diff --git a/.github/workflows/compatibility.yml b/.github/workflows/compatibility.yml
index ba804e74b..7692d3a8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compatibility.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compatibility.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ name: Integration with Compatibility
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "*"
+      - "x"
     paths-ignore:
       - '*.md'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - "*"
+      - "x"
     paths-ignore:
       - '*.md'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 364afafcb..8a40b2478 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ name: Integration
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "*"
+      - "x"
     paths-ignore:
       - '*.md'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - "*"
+      - "x"
     paths-ignore:
       - '*.md'
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-unreleased.yml b/.github/workflows/test-unreleased.yml
index e7140916b..63a826fad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-unreleased.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-unreleased.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     env:
+      FARADAY_VERSION: '~> 1'
       TEST_OPENSEARCH_SERVER: http://localhost:9200
       PORT: 9200
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/lib/opensearch/transport/transport/base.rb b/lib/opensearch/transport/transport/base.rb
index fd96e37e8..2a6cdb0e2 100644
--- a/lib/opensearch/transport/transport/base.rb
+++ b/lib/opensearch/transport/transport/base.rb
@@ -285,17 +285,22 @@ def perform_request(method, path, params = {}, body = nil, _headers = nil, opts
           ignore = Array(params.delete(:ignore)).compact.map(&:to_i)
 
           begin
+            puts "TRY #{tries}, getting connection ..."
             tries     += 1
             connection = get_connection or raise(Error, 'Cannot get new connection from pool.')
+            puts " CONNECTION #{connection} ..."
 
             if connection.connection.respond_to?(:params) && connection.connection.params.respond_to?(:to_hash)
               params = connection.connection.params.merge(params.to_hash)
             end
 
             url      = connection.full_url(path, params)
+            puts " URL #{url} ..."
 
             response = block.call(connection, url)
+            puts " RESPONSE #{response}, #{response.status} ..."
 
+            puts " FAILURES #{connection.failures} ..."
             connection.healthy! if connection.failures.positive?
 
             # Raise an exception so we can catch it for `retry_on_status`
@@ -303,6 +308,7 @@ def perform_request(method, path, params = {}, body = nil, _headers = nil, opts
               __raise_transport_error(response)
             end
           rescue OpenSearch::Transport::Transport::ServerError => e
+            puts " ERROR #{e} ..."
             raise e unless response && @retry_on_status.include?(response.status)
             log_warn "[#{e.class}] Attempt #{tries} to get response from #{url}"
             if tries <= (max_retries || DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES)
@@ -312,6 +318,7 @@ def perform_request(method, path, params = {}, body = nil, _headers = nil, opts
               raise e
             end
           rescue *host_unreachable_exceptions => e
+            puts " DEAD #{e} ..."
             log_error "[#{e.class}] #{e.message} #{connection.host.inspect}"
 
             connection.dead!
@@ -335,6 +342,7 @@ def perform_request(method, path, params = {}, body = nil, _headers = nil, opts
           end
 
           duration = Time.now - start
+          puts " DURATION #{duration} ..."
 
           if response.status.to_i >= 300
             __log_response method, path, params, body, url, response, nil, 'N/A', duration
@@ -369,9 +377,11 @@ def perform_request(method, path, params = {}, body = nil, _headers = nil, opts
 
           warnings(response.headers['warning']) if response.headers&.[]('warning')
 
+          puts " RESPONSE #{response.status}, done."
           Response.new response.status, json || response.body, response.headers
         ensure
           @last_request_at = Time.now
+          puts " ENSURE #{@last_request_at} ..."
         end
 
         # @abstract Returns an Array of connection errors specific to the transport implementation.
diff --git a/lib/opensearch/transport/transport/http/faraday.rb b/lib/opensearch/transport/transport/http/faraday.rb
index 16f21c138..e32bebdc7 100644
--- a/lib/opensearch/transport/transport/http/faraday.rb
+++ b/lib/opensearch/transport/transport/http/faraday.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def perform_request(method, path, params = {}, body = nil, headers = nil, opts =
                           headers
                         end
 
+              puts "  RUN #{connection.connection}, #{method}, #{url}, #{body}, #{headers}"
               response = connection.connection.run_request(
                 method.downcase.to_sym,
                 url,
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def perform_request(method, path, params = {}, body = nil, headers = nil, opts =
                 headers
               )
 
+              puts "  RESPONSE #{response.status}, #{response.body&.size}, #{response.headers}"
               Response.new response.status, decompress_response(response.body), response.headers
             end
           end