diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 627244110ff..7f1712713c8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -101,3 +101,4 @@ core/routemgmt/getApi/utils.js
 .bloop/
 .metals/
 .git-hooks/
+*.tar
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 8394a678bcb..ab1050602df 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 version: '3'
 
 vars:
-  BASETAG: 0.3.0-morpheus
+  BASETAG: 3.1.0-mastrogpt
   TAG:
     sh: git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "no-tag"
   TIMESTAMP:
diff --git a/tools/admin/wskadmin b/tools/admin/wskadmin
index 126e7847d57..82e67e1bd51 100755
--- a/tools/admin/wskadmin
+++ b/tools/admin/wskadmin
@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ def getIdentitiesFromNamespace(args, props):
         'protocol': protocol,
         'host'    : host,
         'port'    : port,
-        'username': username,
         'database': database,
         'view'    : args.view,
         'ns'      : args.namespace
@@ -478,7 +477,6 @@ def whoisUserCmd(args, props):
         'protocol': protocol,
         'host'    : host,
         'port'    : port,
-        'username': username,
         'database': database,
         'view'    : args.view,
         'uuid'    : uuid,
diff --git a/tools/github/runDummyKOTests.sh b/tools/github/runDummyKOTests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c30a791b60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/github/runDummyKOTests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPTDIR=$(cd $(dirname "$0") && pwd)
+ROOTDIR="$SCRIPTDIR/../.."
+
+mkdir $ROOTDIR/logs
+echo "<h1>$(date)</h1>" >$ROOTDIR/logs/index.html
+exit 1