From 7471c2116f9a9f28e246cf27f20b7c41a47df8c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:16:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: use smaller runners for native live shards

---
 .github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml | 4 ++--
 test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts            | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml
index d00acf53bf1..ac51aa49b5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ jobs:
   validate_live_provider_suites:
     needs: validate_selected_ref
     if: inputs.include_live_suites && !inputs.live_models_only
-    runs-on: blacksmith-32vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     timeout-minutes: ${{ matrix.timeout_minutes }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Live media suites (${{ matrix.label }})
     needs: validate_selected_ref
     if: inputs.include_live_suites && !inputs.live_models_only
-    runs-on: blacksmith-32vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw-live-media-runner:ubuntu-24.04
       credentials:
diff --git a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
index ea131e7535c..18129f9e601 100644
--- a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ describe("package artifact reuse", () => {
       'OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_ARGS=["exec","--json","--color","never","--sandbox","danger-full-access","--skip-git-repo-check"]',
     );
     expect(workflow).toContain("bash .release-harness/scripts/ci-live-command-retry.sh");
+    expect(workflow).toMatch(
+      /validate_live_provider_suites:[\s\S]*?runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404/u,
+    );
     expect(workflow).toContain("suite_id: native-live-src-gateway-core");
     expect(workflow).toContain("suite_id: native-live-src-gateway-backends");
     expect(workflow).toContain("suite_id: native-live-src-gateway-profiles-deepseek");
@@ -154,6 +157,9 @@ describe("package artifact reuse", () => {
     expect(workflow).toContain("suite_id: native-live-extensions-openai");
     expect(workflow).toContain("suite_id: native-live-extensions-o-z-other");
     expect(workflow).toContain("validate_live_media_provider_suites:");
+    expect(workflow).toMatch(
+      /validate_live_media_provider_suites:[\s\S]*?runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404/u,
+    );
     expect(workflow).toContain("image: ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw-live-media-runner:ubuntu-24.04");
     expect(workflow).toContain("ffmpeg -version | head -1");
     expect(workflow).toContain("ffprobe -version | head -1");