diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ebc00dcff..421bac51e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -626,7 +626,6 @@ jobs:
           env:
             CSP_TEST_SKIP_EXAMPLES: "1"
 
-
     ####################################################
     #..................................................#
     #..|########|..|########|..../####\....|########|..#
@@ -724,7 +723,66 @@ jobs:
     ###########################################################################################################
     #  Test Service Adapters                                                                                  #
     ###########################################################################################################
-    # Coming soon!
+    test_adapters:
+      needs:
+        - initialize
+        - build
+
+      strategy:
+        matrix:
+          os:
+            - ubuntu-20.04
+          python-version:
+            - 3.9
+          adapter:
+            - kafka
+
+      runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+      steps:
+        - name: Checkout
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          with:
+              submodules: recursive
+
+        - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          uses: ./.github/actions/setup-python
+          with:
+            version: '${{ matrix.python-version }}'
+
+        - name: Install python dependencies
+          run: make requirements
+
+        - name: Install test dependencies
+          shell: bash
+          run: sudo apt-get install graphviz
+
+        # Download artifact
+        - name: Download wheel
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+          with:
+            name: csp-dist-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+        - name: Install wheel
+          run: python -m pip install -U *manylinux2014*.whl --target .
+
+        - name: Spin up adapter service
+          run: make dockerup ADAPTER=${{ matrix.adapter }} DOCKERARGS="--wait --wait-timeout 30"
+
+        - name: Wait a few seconds after images have been spun up
+          run: sleep 30
+
+        # Run tests
+        - name: Setup test flags
+          shell: bash
+          run: echo "CSP_TEST_$( echo ${{ matrix.adapter }} | awk '{print toupper($0)}' )=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+        - name: Python Test Steps
+          run: make test TEST_ARGS="-k ${{ matrix.adapter }}"
+
+        - name: Spin down adapter service
+          run: make dockerdown ADAPTER=${{ matrix.adapter }}
+          if: ${{ always() }}
 
     ############################################################################################
     #..........................................................................................#
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d37aa8f64..e1d9aa5cc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ tests: test
 
 .PHONY: dockerup dockerps dockerdown initpodmanmac
 ADAPTER := kafka
-DOCKER := podman
+DOCKER_COMPOSE := docker compose # or podman-compose
+DOCKERARGS :=
 
 initpodmanmac:
 	podman machine stop
@@ -110,13 +111,13 @@ initpodmanmac:
 	podman machine start
 
 dockerup:  ## spin up docker compose services for adapter testing
-	$(DOCKER) compose -f ci/$(ADAPTER)/docker-compose.yml up -d
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -f ci/$(ADAPTER)/docker-compose.yml up -d $(DOCKERARGS)
 
 dockerps:  ## spin up docker compose services for adapter testing
-	$(DOCKER) compose -f ci/$(ADAPTER)/docker-compose.yml ps
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -f ci/$(ADAPTER)/docker-compose.yml ps
 
 dockerdown:  ## spin up docker compose services for adapter testing
-	$(DOCKER) compose -f ci/$(ADAPTER)/docker-compose.yml down
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -f ci/$(ADAPTER)/docker-compose.yml down
 
 ###########
 # VERSION #
diff --git a/ci/kafka/docker-compose.yml b/ci/kafka/docker-compose.yml
index d2674945f..e1e359800 100644
--- a/ci/kafka/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/ci/kafka/docker-compose.yml
@@ -87,84 +87,6 @@ services:
       CONNECT_PLUGIN_PATH: "/usr/share/java,/usr/share/confluent-hub-components"
       CONNECT_LOG4J_LOGGERS: org.apache.zookeeper=ERROR,org.I0Itec.zkclient=ERROR,org.reflections=ERROR
 
-  control-center:
-    image: confluentinc/cp-enterprise-control-center:7.5.3
-    hostname: control-center
-    container_name: control-center
-    depends_on:
-      - broker
-      - schema-registry
-      - connect
-      - ksqldb-server
-    ports:
-      - "9021:9021"
-    environment:
-      CONTROL_CENTER_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: 'broker:29092'
-      CONTROL_CENTER_CONNECT_CONNECT-DEFAULT_CLUSTER: 'connect:8083'
-      CONTROL_CENTER_KSQL_KSQLDB1_URL: "http://ksqldb-server:8088"
-      CONTROL_CENTER_KSQL_KSQLDB1_ADVERTISED_URL: "http://localhost:8088"
-      CONTROL_CENTER_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: "http://schema-registry:8081"
-      CONTROL_CENTER_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1
-      CONTROL_CENTER_INTERNAL_TOPICS_PARTITIONS: 1
-      CONTROL_CENTER_MONITORING_INTERCEPTOR_TOPIC_PARTITIONS: 1
-      CONFLUENT_METRICS_TOPIC_REPLICATION: 1
-      PORT: 9021
-
-  ksqldb-server:
-    image: confluentinc/cp-ksqldb-server:7.5.3
-    hostname: ksqldb-server
-    container_name: ksqldb-server
-    depends_on:
-      - broker
-      - connect
-    ports:
-      - "8088:8088"
-    environment:
-      KSQL_CONFIG_DIR: "/etc/ksql"
-      KSQL_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: "broker:29092"
-      KSQL_HOST_NAME: ksqldb-server
-      KSQL_LISTENERS: "http://0.0.0.0:8088"
-      KSQL_CACHE_MAX_BYTES_BUFFERING: 0
-      KSQL_KSQL_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: "http://schema-registry:8081"
-      KSQL_PRODUCER_INTERCEPTOR_CLASSES: "io.confluent.monitoring.clients.interceptor.MonitoringProducerInterceptor"
-      KSQL_CONSUMER_INTERCEPTOR_CLASSES: "io.confluent.monitoring.clients.interceptor.MonitoringConsumerInterceptor"
-      KSQL_KSQL_CONNECT_URL: "http://connect:8083"
-      KSQL_KSQL_LOGGING_PROCESSING_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1
-      KSQL_KSQL_LOGGING_PROCESSING_TOPIC_AUTO_CREATE: 'true'
-      KSQL_KSQL_LOGGING_PROCESSING_STREAM_AUTO_CREATE: 'true'
-
-  # ksqldb-cli:
-  #   image: confluentinc/cp-ksqldb-cli:7.5.3
-  #   container_name: ksqldb-cli
-  #   depends_on:
-  #     - broker
-  #     - connect
-  #     - ksqldb-server
-  #   entrypoint: /bin/sh
-  #   tty: true
-
-  # ksql-datagen:
-  #   image: confluentinc/ksqldb-examples:7.5.3
-  #   hostname: ksql-datagen
-  #   container_name: ksql-datagen
-  #   depends_on:
-  #     - ksqldb-server
-  #     - broker
-  #     - schema-registry
-  #     - connect
-  #   command: "bash -c 'echo Waiting for Kafka to be ready... && \
-  #                      cub kafka-ready -b broker:29092 1 40 && \
-  #                      echo Waiting for Confluent Schema Registry to be ready... && \
-  #                      cub sr-ready schema-registry 8081 40 && \
-  #                      echo Waiting a few seconds for topic creation to finish... && \
-  #                      sleep 11 && \
-  #                      tail -f /dev/null'"
-  #   environment:
-  #     KSQL_CONFIG_DIR: "/etc/ksql"
-  #     STREAMS_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: broker:29092
-  #     STREAMS_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_HOST: schema-registry
-  #     STREAMS_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_PORT: 8081
-
   rest-proxy:
     image: confluentinc/cp-kafka-rest:7.5.3
     depends_on:
@@ -178,4 +100,28 @@ services:
       KAFKA_REST_HOST_NAME: rest-proxy
       KAFKA_REST_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: 'broker:29092'
       KAFKA_REST_LISTENERS: "http://0.0.0.0:8082"
-      KAFKA_REST_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: 'http://schema-registry:8081'
\ No newline at end of file
+      KAFKA_REST_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: 'http://schema-registry:8081'
+
+  # Uncomment for a helpful UI
+  # control-center:
+  #   image: confluentinc/cp-enterprise-control-center:7.5.3
+  #   hostname: control-center
+  #   container_name: control-center
+  #   depends_on:
+  #     - broker
+  #     - schema-registry
+  #     - connect
+  #   ports:
+  #     - "9021:9021"
+  #   environment:
+  #     CONTROL_CENTER_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: 'broker:29092'
+  #     CONTROL_CENTER_CONNECT_CONNECT-DEFAULT_CLUSTER: 'connect:8083'
+  #     CONTROL_CENTER_KSQL_KSQLDB1_URL: "http://ksqldb-server:8088"
+  #     CONTROL_CENTER_KSQL_KSQLDB1_ADVERTISED_URL: "http://localhost:8088"
+  #     CONTROL_CENTER_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: "http://schema-registry:8081"
+  #     CONTROL_CENTER_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1
+  #     CONTROL_CENTER_INTERNAL_TOPICS_PARTITIONS: 1
+  #     CONTROL_CENTER_MONITORING_INTERCEPTOR_TOPIC_PARTITIONS: 1
+  #     CONFLUENT_METRICS_TOPIC_REPLICATION: 1
+  #     PORT: 9021
+
diff --git a/csp/adapters/kafka.py b/csp/adapters/kafka.py
index 6871004e3..324a355fc 100644
--- a/csp/adapters/kafka.py
+++ b/csp/adapters/kafka.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         consumer_properties = {
             "group.id": group_id,
-            # To get end of parition notification for live / not live flag
+            # To get end of partition notification for live / not live flag
             "enable.partition.eof": "true",
         }
 
diff --git a/csp/tests/adapters/conftest.py b/csp/tests/adapters/conftest.py
index 774295861..2bef42e26 100644
--- a/csp/tests/adapters/conftest.py
+++ b/csp/tests/adapters/conftest.py
@@ -11,7 +11,5 @@ def kafkabroker():
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
 def kafkaadapter(kafkabroker):
     group_id = "group.id123"
-    _kafkaadapter = KafkaAdapterManager(
-        broker=kafkabroker, group_id=group_id, rd_kafka_conf_options={"allow.auto.create.topics": "true"}
-    )
+    _kafkaadapter = KafkaAdapterManager(broker=kafkabroker, group_id=group_id)
     return _kafkaadapter
diff --git a/csp/tests/adapters/test_kafka.py b/csp/tests/adapters/test_kafka.py
index 36d67614c..6ccaacb59 100644
--- a/csp/tests/adapters/test_kafka.py
+++ b/csp/tests/adapters/test_kafka.py
@@ -79,11 +79,10 @@ def graph(count: int):
             }
 
             topic = f"test.metadata.{os.getpid()}"
-            _precreate_topic(topic)
             subKey = "foo"
             pubKey = ["mapped_a", "mapped_b", "mapped_c"]
 
-            c = csp.count(csp.timer(timedelta(seconds=0.1)))
+            c = csp.count(csp.timer(timedelta(seconds=1)))
             t = csp.sample(c, csp.const("foo"))
 
             pubStruct = MetaPubData.collectts(
@@ -104,15 +103,17 @@ def graph(count: int):
             )
 
             csp.add_graph_output("sub_data", sub_data)
-            # csp.print('sub', sub_data)
+            csp.print("sub", sub_data)
             # Wait for at least count ticks and until we get a live tick
-            done_flag = csp.count(sub_data) >= count
-            done_flag = csp.and_(done_flag, sub_data.mapped_live is True)
+            done_flag = csp.and_(csp.count(sub_data) >= count, sub_data.mapped_live == True)  # noqa: E712
             stop = csp.filter(done_flag, done_flag)
             csp.stop_engine(stop)
 
-        count = 5
-        results = csp.run(graph, count, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=30), realtime=True)
+        # warm up the topic
+        results = csp.run(graph, 1, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=3), realtime=True)
+
+        # now send some live in
+        results = csp.run(graph, 5, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=20), realtime=True)
         assert len(results["sub_data"]) >= 5
         print(results)
         for result in results["sub_data"]:
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ def graph(count: int):
             assert result[1].mapped_offset >= 0
             assert result[1].mapped_live is not None
             assert result[1].mapped_timestamp < datetime.utcnow()
+        # first record should be non live
+        assert results["sub_data"][0][1].mapped_live is False
+        # last record should be live
         assert results["sub_data"][-1][1].mapped_live
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not os.environ.get("CSP_TEST_KAFKA"), reason="Skipping kafka adapter tests")
@@ -145,8 +149,7 @@ def graph(symbols: list, count: int):
             struct_field_map = {"b": "b2", "i": "i2", "d": "d2", "s": "s2", "dt": "dt2"}
 
             done_flags = []
-            topic = f"mktdata.{os.getpid()}"
-            _precreate_topic(topic)
+
             for symbol in symbols:
                 kafkaadapter.publish(msg_mapper, topic, symbol, b, field_map="b")
                 kafkaadapter.publish(msg_mapper, topic, symbol, i, field_map="i")
@@ -183,10 +186,12 @@ def graph(symbols: list, count: int):
             stop = csp.filter(stop, stop)
             csp.stop_engine(stop)
 
+        topic = f"mktdata.{os.getpid()}"
+        _precreate_topic(topic)
         symbols = ["AAPL", "MSFT"]
         count = 100
         results = csp.run(
-            graph, symbols, count, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=30), realtime=True
+            graph, symbols, count, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=10), realtime=True
         )
         for symbol in symbols:
             pub = results[f"pall_{symbol}"]
@@ -212,7 +217,7 @@ def pub_graph():
             csp.stop_engine(stop)
             # csp.print('pub', struct)
 
-        csp.run(pub_graph, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=30), realtime=True)
+        csp.run(pub_graph, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=10), realtime=True)
 
         # grab start/end times
         def get_times_graph():
@@ -232,7 +237,7 @@ def get_times_graph():
             # csp.print('sub', data)
             # csp.print('status', kafkaadapter.status())
 
-        all_data = csp.run(get_times_graph, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=30), realtime=True)[
+        all_data = csp.run(get_times_graph, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=10), realtime=True)[
             "data"
         ]
         min_time = all_data[0][1].dt
@@ -258,7 +263,7 @@ def get_data(start_offset, expected_count):
             KafkaStartOffset.EARLIEST,
             10,
             starttime=datetime.utcnow(),
-            endtime=timedelta(seconds=30),
+            endtime=timedelta(seconds=10),
             realtime=True,
         )["data"]
         # print(res)
@@ -276,7 +281,7 @@ def get_data(start_offset, expected_count):
         assert len(res) == 0
 
         res = csp.run(
-            get_data, KafkaStartOffset.START_TIME, 10, starttime=min_time, endtime=timedelta(seconds=30), realtime=True
+            get_data, KafkaStartOffset.START_TIME, 10, starttime=min_time, endtime=timedelta(seconds=10), realtime=True
         )["data"]
         assert len(res) == 10
 
@@ -287,12 +292,12 @@ def get_data(start_offset, expected_count):
         stime = all_data[2][1].dt + timedelta(milliseconds=1)
         expected = [x for x in all_data if x[1].dt >= stime]
         res = csp.run(
-            get_data, stime, len(expected), starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=30), realtime=True
+            get_data, stime, len(expected), starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=10), realtime=True
         )["data"]
         assert len(res) == len(expected)
 
         res = csp.run(
-            get_data, timedelta(seconds=0), len(expected), starttime=stime, endtime=timedelta(seconds=30), realtime=True
+            get_data, timedelta(seconds=0), len(expected), starttime=stime, endtime=timedelta(seconds=10), realtime=True
         )["data"]
         assert len(res) == len(expected)
 
@@ -314,8 +319,6 @@ def graph(symbols: list, count: int):
             msg_mapper = RawBytesMessageMapper()
 
             done_flags = []
-            topic = f"test_str.{os.getpid()}"
-            _precreate_topic(topic)
             for symbol in symbols:
                 topic = f"test_str.{os.getpid()}"
                 kafkaadapter.publish(msg_mapper, topic, symbol, d)
@@ -356,10 +359,13 @@ def graph(symbols: list, count: int):
             stop = csp.filter(stop, stop)
             csp.stop_engine(stop)
 
+        topic = f"test_str.{os.getpid()}"
+        _precreate_topic(topic)
+
         symbols = ["AAPL", "MSFT"]
         count = 10
         results = csp.run(
-            graph, symbols, count, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=30), realtime=True
+            graph, symbols, count, starttime=datetime.utcnow(), endtime=timedelta(seconds=10), realtime=True
         )
         # print(results)
         for symbol in symbols:
diff --git a/csp/tests/adapters/test_status.py b/csp/tests/adapters/test_status.py
index 66cd41dd6..4b34be9cd 100644
--- a/csp/tests/adapters/test_status.py
+++ b/csp/tests/adapters/test_status.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class SubData(csp.Struct):
     a: bool
 
 
-class TestStatus:
+class TestStatusKafka:
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not os.environ.get("CSP_TEST_KAFKA"), reason="Skipping kafka adapter tests")
     def test_basic(self, kafkaadapter):
         topic = f"csp.unittest.{os.getpid()}"