diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-close-inactive-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-close-inactive-pr.yml
index b33198a1a58..79d2d3e79b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-close-inactive-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-close-inactive-pr.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: master
       - name: Auto close inactive PR
         run: .github/workflows/bin/auto-close-inactive-pr.sh --github-project-path "${REPO}" --github-token "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" --dry
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bin/auto-close-inactive-pr.sh b/.github/workflows/bin/auto-close-inactive-pr.sh
index 46cf8a90eeb..85d668ea385 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/bin/auto-close-inactive-pr.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/bin/auto-close-inactive-pr.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function consume_args(){
         case "$1" in
         --help)
             usage
-            return 0
+            exit 0
             ;;
         --dry)
             if [[ ${2:-} =~ true|false ]] ; then
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function consume_args(){
                 shift
                 shift
             else
-                print_error "option $1" "can not be null"
+                log_error "option $1" "can not be null"
                 usage >&2
                 return 1
             fi
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function consume_args(){
                 shift
                 shift
             else
-                print_error "option $1" "can not be null"
+                log_error "option $1" "can not be null"
                 usage >&2
                 return 1
             fi
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ function consume_args(){
             shift
             shift
             else
-                print_error "option $1" "can not be null"
+                log_error "option $1" "can not be null"
                 usage >&2
                 return1
             fi
             ;;
         *)
-            print_error "option $1" "is unknown"
+            log_error "option $1" "is unknown"
             usage >&2
             return 1
             ;;
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ function consume_args(){
     done
     for mandatory_option in github_project_path github_token ; do
         if [[ -z ${!mandatory_option} ]] ; then
-            print_error "option --${mandatory_option//_/-}" "is mandatory"
+            log_error "option --${mandatory_option//_/-}" "is mandatory"
             usage >&2
             return 1
         fi
     done
     if ! (command -v gh >/dev/null 2>&1) ; then
-        print_error "packages prerequisites" "github client (gh) has to be installed on your system (https://github.com/cli/cli)"
+        log_error "packages prerequisites" "github client (gh) has to be installed on your system (https://github.com/cli/cli)"
         usage >&2
         return 1
     fi
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ function is_timestamp_young(){
 
 # main
 script_dir=$(dirname "$0")
-source "${script_dir}/github.functions.sh"
-source "${script_dir}/common.functions.sh"
+source "${script_dir}/shared.functions.sh"
 init_terminal_colors
 consume_args "$@"
 github_connect "${github_token}"
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ else
             comment="📆 This PR has been closed because there is no activity (commits/comments) for more than ${max_days_of_inactivity} days 😥. Feel free to reopen it with new commits/comments."
             if [[ ${dry} == false ]] ; then
                 if ! result=$(github_close_pr "${github_project_path}" "${pr_number}" "${comment}" 2>&1) ; then
-                    print_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
+                    log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
                     return 1
                 fi
             fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bin/common.functions.sh b/.github/workflows/bin/common.functions.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 395f881ce48..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/bin/common.functions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -Eeuo pipefail
-
-# functions
-
-function init_terminal_colors(){
-    color_black=$(echo -ne "\033[1;30m")
-    color_red=$(echo -ne "\033[1;31m")
-    color_green=$(echo -ne "\033[1;32m")
-    color_yellow=$(echo -ne "\033[1;33m")
-    color_blue=$(echo -ne "\033[1;34m")
-    color_purple=$(echo -ne "\033[1;34m")
-    color_cyan=$(echo -ne "\033[1;36m")
-    color_backwhite=$(echo -ne "\033[1;47m")
-    color_reset=$(echo -ne "\033[0m")
-    export color_black color_red color_green color_yellow color_blue color_purple color_cyan color_backwhite color_reset
-}
-
-function print_error(){
-    title=$1
-    message=$2
-    echo "${color_red}$(basename "$0"): ${title}: ${message}${color_reset}"
-}
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bin/github.functions.sh b/.github/workflows/bin/github.functions.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a52486660b4..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/bin/github.functions.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -Eeuo pipefail
-
-# functions
-
-function github_connect(){
-    if [[ $# -ne 1 ]] ; then
-        print_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_token"
-        return 1
-    else
-        token=$1
-        if ! result=$(gh auth login --with-token 2>&1 <<< "${token}") ; then
-            print_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
-            return 1
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-function github_test_repo(){
-    if [[ $# -ne 1 ]] ; then
-        print-eror "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path"
-        return 1
-    else
-        project_path=$1
-        if ! result=$(gh repo view "${project_path}" 2>&1) ; then
-            print_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
-            return 1
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-function github_get_pr_number_list(){
-    if [[ $# -ne 1 ]] ; then
-        print_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path"
-        return 1
-    else
-        project_path=$1
-        if result=$(gh pr list --state open --json number --jq '.[]|.number' --repo "${project_path}" 2>&1) ; then
-            sort -V <<< "${result}"
-        else
-            print_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
-            return 1
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-function github_get_pr_last_update_timestamp(){
-    if [[ $# -ne 2 ]] ; then
-        print_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path \$pr_number"
-        return 1
-    else
-        project_path=$1
-        number=$2
-        if result=$(gh pr view --json updatedAt --jq .updatedAt --jq '.updatedAt|fromdate|tostring' "https://github.com/${project_path}/pull/${number}" 2>&1) ; then
-            echo "${result}"
-        else
-            print_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
-            return 1
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-function github_comment_pr(){
-    if [[ $# -ne 3 ]] ; then
-        print_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path \$pr_number \$pr_comment"
-        return 1
-    else
-        project_path=$1
-        pr_number=$2
-        comment=$3
-        if ! result=$(gh pr comment "${pr_number}" --repo "${project_path}" --body "${comment}") ; then
-            print_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
-            return 1
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-function github_close_pr(){
-    if [[ $# -ne 3 ]] ; then
-        print_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path \$pr_number \$pr_comment"
-        return 1
-    else
-        project_path=$1
-        pr_number=$2
-        comment=$3
-        if ! result=$(gh pr close "${pr_number}" --repo "${project_path}" --comment "${comment}") ; then
-            print_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
-            return 1
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bin/shared.functions.sh b/.github/workflows/bin/shared.functions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b3afb411e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/bin/shared.functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+# functions
+
+function init_terminal_colors(){
+    color_red=$(echo -ne "\033[1;31m")
+    color_green=$(echo -ne "\033[1;32m")
+    color_yellow=$(echo -ne "\033[1;33m")
+    color_cyan=$(echo -ne "\033[1;36m")
+    color_reset=$(echo -ne "\033[0m")
+}
+
+function log(){
+    color="$1"
+    title="$2"
+    message="$3"
+    if basename "$0" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+        parent=$(basename "$0")
+    else
+        parent="."
+    fi
+    echo "${color}${parent}: ${title}: ${message}${color_reset}"
+}
+
+function log_error(){
+    title="$1"
+    message="$2"
+    log "${color_red}" "${title}" "${message}"
+}
+
+function log_warning(){
+    title=$1
+    message=$2
+    log "${color_yellow}" "${title}" "${message}"
+}
+
+function log_success(){
+    title=$1
+    message=$2
+    log "${color_green}" "${title}" "${message}"
+}
+
+function log_running(){
+    title=$1
+    message=$2
+    log "${color_cyan}" "${title}" "${message}"
+}
+
+function github_connect(){
+    if [[ -n ${GITHUB_TOKEN:-} ]] ; then
+        connect=$(gh auth login 2>&1 || true)
+        if ! result=$(gh auth status 2>&1) ; then
+            log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -3 <<< "${connect}")"
+            log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -3 <<< "${result}")"
+            return 1
+        else
+            log_warning "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "As \$GITHUB_TOKEN is set, it has been used for github auth"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    else
+        if [[ $# -ne 1 ]] ; then
+            log_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_token"
+            return 1
+        else
+            token=$1
+            connect=$(gh auth login --with-token 2>&1 <<< "${token}" || true)
+            if ! result=$(gh auth status 2>&1) ; then
+                log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${connect}")"
+                log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
+                return 1
+            else
+                return 0
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+function github_test_repo(){
+    if [[ $# -ne 1 ]] ; then
+        print-eror "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path"
+        return 1
+    else
+        project_path=$1
+        if ! result=$(gh repo view "${project_path}" 2>&1) ; then
+            log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
+            return 1
+        else
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+function github_get_pr_number_list(){
+    if [[ $# -ne 1 ]] ; then
+        log_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path"
+        return 1
+    else
+        project_path=$1
+        if result=$(gh pr list --state open --json number --jq '.[]|.number' --repo "${project_path}" 2>&1) ; then
+            sort -V <<< "${result}"
+            return 0
+        else
+            log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+function github_get_pr_last_update_timestamp(){
+    if [[ $# -ne 2 ]] ; then
+        log_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path \$pr_number"
+        return 1
+    else
+        project_path=$1
+        number=$2
+        if result=$(gh pr view --json updatedAt --jq .updatedAt --jq '.updatedAt|fromdate|tostring' "https://github.com/${project_path}/pull/${number}" 2>&1) ; then
+            echo "${result}"
+            return 0
+        else
+            log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+function github_comment_pr(){
+    if [[ $# -ne 3 ]] ; then
+        log_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path \$pr_number \$pr_comment"
+        return 1
+    else
+        project_path=$1
+        pr_number=$2
+        comment=$3
+        if ! result=$(gh pr comment "${pr_number}" --repo "${project_path}" --body "${comment}") ; then
+            log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
+            return 1
+        else
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+function github_close_pr(){
+    if [[ $# -ne 3 ]] ; then
+        log_error "internal function ${FUNCNAME[0]}" "please provide one parameter, ${FUNCNAME[0]} \$github_project_path \$pr_number \$pr_comment"
+        return 1
+    else
+        project_path=$1
+        pr_number=$2
+        comment=$3
+        if ! result=$(gh pr close "${pr_number}" --repo "${project_path}" --comment "${comment}") ; then
+            log_error "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$(head -1 <<< "${result}")"
+            return 1
+        else
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+# main
+init_terminal_colors