diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index f75ed63f22..eda530511b 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -915,13 +915,7 @@ def Build_CK(Map conf=[:]){
                     cmake_build(conf)
                     if ( params.RUN_INDUCTOR_TESTS && arch == "gfx90a" ){
                             echo "Run inductor codegen tests"
-                            sh """
-                                  python3 -m venv ${env.WORKSPACE}/projects/composablekernel
-                                  . ${env.WORKSPACE}/projects/composablekernel/bin/activate
-                                  python3 -m pip install pytest build setuptools setuptools_scm
-                                  python3 -m pip install .
-                                  python3 -m pytest python/test/test_gen_instances.py
-                            """
+                            sh "projects/composablekernel/script/run_inductor_tests.sh"
                     }
                     // run performance tests, stash the logs, results will be processed on the master node
 					dir("projects/composablekernel/script"){
@@ -1338,8 +1332,8 @@ pipeline {
             description: "Generate a detailed time trace (default: OFF)")
         booleanParam(
             name: "RUN_INDUCTOR_TESTS",
-            defaultValue: false,
-            description: "Run inductor codegen tests (default: OFF)")
+            defaultValue: true,
+            description: "Run inductor codegen tests (default: ON)")
         booleanParam(
             name: "RUN_CODEGEN_TESTS",
             defaultValue: true,
diff --git a/python/ck4inductor/grouped_conv_fwd/op.py b/python/ck4inductor/grouped_conv_fwd/op.py
index 8301f0d07f..576c36f66d 100644
--- a/python/ck4inductor/grouped_conv_fwd/op.py
+++ b/python/ck4inductor/grouped_conv_fwd/op.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class CKGroupedConvFwdOp:
     b_compute_dtype: Optional[str] = None
 
     direct_load: Optional[bool] = None
+    num_groups_to_merge: Optional[int] = None
 
     def name(self):
         # cpp alias for template instance
diff --git a/script/run_inductor_tests.sh b/script/run_inductor_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6fed9d2dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/run_inductor_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Run inductor codegen tests
+# This script is called from Jenkinsfile to reduce pipeline bytecode size
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+CK_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
+VENV_DIR="${WORKSPACE:-/tmp}/ck-inductor-venv"
+export UV_CACHE_DIR="${WORKSPACE:-/tmp}/.uv-cache"
+
+cd "$CK_DIR"
+
+echo "Setting up Python virtual environment at $VENV_DIR"
+python3 -m venv "$VENV_DIR"
+. "$VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
+
+echo "Installing uv for faster package installation"
+pip install uv
+
+echo "Installing test dependencies"
+uv pip install pytest build setuptools setuptools_scm
+
+echo "Installing ck4inductor package"
+uv pip install .
+
+echo "Running inductor codegen tests"
+python3 -m pytest python/test/test_gen_instances.py -v