diff --git a/.github/workflows/acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/acceptance.yml
index cebd411e0c966..970fb2f4f40bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/acceptance.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ permissions:
   statuses: none
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      metasploitPayloadsCommit:
+        description: 'metasploit-payloads branch would like to test'
+        required: true
+        default: 'master'
+      mettleCommit:
+        description: 'mettle branch you would like to test'
+        required: true
+        default: 'master'
   push:
     branches-ignore:
       - gh-pages
@@ -63,17 +73,17 @@ jobs:
           - { name: python, runtime_version: 3.11 }
 
           # Java
-          - { name: java, runtime_version: 8 }
-          - { name: java, runtime_version: 21 }
+#          - { name: java, runtime_version: 8 }
+#          - { name: java, runtime_version: 21 }
 
           # PHP
-          - { name: php, runtime_version: 5.3 }
-          - { name: php, runtime_version: 7.4 }
-          - { name: php, runtime_version: 8.3 }
+#          - { name: php, runtime_version: 5.3 }
+#          - { name: php, runtime_version: 7.4 }
+#          - { name: php, runtime_version: 8.3 }
         include:
           # Windows Meterpreter
-          - { meterpreter: { name: windows_meterpreter }, os: windows-2019 }
-          - { meterpreter: { name: windows_meterpreter }, os: windows-2022 }
+#          - { meterpreter: { name: windows_meterpreter }, os: windows-2019 }
+#          - { meterpreter: { name: windows_meterpreter }, os: windows-2022 }
 
           # Mettle
           - { meterpreter: { name: mettle }, os: macos-12 }
@@ -81,10 +91,12 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
-    timeout-minutes: 25
+    timeout-minutes: 50
 
     env:
       RAILS_ENV: test
+      metasploitPayloadsCommit: ${{ github.event.inputs.metasploitPayloadsCommit || 'master' }}
+      mettleCommit: ${{ github.event.inputs.mettleCommit|| 'master' }}
       HOST_RUNNER_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.os }}
       METERPRETER: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name }}
       METERPRETER_RUNTIME_VERSION: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.runtime_version }}
@@ -96,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install libpcap-dev graphviz
 
-      - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@fc14643b0a99ee9db10a3c025a33d76544fa3761
+      - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@6d7209f44a25a59e904b1ee9f3b0c33ab2cd888d
         if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'php' }}
         with:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.runtime_version }}
@@ -129,8 +141,70 @@ jobs:
           dir %WINDIR%
           type %WINDIR%\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts
 
-      - name: Checkout code
+      # The job checkout structure is:
+      #  .
+      #  ├── metasploit-framework
+      #  └── metasploit-payloads (Only if metasploit-payloads-testing-branch is applied)
+      #  └── mettle (Only if mettle-testing-branch is applied)
+
+      # Install Docker if on MACOS
+      - name: Install Docker - macOS
+        if: ${{ ( matrix.meterpreter.name == 'java') && (runner.os == 'macos' ) && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          brew install docker
+          colima delete
+          colima start --arch x86_64
+
+      # Checkout mettle
+      - name: Checkout mettle
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: rapid7/mettle
+          path: mettle
+          ref: ${{ env.mettleCommit }}
+
+      - name: Get mettle version
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          echo "METTLE_VERSION=$(grep -oh '[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]*' lib/metasploit_payloads/mettle/version.rb)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        working-directory: mettle
+
+      - name: Use mettle version
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}"
+        working-directory: mettle
+
+      # Prerequisite mettle gem setup
+      - name: Build mettle payloads
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          ruby -pi.bak -e "gsub(/${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}/, '${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}-dev')" lib/metasploit_payloads/mettle/version.rb
+        working-directory: mettle
+
+      # Compile mettle payload
+      - name: Compile mettle payloads
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && runner.os != 'macos' && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm=true --tty --volume=$(pwd):/mettle --workdir=/mettle rapid7/build:mettle rake mettle:build mettle:check
+          rake build
+        working-directory: mettle
+
+      # Compile mettle payload - macOS
+      - name: Compile mettle payloads - macOS
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && runner.os == 'macos' && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          make TARGET=x86_64-apple-darwin
+          rake build
+        working-directory: mettle
+
+      # Checkout metasploit-framework
+      - name: Checkout metasploit-framework code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: metasploit-framework
 
       - name: Setup Ruby
         env:
@@ -139,12 +213,84 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}
           bundler-cache: true
-          cache-version: 4
+          working-directory: metasploit-framework
+          cache-version: 5
           # Github actions with Ruby requires Bundler 2.2.18+
           # https://github.com/ruby/setup-ruby/tree/d2b39ad0b52eca07d23f3aa14fdf2a3fcc1f411c#windows
           bundler: 2.2.33
 
-      - name: acceptance
+      # Copying mettle gem into framework - macOS
+      - name: Move mettle gem - macOS
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && runner.os == 'macos' && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          cp /Users/runner/work/metasploit-framework/metasploit-framework/mettle/pkg/metasploit_payloads-mettle-${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}.pre.dev.gem /Users/runner/work/metasploit-framework/metasploit-framework/metasploit-framework
+        working-directory: metasploit-framework
+
+      # Copying mettle gem into framework
+      - name: Move mettle gem
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && runner.os != 'macos' && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          cp /home/runner/work/metasploit-framework/metasploit-framework/mettle/pkg/metasploit_payloads-mettle-${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}.pre.dev.gem /home/runner/work/metasploit-framework/metasploit-framework/metasploit-framework
+        working-directory: metasploit-framework
+
+      # Copying mettle gem into framework
+      - name: Install mettle gem
+        if: ${{ matrix.meterpreter.name == 'mettle' && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'mettle-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          bundle exec gem install metasploit_payloads-mettle-${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}.pre.dev.gem
+          gem list metasploit_payloads-mettle
+          ruby -pi.bak -e "gsub(/'metasploit_payloads-mettle', '1.0.31'/, '\'metasploit_payloads-mettle\', \'${{ env.METTLE_VERSION }}.pre.dev\'')" metasploit-framework.gemspec
+          cat Gemfile.lock
+          bundle config
+          bundle config unset deployment
+          bundle update metasploit_payloads-mettle
+          bundle install
+        working-directory: metasploit-framework
+
+      # Checkout metasploit-payloads
+      - name: Checkout metasploit-payloads
+        if: contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'metasploit-payloads-testing-branch')
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: rapid7/metasploit-payloads
+          path: metasploit-payloads
+          ref: ${{ env.metasploitPayloadsCommit }}
+
+      # Build Java and Android payloads, Docker command needs to be ran from the directory up from metasploit-payloads
+      - name: Build Java & Android payloads
+        if: ${{ (matrix.meterpreter.name == 'java') && (runner.os != 'Windows') && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'metasploit-payloads-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          cd ..
+          docker run --rm -w "$(pwd)" -v "$(pwd):$(pwd)" rapid7/msf-ubuntu-x64-meterpreter:latest /bin/bash -c "cd metasploit-payloads/java && make clean && make android && mvn -P deploy package"
+        working-directory: metasploit-payloads
+
+      - name: Build Windows payloads via Visual Studio 2019 Build (Windows)
+        shell: cmd
+        if: ${{ (runner.os == 'Windows') && (matrix.os == 'windows-2019') && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'metasploit-payloads-testing-branch')) }}
+        run: |
+          cd c/meterpreter
+          git submodule init && git submodule update
+          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat" && make.bat
+        working-directory: metasploit-payloads
+
+      - name: Build Windows payloads via Visual Studio 2022 Build (Windows)
+        shell: cmd
+        if: ${{ (runner.os == 'Windows') && (matrix.os == 'windows-2022') && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'metasploit-payloads-testing-branch'))}}
+        run: |
+          cd c/meterpreter
+          git submodule init && git submodule update
+          make.bat
+        working-directory: metasploit-payloads
+
+      # Run makefile within metasploit-payloads
+      - name: Build PHP, Python and Windows payloads
+        if: ${{ ((matrix.meterpreter.name == 'php') || (matrix.meterpreter.name == 'python') || (runner.os == 'Windows')) && (contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'metasploit-payloads-testing-branch'))}}
+        run: |
+          make install-php install-python install-windows
+        working-directory: metasploit-payloads
+
+      - name: Acceptance
         env:
           SPEC_HELPER_LOAD_METASPLOIT: false
           SPEC_OPTS: "--tag acceptance --require acceptance_spec_helper.rb --color --format documentation --format AllureRspec::RSpecFormatter"
@@ -157,6 +303,7 @@ jobs:
         # Additionally - flakey tests should be fixed or marked as flakey instead of silently retried
         run: |
           bundle exec rspec spec/acceptance/meterpreter_spec.rb
+        working-directory: metasploit-framework
 
       - name: Archive results
         if: always()
@@ -164,7 +311,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # Provide a unique artifact for each matrix os, otherwise race conditions can lead to corrupt zips
           name: raw-data-${{ matrix.meterpreter.name }}-${{ matrix.meterpreter.runtime_version }}-${{ matrix.os }}
-          path: tmp/allure-raw-data
+          path: metasploit-framework/tmp/allure-raw-data
 
   # Generate a final report from the previous test results
   report:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ed70f8bb89fcf..0000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-name: Verify
-
-# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#permissions
-permissions:
-  actions: none
-  checks: none
-  contents: none
-  deployments: none
-  id-token: none
-  issues: none
-  discussions: none
-  packages: none
-  pages: none
-  pull-requests: none
-  repository-projects: none
-  security-events: none
-  statuses: none
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - gh-pages
-      - metakitty
-      - weekly-dependency-updates
-  pull_request:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - weekly-dependency-updates
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 40
-    name: Docker Build
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: docker-compose build
-        run: |
-          curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.22.0/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > docker-compose
-          chmod +x docker-compose
-          sudo mv docker-compose /usr/bin
-
-          /usr/bin/docker-compose build
-
-  test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 40
-
-    services:
-      postgres:
-        image: postgres:9.6
-        ports: ["5432:5432"]
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd pg_isready
-          --health-interval 10s
-          --health-timeout 5s
-          --health-retries 5
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
-      matrix:
-        ruby:
-          - '3.1'
-          - '3.2'
-          - '3.3'
-          - '3.4.0-preview1'
-        os:
-          - ubuntu-20.04
-          - ubuntu-latest
-        exclude:
-          - { os: ubuntu-latest, ruby: '3.0' }
-        include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            ruby: '3.1'
-            test_cmd: 'bundle exec rake rspec-rerun:spec SPEC_OPTS="--tag content" MSF_FEATURE_DEFER_MODULE_LOADS=1'
-        test_cmd:
-          - bundle exec rake rspec-rerun:spec SPEC_OPTS="--tag content"
-          - bundle exec rake rspec-rerun:spec SPEC_OPTS="--tag ~content"
-          # Used for testing the remote data service
-          - bundle exec rake rspec-rerun:spec SPEC_OPTS="--tag content" REMOTE_DB=1
-          - bundle exec rake rspec-rerun:spec SPEC_OPTS="--tag ~content" REMOTE_DB=1
-
-    env:
-      RAILS_ENV: test
-      BUNDLE_WITHOUT: "coverage development pcap"
-
-    name: ${{ matrix.os }} - Ruby ${{ matrix.ruby }} - ${{ matrix.test_cmd }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libpcap-dev graphviz
-
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup Ruby
-        env:
-          # Nokogiri doesn't release pre-compiled binaries for preview versions of Ruby; So force compilation with BUNDLE_FORCE_RUBY_PLATFORM
-          BUNDLE_FORCE_RUBY_PLATFORM: "${{ contains(matrix.ruby, 'preview') && 'true' || 'false' }}"
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: '${{ matrix.ruby }}'
-          bundler-cache: true
-
-      - name: Create database
-        run: |
-          cp config/database.yml.github_actions config/database.yml
-          bundle exec rake --version
-          bundle exec rake db:create
-          bundle exec rake db:migrate
-          # fail build if db/schema.rb update is not committed
-          git diff --exit-code db/schema.rb
-
-      - name: ${{ matrix.test_cmd }}
-        run: |
-          echo "${CMD}"
-          bash -c "${CMD}"
-        env:
-          CMD: ${{ matrix.test_cmd }}
diff --git a/data/cmd_exec/README.md b/data/cmd_exec/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..019cb143bdf23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/cmd_exec/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+## Setup
+
+This contains setup steps used for acceptance testing of the `cmd_exec` API. We will make use of the gcc docker image to 
+build out the C binaries to then be uploaded to the host machine, so they can be used as part of the `cmd_exec` 
+create process API.
+
+This directory contains:
+- C executable `show_args.c`
+This file is used as part of the `cmd_exec` testing as it requires a file to take args, then loop over them and output 
+those args back to the user.
+
+- Makefile to build the binaries `makefile.mk`
+This file is used to create the binaries for both Windows and Linux that the docker command below will make use of.
+
+- Precompiled binaries for Windows
+  - `show_args.exe`
+
+- Precompiled binaries for Linux and Mettle
+  - `show_args`
+
+- Precompiled binaries for macOS
+  - `show_args_macos`
+
+## Compile binaries locally
+
+We make use of gcc for this: https://hub.docker.com/_/gcc
+
+- Run:
+```shell
+docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/usr/src/myapp -w /usr/src/myapp gcc:11.4.0 /bin/bash -c "apt update && apt install -y gcc-mingw-w64 && make all -f makefile.mk"
+```
diff --git a/data/cmd_exec/makefile.mk b/data/cmd_exec/makefile.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..12b98e53427a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/cmd_exec/makefile.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+all: show_args_linux show_args_windows
+show_args_linux: show_args.c
+	cc show_args.c -o show_args
+show_args_windows: show_args.c
+	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc show_args.c -o show_args.exe
diff --git a/data/cmd_exec/show_args b/data/cmd_exec/show_args
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..2e90a22d44cac
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/cmd_exec/show_args differ
diff --git a/data/cmd_exec/show_args.c b/data/cmd_exec/show_args.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8822cada48a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/cmd_exec/show_args.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+int printf(const char *format, ...);
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+        printf("%s\n", argv[i]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/data/cmd_exec/show_args.exe b/data/cmd_exec/show_args.exe
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..05b7a8784cc4c
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/cmd_exec/show_args.exe differ
diff --git a/data/cmd_exec/show_args_macos b/data/cmd_exec/show_args_macos
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..059da12f4d2ce
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/cmd_exec/show_args_macos differ
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/README.md b/spec/acceptance/README.md
index 3f19022ffc4ab..f559e9541fd93 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/README.md
+++ b/spec/acceptance/README.md
@@ -27,9 +27,14 @@ SPEC_OPTS='--tag acceptance' SPEC_HELPER_LOAD_METASPLOIT=false bundle exec rspec
 ```
 
 Run a specific Meterpreter/module test Unix / Windows:
+
+# Bash command:
+```
+SPEC_OPTS='--tag acceptance' METERPRETER=php METERPRETER_MODULE_TEST=post/test/unix bundle exec rspec './spec/acceptance/meterpreter_spec.rb'
 ```
-SPEC_OPTS='--tag acceptance' METERPRETER=php METERPRETER_MODULE_TEST=test/unix bundle exec rspec './spec/acceptance/meterpreter_spec.rb'
 
+# Powershell command:
+```
 $env:SPEC_OPTS='--tag acceptance'; $env:SPEC_HELPER_LOAD_METASPLOIT=$false; $env:METERPRETER = 'php'; bundle exec rspec './spec/acceptance/meterpreter_spec.rb'
 ```
 
diff --git a/test/modules/post/test/cmd_exec.rb b/test/modules/post/test/cmd_exec.rb
index 0b32f5132e363..0cbf6b10ed161 100644
--- a/test/modules/post/test/cmd_exec.rb
+++ b/test/modules/post/test/cmd_exec.rb
@@ -21,11 +21,32 @@ def initialize(info = {})
     )
   end
 
+  def upload_create_process_precompiled_binaries
+    print_status 'Uploading precompiled binaries'
+    if session.platform.eql? 'linux'
+      upload_file('show_args', 'data/cmd_exec/show_args')
+    end
+
+    if session.platform.eql? 'windows'
+      upload_file('show_args.exe', 'data/cmd_exec/show_args.exe')
+    end
+
+    if session.platform.eql? 'osx'
+      upload_file('show_args', 'data/cmd_exec/show_args_macos')
+    end
+
+    if session.platform.eql?('linux') || session.platform.eql?('osx')
+      chmod('show_args')
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_cmd_exec
     # we are inconsistent reporting windows session types
     windows_strings = ['windows', 'win']
     vprint_status("Starting cmd_exec tests")
 
+    upload_create_process_precompiled_binaries
+
     it "should return the result of echo" do
       test_string = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(4)
       if windows_strings.include? session.platform and session.type.eql? 'meterpreter'
@@ -37,6 +58,28 @@ def test_cmd_exec
       output == test_string
     end
 
+    it 'should make use the show_args binaries' do
+      if session.platform.eql? 'windows'
+        output = cmd_exec('./show_args.exe one two')
+        $stderr.puts output.rstrip
+        if session.type.eql? 'powershell'
+          output.rstrip == "#{pwd}\\show_args.exe\r\none\r\ntwo"
+        elsif session.type.eql? 'shell'
+          output = cmd_exec('show_args.exe one two')
+          $stderr.puts output.rstrip
+          output.rstrip == "show_args.exe\r\none\r\ntwo"
+        elsif session.type.eql?('meterpreter') && session.arch.eql?('java')
+          output.rstrip == ".\\show_args.exe\r\none\r\ntwo"
+        else
+          output.rstrip == "./show_args.exe\r\none\r\ntwo"
+        end
+      else
+        output = cmd_exec('./show_args one two')
+        $stderr.puts output.rstrip
+        output.rstrip == "./show_args\none\ntwo"
+      end
+    end
+
     # Powershell supports this, but not windows meterpreter (unsure about windows shell)
     if not windows_strings.include? session.platform or session.type.eql? 'powershell'
       it "should return the full response after sleeping" do