diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 6353da5cf..6d6f1aee8 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 variables:
   - &muslrust_image "clux/muslrust:1.70.0"
+  - &slow_check_paths ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations", "api_tests"]
 
 # Broken for cron jobs currently, see
 # https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/issues/1716
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ pipeline:
     secrets:
       [MINIO_ENDPOINT, MINIO_WRITE_USER, MINIO_WRITE_PASSWORD, MINIO_BUCKET]
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations", "api_tests"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   toml_fmt:
     image: tamasfe/taplo:0.8.1
@@ -76,7 +78,8 @@ pipeline:
     commands:
       - cargo check --package lemmy_api_common
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   lemmy_api_common_doesnt_depend_on_diesel:
     image: *muslrust_image
@@ -85,7 +88,8 @@ pipeline:
     commands:
       - "! cargo tree -p lemmy_api_common --no-default-features -i diesel"
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   lemmy_api_common_works_with_wasm:
     image: *muslrust_image
@@ -95,7 +99,8 @@ pipeline:
       - "rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown"
       - "cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -p lemmy_api_common"
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   check_defaults_hjson_updated:
     image: *muslrust_image
@@ -106,7 +111,8 @@ pipeline:
       - ./scripts/update_config_defaults.sh config/defaults_current.hjson
       - diff config/defaults.hjson config/defaults_current.hjson
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   check_diesel_schema:
     image: willsquire/diesel-cli
@@ -118,7 +124,8 @@ pipeline:
       - diesel print-schema --config-file=diesel.toml > tmp.schema
       - diff tmp.schema crates/db_schema/src/schema.rs
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   check_diesel_migration_revertable:
     image: willsquire/diesel-cli
@@ -129,7 +136,8 @@ pipeline:
       - diesel migration run
       - diesel migration redo
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   cargo_clippy:
     image: *muslrust_image
@@ -154,7 +162,8 @@ pipeline:
         -D clippy::unwrap_used
         -D clippy::indexing_slicing
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   cargo_test:
     image: *muslrust_image
@@ -166,7 +175,8 @@ pipeline:
       - export LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=../../config/config.hjson
       - cargo test --workspace --no-fail-fast
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   cargo_build:
     image: *muslrust_image
@@ -176,7 +186,8 @@ pipeline:
       - cargo build
       - mv target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/debug/lemmy_server target/lemmy_server
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations", "api_tests"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   run_federation_tests:
     image: node:alpine
@@ -190,7 +201,8 @@ pipeline:
       - yarn
       - yarn api-test
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations", "api_tests"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   rebuild-cache:
     image: meltwater/drone-cache:v1
@@ -215,7 +227,8 @@ pipeline:
     secrets:
       [MINIO_ENDPOINT, MINIO_WRITE_USER, MINIO_WRITE_PASSWORD, MINIO_BUCKET]
     when:
-      path: ["crates", "src", "Cargo.toml", "migrations", "api_tests"]
+      path:
+        include: *slow_check_paths
 
   publish_release_docker:
     image: woodpeckerci/plugin-docker-buildx