diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_templated_agent.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_templated_agent.yaml
index 2adae47bf..a5c9106e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_templated_agent.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_templated_agent.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: checks
 
 on:
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   # JOB 1: Discover which specific agent folders have changed.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed_files
@@ -87,8 +86,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
       - id: 'auth'
         name: 'Authenticate to Google Cloud'
diff --git a/python/agents/economic-research-agent/economic_research/deployment/deploy.py b/python/agents/economic-research-agent/economic_research/deployment/deploy.py
index d162d186f..37a745337 100644
--- a/python/agents/economic-research-agent/economic_research/deployment/deploy.py
+++ b/python/agents/economic-research-agent/economic_research/deployment/deploy.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def deploy_era_to_vertex(project_id: str, location: str = "us-east1"):
 
     adk_app = AdkApp(
         agent=root_agent,
-        enable_tracing=False,
+        enable_tracing=True,
     )
 
     # Use the new agent_engines API