@ritvick @Sormarler i am not surprised I confused you all since it turns out I was wrong and team corrected me when I checked in with them. The new process is still under development and wiki instructions are still under development (they could work, but have some rough areas the team is still working on) so they are not the experience the IC should have.
That being said…the hardware stuff (which is the main theme of this thread) i believe is a necessary condition so @garym will post an update on hardware tests.
Apologies for confusion I caused. This is not my area. I should have verified earlier.