diff --git a/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28fe890d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: Copilot Setup Steps
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  setup:
+    name: Prepare Maven workspace and prime E2E dependencies
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: 11
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: maven
+
+      - name: Validate formatting configuration
+        run: mvn -B -T 2C formatter:validate impsort:check xml-format:xml-check
+
+      - name: Quick compile (skip tests)
+        run: mvn -B -T 2C compile -DskipTests -Pquick
+
+      - name: Download Maven dependencies for offline use
+        run: mvn -B -T 2C dependency:go-offline
+
+      - name: Maven install (skip tests)
+        run: mvn -B install -DskipTests -Pquick
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies for E2E tests
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-utils
+
+      - name: Install Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          cache: 'npm'
+          cache-dependency-path: ./e2e/package-lock.json
+
+      - name: Install Playwright dependencies for E2E tests
+        working-directory: ./e2e
+        run: |
+          npm install
+          npx playwright install --with-deps
+
+      - name: Run end-to-end tests of RDF4J Server and Workbench
+        working-directory: ./e2e
+        run: ./run.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dash-license.yml b/.github/workflows/dash-license.yml
index ae56c45a68..d86fe78835 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dash-license.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dash-license.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   license-check:
+    if: ${{ false }}
+    # Disabled until ClearlyDefined throttling is resolved (see eclipse-rdf4j/rdf4j#5457)
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest