diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b3fa4fe03..7f632a186 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test_sanity:
+    name: Sanity Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install docker-compose
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y docker-compose
       - name: Build the Docker images
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml build
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test-mysql.yml build
       - name: Run sanity tests
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml run --no-deps bugzilla6.test test_sanity t/*.t extensions/*/t/*.t
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test-mysql.yml run --no-deps bugzilla6.test test_sanity t/*.t extensions/*/t/*.t
 
 #  test_webservices:
 #    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -31,22 +32,24 @@ jobs:
 #      - name: Install docker-compose
 #        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y docker-compose
 #      - name: Build the Docker images
-#        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml build
+#        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test-mysql.yml build
 #      - name: Run webservice tests
-#        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml run bugzilla6.test test_webservices
+#        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test-mysql.yml run bugzilla6.test test_webservices
 
   test_bugzilla6_mysql:
+    name: Interactive Tests with MySQL
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install docker-compose
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y docker-compose
       - name: Build the Docker images
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml build
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test-mysql.yml build
       - name: Run bmo specific tests
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test.yml run -e CI=1 bugzilla6.test test_bmo -q -f t/bmo/*.t
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test-mysql.yml run -e CI=1 bugzilla6.test test_bmo -q -f t/bmo/*.t
 
   test_bugzilla6_mariadb:
+    name: Interactive Tests with MariaDB
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test-mariadb.yml run -e CI=1 bugzilla6.test test_bmo -q -f t/bmo/*.t
 
   test_bugzilla6_pg:
+    name: Interactive Tests with PostgreSQL
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test-pg.yml run -e CI=1 bugzilla6.test test_bmo -q -f t/bmo/*.t
 
   test_bugzilla6_sqlite:
+    name: Interactive Tests with SQLite
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -79,3 +84,26 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run bmo specific tests
         run: docker compose -f docker-compose.test-sqlite.yml run -e CI=1 bugzilla6.test test_bmo -q -f t/bmo/*.t
 
+  test_release:
+    name: Perl Test Suite
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build Docker image
+        run: docker build -t bugzilla-release-test -f docker/images/Dockerfile.perl-testsuite .
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: docker run --rm bugzilla-release-test
+
+  shellcheck:
+    name: ShellCheck (linting for shell scripts)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install ShellCheck
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y shellcheck
+      - name: Run ShellCheck on all scripts
+        run: |
+          find . -type f -name '*.sh' | while read -r file; do
+            shellcheck -x "$file"
+          done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 97a8af1d7..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
-
-name: Release Tests
-
-# Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on push or pull request
-# events but only for the main branch
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
-jobs:
-  ubuntu:
-    name: Release Tests on Ubuntu 24.04
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Cache CPAN packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.perl-cpm/cache
-            ~/.perl-cpm/builds
-            **/local/
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-ubuntu-24.04
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-ubuntu-24.04
-      - name: apt install
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
-          sudo apt-get install --ignore-hold --allow-downgrades -y \
-           apache2 \
-           cpanminus \
-           mariadb-client \
-           netcat-traditional \
-           build-essential \
-           libapache2-mod-perl2 \
-           libapache2-mod-perl2-dev \
-           libgd3 \
-           libgd-dev \
-           perlmagick \
-           graphviz \
-           curl libssl-dev zlib1g-dev openssl \
-           libexpat-dev cmake git libcairo-dev \
-           unzip wget
-      - name: Run Makefile.PL
-        run: |
-          perl Makefile.PL
-          cpanm --notest --quiet --local-lib="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/cpm/lib/perl5" Module::CPANfile
-          make cpanfile GEN_CPANFILE_ARGS='-A -U oracle'
-      - name: cpm install
-        run: |
-          perl -I"$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/cpm/lib/perl5" "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/cpm/bin/cpm" install \
-          && tar -C "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" \
-              --exclude 'local/cache/*' \
-              --exclude 'local/man/*' \
-              --exclude '*.pod' \
-              -zcvf local-lib.tar.gz local
-      - name: Save dependencies
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: ubuntu-24.04-local-lib.tar.gz
-          path: local-lib.tar.gz
-      - name: Run checksetup
-        run: 'perl checksetup.pl --no-database --default-localconfig --no-templates'
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: 'prove -Ilocal/lib/perl5 t'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c22c12e75..f64bec8dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 version.json
 __lbheartbeat__
 .perl-version
+*.bak
 
 /skins/contrib/Dusk/admin.css
 /skins/contrib/Dusk/bug.css
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 85a88cd97..1f3858599 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ARG BZDB="-mysql"
 FROM bugzilla/bugzilla-perl-slim${BZDB}:20250925.1
 
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 ENV LOG4PERL_CONFIG_FILE=log4perl-json.conf
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.test.yml b/docker-compose.test-mysql.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from docker-compose.test.yml
rename to docker-compose.test-mysql.yml
diff --git a/docker/common.sh b/docker/common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0ce1fc11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses", as
+# defined by the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
+
+##################################################
+# Common checks and functions for docker scripts #
+##################################################
+
+# Function to print text in red if terminal supports it
+echo_red() {
+    if [ -t 1 ] && command -v tput >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ "$(tput colors 2>/dev/null || echo 0)" -ge 8 ]; then
+        echo -e "\033[31m$1\033[0m"
+    else
+        echo "$1"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Function to print text in green if terminal supports it
+echo_green() {
+    if [ -t 1 ] && command -v tput >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ "$(tput colors 2>/dev/null || echo 0)" -ge 8 ]; then
+        echo -e "\033[32m$1\033[0m"
+    else
+        echo "$1"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Check that we're in the root of the Bugzilla source tree
+if [ ! -e 'Makefile.PL' ]; then
+    echo
+    echo_red "Please run this from the root of the Bugzilla source tree."
+    echo
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Find and validate the Docker executable
+if [ -z "$DOCKER" ]; then
+    DOCKER=$(which docker)
+fi
+if [ -n "$DOCKER" ] && [ ! -x "$DOCKER" ]; then
+    echo
+    echo_red "You specified a custom Docker executable via the DOCKER"
+    echo_red "environment variable at $DOCKER"
+    echo_red "which either does not exist or is not executable."
+    echo "Please fix it to point at a working Docker or remove the"
+    echo "DOCKER environment variable to use the one in your PATH"
+    echo "if it exists."
+    echo
+    exit 1
+fi
+if [ -z "$DOCKER" ]; then
+    echo
+    echo_red "You do not appear to have docker installed or I can't find it."
+    echo "Windows and Mac versions can be downloaded from"
+    echo "https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop"
+    echo "Linux users can install using your package manager."
+    echo
+    echo "Please install docker or specify the location of the docker"
+    echo "executable in the DOCKER environment variable and try again."
+    echo
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check that Docker daemon is running
+if ! $DOCKER info >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo
+    echo_red "The docker daemon is not running or I can't connect to it."
+    echo "Please make sure it's running and try again."
+    echo
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Disable Docker CLI hints
+export DOCKER_CLI_HINTS=false
diff --git a/docker/gen-cpanfile-snapshot.sh b/docker/gen-cpanfile-snapshot.sh
index 38676b4cc..cbca373d4 100644
--- a/docker/gen-cpanfile-snapshot.sh
+++ b/docker/gen-cpanfile-snapshot.sh
@@ -6,49 +6,18 @@
 # This Source Code Form is "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses", as
 # defined by the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
 
-if [ -z "$DOCKER" ]; then
-    DOCKER=`which docker`
-fi
-if [ ! -x "$DOCKER" ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "You specified a custom Docker executable via the DOCKER"
-    echo "environment variable at $DOCKER"
-    echo "which either does not exist or is not executable."
-    echo "Please fix it to point at a working Docker or remove the"
-    echo "DOCKER environment variable to use the one in your PATH"
-    echo "if it exists."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
-if [ -z "$DOCKER" ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "You do not appear to have docker installed or I can't find it."
-    echo "Windows and Mac versions can be downloaded from"
-    echo "https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop"
-    echo "Linux users can install using your package manager."
-    echo
-    echo "Please install docker or specify the location of the docker"
-    echo "executable in the DOCKER environment variable and try again."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
-$DOCKER info 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-if [ $? != 0 ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "The docker daemon is not running or I can't connect to it."
-    echo "Please make sure it's running and try again."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
+# Source common Docker script checks and functions
+# shellcheck source=docker/common.sh
+source "$(dirname "$0")/common.sh"
+
 if [ ! -f "docker/images/Dockerfile.cpanfile" ]; then
     echo
     echo "Can't locate the Dockerfile, try running from the root of"
     echo "your Bugzilla checkout."
     echo
-    exit -1
+    exit 1
 fi
 
-export DOCKER_CLI_HINTS=false
 $DOCKER build -t bugzilla-cpanfile -f docker/images/Dockerfile.cpanfile .
 $DOCKER run -it -v "$(pwd):/app/result" bugzilla-cpanfile cp cpanfile cpanfile.snapshot /app/result
 
diff --git a/docker/gen-docker-image.sh b/docker/gen-docker-image.sh
index 1268d23d2..314720689 100755
--- a/docker/gen-docker-image.sh
+++ b/docker/gen-docker-image.sh
@@ -6,49 +6,31 @@
 # This Source Code Form is "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses", as
 # defined by the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
 
-if [ ! -e 'Makefile.PL' ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "Please run this from the root of the Bugzilla source tree."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
-if [ -z "$DOCKER" ]; then
-    DOCKER=`which docker`
-fi
-if [ ! -x "$DOCKER" ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "You specified a custom Docker executable via the DOCKER"
-    echo "environment variable at $DOCKER"
-    echo "which either does not exist or is not executable."
-    echo "Please fix it to point at a working Docker or remove the"
-    echo "DOCKER environment variable to use the one in your PATH"
-    echo "if it exists."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
-if [ -z "$DOCKER" ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "You do not appear to have docker installed or I can't find it."
-    echo "Windows and Mac versions can be downloaded from"
-    echo "https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop"
-    echo "Linux users can install using your package manager."
-    echo
-    echo "Please install docker or specify the location of the docker"
-    echo "executable in the DOCKER environment variable and try again."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
-$DOCKER info 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-if [ $? != 0 ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "The docker daemon is not running or I can't connect to it."
-    echo "Please make sure it's running and try again."
-    echo
-    exit -1
+# Ensure this script is run with bash
+# BASH_VERSION can be set in some shells; instead, verify declare -A works.
+if ! (declare -A __test_assoc 2>/dev/null); then
+    echo "This script requires bash. Checking if you have it..."
+    bash=$(which bash)
+    if [ -n "$bash" ] && [ -x "$bash" ]; then
+        echo "Found bash at $bash. Re-running script with bash..."
+        echo
+        exec bash "$0" "$@"
+    else
+        echo_red "Could not find bash. Put it in your PATH and try again."
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi
-FILES=`ls -1 docker/images/Dockerfile.b* | sed -e 's@^docker/images/Dockerfile\.@@'`
+
+# Source common Docker script checks and functions
+# shellcheck source=docker/common.sh
+source "$(dirname "$0")/common.sh"
+
+FILES=()
+for f in docker/images/Dockerfile.b*; do
+    [[ "$f" != *.bak ]] && FILES+=("${f#docker/images/Dockerfile.}")
+done
 PS3="Choose an image to build or CTRL-C to abort: "
-select IMAGE in $FILES; do
+select IMAGE in "All images" "${FILES[@]}"; do
     CACHE=""
     if [ "$1" == "--no-cache" ]; then
         CACHE="--no-cache"
@@ -59,63 +41,124 @@ select IMAGE in $FILES; do
     export CIRCLE_SHA1=""
     export CIRCLE_BUILD_URL=""
 
-    # Figure out the tag name to use for the image. We'll do this by generating
-    # a code based on today's date, then attempt to pull it from DockerHub. If
-    # we successfully pull, then it already exists, and we bump the interation
-    # number on the end.
-    DATE=`date +"%Y%m%d"`
-    ITER=1
-    $DOCKER pull bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER} >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-    while [ $? == 0 ]; do
-        # as long as we succesfully pull, keep bumping the number on the end
-        ((ITER++))
-        $DOCKER pull bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER} >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-    done
-    LINE="Building bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER}"
-    echo "##${LINE//?/#}##"
-    echo "# ${LINE} #"
-    echo "##${LINE//?/#}##"
-    $DOCKER build $CACHE -t bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER} -f docker/images/Dockerfile.${IMAGE} .
-    if [ $? == 0 ]; then
-        echo
-        echo "The build appears to have succeeded. Don't forget to change the FROM line"
-        echo "at the top of Dockerfile to use:"
-        echo "  bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER}"
-        echo "to make use of this image."
-        echo
-        # check if the user is logged in
-        if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
-            PYTHON=`which python`
-        fi
-        if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
-            PYTHON=`which python3`
-        fi
-        if [ ! -x "$PYTHON" ]; then
-            echo "The python executable specified in your PYTHON environment value or your PATH is not executable or I can't find it."
-            exit -1
-        fi
-        AUTHINFO=`$PYTHON -c "import json; print(len(json.load(open('${HOME}/.docker/config.json','r',encoding='utf-8'))['auths']))"`
-        if [ $AUTHINFO -gt 0 ]; then
-            # user is logged in
-            read -p "Do you wish to push to DockerHub? [y/N]: " yesno
-            case $yesno in
-                [Yy]*)
-                    echo "Pushing..."
-                    $DOCKER push bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER}
-                    $DOCKER tag bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER} bugzilla/${IMAGE}:latest
-                    $DOCKER push bugzilla/${IMAGE}:latest
-                    ;;
-                *)
-                    echo "Not pushing. You can just run this script again when you're ready"
-                    echo "to push. The prior build result is cached."
-                    ;;
-            esac
-        fi
+    # Determine which images to build
+    if [ "$IMAGE" == "All images" ]; then
+        IMAGES_TO_BUILD=("${FILES[@]}")
     else
+        IMAGES_TO_BUILD=("$IMAGE")
+    fi
+
+    # Track successfully built images
+    declare -A BUILT_IMAGES
+
+    for IMAGE in "${IMAGES_TO_BUILD[@]}"; do
+        # Figure out the tag name to use for the image. We'll do this by generating
+        # a code based on today's date, then attempt to pull it from DockerHub. If
+        # we successfully pull, then it already exists, and we bump the interation
+        # number on the end.
+        DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d")
+        ITER=1
+        while $DOCKER pull "bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER}" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; do
+            # as long as we succesfully pull, keep bumping the number on the end
+            ((ITER++))
+        done
+        LINE="Building bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER}"
+        echo "##${LINE//?/#}##"
+        echo "# ${LINE} #"
+        echo "##${LINE//?/#}##"
+        if $DOCKER build $CACHE -t "bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER}" -f "docker/images/Dockerfile.${IMAGE}" .; then
+            echo
+            echo_green "The build appears to have succeeded."
+
+            # Only update Dockerfiles when building the perl-slim image specifically (not variants like perl-slim-mysql)
+            if [[ "$IMAGE" == "bugzilla-perl-slim" ]]; then
+                echo "Updating FROM lines in Dockerfiles to use bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER}..."
+                echo
+
+                # Update all Dockerfiles that reference this image
+                for dockerfile in Dockerfile docker/images/Dockerfile.*; do
+                    # Skip backups and temp files
+                    case "$dockerfile" in
+                        *.bak|*.tmp) continue ;;
+                    esac
+                    if [ -f "$dockerfile" ]; then
+                        # Check for both direct references and BZDB variable references
+                        if grep -q "FROM bugzilla/${IMAGE}:" "$dockerfile" || grep -q "FROM bugzilla/${IMAGE}\${BZDB}:" "$dockerfile"; then
+                            # Create a backup
+                            cp "$dockerfile" "${dockerfile}.bak"
+                            echo "  Created backup: ${dockerfile}.bak"
+                            # Update the FROM line - handle both direct and BZDB variable patterns
+                            sed -i.tmp "s|FROM bugzilla/${IMAGE}:[^ ]*|FROM bugzilla/${IMAGE}:${DATE}.${ITER}|g" "$dockerfile"
+                            sed -i.tmp "s|FROM bugzilla/${IMAGE}\${BZDB}:[^ ]*|FROM bugzilla/${IMAGE}\${BZDB}:${DATE}.${ITER}|g" "$dockerfile"
+                            rm -f "${dockerfile}.tmp"
+                            echo "  Updated: $dockerfile"
+                        fi
+                    fi
+                done
+                echo
+            fi
+
+            # Track the successfully built image
+            BUILT_IMAGES["${IMAGE}"]="${DATE}.${ITER}"
+        else
+            echo
+            echo_red "Docker build failed for ${IMAGE}. See output above."
+            echo
+            if [ ${#IMAGES_TO_BUILD[@]} -eq 1 ]; then
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # Check if any images were built successfully
+    if [ ${#BUILT_IMAGES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo_red "No images were built successfully."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo
+    echo_green "Successfully built ${#BUILT_IMAGES[@]} image(s):"
+    for img in "${!BUILT_IMAGES[@]}"; do
+        echo "  - bugzilla/${img}:${BUILT_IMAGES[$img]}"
+    done
+
+    # check if the user is logged in
+    if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
+        PYTHON=$(which python)
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
+        PYTHON=$(which python3)
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$PYTHON" ]; then
+        echo "The python executable specified in your PYTHON environment value or your PATH is not executable or I can't find it."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    AUTHINFO=$($PYTHON -c "import json; print(len(json.load(open('${HOME}/.docker/config.json','r',encoding='utf-8'))['auths']))")
+    if [ "$AUTHINFO" -gt 0 ]; then
+        # user is logged in
         echo
-        echo "Docker build failed. See output above."
-        echo
-        exit -1
+        read -rp "Do you wish to push to DockerHub? [y/N]: " yesno
+        case $yesno in
+            [Yy]*)
+                echo
+                echo "Pushing images..."
+                for img in "${!BUILT_IMAGES[@]}"; do
+                    tag="${BUILT_IMAGES[$img]}"
+                    echo "Pushing bugzilla/${img}:${tag}..."
+                    $DOCKER push "bugzilla/${img}:${tag}"
+                    echo "Tagging bugzilla/${img}:${tag} as bugzilla/${img}:latest..."
+                    $DOCKER tag "bugzilla/${img}:${tag}" "bugzilla/${img}:latest"
+                    $DOCKER push "bugzilla/${img}:latest"
+                done
+                echo_green "All images pushed successfully."
+                ;;
+            *)
+                echo
+                echo "Not pushing. You can just run this script again when you're ready"
+                echo "to push. The prior build results are cached."
+                echo_red "Remember DO NOT commit any changes to the FROM lines of Dockerfiles until"
+                echo_red "you've pushed to DockerHub. Doing so will break tests on GitHub Actions."
+                ;;
+        esac
     fi
     break
 done
diff --git a/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim b/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim
index bd4258ed0..d9d0692c1 100644
--- a/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim
+++ b/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RUN find local -name '*.so' -exec ldd {} \; \
 
 FROM perl:5.38.2-slim
 
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/local /app/local
 COPY --from=builder /app/PACKAGES /app/PACKAGES
diff --git a/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-mariadb b/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-mariadb
index d5acd77fe..d4b7e6642 100644
--- a/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-mariadb
+++ b/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-mariadb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RUN find local -name '*.so' -exec ldd {} \; \
 
 FROM bugzilla/bugzilla-perl-slim:20250925.1
 
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/local /app/local
 COPY --from=builder /app/PACKAGES /app/PACKAGES
diff --git a/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-mysql b/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-mysql
index a807fca41..64562cec7 100644
--- a/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-mysql
+++ b/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-mysql
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUN find local -name '*.so' -exec ldd {} \; \
 
 FROM bugzilla/bugzilla-perl-slim:20250925.1
 
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/local /app/local
 COPY --from=builder /app/PACKAGES /app/PACKAGES
diff --git a/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-pg b/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-pg
index d2fe4b575..3601a0d4e 100644
--- a/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-pg
+++ b/docker/images/Dockerfile.bugzilla-perl-slim-pg
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ RUN find local -name '*.so' -exec ldd {} \; \
 # developer tools
 FROM bugzilla/bugzilla-perl-slim:20250925.1
 
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 # copy the stuff we built over from the temporary image
 COPY --from=builder /app/local /app/local
diff --git a/docker/images/Dockerfile.perl-testsuite b/docker/images/Dockerfile.perl-testsuite
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3b2b2964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/images/Dockerfile.perl-testsuite
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses", as
+# defined by the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
+
+ARG BZDB=""
+FROM bugzilla/bugzilla-perl-slim${BZDB}:20250925.1
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade && \
+    apt-get install --ignore-hold --allow-downgrades -y \
+    apache2 \
+    cpanminus \
+    mariadb-client \
+    netcat-traditional \
+    build-essential \
+    libapache2-mod-perl2 \
+    libapache2-mod-perl2-dev \
+    libgd3 \
+    libgd-dev \
+    perlmagick \
+    graphviz \
+    curl libssl-dev zlib1g-dev openssl \
+    libexpat-dev cmake git libcairo-dev \
+    unzip wget && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy the source code
+COPY . /app/
+
+# Run Makefile.PL and install dependencies
+RUN perl Makefile.PL && \
+    cpanm --notest --quiet --local-lib="/app/local" Module::CPANfile && \
+    make cpanfile GEN_CPANFILE_ARGS='-A -U oracle -U mariadb -U pg -U mysql' && \
+    cpanm --notest --quiet --local-lib="/app/local" -f --installdeps .
+
+# Run checksetup
+RUN perl checksetup.pl --no-database --default-localconfig --no-templates
+
+# Set the default command to run tests
+ENTRYPOINT ["prove", "-Ilocal/lib/perl5", "t"]
+CMD []
diff --git a/docker/run-tests-in-docker.sh b/docker/run-tests-in-docker.sh
index 592878f41..1b3d5f219 100644
--- a/docker/run-tests-in-docker.sh
+++ b/docker/run-tests-in-docker.sh
@@ -6,63 +6,65 @@
 # This Source Code Form is "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses", as
 # defined by the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
 
-if [ ! -e 'Makefile.PL' ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "Please run this from the root of the Bugzilla source tree."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
-if [ -z "$DOCKER" ]; then
-    DOCKER=`which docker`
-fi
-if [ ! -x "$DOCKER" ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "You specified a custom Docker executable via the DOCKER"
-    echo "environment variable at $DOCKER"
-    echo "which either does not exist or is not executable."
-    echo "Please fix it to point at a working Docker or remove the"
-    echo "DOCKER environment variable to use the one in your PATH"
-    echo "if it exists."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
-if [ -z "$DOCKER" ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "You do not appear to have docker installed or I can't find it."
-    echo "Windows and Mac versions can be downloaded from"
-    echo "https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop"
-    echo "Linux users can install using your package manager."
-    echo
-    echo "Please install docker or specify the location of the docker"
-    echo "executable in the DOCKER environment variable and try again."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
-$DOCKER info 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-if [ $? != 0 ]; then
-    echo
-    echo "The docker daemon is not running or I can't connect to it."
-    echo "Please make sure it's running and try again."
-    echo
-    exit -1
-fi
+# Source common Docker script checks and functions
+# shellcheck source=docker/common.sh
+source "$(dirname "$0")/common.sh"
 
-export DOCKER_CLI_HINTS=false
 export CI=""
 export CIRCLE_SHA1=""
 export CIRCLE_BUILD_URL=""
-DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.test.yml
-if [ "$1" == "pg" ]; then
+
+TEST_NAME="test_bmo"
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.test-mysql.yml
+if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Available test options:"
+    echo "  1) sanity   - Run sanity tests"
+    echo "  2) mysql    - Run BMO tests with MySQL (default)"
+    echo "  3) pg       - Run BMO tests with PostgreSQL"
+    echo "  4) sqlite   - Run BMO tests with SQLite"
+    echo "  5) mariadb  - Run BMO tests with MariaDB"
+    echo "  6) release  - Run release tests"
+    echo
+    read -rp "Select a test option (1-6, default is mysql): " choice
+    case "$choice" in
+        1) set -- "sanity" ;;
+        2|"") set -- "mysql" ;;
+        3) set -- "pg" ;;
+        4) set -- "sqlite" ;;
+        5) set -- "mariadb" ;;
+        6) set -- "release" ;;
+        *) echo "Invalid choice. Using default (mysql)"; set -- "mysql" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+if [ "$1" == "sanity" ]; then
+    DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.test-mysql.yml
+    TEST_NAME="test_sanity"
+elif [ "$1" == "mysql" ]; then
+    DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.test-mysql.yml
+elif [ "$1" == "pg" ]; then
     DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.test-pg.yml
 elif [ "$1" == "sqlite" ]; then
     DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.test-sqlite.yml
 elif [ "$1" == "mariadb" ]; then
     DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.test-mariadb.yml
+elif [ "$1" == "release" ]; then
+    DOCKER_FILE=docker/images/Dockerfile.perl-testsuite
+    if $DOCKER build -t bugzilla-release-test -f "$DOCKER_FILE" .; then
+        $DOCKER run --rm bugzilla-release-test
+    else
+        echo "docker build failed."
+    fi
+    exit $?
 fi
-$DOCKER compose -f $DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE build
-if [ $? == 0 ]; then
-    $DOCKER compose -f $DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE run --rm --name bugzilla6.test bugzilla6.test test_bmo -q -f t/bmo/*.t
-    $DOCKER compose -f $DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE down
+if $DOCKER compose -f "$DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE" build; then
+    if $DOCKER compose -f "$DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE" run --rm --name bugzilla6.test bugzilla6.test "$TEST_NAME" -q -f t/bmo/*.t; then
+        $DOCKER compose -f "$DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE" down
+    else
+        echo "docker compose run failed."
+        $DOCKER compose -f "$DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE" down
+        exit 1
+    fi
 else
     echo "docker compose build failed."
+    exit 1
 fi