diff --git a/tools/developer/run.sh b/tools/developer/run.sh
index 1a6480008e..e863501185 100755
--- a/tools/developer/run.sh
+++ b/tools/developer/run.sh
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ function set_cmake {
     #cmake  -DWITH_DOC=ON -DBUILD_DOXY=ON ..
 
     # Building using clang
-    #CXX=clang++ CC=clang cmake -DPOSTGRESQL_BIN=${PGBIN} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
+    #CXX=clang++ CC=clang cmake -DPOSTGRESQL_BIN=${PGBIN} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug  -DDOC_USE_BOOTSTRAP=ON -DWITH_DOC=ON -DBUILD_DOXY=OFF ..
 
+    # Building with debug on
     #cmake  -DPOSTGRESQL_BIN=${PGBIN} -DDOC_USE_BOOTSTRAP=ON -DWITH_DOC=ON -DBUILD_DOXY=ON  -DBUILD_LATEX=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DES=ON -DPROJECT_DEBUG=ON ..
 
-    # building languages -DES=ON -DJA=ON -DZH_HANS=ON -DDE=ON -DKO=ON
-    #cmake  -DPOSTGRESQL_BIN=${PGBIN}  -DDOC_USE_BOOTSTRAP=ON -DWITH_DOC=ON -DBUILD_DOXY=ON  -DBUILD_LATEX=ON -DES=ON  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
+    # building languages -DES=ON -DJA=ON -DZH_HANS=ON -DDE=ON -DKO=ON and CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS for static analysis tools.
+    #cmake  -DPOSTGRESQL_BIN=${PGBIN} -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON -DDOC_USE_BOOTSTRAP=ON -DWITH_DOC=ON -DBUILD_DOXY=ON  -DBUILD_LATEX=ON -DES=ON  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
 
     # check link in documentation
     #cmake  -DPOSTGRESQL_BIN=${PGBIN} -DDOC_USE_BOOTSTRAP=ON -DWITH_DOC=ON -DES=ON -DLINKCHECK=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
 
+    # build only english
     cmake  -DPOSTGRESQL_BIN=${PGBIN} -DDOC_USE_BOOTSTRAP=ON -DWITH_DOC=ON -DBUILD_DOXY=ON  -DBUILD_LATEX=ON  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
 }
 
@@ -105,14 +107,16 @@ function set_compiler {
     echo ------------------------------------
 
     if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-        update-alternatives --set gcc "/usr/bin/gcc-$1"
+        export CC="/usr/bin/gcc-$1"
+        export CXX="/usr/bin/g++-$1"
     fi
 }
 
 function build_doc {
     pushd build > /dev/null || exit 1
     #rm -rf doc/* ; rm -rf locale/*/*/*.mo
-    rm -rf doc/*
+    # Clean only generated files while preserving custom content
+    find doc -type f \( -name "*.html" -o -name "*.pdf" \) -delete
     make doc
     #example on how to only build spanish html
     #make html-es
@@ -123,6 +127,30 @@ function build_doc {
     popd > /dev/null || exit 1
 }
 
+function check {
+    pushd build > /dev/null || exit 1
+    cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON ..
+
+    # Run with error handling and report generation
+    cppcheck --project=compile_commands.json \
+        --enable=all \
+        --suppress=missingIncludeSystem \
+        --error-exitcode=1 \
+        --output-file=cppcheck-report.txt 2>&1 || {
+        echo "Static analysis failed. See build/cppcheck-report.txt for details"
+        return 1
+    }
+    popd > /dev/null || exit 1
+}
+
+function tidy_with_clang {
+    local base_branch=${1:-"upstream/develop"}
+    .github/scripts/tidy-vs-commit.sh "$base_branch" || {
+        echo "clang-tidy checks failed"
+        return 1
+    }
+}
+
 function build {
     pushd build > /dev/null || exit 1
     set_cmake
@@ -141,25 +169,30 @@ function test_compile {
     build
 
     echo --------------------------------------------
-    echo  Execute tap_directories
+    echo  Execute documentation queries
     echo --------------------------------------------
-    for d in ${TAP_DIRS}
+    for d in ${QUERIES_DIRS}
     do
-        time bash taptest.sh  "${d}" "-p ${PGPORT}"
+        # generate the documentation queries
+        #tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl  -alg "docqueries/${d}" -documentation  -pgport "${PGPORT}"
+        # Show warnings
+        #tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl  -alg "docqueries/${d}" -level WARNING  -pgport "${PGPORT}"
+        # Compare differences on results
+        tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl  -alg "docqueries/${d}" -pgport "${PGPORT}"
     done
 
     echo --------------------------------------------
-    echo  Execute documentation queries
+    echo  Execute tap_directories
     echo --------------------------------------------
-    for d in ${QUERIES_DIRS}
+    for d in ${TAP_DIRS}
     do
-        #tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl  -alg "docqueries/${d}" -documentation  -pgport "${PGPORT}"
-        #tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl  -alg "docqueries/${d}" -debug1  -pgport "${PGPORT}"
-        tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl  -alg "docqueries/${d}" -pgport "${PGPORT}"
+        time bash taptest.sh  "${d}" "-p ${PGPORT}"
     done
 
+    tap_test
+    tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl -pgport $PGPORT
+
     build_doc
-    #exit 0
     tap_test
     action_tests
 }
diff --git a/tools/developer/taptest.sh b/tools/developer/taptest.sh
index e5461cee29..b3ab90269e 100755
--- a/tools/developer/taptest.sh
+++ b/tools/developer/taptest.sh
@@ -26,16 +26,35 @@ if [[ -z  $1 ]]; then
     exit 1;
 fi
 
+# run from root of repository
+if ! DIR=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null); then
+    echo "Error: Must be run from within the git repository" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+pushd "${DIR}" > /dev/null || exit 1
 
 DIR="$1"
 shift
 PGFLAGS=$*
+if ! VERSION=$(grep -E '^[[:space:]]*project\(PGROUTING[[:space:]]+VERSION[[:space:]]+([^[:space:];]+)' CMakeLists.txt | sed -E 's/.*VERSION[[:space:]]+([^[:space:];]+).*/\1/'); then
+    echo "Error: Failed to extract version from CMakeLists.txt" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${VERSION}" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Version not found in CMakeLists.txt" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 echo "dir ${DIR}"
 echo "pgflags ${PGFLAGS}"
+echo "VERSION ${VERSION}"
 QUIET="-v"
 QUIET="-q"
 
+PGPORT="${PGPORT:-5432}"
+PGUSER="${PGUSER:-$USER}"
+
 PGDATABASE="___pgr___test___"
 PGRVERSION="3.6.1 3.6.0 3.5.1 3.5.0 3.2.0 3.1.3 3.0.6"
 PGRVERSION="3.7.2"
@@ -46,49 +65,51 @@ do
     pushd tools/testers/
     echo "--------------------------"
     echo " Running with version ${v}"
+    echo " test ${DIR}"
     echo "--------------------------"
+    # give time to developer to read message
+    sleep 3
 
     dropdb --if-exists "${PGFLAGS}" "${PGDATABASE}"
     createdb "${PGFLAGS}" "${PGDATABASE}"
 
-    psql "$PGFLAGS" -d "$PGDATABASE" -X -q --set client_min_messages=WARNING --set ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --pset pager=off \
-        -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pgtap; CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pgrouting WITH VERSION '${v}' CASCADE;"
-
+    if ! bash setup_db.sh "${PGPORT}" "${PGDATABASE}" "${PGUSER}" "${v}"; then
+        echo "Error: Database setup failed" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
     echo "--------------------------"
     echo " Installed version"
     echo "--------------------------"
     psql "${PGFLAGS}" -d "$PGDATABASE" -c "SELECT * FROM pgr_full_version();"
-    #psql "${PGFLAGS}" -d "$PGDATABASE" -c "SET client_min_messages TO DEBUG3; ALTER EXTENSION pgrouting UPDATE  TO '3.7.0';"
-    echo "--------------------------"
-    echo " update version"
-    echo "--------------------------"
-    psql "${PGFLAGS}" -d "$PGDATABASE" -c "SELECT * FROM pgr_full_version();"
+    popd
 
-    psql "${PGFLAGS}" -d "$PGDATABASE" -X -q --set client_min_messages=WARNING --set ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --pset pager=off \
-        -f sampledata.sql \
-        -f solomon_100_rc101.data.sql \
-        -f innerQuery.sql \
-        -f innerQuery_old.sql \
-        -f inner_styles.sql \
-        -f old_inner_styles.sql \
-        -f no_crash_test.sql \
-        -f alphaShapeTester.sql \
-        -f general_pgtap_tests.sql \
-        -f no_crash_general.sql \
-        -f dijkstra_pgtap_tests.sql \
-        -f flow_pgtap_tests.sql \
-        -f trsp_tests.sql \
-        -f spanningtree.sql \
-        -f types_check.sql \
-        -f via_compare.sql \
-        -f astar_pgtap_tests.sql \
-        -f compare_dijkstra.sql \
-        -f allpairs_tests.sql \
-        -f contraction_tapfuncs.sql\
-        -f tsp_pgtap_tests.sql
+    if [[ "${v}" != "${VERSION}" ]]
+    then
+        # run tests on old version
+        pg_prove "$QUIET" --normalize --directives --recurse "${PGFLAGS}"  -d "${PGDATABASE}" "pgtap/${DIR}"
+
+        # update to this version
+        echo "--------------------------"
+        echo " update version"
+        echo "--------------------------"
+        if ! psql "${PGFLAGS}" -d "$PGDATABASE" -c "SET client_min_messages TO DEBUG3; ALTER EXTENSION pgrouting UPDATE TO '${VERSION}';"; then
+            echo "Error: Failed to update pgrouting extension to version ${VERSION}" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        psql "${PGFLAGS}" -q -t -d "$PGDATABASE" -c "SELECT extversion FROM pg_extension WHERE extname = 'pgrouting';"
+
+        # Verify update success
+        if ! psql "${PGFLAGS}" -q -t -d "$PGDATABASE" -c "SELECT extversion FROM pg_extension WHERE extname = 'pgrouting';" | grep -q "${VERSION}"; then
+            echo "Error: Extension version mismatch after update" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # run this version's test
+    psql "${PGFLAGS}" -d "$PGDATABASE" -c "SELECT * FROM pgr_full_version();"
 
 
-    popd
     pg_prove "$QUIET" --normalize --directives --recurse "${PGFLAGS}"  -d "${PGDATABASE}" "pgtap/${DIR}"
     #dropdb --if-exists "${PGFLAGS}" "${PGDATABASE}"
 done
diff --git a/tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl b/tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl
index 34cb9b5628..edcdf5f16f 100755
--- a/tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl
+++ b/tools/testers/doc_queries_generator.pl
@@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ sub Usage {
     elsif ($a =~ /^-c/i) {
         $clean = 1;
     }
-    elsif ($a =~ /^-l$/i) {
-        $LEVEL = $psql = shift @ARGV || Usage();
+    elsif ($a =~ /^-l(evel)?/i) {
+        $LEVEL = shift @ARGV || Usage();
+        print "The level $LEVEL\n";
     }
     elsif ($a =~ /^-v/i) {
         $VERBOSE = 1;