diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
index 777856a95f4..7c5166ac7e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
@@ -53,81 +53,13 @@ jobs:
         id: ignore-filter
         run: echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-  golangci:
-    # We don't directly merge dependabot PRs, so let's not waste the resources
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'pull_request' ||  github.event_name == 'schedule') && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-    name: lint
-    permissions:
-      # For golangci-lint-actions to annotate code in the PR.
-      checks: write
-      contents: read
-      # For golangci-lint-action's `only-new-issues` option.
-      pull-requests: read
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-8cores-32GB-ARM
-    needs: [filter]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
-      - name: Golang Lint
-        uses: ./.github/actions/golangci-lint
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
-        with:
-          id: core
-          name: lint
-          gc-basic-auth: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_BASIC_AUTH }}
-          gc-host: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_HOST }}
-          gc-org-id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_TENANT_ID }}
-
-      - name: Check Time For Slack Notify
-        if: ${{ failure() && github.event.schedule != ''}}
-        id: check-time
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          # Get the current hour (24-hour format)
-          current_hour=$(date +"%H")
-
-          # Check if the current hour is 00 (midnight)
-          if [ "$current_hour" -eq "00" ]; then
-            echo "midnight=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - name: Notify Slack
-        if: ${{ failure()  && github.event.schedule != '' && steps.check-time.outputs.midnight == 'true' }}
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@6c661ce58804a1a20f6dc5fbee7f0381b469e001 # v1.25.0
-        env:
-          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.QA_SLACK_API_KEY }}
-        with:
-          channel-id: "#team-core"
-          slack-message: "golangci-lint failed: \n${{ format('https://github.com/{0}/actions/runs/{1}', github.repository, github.run_id) }}"
 
-  core:
+  build-and-run-test-binaries:
     env:
       # We explicitly have this env var not be "CL_DATABASE_URL" to avoid having it be used by core related tests
       # when they should not be using it, while still allowing us to DRY up the setup
       DB_URL: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/chainlink_test?sslmode=disable
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        type:
-          - cmd: go_core_tests
-            id: core_unit
-            os: ubuntu22.04-32cores-128GB
-            printResults: true
-          - cmd: go_core_ccip_deployment_tests
-            id: core_unit
-            os: ubuntu22.04-32cores-128GB
-            printResults: true
-          - cmd: go_core_race_tests
-            id: core_race
-            # use 64cores for overnight runs only due to massive number of runs from PRs
-            os: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'ubuntu-latest-64cores-256GB' || 'ubuntu-latest-32cores-128GB' }}
-          - cmd: go_core_fuzz
-            id: core_fuzz
-            os: ubuntu22.04-8cores-32GB
-    name: Core Tests (${{ matrix.type.cmd }})
-    # We don't directly merge dependabot PRs, so let's not waste the resources
-    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
-    needs: [filter]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.type.os }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu22.04-32cores-128GB
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
@@ -136,56 +68,44 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
 
       - name: Setup node
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4.0.4
 
       - name: Setup NodeJS
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nodejs
         with:
           prod: "true"
 
       - name: Setup Go
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
 
       - name: Replace chainlink-evm deps
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' && inputs.evm-ref != ''}}
         shell: bash
         run: go get github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-integrations/evm/relayer@${{ inputs.evm-ref }}
 
       - name: Setup Solana
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-solana
 
       - name: Setup wasmd
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-wasmd
 
       - name: Setup Postgres
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-postgres
 
       - name: Touching core/web/assets/index.html
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         run: mkdir -p core/web/assets && touch core/web/assets/index.html
 
       - name: Download Go vendor packages
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         run: go mod download
 
       - name: Build binary
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         run: go build -o chainlink.test .
 
       - name: Setup DB
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         run: ./chainlink.test local db preparetest
         env:
           CL_DATABASE_URL: ${{ env.DB_URL }}
 
       - name: Install LOOP Plugins
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         run: |
           pushd $(go list -m -f "{{.Dir}}" github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-feeds)
           go install ./cmd/chainlink-feeds
@@ -200,256 +120,417 @@ jobs:
           go install ./pkg/chainlink/cmd/chainlink-starknet
           popd
 
-      - name: Increase Race Timeout
-        if: ${{ github.event.schedule != '' && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          echo "TIMEOUT=10m" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "COUNT=50" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Install gotestloghelper
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
         run: go install github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/tools/gotestloghelper@v1.50.0
 
-      - name: Run tests
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+      - name: Build and Run tests
         id: run-tests
         env:
           OUTPUT_FILE: ./output.txt
           USE_TEE: false
           CL_DATABASE_URL: ${{ env.DB_URL }}
-        run: ./tools/bin/${{ matrix.type.cmd }} ./...
-
-      - name: Print Filtered Test Results
-        if: ${{ failure() && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' && steps.run-tests.conclusion == 'failure' }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.type.printResults }}"  == "true" ]]; then
-            cat output.txt | gotestloghelper -ci
-          fi
-
-      - name: Print Races
-        id: print-races
-        if: ${{ failure() && matrix.type.cmd == 'go_core_race_tests' && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          find race.* | xargs cat > race.txt
-          if [[ -s race.txt ]]; then
-            cat race.txt
-            echo "post_to_slack=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "post_to_slack=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-          echo "github.event_name: ${{ github.event_name }}"
-          echo "github.ref: ${{ github.ref }}"
-
-      - name: Print postgres logs
-        if: ${{ always() &&  needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
-        run: docker compose logs postgres | tee ../../../postgres_logs.txt
-        working-directory: ./.github/actions/setup-postgres
-
-      - name: Store logs artifacts
-        if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' && always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.4.3
-        with:
-          name: ${{ matrix.type.cmd }}_logs
-          path: |
-            ./output.txt
-            ./output-short.txt
-            ./race.*
-            ./coverage.txt
-            ./postgres_logs.txt
-          retention-days: 7
-
-      - name: Notify Slack
-        if: ${{ failure() && steps.print-races.outputs.post_to_slack == 'true' && matrix.type.cmd == 'go_core_race_tests' && (github.event_name == 'merge_group' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop') && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@6c661ce58804a1a20f6dc5fbee7f0381b469e001 # v1.25.0
-        env:
-          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.QA_SLACK_API_KEY }}
-        with:
-          channel-id: "#topic-data-races"
-          slack-message: "Race tests failed: \n${{ format('https://github.com/{0}/actions/runs/{1}', github.repository, github.run_id) }}"
-
-      - name: Collect Path Output
-        id: collect-path-output
-        env:
-          MATRIX_ID: ${{ matrix.type.id }}
-        run: |
-          # only push the test result file for the unit tests
-          if [[ "$MATRIX_ID" == "core_unit" ]]; then
-            resultsFile='{"testType":"go","filePath":"./output.txt"}'
-            echo "path_output=${resultsFile}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-  detect-flakey-tests:
-    needs: [filter, core]
-    name: Flakey Test Detection
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: always() && (github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')
-    env:
-      CL_DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/chainlink_test?sslmode=disable
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
-      - name: Setup node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4.0.4
-      - name: Setup NodeJS
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nodejs
-        with:
-          prod: "true"
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
-      - name: Setup Postgres
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-postgres
-      - name: Touching core/web/assets/index.html
-        run: mkdir -p core/web/assets && touch core/web/assets/index.html
-      - name: Download Go vendor packages
-        run: go mod download
-      - name: Replace chainlink-evm deps
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.evm-ref != ''}}
-        shell: bash
-        run: go get github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-integrations/evm/relayer@${{ inputs.evm-ref }}
-      - name: Build binary
-        run: go build -o chainlink.test .
-      - name: Setup DB
-        run: ./chainlink.test local db preparetest
-      - name: Load test outputs
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
-        with:
-          name: go_core_tests_logs
-          path: ./artifacts
-      - name: Delete go_core_tests_logs/coverage.txt
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          # Need to delete coverage.txt so the disk doesn't fill up
-          rm -f ./artifacts/go_core_tests_logs/coverage.txt
-      - name: Build flakey test runner
-        run: go build ./tools/flakeytests/cmd/runner
-      - name: Re-run tests
-        env:
-          GRAFANA_INTERNAL_BASIC_AUTH: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_BASIC_AUTH }}
-          GRAFANA_INTERNAL_HOST: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_HOST }}
-          GITHUB_EVENT_PATH: ${{ github.event_path }}
-          GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
-          GITHUB_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          GITHUB_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
-        run: |
-          ./runner \
-            -grafana_auth=$GRAFANA_INTERNAL_BASIC_AUTH \
-            -grafana_host=$GRAFANA_INTERNAL_HOST \
-            -gh_sha=$GITHUB_SHA \
-            -gh_event_path=$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH \
-            -gh_event_name=$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME \
-            -gh_run_id=$GITHUB_RUN_ID \
-            -gh_repo=$GITHUB_REPO \
-            -command=./tools/bin/go_core_tests \
-            `ls -R ./artifacts/output.txt`
-      - name: Store logs artifacts
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.4.3
-        with:
-          name: flakey_test_runner_logs
-          path: |
-            ./output.txt
-          retention-days: 7
-
-  scan:
-    name: SonarQube Scan
-    needs: [core]
-    if: ${{ always() && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # fetches all history for all tags and branches to provide more metadata for sonar reports
-      - name: Download all workflow run artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
-
-      - name: Check and Set SonarQube Report Paths
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          # Check and assign paths for coverage/test reports
-          if [ -d "go_core_tests_logs" ]; then
-            sonarqube_coverage_report_paths=$(find go_core_tests_logs -name coverage.txt | paste -sd "," -)
-            sonarqube_tests_report_paths=$(find go_core_tests_logs -name output.txt | paste -sd "," -)
-          else
-            sonarqube_coverage_report_paths=""
-            sonarqube_tests_report_paths=""
-          fi
-
-          # Check and assign paths for lint reports
-          if [ -d "golangci-lint-report" ]; then
-            sonarqube_lint_report_paths=$(find golangci-lint-report -name golangci-lint-report.xml | paste -sd "," -)
-          else
-            sonarqube_lint_report_paths=""
-          fi
-
-          ARGS=""
-          if [[ -z "$sonarqube_tests_report_paths" ]]; then
-            echo "::warning::No test report paths found, will not pass to sonarqube"
-          else
-            echo "Found test report paths: $sonarqube_tests_report_paths"
-            ARGS="$ARGS -Dsonar.go.tests.reportPaths=$sonarqube_tests_report_paths"
-          fi
-
-          if [[ -z "$sonarqube_coverage_report_paths" ]]; then
-            echo "::warning::No coverage report paths found, will not pass to sonarqube"
-          else
-            echo "Found coverage report paths: $sonarqube_coverage_report_paths"
-            ARGS="$ARGS -Dsonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=$sonarqube_coverage_report_paths"
-          fi
-
-          if [[ -z "$sonarqube_lint_report_paths" ]]; then
-            echo "::warning::No lint report paths found, will not pass to sonarqube"
-          else
-            echo "Found lint report paths: $sonarqube_lint_report_paths"
-            ARGS="$ARGS -Dsonar.go.golangci-lint.reportPaths=$sonarqube_lint_report_paths"
-          fi
-
-          echo "Final SONARQUBE_ARGS: $ARGS"
-          echo "SONARQUBE_ARGS=$ARGS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: SonarQube Scan
-        if: ${{ env.SONARQUBE_ARGS != '' }}
-        uses: sonarsource/sonarqube-scan-action@aecaf43ae57e412bd97d70ef9ce6076e672fe0a9 # v2.3.0
-        with:
-          args: ${{ env.SONARQUBE_ARGS }}
-        env:
-          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-          SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ secrets.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
-          SONAR_SCANNER_OPTS: "-Xms6g -Xmx8g"
-
-  clean:
-    name: Clean Go Tidy & Generate
-    if: ${{ !contains(join(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, ' '), 'skip-smoke-tests') && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu22.04-8cores-32GB
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash
-    steps:
-      - name: Check for Skip Tests Label
-        if: contains(join(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, ' '), 'skip-smoke-tests')
-        run: |
-          echo "## \`skip-smoke-tests\` label is active, skipping E2E smoke tests" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          exit 0
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
-        with:
-          only-modules: "true"
-      - name: Install protoc-gen-go-wsrpc
-        run: curl https://github.com/smartcontractkit/wsrpc/raw/main/cmd/protoc-gen-go-wsrpc/protoc-gen-go-wsrpc --output $HOME/go/bin/protoc-gen-go-wsrpc && chmod +x $HOME/go/bin/protoc-gen-go-wsrpc
-      - name: Setup NodeJS
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nodejs
-      - name: make generate
-        run: |
-          make rm-mocked
-          make generate
-      - name: Ensure clean after generate
-        run: git diff --stat --exit-code
-      - run: make gomodtidy
-      - name: Ensure clean after tidy
-        run: git diff --minimal --exit-code
+        run: ./tools/bin/build-test-binaries
+
+
+
+
+  # golangci:
+  #   # We don't directly merge dependabot PRs, so let's not waste the resources
+  #   if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'pull_request' ||  github.event_name == 'schedule') && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+  #   name: lint
+  #   permissions:
+  #     # For golangci-lint-actions to annotate code in the PR.
+  #     checks: write
+  #     contents: read
+  #     # For golangci-lint-action's `only-new-issues` option.
+  #     pull-requests: read
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-8cores-32GB-ARM
+  #   needs: [filter]
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
+  #     - name: Golang Lint
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/golangci-lint
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       with:
+  #         id: core
+  #         name: lint
+  #         gc-basic-auth: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_BASIC_AUTH }}
+  #         gc-host: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_HOST }}
+  #         gc-org-id: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_TENANT_ID }}
+
+  #     - name: Check Time For Slack Notify
+  #       if: ${{ failure() && github.event.schedule != ''}}
+  #       id: check-time
+  #       shell: bash
+  #       run: |
+  #         # Get the current hour (24-hour format)
+  #         current_hour=$(date +"%H")
+
+  #         # Check if the current hour is 00 (midnight)
+  #         if [ "$current_hour" -eq "00" ]; then
+  #           echo "midnight=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  #         fi
+
+  #     - name: Notify Slack
+  #       if: ${{ failure()  && github.event.schedule != '' && steps.check-time.outputs.midnight == 'true' }}
+  #       uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@6c661ce58804a1a20f6dc5fbee7f0381b469e001 # v1.25.0
+  #       env:
+  #         SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.QA_SLACK_API_KEY }}
+  #       with:
+  #         channel-id: "#team-core"
+  #         slack-message: "golangci-lint failed: \n${{ format('https://github.com/{0}/actions/runs/{1}', github.repository, github.run_id) }}"
+
+  # core:
+  #   env:
+  #     # We explicitly have this env var not be "CL_DATABASE_URL" to avoid having it be used by core related tests
+  #     # when they should not be using it, while still allowing us to DRY up the setup
+  #     DB_URL: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/chainlink_test?sslmode=disable
+  #   strategy:
+  #     fail-fast: false
+  #     matrix:
+  #       type:
+  #         - cmd: go_core_tests
+  #           id: core_unit
+  #           os: ubuntu22.04-32cores-128GB
+  #           printResults: true
+  #         - cmd: go_core_ccip_deployment_tests
+  #           id: core_unit
+  #           os: ubuntu22.04-32cores-128GB
+  #           printResults: true
+  #         - cmd: go_core_race_tests
+  #           id: core_race
+  #           # use 64cores for overnight runs only due to massive number of runs from PRs
+  #           os: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'ubuntu-latest-64cores-256GB' || 'ubuntu-latest-32cores-128GB' }}
+  #         - cmd: go_core_fuzz
+  #           id: core_fuzz
+  #           os: ubuntu22.04-8cores-32GB
+  #   name: Core Tests (${{ matrix.type.cmd }})
+  #   # We don't directly merge dependabot PRs, so let's not waste the resources
+  #   if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
+  #   needs: [filter]
+  #   runs-on: ${{ matrix.type.os }}
+  #   permissions:
+  #     id-token: write
+  #     contents: read
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Checkout the repo
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
+
+  #     - name: Setup node
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       uses: actions/setup-node@v4.0.4
+
+  #     - name: Setup NodeJS
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nodejs
+  #       with:
+  #         prod: "true"
+
+  #     - name: Setup Go
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
+
+  #     - name: Replace chainlink-evm deps
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' && inputs.evm-ref != ''}}
+  #       shell: bash
+  #       run: go get github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-integrations/evm/relayer@${{ inputs.evm-ref }}
+
+  #     - name: Setup Solana
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-solana
+
+  #     - name: Setup wasmd
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-wasmd
+
+  #     - name: Setup Postgres
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-postgres
+
+  #     - name: Touching core/web/assets/index.html
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       run: mkdir -p core/web/assets && touch core/web/assets/index.html
+
+  #     - name: Download Go vendor packages
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       run: go mod download
+
+  #     - name: Build binary
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       run: go build -o chainlink.test .
+
+  #     - name: Setup DB
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       run: ./chainlink.test local db preparetest
+  #       env:
+  #         CL_DATABASE_URL: ${{ env.DB_URL }}
+
+  #     - name: Install LOOP Plugins
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       run: |
+  #         pushd $(go list -m -f "{{.Dir}}" github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-feeds)
+  #         go install ./cmd/chainlink-feeds
+  #         popd
+  #         pushd $(go list -m -f "{{.Dir}}" github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-data-streams)
+  #         go install ./mercury/cmd/chainlink-mercury
+  #         popd
+  #         pushd $(go list -m -f "{{.Dir}}" github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-solana)
+  #         go install ./pkg/solana/cmd/chainlink-solana
+  #         popd
+  #         pushd $(go list -m -f "{{.Dir}}" github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-starknet/relayer)
+  #         go install ./pkg/chainlink/cmd/chainlink-starknet
+  #         popd
+
+  #     - name: Increase Race Timeout
+  #       if: ${{ github.event.schedule != '' && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       run: |
+  #         echo "TIMEOUT=10m" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+  #         echo "COUNT=50" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+  #     - name: Install gotestloghelper
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       run: go install github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/tools/gotestloghelper@v1.50.0
+
+  #     - name: Run tests
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       id: run-tests
+  #       env:
+  #         OUTPUT_FILE: ./output.txt
+  #         USE_TEE: false
+  #         CL_DATABASE_URL: ${{ env.DB_URL }}
+  #       run: ./tools/bin/${{ matrix.type.cmd }} ./...
+
+  #     - name: Print Filtered Test Results
+  #       if: ${{ failure() && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' && steps.run-tests.conclusion == 'failure' }}
+  #       run: |
+  #         if [[ "${{ matrix.type.printResults }}"  == "true" ]]; then
+  #           cat output.txt | gotestloghelper -ci
+  #         fi
+
+  #     - name: Print Races
+  #       id: print-races
+  #       if: ${{ failure() && matrix.type.cmd == 'go_core_race_tests' && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       run: |
+  #         find race.* | xargs cat > race.txt
+  #         if [[ -s race.txt ]]; then
+  #           cat race.txt
+  #           echo "post_to_slack=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  #         else
+  #           echo "post_to_slack=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  #         fi
+  #         echo "github.event_name: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+  #         echo "github.ref: ${{ github.ref }}"
+
+  #     - name: Print postgres logs
+  #       if: ${{ always() &&  needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       run: docker compose logs postgres | tee ../../../postgres_logs.txt
+  #       working-directory: ./.github/actions/setup-postgres
+
+  #     - name: Store logs artifacts
+  #       if: ${{ needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' && always() }}
+  #       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.4.3
+  #       with:
+  #         name: ${{ matrix.type.cmd }}_logs
+  #         path: |
+  #           ./output.txt
+  #           ./output-short.txt
+  #           ./race.*
+  #           ./coverage.txt
+  #           ./postgres_logs.txt
+  #         retention-days: 7
+
+  #     - name: Notify Slack
+  #       if: ${{ failure() && steps.print-races.outputs.post_to_slack == 'true' && matrix.type.cmd == 'go_core_race_tests' && (github.event_name == 'merge_group' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop') && needs.filter.outputs.changes == 'true' }}
+  #       uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@6c661ce58804a1a20f6dc5fbee7f0381b469e001 # v1.25.0
+  #       env:
+  #         SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.QA_SLACK_API_KEY }}
+  #       with:
+  #         channel-id: "#topic-data-races"
+  #         slack-message: "Race tests failed: \n${{ format('https://github.com/{0}/actions/runs/{1}', github.repository, github.run_id) }}"
+
+  #     - name: Collect Path Output
+  #       id: collect-path-output
+  #       env:
+  #         MATRIX_ID: ${{ matrix.type.id }}
+  #       run: |
+  #         # only push the test result file for the unit tests
+  #         if [[ "$MATRIX_ID" == "core_unit" ]]; then
+  #           resultsFile='{"testType":"go","filePath":"./output.txt"}'
+  #           echo "path_output=${resultsFile}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  #         fi
+
+  # detect-flakey-tests:
+  #   needs: [filter, core]
+  #   name: Flakey Test Detection
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   if: always() && (github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')
+  #   env:
+  #     CL_DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/chainlink_test?sslmode=disable
+  #   permissions:
+  #     id-token: write
+  #     contents: read
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Checkout the repo
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
+  #     - name: Setup node
+  #       uses: actions/setup-node@v4.0.4
+  #     - name: Setup NodeJS
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nodejs
+  #       with:
+  #         prod: "true"
+  #     - name: Setup Go
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
+  #     - name: Setup Postgres
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-postgres
+  #     - name: Touching core/web/assets/index.html
+  #       run: mkdir -p core/web/assets && touch core/web/assets/index.html
+  #     - name: Download Go vendor packages
+  #       run: go mod download
+  #     - name: Replace chainlink-evm deps
+  #       if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.evm-ref != ''}}
+  #       shell: bash
+  #       run: go get github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-integrations/evm/relayer@${{ inputs.evm-ref }}
+  #     - name: Build binary
+  #       run: go build -o chainlink.test .
+  #     - name: Setup DB
+  #       run: ./chainlink.test local db preparetest
+  #     - name: Load test outputs
+  #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
+  #       with:
+  #         name: go_core_tests_logs
+  #         path: ./artifacts
+  #     - name: Delete go_core_tests_logs/coverage.txt
+  #       shell: bash
+  #       run: |
+  #         # Need to delete coverage.txt so the disk doesn't fill up
+  #         rm -f ./artifacts/go_core_tests_logs/coverage.txt
+  #     - name: Build flakey test runner
+  #       run: go build ./tools/flakeytests/cmd/runner
+  #     - name: Re-run tests
+  #       env:
+  #         GRAFANA_INTERNAL_BASIC_AUTH: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_BASIC_AUTH }}
+  #         GRAFANA_INTERNAL_HOST: ${{ secrets.GRAFANA_INTERNAL_HOST }}
+  #         GITHUB_EVENT_PATH: ${{ github.event_path }}
+  #         GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+  #         GITHUB_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+  #         GITHUB_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+  #       run: |
+  #         ./runner \
+  #           -grafana_auth=$GRAFANA_INTERNAL_BASIC_AUTH \
+  #           -grafana_host=$GRAFANA_INTERNAL_HOST \
+  #           -gh_sha=$GITHUB_SHA \
+  #           -gh_event_path=$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH \
+  #           -gh_event_name=$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME \
+  #           -gh_run_id=$GITHUB_RUN_ID \
+  #           -gh_repo=$GITHUB_REPO \
+  #           -command=./tools/bin/go_core_tests \
+  #           `ls -R ./artifacts/output.txt`
+  #     - name: Store logs artifacts
+  #       if: ${{ always() }}
+  #       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.4.3
+  #       with:
+  #         name: flakey_test_runner_logs
+  #         path: |
+  #           ./output.txt
+  #         retention-days: 7
+
+  # scan:
+  #   name: SonarQube Scan
+  #   needs: [core]
+  #   if: ${{ always() && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Checkout the repo
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
+  #       with:
+  #         fetch-depth: 0 # fetches all history for all tags and branches to provide more metadata for sonar reports
+  #     - name: Download all workflow run artifacts
+  #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
+
+  #     - name: Check and Set SonarQube Report Paths
+  #       shell: bash
+  #       run: |
+  #         # Check and assign paths for coverage/test reports
+  #         if [ -d "go_core_tests_logs" ]; then
+  #           sonarqube_coverage_report_paths=$(find go_core_tests_logs -name coverage.txt | paste -sd "," -)
+  #           sonarqube_tests_report_paths=$(find go_core_tests_logs -name output.txt | paste -sd "," -)
+  #         else
+  #           sonarqube_coverage_report_paths=""
+  #           sonarqube_tests_report_paths=""
+  #         fi
+
+  #         # Check and assign paths for lint reports
+  #         if [ -d "golangci-lint-report" ]; then
+  #           sonarqube_lint_report_paths=$(find golangci-lint-report -name golangci-lint-report.xml | paste -sd "," -)
+  #         else
+  #           sonarqube_lint_report_paths=""
+  #         fi
+
+  #         ARGS=""
+  #         if [[ -z "$sonarqube_tests_report_paths" ]]; then
+  #           echo "::warning::No test report paths found, will not pass to sonarqube"
+  #         else
+  #           echo "Found test report paths: $sonarqube_tests_report_paths"
+  #           ARGS="$ARGS -Dsonar.go.tests.reportPaths=$sonarqube_tests_report_paths"
+  #         fi
+
+  #         if [[ -z "$sonarqube_coverage_report_paths" ]]; then
+  #           echo "::warning::No coverage report paths found, will not pass to sonarqube"
+  #         else
+  #           echo "Found coverage report paths: $sonarqube_coverage_report_paths"
+  #           ARGS="$ARGS -Dsonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=$sonarqube_coverage_report_paths"
+  #         fi
+
+  #         if [[ -z "$sonarqube_lint_report_paths" ]]; then
+  #           echo "::warning::No lint report paths found, will not pass to sonarqube"
+  #         else
+  #           echo "Found lint report paths: $sonarqube_lint_report_paths"
+  #           ARGS="$ARGS -Dsonar.go.golangci-lint.reportPaths=$sonarqube_lint_report_paths"
+  #         fi
+
+  #         echo "Final SONARQUBE_ARGS: $ARGS"
+  #         echo "SONARQUBE_ARGS=$ARGS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+  #     - name: SonarQube Scan
+  #       if: ${{ env.SONARQUBE_ARGS != '' }}
+  #       uses: sonarsource/sonarqube-scan-action@aecaf43ae57e412bd97d70ef9ce6076e672fe0a9 # v2.3.0
+  #       with:
+  #         args: ${{ env.SONARQUBE_ARGS }}
+  #       env:
+  #         SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+  #         SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ secrets.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
+  #         SONAR_SCANNER_OPTS: "-Xms6g -Xmx8g"
+
+  # clean:
+  #   name: Clean Go Tidy & Generate
+  #   if: ${{ !contains(join(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, ' '), 'skip-smoke-tests') && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu22.04-8cores-32GB
+  #   defaults:
+  #     run:
+  #       shell: bash
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Check for Skip Tests Label
+  #       if: contains(join(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, ' '), 'skip-smoke-tests')
+  #       run: |
+  #         echo "## \`skip-smoke-tests\` label is active, skipping E2E smoke tests" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+  #         exit 0
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.1
+  #       with:
+  #         fetch-depth: 0
+  #     - name: Setup Go
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
+  #       with:
+  #         only-modules: "true"
+  #     - name: Install protoc-gen-go-wsrpc
+  #       run: curl https://github.com/smartcontractkit/wsrpc/raw/main/cmd/protoc-gen-go-wsrpc/protoc-gen-go-wsrpc --output $HOME/go/bin/protoc-gen-go-wsrpc && chmod +x $HOME/go/bin/protoc-gen-go-wsrpc
+  #     - name: Setup NodeJS
+  #       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-nodejs
+  #     - name: make generate
+  #       run: |
+  #         make rm-mocked
+  #         make generate
+  #     - name: Ensure clean after generate
+  #       run: git diff --stat --exit-code
+  #     - run: make gomodtidy
+  #     - name: Ensure clean after tidy
+  #       run: git diff --minimal --exit-code
diff --git a/tools/bin/build-test-binaries b/tools/bin/build-test-binaries
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..bd2453307ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bin/build-test-binaries
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Directory to store compiled test binaries
+mkdir -p testsout
+
+TOOLS_PATH=${TOOLS_PATH:-"./tools"}
+GO_LDFLAGS=$(bash ${TOOLS_PATH}/bin/ldflags)
+
+# Find all packages with tests recursively
+testable_packages=$(go list ./... | grep -vE '/vendor|/testsout')
+
+# Compile test binaries for each package and handle naming conflicts
+for pkg in $testable_packages; do
+    output_file="testsout/$(echo $pkg | tr '/' '-')-test"  # Transform pkg path to a unique filename
+
+    # Compile test binary
+    echo "Compiling test for package $pkg"
+    go test -c -o "$output_file"-ldflags "$GO_LDFLAGS" -tags integration -vet=off  "$pkg"
+done
+
+for binary in testsout/*-test; do
+    echo "Running $binary"
+    $binary -test.run . || exit 1  # Exit on failure
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/bin/build-test-binaries-with-concurrency b/tools/bin/build-test-binaries-with-concurrency
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..15d8e493a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bin/build-test-binaries-with-concurrency
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Directory to store compiled test binaries
+mkdir -p testsout
+
+TOOLS_PATH=${TOOLS_PATH:-"./tools"}
+GO_LDFLAGS=$(bash ${TOOLS_PATH}/bin/ldflags)
+
+# Find all packages with tests recursively
+testable_packages=$(go list ./... | grep -vE '/vendor|/testsout')
+
+# Set the concurrency limits
+build_concurrency=4
+run_concurrency=4
+build_jobs=0
+run_jobs=0
+
+# Compile test binaries for each package with controlled concurrency
+for pkg in $testable_packages; do
+    output_file="testsout/$(echo $pkg | tr '/' '-')-test"  # Transform pkg path to a unique filename
+
+    # Compile test binary in the background
+    echo "Compiling test for package $pkg"
+    go test -c -o "$output_file" -ldflags "$GO_LDFLAGS" -tags integration -vet=off "$pkg" &
+
+    # Increment the build job count
+    build_jobs=$((build_jobs + 1))
+
+    # If we've reached the build concurrency limit, wait for any job to finish
+    if [[ $build_jobs -ge $build_concurrency ]]; then
+        wait -n
+        build_jobs=$((build_jobs - 1))
+    fi
+done
+
+# Wait for all remaining build jobs to complete
+wait
+
+# Run all compiled test binaries with controlled concurrency
+for binary in testsout/*-test; do
+    echo "Running $binary"
+    $binary -test.run . || exit 1 &
+
+    # Increment the run job count
+    run_jobs=$((run_jobs + 1))
+
+    # If we've reached the run concurrency limit, wait for any job to finish
+    if [[ $run_jobs -ge $run_concurrency ]]; then
+        wait -n
+        run_jobs=$((run_jobs - 1))
+    fi
+done
+
+# Wait for all remaining run jobs to complete
+wait