerate-expected-links
-          ./dotty/project/scripts/docsLinksStability ./dotty/scaladoc/output/reference ./dotty/project/scripts/expected-links/reference-expected-links.txt
+          cd dotty
+          ./project/scripts/sbt scaladoc/generateReferenceDocumentation --no-regenerate-expected-links
+          ./project/scripts/docsLinksStability ./scaladoc/output/reference ./project/scripts/expected-links/reference-expected-links.txt
+          cd ..
 
       - name: Push changes to scala3-reference-docs
         if: github.event_name == 'push'
@@ -63,8 +66,10 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name gh-actions
           git config user.email actions@github.com
           git add .
-          git commit -m "UPDATE ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}"
-          git push
+          if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then
+            git commit -m "UPDATE ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}"
+            git push
+          fi
           cd ..
 
       - name: Merge changes to main
@@ -73,14 +78,20 @@ jobs:
           cd dotty
           git fetch origin main:main
           git checkout main
+          git config user.name gh-actions
+          git config user.email actions@github.com
           git merge language-reference-stable
           cd ..
 
-      - name: Create pull reuqest with backport to main
+      - name: Create pull request with backport to main
         if: github.event_name == 'push'
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
         with:
           path: dotty
           branch: language-reference-backport
           labels: area:documentation
+          title: Backport changes from stable documentation branch
+          body: This pull request is created automatically after push to stable documentation branch and backports the changes
+          reviewers: pikinier20,julienrf
+          assignees: pikinier20
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scaladoc.yaml b/.github/workflows/scaladoc.yaml
index 4c8d2968a313..bab4ac71fe46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scaladoc.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scaladoc.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ name: scaladoc
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'language-reference-stable'
   pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'language-reference-stable'
 jobs:
   build:
     env: