diff --git a/.github/workflows/containerization-build-template.yml b/.github/workflows/containerization-build-template.yml
index 6df4bd10..0636a7a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/containerization-build-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/containerization-build-template.yml
@@ -21,78 +21,81 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
+    env:
+      CURRENT_SDK: y
+      DEVELOPER_DIR: "/Applications/Xcode_26.b1.app/Contents/Developer"
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4 
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Activate Swiftly
         run: |
           source /opt/swiftly/env.sh
           cat /opt/swiftly/env.sh
+
       - name: Check formatting
         run: | 
           ./scripts/install-hawkeye.sh
           make fmt
           git diff
           if ! git diff --quiet ; then echo the following files require formatting or license headers: ; git diff --name-only ; false ; fi
-        env:
-          DEVELOPER_DIR: "/Applications/Xcode_26.b1.app/Contents/Developer"
+
       - name: Check protobufs
         run: | 
           make protos
           if ! git diff --quiet ; then echo the following files require formatting or license headers: ; git diff --name-only ; false ; fi
-        env:
-          DEVELOPER_DIR: "/Applications/Xcode_26.b1.app/Contents/Developer"
-          CURRENT_SDK: y
+
       - name: Make containerization and docs
         run: | 
           make clean containerization docs
           tar cfz _site.tgz _site
-        env:
-          DEVELOPER_DIR: "/Applications/Xcode_26.b1.app/Contents/Developer"
-          CURRENT_SDK: y
+
       - name: Make vminitd image
         run: | 
           source /opt/swiftly/env.sh
           make -C vminitd swift linux-sdk
           make init
-        env:
-          CURRENT_SDK: y
+
       - name: Test containerization
         run: | 
           make fetch-default-kernel
           make test integration
         env:
-          REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           REGISTRY_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
-          DEVELOPER_DIR: "/Applications/Xcode_26.b1.app/Contents/Developer"
-          CURRENT_SDK: y
+
       - name: Push vminitd image
         if: ${{ inputs.release }}
         run: |
           bin/cctl images tag vminit:latest ghcr.io/apple/containerization/vminit:${{ inputs.version }}
           bin/cctl images push ghcr.io/apple/containerization/vminit:${{ inputs.version }}
         env:
-          REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           REGISTRY_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
           REGISTRY_HOST: ghcr.io
+
       - name: Create image tar 
-        if: ${{ inputs.release }} != true
+        if: ${{ !inputs.release }}
         run: |
           bin/cctl images save vminit:latest -o vminit.tar
+
       - name: Save vminit artifact
-        if: ${{ inputs.release }} != true
+        if: ${{ !inputs.release }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: vminit
           path: vminit.tar
+
       - name: Save documentation artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: api-docs
           path: "./_site.tgz"
           retention-days: 14
+
   uploadPages:
     # Separate upload step required because upload-pages-artifact needs
     # gtar which is not on the macOS runner.
@@ -104,13 +107,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
+
       - name: Download a single artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: api-docs
+
       - name: Add API docs to documentation
         run: |
           tar xfz _site.tgz
+
       - name: Upload Artifact
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
         with: