diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-status.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-status.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16fc7c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-status.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+name: PR Status
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    branches:    
+      - main
+    
+jobs:
+  documentation-status:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 20
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.9']
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        ref: main
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/cache@v1
+      with:
+        path: ~/.cache/pip
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install requirements_dev.txt
+      run: |
+        function retry-with-backoff() {
+          for BACKOFF in 0 1 2 4 8 16 32 64; do
+            sleep $BACKOFF
+            if "$@"; then
+              return 0
+            fi
+          done
+          return 1
+        }
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        retry-with-backoff pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+    - name: documentation
+      id: documentation
+      run: |
+        RESULT=$(git diff --name-only origin/main | grep .py$ | xargs interrogate -f 0 -v)
+        RESULT=$(tail -n +3 <<< $RESULT)
+        STATUS=$(tail -n1 <<< $RESULT)
+        STATUS=$(sed 's/-//g' <<< $STATUS)
+        # trim
+        STATUS=$(echo $STATUS | xargs echo -n)
+        RESULT=$(head -n -1 <<< $RESULT)
+        # remove second to last line
+        RESULTA=$(head -n -2 <<< $RESULT)
+        RESULTB=$(tail -n1 <<< $RESULT)
+        NL=$'\n'
+        RESULT="$RESULTA${NL}||||||${NL}$RESULTB"
+        RESULT="$RESULT${NL}${NL}$STATUS"
+        RESULT="${RESULT//'%'/'%25'}"
+        RESULT="${RESULT//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
+        RESULT="${RESULT//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
+        echo "::set-output name=result::$RESULT"
+    - name: comment documentation result on PR
+      uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v1
+      with:
+        message: |
+          ## Docstring Coverage Report
+
+          ${{ steps.documentation.outputs.result }}
+        comment_includes: '## Docstring Coverage Report'
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index c2af419f..e94f9528 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         pytest --durations=0 --verbose
 
-  docs:
+  docstrings:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 20
@@ -125,38 +125,9 @@ jobs:
         }
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
         retry-with-backoff pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
-    - name: documentation
-      id: documentation
-      run: |
-        RESULT=$(git diff --name-only origin/main | grep .py$ | xargs interrogate -f 0 -v)
-        RESULT=$(tail -n +3 <<< $RESULT)
-        STATUS=$(tail -n1 <<< $RESULT)
-        STATUS=$(sed 's/-//g' <<< $STATUS)
-        # trim
-        STATUS=$(echo $STATUS | xargs echo -n)
-        RESULT=$(head -n -1 <<< $RESULT)
-        # remove second to last line
-        RESULTA=$(head -n -2 <<< $RESULT)
-        RESULTB=$(tail -n1 <<< $RESULT)
-        NL=$'\n'
-        RESULT="$RESULTA${NL}||||||${NL}$RESULTB"
-        RESULT="$RESULT${NL}${NL}$STATUS"
-        RESULT="${RESULT//'%'/'%25'}"
-        RESULT="${RESULT//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
-        RESULT="${RESULT//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
-        echo "::set-output name=result::$RESULT"
-    - name: comment documentation result on PR
-      uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v1
-      with:
-        message: |
-          ## Docstring Coverage Report
-
-          ${{ steps.documentation.outputs.result }}
-        comment_includes: '## Docstring Coverage Report'
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     - name: interrogate
       run: |
-        interrogate -c pyproject.toml .
+        interrogate -v -c pyproject.toml .
 
   wheel-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest