diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index ee070504ef..6da92fe852 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
-    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/staging'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/packages/agents/lighthouse/src/tasks/prover/operations/process.ts b/packages/agents/lighthouse/src/tasks/prover/operations/process.ts
index bfe074de08..4370e11553 100644
--- a/packages/agents/lighthouse/src/tasks/prover/operations/process.ts
+++ b/packages/agents/lighthouse/src/tasks/prover/operations/process.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export const processMessages = async (brokerMessage: BrokerMessage, _requestCont
   }
   // Batch submit messages by destination domain
   try {
-    const data = contracts.spokeConnector.encodeFunctionData("proveAndProcess", [
+    const proveAndProcessEncodedData = contracts.spokeConnector.encodeFunctionData("proveAndProcess", [
       messageProofs,
       aggregateRoot,
       messageRootProof,
@@ -224,22 +224,11 @@ export const processMessages = async (brokerMessage: BrokerMessage, _requestCont
 
     logger.info("Proving and processing messages", requestContext, methodContext, {
       destinationDomain,
-      data,
-      destinationSpokeConnector,
-    });
-
-    const proveAndProcessEncodedData = contracts.spokeConnector.encodeFunctionData("proveAndProcess", [
-      messageProofs,
-      aggregateRoot,
-      messageRootProof,
-      messageRootIndex,
-    ]);
-
-    logger.debug("Proving and processing messages", requestContext, methodContext, {
       provenMessages,
       proveAndProcessEncodedData,
       destinationSpokeConnector,
     });
+
     const chainId = chainData.get(destinationDomain)!.chainId;
 
     /// Temp: Using relayer proxy
@@ -252,19 +241,11 @@ export const processMessages = async (brokerMessage: BrokerMessage, _requestCont
       domain,
     });
 
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
-    const encodedData = contracts.spokeConnector.encodeFunctionData("proveAndProcess", [
-      messageProofs,
-      aggregateRoot,
-      messageRootProof,
-      messageRootIndex,
-    ]);
-
     const { taskId, relayerType } = await sendWithRelayerWithBackup(
       chainId,
       destinationDomain,
       destinationSpokeConnector,
-      encodedData,
+      proveAndProcessEncodedData,
       relayers,
       chainreader,
       logger,
diff --git a/packages/agents/lighthouse/test/tasks/prover/operations/process.spec.ts b/packages/agents/lighthouse/test/tasks/prover/operations/process.spec.ts
index 3ce44669c1..75ab946d9c 100644
--- a/packages/agents/lighthouse/test/tasks/prover/operations/process.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/agents/lighthouse/test/tasks/prover/operations/process.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect, createRequestContext, SparseMerkleTree, mkBytes32, XMessage } f
 import { SinonStub, stub } from "sinon";
 
 import { mock, mockXMessage1, mockXMessage2 } from "../../../mock";
-import { proverCtxMock } from "../../../globalTestHook";
+import { proverCtxMock, sendWithRelayerWithBackupStub } from "../../../globalTestHook";
 import { NoDestinationDomainForProof, NoMessageProof } from "../../../../src/errors";
 import { BrokerMessage } from "../../../../src/tasks/prover/operations/types";
 import { processMessages } from "../../../../src/tasks/prover/operations";
@@ -23,15 +23,24 @@ describe("Operations: Process", () => {
   describe("#processMessages", () => {
     let getProofStub: SinonStub;
     let verifyStub: SinonStub;
+    let encodeFunctionDataStubMT: SinonStub;
+    let encodeFunctionDataStubSC: SinonStub;
+
     beforeEach(() => {
       getProofStub = stub(SparseMerkleTree.prototype, "getProof");
       verifyStub = stub(SparseMerkleTree.prototype, "verify");
+      encodeFunctionDataStubMT = proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub;
+      encodeFunctionDataStubSC = proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.spokeConnector.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub;
     });
-    it("should dedup and be fulfilled", async () => {
-      getProofStub.resolves(["0x1"]);
-      verifyStub.resolves({ verified: true });
-      (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.spokeConnector.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub).returns("0x");
-      (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub).returns("0x");
+
+    it("happy case should work", async () => {
+      getProofStub.returns(["0x1"]);
+      verifyStub.returns({ calculated: "0x", verified: true });
+      encodeFunctionDataStubSC.returns("0x");
+      encodeFunctionDataStubMT.returns("0x");
+      sendWithRelayerWithBackupStub.resolves({
+        taskId: "0x123",
+      });
       mockBrokerMesage.messages.push(mockBrokerMesage.messages[0]);
       mockBrokerMesage.messages.push(mockBrokerMesage.messages[2]);
       const mockXMessage2: XMessage = {
@@ -43,46 +52,53 @@ describe("Operations: Process", () => {
       mockXMessage2.leaf = mockBrokerMesage.messages[0].leaf;
       mockBrokerMesage.messages.push(mockXMessage2);
       await processMessages(mockBrokerMesage, requestContext);
-      expect(getProofStub.callCount).to.equal(2);
+      expect(getProofStub.callCount).to.equal(3);
+      expect(encodeFunctionDataStubSC.callCount).to.equal(1);
+      expect(sendWithRelayerWithBackupStub).to.have.been.calledOnce;
     });
 
     it("should be fulfilled", async () => {
-      getProofStub.resolves(["0x1"]);
-      verifyStub.resolves({ verified: true });
+      getProofStub.returns(["0x1"]);
+      verifyStub.returns({ verified: true });
       (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub).returns("0x");
       await processMessages(mockBrokerMesage, requestContext);
     });
+
     it("should catch error if no destination domain proof", async () => {
-      getProofStub.resolves(["0x1"]);
-      verifyStub.resolves({ verified: true });
+      getProofStub.returns(["0x1"]);
+      verifyStub.returns({ verified: true });
       (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub).returns("0x");
       await expect(
         processMessages({ ...mockBrokerMesage, destinationDomain: "101010" }, requestContext),
       ).to.eventually.be.rejectedWith(NoDestinationDomainForProof);
     });
+
     it("should catch error if no message proof", async () => {
-      getProofStub.resolves(undefined);
-      verifyStub.resolves({ verified: true });
+      getProofStub.returns(undefined);
+      verifyStub.returns({ verified: true });
       (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub).returns("0x");
       (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.decodeFunctionResult as SinonStub).returns([0]);
       await expect(processMessages(mockBrokerMesage, requestContext)).to.eventually.be.rejectedWith(NoMessageProof);
     });
+
     it("should do nothing if empty message proof", async () => {
-      getProofStub.resolves(["0x"]);
-      verifyStub.resolves({ verified: false });
+      getProofStub.returns(["0x"]);
+      verifyStub.returns({ verified: false });
       (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub).returns("0x");
       await processMessages(mockBrokerMesage, requestContext);
     });
+
     it("should do nothing if already processed", async () => {
-      getProofStub.resolves(["0x"]);
-      verifyStub.resolves({ verified: false });
+      getProofStub.returns(["0x"]);
+      verifyStub.returns({ verified: false });
       (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub).returns("0x");
       (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.decodeFunctionResult as SinonStub).returns([2]);
       await processMessages(mockBrokerMesage, requestContext);
     });
+
     it("should do nothing if status unused", async () => {
-      getProofStub.resolves(["0x"]);
-      verifyStub.resolves({ verified: false });
+      getProofStub.returns(["0x"]);
+      verifyStub.returns({ verified: false });
       (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.encodeFunctionData as SinonStub).returns("0x");
       (proverCtxMock.adapters.contracts.merkleTreeManager.decodeFunctionResult as SinonStub).returns([1]);
       await processMessages(mockBrokerMesage, requestContext);