diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ollama-serve.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ollama-serve.yml
index c023393..2a5d58a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ollama-serve.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ollama-serve.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       short_sha: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.SHORT_SHA }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set version strings
         id: versions
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-vector-serve.yml b/.github/workflows/build-vector-serve.yml
index 131ddd5..08b1eb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-vector-serve.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-vector-serve.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       short_sha: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.SHORT_SHA }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set version strings
         id: versions
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
       short_sha: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.SHORT_SHA }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set version strings
         id: versions
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Login to GHCR
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index e2a4975..1ee6874 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/extension_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/extension_ci.yml
index 677c3d6..fc11c9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extension_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extension_ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install Rust minimal nightly with clippy and rustfmt
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 3000:3000
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/extension_upgrade.yml b/.github/workflows/extension_upgrade.yml
index 413ba37..acb19b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extension_upgrade.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extension_upgrade.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           - 3000:3000
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository content
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-image-build.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-image-build.yml
index 75021f3..c6d7802 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-image-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-image-build.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       short_sha: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.SHORT_SHA }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install stoml
         shell: bash
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       short_sha: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.SHORT_SHA }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/proxy_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/proxy_ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b20aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/proxy_ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+name: Proxy CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - "proxy/**"
+      - "core/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/proxy_ci.yml"
+      - "Cargo.lock"
+      - "Cargo.toml"
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - "proxy/**"
+      - "core/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/proxy_ci.yml"
+      - "Cargo.lock"
+      - "Cargo.toml"
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install Rust stable with clippy and rustfmt
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: Cargo format
+        run: cargo fmt --all --check
+      - name: Clippy
+        run: cargo clippy -p vectorize-proxy
+
+  test-unit:
+    name: Unit tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install Rust stable
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: cargo test --lib -p vectorize-proxy
+
+  test-integration:
+    name: Integration tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install Rust stable
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: Install postgresql-client
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-client
+      - name: Start Postgres and vector-serve
+        run: docker compose up postgres vector-serve -d
+      - name: Wait for Postgres
+        run: until pg_isready -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres; do sleep 2; done
+      - name: Wait for vector-serve
+        run: until curl -sf http://localhost:3000/alive; do sleep 2; done
+        timeout-minutes: 3
+      - name: Load example dataset
+        run: psql postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres -f server/sql/example.sql
+      - name: Build proxy binaries
+        run: cargo build --bin vectorize-server --bin vectorize-proxy
+      - name: Start vectorize-server
+        env:
+          DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres
+          EMBEDDING_SVC_URL: http://localhost:3000/v1
+          RUST_LOG: info
+        run: ./target/debug/vectorize-server &
+      - name: Wait for vectorize-server
+        run: until curl -sf http://localhost:8080/health/live; do sleep 2; done
+        timeout-minutes: 2
+      - name: Create embedding job
+        run: |
+          curl -sf -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/table \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d '{"job_name":"my_job","src_table":"my_products","src_schema":"public","src_columns":["product_name","description"],"primary_key":"product_id","update_time_col":"updated_at","model":"sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"}'
+      - name: Wait for embeddings to be generated
+        run: |
+          until psql postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres \
+            -c "SELECT 1 FROM vectorize._embeddings_my_job LIMIT 1;" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "(1 row)"; do
+            sleep 5
+          done
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+      - name: Start vectorize-proxy
+        env:
+          DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres
+          EMBEDDING_SVC_URL: http://localhost:3000/v1
+          RUST_LOG: info
+        run: ./target/debug/vectorize-proxy &
+      - name: Wait for vectorize-proxy
+        run: until pg_isready -h localhost -p 5433; do sleep 2; done
+        timeout-minutes: 1
+      - name: Run integration tests
+        env:
+          DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres
+          EMBEDDING_SVC_URL: http://localhost:3000/v1
+        run: cargo test --test proxy -p vectorize-proxy
+      - name: Debugging info
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          docker compose logs
+          docker ps
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/server_ci.yml
index b3408c8..fe872cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server_ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Run linters
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install Rust minimal nightly with clippy and rustfmt
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
   test-server:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       short_sha: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.SHORT_SHA }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set version strings
         id: versions
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
       short_sha: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.SHORT_SHA }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set version strings
         id: versions
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Login to GHCR
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server_release.yml b/.github/workflows/server_release.yml
index 9f91c18..b2e970e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server_release.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Extract tag
         id: tag
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubicloud-standard-2-arm-ubuntu-2204
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Extract tag
         id: tag
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build_and_push_arm64, build_and_push_amd64]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Login to GHCR
         uses: docker/login-action@v3