diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
index 82cba79..d2d7049 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: AWS-Zig Build
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - 'master'
@@ -17,11 +18,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Zig
-        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
+        uses: https://github.com/mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
         with:
           version: 0.14.0
+      - name: Restore Zig caches
+        uses: https://github.com/Hanaasagi/zig-action-cache@3954aae427f8b05914e08dfd79f15e1f2e435929
+      - name: Run smoke test
+        run: zig build smoke-test --verbose
       - name: Run tests
-        run: zig build test --verbose
+        run: zig build test --verbose --summary all
+      - name: Run tests (release mode)
+        run: zig build test -Doptimize=ReleaseSafe --verbose
       # Zig build scripts don't have the ability to import depenedencies directly
       # (https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/18164). We can allow downstream
       # build scripts to import aws with a few tweaks, but we can't @import("src/aws.zig")
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       # - run: echo "URL of foo (1) is ${{ steps.sign.outputs.URL_1 }}"
       - name: Publish source code with generated models
         run: |
-          curl --user ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.PACKAGE_PUSH }} \
+          curl -s --user ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.PACKAGE_PUSH }} \
             --upload-file ${{ runner.temp }}/${{ github.sha }}-with-models.tar.gz \
             https://git.lerch.org/api/packages/lobo/generic/aws-sdk-with-models/${{ github.sha }}/${{ github.sha }}-with-models.tar.gz
       - name: Build example
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/zig-mach.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/zig-mach.yaml
index 12c3903..5232cb9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/zig-mach.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/zig-mach.yaml
@@ -26,15 +26,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: zig-mach
       - name: Setup Zig
-        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
+        uses: https://github.com/mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
         with:
           version: mach-latest
+      - name: Restore Zig caches
+        uses: https://github.com/Hanaasagi/zig-action-cache@3954aae427f8b05914e08dfd79f15e1f2e435929
       - name: Run gen
         run: zig build gen --verbose
       - name: Run smoke test
         run: zig build smoke-test --verbose
       - name: Run full tests
-        run: zig build test --verbose
+        run: zig build test --verbose --summary all
+      - name: Run tests (release mode)
+        run: zig build test -Doptimize=ReleaseSafe --verbose
       # Zig package manager expects everything to be inside a directory in the archive,
       # which it then strips out on download. So we need to shove everything inside a directory
       # the way GitHub/Gitea does for repo archives
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       # - run: echo "URL of foo (1) is ${{ steps.sign.outputs.URL_1 }}"
       - name: Publish source code with generated models
         run: |
-          curl --user ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.PACKAGE_PUSH }} \
+          curl -s --user ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.PACKAGE_PUSH }} \
             --upload-file ${{ runner.temp }}/${{ github.sha }}${{ env.PKG_PREFIX }}-with-models.tar.gz \
             https://git.lerch.org/api/packages/lobo/generic/aws-sdk-with-models/${{ github.sha }}/${{ github.sha }}${{ env.PKG_PREFIX }}-with-models.tar.gz
       - name: Build example
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/zig-nightly.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/zig-nightly.yaml
index e97917e..7a60a04 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/zig-nightly.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/zig-nightly.yaml
@@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: zig-develop
       - name: Setup Zig
-        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
+        uses: https://github.com/mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
         with:
           version: master
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: zig build test --verbose
+      - name: Restore Zig caches
+        uses: https://github.com/Hanaasagi/zig-action-cache@3954aae427f8b05914e08dfd79f15e1f2e435929
+      - name: Run smoke test
+        run: zig build smoke-test --verbose
+      - name: Run full tests
+        run: zig build test --verbose --summary all
+      - name: Run tests (release mode)
+        run: zig build test -Doptimize=ReleaseSafe --verbose
       # Zig package manager expects everything to be inside a directory in the archive,
       # which it then strips out on download. So we need to shove everything inside a directory
       # the way GitHub/Gitea does for repo archives
@@ -63,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
       # - run: echo "URL of foo (1) is ${{ steps.sign.outputs.URL_1 }}"
       - name: Publish source code with generated models
         run: |
-          curl --user ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.PACKAGE_PUSH }} \
+          curl -s --user ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.PACKAGE_PUSH }} \
             --upload-file ${{ runner.temp }}/${{ github.sha }}${{ env.PKG_PREFIX }}-with-models.tar.gz \
             https://git.lerch.org/api/packages/lobo/generic/aws-sdk-with-models/${{ github.sha }}/${{ github.sha }}${{ env.PKG_PREFIX }}-with-models.tar.gz
       - name: Build example
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/zig-previous.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/zig-previous.yaml
index 1bc831f..20375ac 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/zig-previous.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/zig-previous.yaml
@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: zig-0.13
       - name: Setup Zig
-        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
+        uses: https://github.com/mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
         with:
           version: 0.13.0
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: zig build test --verbose
+      - name: Restore Zig caches
+        uses: https://github.com/Hanaasagi/zig-action-cache@3954aae427f8b05914e08dfd79f15e1f2e435929
+      - name: Run smoke test
+        run: zig build smoke-test --verbose
+      - name: Run full tests
+        run: zig build test --verbose --summary all
+      # Release mode fix not backported to 0.13.0 code
+      #- name: Run tests (release mode)
+      #  run: zig build test -Doptimize=ReleaseSafe --verbose
       # Zig build scripts don't have the ability to import depenedencies directly
       # (https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/18164). We can allow downstream
       # build scripts to import aws with a few tweaks, but we can't @import("src/aws.zig")
@@ -69,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       # - run: echo "URL of foo (1) is ${{ steps.sign.outputs.URL_1 }}"
       - name: Publish source code with generated models
         run: |
-          curl --user ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.PACKAGE_PUSH }} \
+          curl -s --user ${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.PACKAGE_PUSH }} \
             --upload-file ${{ runner.temp }}/${{ github.sha }}-with-models.tar.gz \
             https://git.lerch.org/api/packages/lobo/generic/aws-sdk-with-models/${{ github.sha }}/${{ github.sha }}-with-models.tar.gz
       - name: Build example
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 313e87b..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Current zig version build
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'master'
-jobs:
-  build-amd64:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.env.GITEA_ACTIONS != 'true' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Zig
-        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
-        with:
-          version: 0.14.0
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: zig build test -Dbroken-windows --verbose # Github runners try to run the windows tests despite disabling foreign checks
-      - name: Build example
-        run: ( cd example && zig build ) # Make sure example builds
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zig-mach.yaml b/.github/workflows/zig-mach.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d7e65e..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/zig-mach.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Latest mach nominated zig version build
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'zig-mach*'
-jobs:
-  build-zig-mach-latest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.env.GITEA_ACTIONS != 'true' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Zig
-        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
-        with:
-          version: mach-latest
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: zig build test -Dbroken-windows --verbose
-      - name: Build example
-        run: ( cd example && zig build ) # Make sure example builds
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zig-nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/zig-nightly.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 772f6b4..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/zig-nightly.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Nightly zig version Build
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'zig-develop*'
-jobs:
-  build-zig-nightly:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.env.GITEA_ACTIONS != 'true' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Zig
-        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
-        with:
-          version: master
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: zig build test -Dbroken-windows --verbose
-      - name: Build example
-        run: ( cd example && zig build ) # Make sure example builds
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zig-previous.yaml b/.github/workflows/zig-previous.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e6f8096..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/zig-previous.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Previous zig version Build
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'zig-0.13'
-jobs:
-  build-amd64:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.env.GITEA_ACTIONS != 'true' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Zig
-        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1.2.1
-        with:
-          version: 0.13.0
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: zig build test -Dbroken-windows --verbose # Github runners try to run the windows tests despite disabling foreign checks
-      - name: Build example
-        run: ( cd example && zig build ) # Make sure example builds
diff --git a/example/build.zig.zon b/example/build.zig.zon
index 3eb0dd7..a4053f6 100644
--- a/example/build.zig.zon
+++ b/example/build.zig.zon
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
     .dependencies = .{
         .aws = .{
-            .url = "https://git.lerch.org/api/packages/lobo/generic/aws-sdk-with-models/8ac7aa47f728b8ab4bb857d2ec016fe362e3f3c3/8ac7aa47f728b8ab4bb857d2ec016fe362e3f3c3nightly-zig-with-models.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "aws-0.0.1-SbsFcJ6ACQBrABo_x6CvbSEdieo2TXPnDlANQLAkDfdD",
+            .url = "https://git.lerch.org/api/packages/lobo/generic/aws-sdk-with-models/7a6086447c1249b0e5b5b5f3873d2f7932bea56d/7a6086447c1249b0e5b5b5f3873d2f7932bea56d-with-models.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "aws-0.0.1-SbsFcGN_CQCBjurpc2GEMw4c_qAkGu6KpuVnLBLY4L4q",
         },
     },
 }
diff --git a/src/aws.zig b/src/aws.zig
index 2738a1e..d0db16e 100644
--- a/src/aws.zig
+++ b/src/aws.zig
@@ -688,7 +688,6 @@ pub fn Request(comptime request_action: anytype) type {
 
         fn ParsedJsonData(comptime T: type) type {
             return struct {
-                raw_response_parsed: bool,
                 parsed_response_ptr: *T,
                 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 
@@ -697,8 +696,7 @@ pub fn Request(comptime request_action: anytype) type {
                 pub fn deinit(self: MySelf) void {
                     // This feels like it should result in a use after free, but it
                     // seems to be working?
-                    if (self.raw_response_parsed)
-                        self.allocator.destroy(self.parsed_response_ptr);
+                    self.allocator.destroy(self.parsed_response_ptr);
                 }
             };
         }
@@ -713,11 +711,13 @@ pub fn Request(comptime request_action: anytype) type {
                 std.mem.eql(u8, key, action.action_name ++ "Response") or
                 std.mem.eql(u8, key, action.action_name ++ "Result") or
                 isOtherNormalResponse(response_types.NormalResponse, key);
-            var raw_response_parsed = false;
             var stream = json.TokenStream.init(data);
             const parsed_response_ptr = blk: {
-                if (!response_types.isRawPossible or found_normal_json_response)
-                    break :blk &(json.parse(response_types.NormalResponse, &stream, parser_options) catch |e| {
+                const ptr = try options.client.allocator.create(response_types.NormalResponse);
+                errdefer options.client.allocator.destroy(ptr);
+
+                if (!response_types.isRawPossible or found_normal_json_response) {
+                    ptr.* = (json.parse(response_types.NormalResponse, &stream, parser_options) catch |e| {
                         log.err(
                             \\Call successful, but unexpected response from service.
                             \\This could be the result of a bug or a stale set of code generated
@@ -733,10 +733,10 @@ pub fn Request(comptime request_action: anytype) type {
                         return e;
                     });
 
+                    break :blk ptr;
+                }
+
                 log.debug("Appears server has provided a raw response", .{});
-                raw_response_parsed = true;
-                const ptr = try options.client.allocator.create(response_types.NormalResponse);
-                errdefer options.client.allocator.destroy(ptr);
                 @field(ptr.*, std.meta.fields(action.Response)[0].name) =
                     json.parse(response_types.RawResponse, &stream, parser_options) catch |e| {
                         log.err(
@@ -756,8 +756,7 @@ pub fn Request(comptime request_action: anytype) type {
                 break :blk ptr;
             };
             return ParsedJsonData(response_types.NormalResponse){
-                .raw_response_parsed = raw_response_parsed,
-                .parsed_response_ptr = @constCast(parsed_response_ptr), //TODO: why doesn't changing const->var above fix this?
+                .parsed_response_ptr = parsed_response_ptr,
                 .allocator = options.client.allocator,
             };
         }
@@ -1702,7 +1701,7 @@ const TestSetup = struct {
     request_options: TestOptions,
     server_thread: std.Thread = undefined,
     creds: aws_auth.Credentials = undefined,
-    client: *Client = undefined,
+    client: Client = undefined,
     started: bool = false,
 
     const Self = @This();
@@ -1738,8 +1737,8 @@ const TestSetup = struct {
             null,
         );
         aws_creds.static_credentials = self.creds;
-        var client = Client.init(self.allocator, .{});
-        self.client = &client;
+        const client = Client.init(self.allocator, .{});
+        self.client = client;
         return .{
             .region = "us-west-2",
             .client = client,