diff --git a/.github/workflows/flex.yml b/.github/workflows/flex.yml
index b6871e55e74e..6a9c6747a896 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flex.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flex.yml
@@ -22,11 +22,39 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  build-flex:
+  test-build-flex:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04]
+        platform: [x86_64]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/flex
+        bash ./scripts/install_dependencies.sh 4
+
+    - name: Setup tmate session
+      if: false
+      uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v2
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/flex
+        git submodule update --init
+        mkdir build && cd build # only test default build
+        cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DBUILD_DOC=OFF && sudo make -j 4
+
+  test-flex:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'alibaba/GraphScope' }}
     container:
-      image: registry.cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/graphscope/hqps-server-base:v0.0.8
+      image: registry.cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/graphscope/hqps-server-base:v0.0.9
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hqps-db-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/hqps-db-ci.yml
index 786973a39c8c..17b5ccfa02f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hqps-db-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hqps-db-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'alibaba/GraphScope' }}
     container:
-      image: registry.cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/graphscope/hqps-server-base:v0.0.8
+      image: registry.cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/graphscope/hqps-server-base:v0.0.9
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
diff --git a/flex/.devcontainer.json b/flex/.devcontainer.json
index d1b8c725dca5..4457e7560a8a 100644
--- a/flex/.devcontainer.json
+++ b/flex/.devcontainer.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {
     "name": "GraphScope",
     // Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
-    "image": "registry.cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/graphscope/hqps-server-base:v0.0.8",
+    "image": "registry.cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/graphscope/hqps-server-base:v0.0.9",
     // Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
     "features": {
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:2": {
diff --git a/flex/Dockerfile b/flex/Dockerfile
index 7d5874a60dd9..328a07694296 100644
--- a/flex/Dockerfile
+++ b/flex/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev
 RUN cd /tmp && apt-get install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget && \
     curl -o apache-arrow-apt-source-latest.deb https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb && \
     apt-get install -y ./apache-arrow-apt-source-latest.deb && \
-    apt-get update && apt-get install -y libarrow-dev=6.0.1-1
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y libarrow-dev=8.0.0-1
     
 RUN apt-get install -y sudo
 
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ RUN useradd -m graphscope -u 1001 && \
 USER graphscope
 WORKDIR /home/graphscope
 
+# set HOME
+ENV HOME /home/graphscope
+
 RUN curl -sf -L https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | \
   sh -s -- -y --profile minimal --default-toolchain=1.70.0 && \
   chmod +x "$HOME/.cargo/env" && \
diff --git a/flex/engines/graph_db/app/app_base.h b/flex/engines/graph_db/app/app_base.h
index f5f57eda3cc9..5fd64991a834 100644
--- a/flex/engines/graph_db/app/app_base.h
+++ b/flex/engines/graph_db/app/app_base.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <limits>
 
 #include <glog/logging.h>
 
diff --git a/flex/engines/hqps_db/core/utils/hqps_type.h b/flex/engines/hqps_db/core/utils/hqps_type.h
index 36173129cf0c..a0451638a37e 100644
--- a/flex/engines/hqps_db/core/utils/hqps_type.h
+++ b/flex/engines/hqps_db/core/utils/hqps_type.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef ENGINES_HQPS_ENGINE_UTILS_TYPE_UTILS_H_
 #define ENGINES_HQPS_ENGINE_UTILS_TYPE_UTILS_H_
 
+#include <limits>
 #include "flex/storages/rt_mutable_graph/types.h"
 
 namespace gs {
diff --git a/flex/engines/http_server/codegen_proxy.h b/flex/engines/http_server/codegen_proxy.h
index 9677cecd3283..44a0a6994ecb 100644
--- a/flex/engines/http_server/codegen_proxy.h
+++ b/flex/engines/http_server/codegen_proxy.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
+#include <condition_variable>
 
 #include "glog/logging.h"
 
diff --git a/flex/interactive/docker/interactive-runtime.Dockerfile b/flex/interactive/docker/interactive-runtime.Dockerfile
index 0604b0d4111f..fb1b414656f9 100644
--- a/flex/interactive/docker/interactive-runtime.Dockerfile
+++ b/flex/interactive/docker/interactive-runtime.Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 RUN cd /tmp && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget && \
     curl -o apache-arrow-apt-source-latest.deb https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb && \
     sudo apt-get install -y ./apache-arrow-apt-source-latest.deb && \
-    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libarrow-dev=6.0.1-1
+    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libarrow-dev=8.0.0-1
 
 RUN curl -sf -L https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | \
   sh -s -- -y --profile minimal --default-toolchain=1.70.0 && \
diff --git a/flex/scripts/install_dependencies.sh b/flex/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
index 112a404409f3..1ad610aabe8d 100644
--- a/flex/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/flex/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -1,34 +1,49 @@
-apt update -y
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+# accept at most one argument, parallelism
+if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 [parallelism]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+parallelism=$(nproc)
+if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+    parallelism=$1
+fi
+echo "parallelism: $parallelism"
 
-apt install -y \
+sudo apt update -y
+
+sudo apt install -y \
       ninja-build ragel libhwloc-dev libnuma-dev libpciaccess-dev vim wget curl \
-      git g++ libgoogle-glog-dev cmake libopenmpi-dev default-jdk libcrypto++-dev \
-      libboost-all-dev libxml2-dev
-apt install -y xfslibs-dev libgnutls28-dev liblz4-dev maven openssl pkg-config \
+      git g++ libunwind-dev libgoogle-glog-dev cmake libopenmpi-dev default-jdk libcrypto++-dev \
+      libboost-all-dev libxml2-dev protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev
+sudo apt install -y xfslibs-dev libgnutls28-dev liblz4-dev maven openssl pkg-config \
       libsctp-dev gcc make python3 systemtap-sdt-dev libtool libyaml-cpp-dev \
       libc-ares-dev stow libfmt-dev diffutils valgrind doxygen python3-pip net-tools graphviz
 
+pushd /tmp
 git clone https://github.com/alibaba/libgrape-lite.git
 cd libgrape-lite
 git checkout v0.3.2
-mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..
-make -j && make install
-cp /usr/local/lib/libgrape-lite.so /usr/lib/libgrape-lite.so
+mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. -DBUILD_LIBGRAPELITE_TESTS=OFF
+make -j ${parallelism} && sudo make install
+sudo cp /usr/local/lib/libgrape-lite.so /usr/lib/libgrape-lite.so
+popd && rm -rf /tmp/libgrape-lite
 
-pushd /tmp && apt-get install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget
+pushd /tmp && sudo apt-get install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget
 curl -o apache-arrow-apt-source-latest.deb https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb
-apt-get install -y ./apache-arrow-apt-source-latest.deb
-apt-get update && apt-get install -y libarrow-dev=6.0.1-1
-popd
+sudo apt-get install -y ./apache-arrow-apt-source-latest.deb
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libarrow-dev=8.0.0-1
+popd && rm -rf /tmp/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest.deb
 
-cd ../..
-git clone https://github.com/alibaba/hiactor.git
-cd hiactor && git checkout e16949ca53
-git submodule update --init --recursive
-./seastar/seastar/install-dependencies.sh
+pushd /tmp
+git clone https://github.com/alibaba/hiactor.git -b v0.1.1 --single-branch
+cd hiactor && git submodule update --init --recursive
+sudo bash ./seastar/seastar/install-dependencies.sh
 mkdir build && cd build
 cmake -DHiactor_DEMOS=OFF -DHiactor_TESTING=OFF -DHiactor_DPDK=OFF -DHiactor_CXX_DIALECT=gnu++17 -DSeastar_CXX_FLAGS="-DSEASTAR_DEFAULT_ALLOCATOR -mno-avx512" ..
-make -j && make install
+make -j ${parallelism} && sudo make install
+popd && rm -rf /tmp/hiactor
 
-echo "fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
-sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
\ No newline at end of file
+sudo sh -c 'echo "fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576" >> /etc/sysctl.conf'
+sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flex/utils/arrow_utils.h b/flex/utils/arrow_utils.h
index 8b2678dd9f16..d17c00629136 100644
--- a/flex/utils/arrow_utils.h
+++ b/flex/utils/arrow_utils.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class LDBCTimeStampParser : public arrow::TimestampParser {
   ~LDBCTimeStampParser() override {}
 
   bool operator()(const char* s, size_t length, arrow::TimeUnit::type out_unit,
-                  int64_t* out) const override {
+                  int64_t* out,
+                  bool* out_zone_offset_present = NULLPTR) const override {
     using seconds_type = std::chrono::duration<arrow::TimestampType::c_type>;
 
     // We allow the following formats for all units:
@@ -154,7 +155,8 @@ class LDBCLongDateParser : public arrow::TimestampParser {
   ~LDBCLongDateParser() override {}
 
   bool operator()(const char* s, size_t length, arrow::TimeUnit::type out_unit,
-                  int64_t* out) const override {
+                  int64_t* out,
+                  bool* out_zone_offset_present = NULLPTR) const override {
     uint64_t seconds;
     // convert (s, s + length - 4) to seconds_since_epoch
     if (ARROW_PREDICT_FALSE(