diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/workflows.yml
index ae878b2..95d8033 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflows.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 name: Publish Python distribution to PyPI and TestPyPI
 
-on: 
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - release/*
-    tags:
-      - '[1-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # Only deploy on tags with semantic versioning
-      - '[1-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-[a-z]+' # Only deploy on tags with semantic versioning
-      - 'v[1-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # Only deploy on tags with semantic versioning
-      - 'v[1-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-[a-z]+' # Only deploy on tags with semantic versioning
+on: push
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -70,4 +62,4 @@ jobs:
       with:
         repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
         user: __token__
-        password: ${{ secrets.TESTPYPI_KEY }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.TESTPYPI_KEY }}
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diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3c10047..98c70a3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 language: python
 python:
-  - 3.8
-  - 3.7
-  - 3.6
+  - 3.10
+  - 3.11
 
 # Command to install dependencies, e.g. pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors
 install: pip install -U tox-travis
@@ -25,4 +24,4 @@ deploy:
   on:
     tags: true
     repo: yasseraleman/clabtoolkit
-    python: 3.8
+    python: 3.10
diff --git a/clabtoolkit/misctools.py b/clabtoolkit/misctools.py
index 6995e63..283bb5e 100755
--- a/clabtoolkit/misctools.py
+++ b/clabtoolkit/misctools.py
@@ -930,4 +930,40 @@ def generate_container_command(bash_args,
         container_cmd = bash_args
     
 
-    return container_cmd
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+    return container_cmd
+
+# simple progress indicator callback function
+def parallel_progress_indicator(future, lock, n_total, n_comp, pb, pb1, text_cad):
+    """
+    A simple progress indicator for the concurrent futures
+    
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    future : concurrent.futures.Future
+        Future object
+    lock : threading.Lock
+        Lock object
+    n_total : int
+        Total number of tasks
+    n_comp : int
+        Number of completed tasks
+    pb : rich.progress.Progress
+        Progress bar object
+    pb1 : rich.progress.TaskID
+        Task ID
+    text_cad : str
+        Text to show in the progress bar
+        
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+    
+    """
+    # obtain the lock
+    with lock:
+        # update the counter
+        n_comp += 1
+        # report progress
+        # print(f'{tasks_completed}/{n_subj} completed, {n_subj-tasks_completed} remain.')
+        # pb.update(task_id=pb1, description= f'[red]Completed {n_comp}/{n_subj}', completed=n_subj)
+        pb.update(task_id=pb1, description= f'[red]{text_cad}: Finished ({n_comp}/{n_total})', completed=n_comp) 
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