infra: align CI workflows with self-hosted runner strategy

.github/workflows/cpp-lint.yaml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   cpp-lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: qvac-ubuntu2204-x64
     environment: release
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "  HEAD_REPO=$HEAD_REPO"
           echo "  HEAD_REF=$HEAD_REF"
 
-      - name: Setup build host
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-build-host@df55c85d7b8004961e430557e85b6ec1b15cf170
-        with:
-          platform: linux
-          arch: x64
+      # - name: Setup build host
+      #   uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-build-host@df55c85d7b8004961e430557e85b6ec1b15cf170
+      #   with:
+      #     platform: linux
+      #     arch: x64
 
-      - name: Setup LLVM
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-llvm@0c819dd1110e4902223b1f7646cc0f1be2c9bc5c
+      # - name: Setup LLVM
+      #   uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-llvm@0c819dd1110e4902223b1f7646cc0f1be2c9bc5c
 
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # 6.0.2
@@ -93,19 +93,29 @@ jobs:
           platform: linux
           arch: x64
 
-      - name: Setup Bare tooling
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-bare-tooling@0bbdca93da303a0b1634ba14a89cec085621078d
+      # - name: Setup Bare tooling
+      #   uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-bare-tooling@0bbdca93da303a0b1634ba14a89cec085621078d
+
+      - name: Add bare tooling to PATH
+        run: echo "/usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v20.20.2/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+
+      # - if: ${{ inputs.include-vulkan-sdk }}
+      #   name: Setup Vulkan SDK
+      #   uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-vulkan-sdk@0bbdca93da303a0b1634ba14a89cec085621078d
+      #   env:
+      #     MODEL_S3_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.MODEL_S3_BUCKET }}
+      #   with:
+      #     platform: linux
+      #     arch: x64
+      #     aws-role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
+      #     aws-region: eu-central-1
 
       - if: ${{ inputs.include-vulkan-sdk }}
-        name: Setup Vulkan SDK
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-vulkan-sdk@0bbdca93da303a0b1634ba14a89cec085621078d
-        env:
-          MODEL_S3_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.MODEL_S3_BUCKET }}
-        with:
-          platform: linux
-          arch: x64
-          aws-role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
-          aws-region: eu-central-1
+        name: Set Vulkan SDK path in Linux x64
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "VULKAN_SDK=/opt/vulkansdk/x86_64" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Install npm dependencies
         shell: bash

.github/workflows/cpp-test-coverage-bci-whispercpp.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
       checks: write
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner || matrix.os }}
     environment: release
     name: ${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-cpp-tests
     strategy:
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
             platform: linux
             arch: x64
+            runner: qvac-ubuntu2204-x64
             coverage: true
     env:
       VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES: "clear;files,${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/cache,readwrite"
@@ -55,33 +56,16 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
           lfs: true
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # 6.3.0
-        with:
-          node-version: lts/*
-
-      - name: Install system dependencies (Linux)
-        if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
-        run: |
-          wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
-          chmod +x llvm.sh
-          sudo ./llvm.sh 19 all
-
-      - name: Verify llvm-profdata and llvm-cov installation
-        if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
-        run: |
-          ls -l /usr/bin/llvm-profdata* || echo "llvm-profdata not found"
-          ls -l /usr/bin/llvm-cov* || echo "llvm-cov not found"
-          which llvm-profdata || echo "llvm-profdata not in PATH"
-          which llvm-profdata-19 || echo "llvm-profdata-19 not in PATH"
-          dpkg -l | grep llvm || echo "No LLVM packages found"
-
       - name: Install NPM dependencies
         working-directory: ${{ env.WORKDIR }}
         run: |
           npm install
-          npm install -g bare bare-make
+          # npm install -g bare bare-make
 
+      - name: Add bare tooling to PATH (Linux x64)
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+        run: echo "/usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v20.20.2/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
       - if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
         name: Configure vcpkg in linux
         run: echo "VCPKG_ROOT=$VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV

.github/workflows/cpp-test-coverage-transcription-parakeet.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
       checks: write
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner || matrix.os }}
     environment: release
     name: ${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-cpp-tests
     strategy:
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
             platform: linux
             arch: x64
+            runner: qvac-ubuntu2204-x64
             coverage: true
     env:
       VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES: "clear;files,${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/cache,readwrite"
@@ -44,19 +45,10 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
           lfs: true
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # 6.3.0
-        with:
-          node-version: lts/*
-
-      - name: Setup LLVM
-        if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-llvm@0c819dd1110e4902223b1f7646cc0f1be2c9bc5c
-
       - name: Setup ccache
         if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -y ccache
+          # sudo apt-get install -y ccache
           ccache -z
           echo "CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -73,32 +65,21 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ env.PKG_DIR }}
         run: |
           npm install
-          npm install -g bare bare-make
+          # npm install -g bare bare-make
 
+      - name: Add bare tooling to PATH (Linux x64)
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+        run: echo "/usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v20.20.2/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
       - if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
         name: Configure vcpkg in linux
         run: echo "VCPKG_ROOT=$VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Setup Vulkan SDK
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-vulkan-sdk@0bbdca93da303a0b1634ba14a89cec085621078d
-        env:
-          MODEL_S3_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.MODEL_S3_BUCKET }}
-        with:
-          platform: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-          arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-          aws-role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
-          aws-region: eu-central-1
-
       - name: Generate and build unit tests
         working-directory: ${{ env.PKG_DIR }}
         run: |
           npm run coverage:cpp:build
 
-      - name: Setup Python (.nemo -> .gguf conversion)
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
-
       # The C++ test suite only needs ONE GGUF pointed at by
       # QVAC_TEST_GGUF (see addon/tests/test_core.cpp::gguf_test_path).
       # Engine identity does not matter -- the comment there says

.github/workflows/cpp-test-coverage-transcription-whispercpp.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
       checks: write
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     environment: release
     name: ${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-cpp-tests
     strategy:
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
             platform: linux
             arch: x64
+            runner: qvac-ubuntu2204-x64
             coverage: true
     env:
       VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES: "clear;files,${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/cache,readwrite"
@@ -55,25 +56,20 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
           lfs: true
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # 6.3.0
-        with:
-          node-version: lts/*
-
-      - name: Setup LLVM
-        if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-llvm@0c819dd1110e4902223b1f7646cc0f1be2c9bc5c
-
       - name: Install NPM dependencies
         working-directory: ${{ env.WORKDIR }}
         run: |
           npm install
-          npm install -g bare bare-make
+          # npm install -g bare bare-make
 
       - if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
         name: Configure vcpkg in linux
         run: echo "VCPKG_ROOT=$VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+      - name: Add bare tooling to PATH (Linux x64)
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+        run: echo "/usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v20.20.2/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
       - name: Generate and build unit tests
         working-directory: ${{ env.WORKDIR }}
         run: |

.github/workflows/cpp-test-coverage-tts-ggml.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
       checks: write
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner || matrix.os }}
     environment: release
     name: ${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-cpp-tests
     strategy:
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
             platform: linux
             arch: x64
+            runner: qvac-ubuntu2204-x64
             coverage: true
     env:
       VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES: "clear;files,${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/cache,readwrite"
@@ -47,19 +48,10 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
           lfs: true
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # 6.3.0
-        with:
-          node-version: lts/*
-
-      - name: Setup LLVM
-        if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-llvm@0c819dd1110e4902223b1f7646cc0f1be2c9bc5c
-
       - name: Setup ccache
         if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -y ccache
+          # sudo apt-get install -y ccache
           ccache -z
           echo "CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -76,32 +68,21 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ env.PKG_DIR }}
         run: |
           npm install
-          npm install -g bare bare-make
+          # npm install -g bare bare-make
 
+      - name: Add bare tooling to PATH (Linux x64)
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+        run: echo "/usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v20.20.2/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
       - if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
         name: Configure vcpkg in linux
         run: echo "VCPKG_ROOT=$VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Setup Vulkan SDK
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-vulkan-sdk@0bbdca93da303a0b1634ba14a89cec085621078d
-        env:
-          MODEL_S3_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.MODEL_S3_BUCKET }}
-        with:
-          platform: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-          arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-          aws-role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
-          aws-region: eu-central-1
-
       - name: Generate and build C++ unit tests (with coverage)
         working-directory: ${{ env.PKG_DIR }}
         run: |
           npm run coverage:cpp:build
 
-      - name: Setup Python (HF -> .gguf conversion for QVAC_TEST_* gates)
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
-
       # Mirrors parakeet's cpp-test-coverage flow.  The C++ suite has two
       # tiers of tests:
       #   - Pure validation / static-helper tests (no GGUF needed).

.github/workflows/cpp-test-coverage-tts-onnx.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   cpp-tests:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner || matrix.os }}
     environment: release
     name: ${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-cpp-tests
     permissions:
@@ -55,21 +55,14 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
             platform: linux
             arch: x64
+            runner: qvac-ubuntu2204-x64
             coverage: true
 
     env:
       VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES: "clear;files,${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/cache,readwrite"
       WORKDIR: ${{ inputs.workdir || github.event.inputs.workdir || 'packages/tts-onnx' }}
 
     steps:
-      - if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
-        name: Maximize build space
-        run: |
-          sudo docker image prune --all --force
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
-
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # 6.0.2
         with:
@@ -79,25 +72,20 @@ jobs:
           lfs: true
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # 6.3.0
-        with:
-          node-version: lts/*
-
-      - name: Setup LLVM
-        if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
-        uses: tetherto/qvac/.github/actions/setup-llvm@0c819dd1110e4902223b1f7646cc0f1be2c9bc5c
-
       - name: Install NPM dependencies
         working-directory: ${{ env.WORKDIR }}
         run: |
           npm install
-          npm install -g bare bare-make
+          # npm install -g bare bare-make
 
       - if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
         name: Configure vcpkg in linux
         run: echo "VCPKG_ROOT=$VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+      - name: Add bare tooling to PATH (Linux x64)
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+        run: echo "/usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v20.20.2/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
       - name: Generate and build unit tests
         working-directory: ${{ env.WORKDIR }}
         run: |