diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 44536f9..b9e4a06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
           cache-name: cache-artifacts
         with:
diff --git a/src/nlp/consistency.jl b/src/nlp/consistency.jl
index 8512ead..0b11d9d 100644
--- a/src/nlp/consistency.jl
+++ b/src/nlp/consistency.jl
@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@ function consistent_nlps(
   test_slack = true,
   test_qn = true,
   test_derivative = true,
+  test_counters = true,
   rtol = 1.0e-8,
 )
-  consistent_counters(nlps, linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
+  test_counters && consistent_counters(nlps, linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
   test_meta && consistent_meta(nlps, rtol = rtol)
   consistent_functions(nlps, linear_api = linear_api, rtol = rtol, exclude = exclude)
-  consistent_counters(nlps, linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
+  test_counters && consistent_counters(nlps, linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
   for nlp in nlps
     reset!(nlp)
   end
-  consistent_counters(nlps, linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
+  test_counters && consistent_counters(nlps, linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
   if test_derivative
     for nlp in nlps
       @test length(gradient_check(nlp)) == 0
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ function consistent_nlps(
       linear_api = linear_api,
       exclude = [hess, hess_coord, hprod, jth_hess, jth_hess_coord, jth_hprod, ghjvprod] ∪ exclude,
     )
-    consistent_counters([nlps; qnmodels], linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
+    test_counters && consistent_counters([nlps; qnmodels], linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
   end
 
   if test_slack && has_inequalities(nlps[1])
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ function consistent_nlps(
       linear_api = linear_api,
       exclude = [jth_hess, jth_hess_coord, jth_hprod] ∪ exclude,
     )
-    consistent_counters(slack_nlps, linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
+    test_counters && consistent_counters(slack_nlps, linear_api = linear_api, reimplemented = reimplemented)
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/src/nlp/coord-memory.jl b/src/nlp/coord-memory.jl
index ebc6113..b72b4e9 100644
--- a/src/nlp/coord-memory.jl
+++ b/src/nlp/coord-memory.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export coord_memory_nlp
 
 """
-    coord_memory_nlp(nlp; exclude = [])
+    coord_memory_nlp(nlp; linear_api = false, exclude = [])
 
 Check that the allocated memory for in place coord methods is
 sufficiently smaller than their allocating counter parts.
diff --git a/src/nls/consistency.jl b/src/nls/consistency.jl
index 5fde9b8..d1a8211 100644
--- a/src/nls/consistency.jl
+++ b/src/nls/consistency.jl
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ function consistent_nlss(
   linear_api = false,
   test_slack = true,
   test_ff = true,
+  test_counters = true,
 )
   consistent_nls_counters(nlss)
-  consistent_counters(nlss, linear_api = linear_api)
+  test_counters && consistent_counters(nlss, linear_api = linear_api)
   consistent_nls_functions(nlss, exclude = exclude)
   consistent_nls_counters(nlss)
-  consistent_counters(nlss, linear_api = linear_api)
+  test_counters && consistent_counters(nlss, linear_api = linear_api)
   for nls in nlss
     reset!(nls)
   end
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ function consistent_nlss(
     reset!.(nlss)
     slack_nlss = SlackNLSModel.(nlss)
     consistent_nls_functions(slack_nlss, exclude = exclude)
-    consistent_nls_counters(slack_nlss)
-    consistent_counters(slack_nlss, linear_api = linear_api)
+    test_counters && consistent_nls_counters(slack_nlss)
+    test_counters && consistent_counters(slack_nlss, linear_api = linear_api)
     consistent_functions(
       slack_nlss,
       linear_api = linear_api,
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ function consistent_nlss(
     reset!.(nlss)
     ff_nlss = FeasibilityFormNLS.(nlss)
     consistent_nls_functions(ff_nlss, exclude = exclude)
-    consistent_nls_counters(ff_nlss)
-    consistent_counters(ff_nlss, linear_api = false)
+    test_counters && consistent_nls_counters(ff_nlss)
+    test_counters && consistent_counters(ff_nlss, linear_api = false)
     consistent_functions(
       ff_nlss,
       linear_api = false,