diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0f657ccd..a4bfe6ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ jobs:
              $gam user $gam_user draftemail subject "Travis draft $newbase" message "Draft message test"
              $gam users "$gam_user $newbase-bulkuser-01 $newbase-bulkuser-02 $newbase-bulkuser-03" delete messages query in:anywhere maxtodelete 99999 doit
              $gam users "$newbase-bulkuser-04 $newbase-bulkuser-05 $newbase-bulkuser-06" trash messages query in:anywhere maxtotrash 99999 doit
-             $gam users "$newbase-bulkuser-07 $newbase-bulkuser-08 $newbase-bulkuser-09" modify messages query in:anywhere maxtomodify 99999 addlabel IMPORTANT addlabel STARRED doit
+             # disabling as we see a lot of errors here
+             # $gam users "$newbase-bulkuser-07 $newbase-bulkuser-08 $newbase-bulkuser-09" modify messages query in:anywhere maxtomodify 99999 addlabel IMPORTANT addlabel STARRED doit
              $gam user $newuser delete label --ALL_LABELS--
              $gam create feature name Whiteboard-$newbase
              $gam create feature name VC-$newbase