From e39784decd40e87b75fcf685d536b391efe9f313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:12:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: move preflight off blacksmith runners

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml            |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/install-smoke.yml |  2 +-
 docs/ci.md                          | 11 ++++++-----
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ce0ce292138..942bd37d969 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.draft
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'openclaw/openclaw' && 'blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 20
     outputs:
       docs_only: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.docs_only }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/install-smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/install-smoke.yml
index 59c9f8bff9b..8cc07483bb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install-smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install-smoke.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   preflight:
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.draft
-    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     outputs:
       docs_only: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.docs_only }}
       run_install_smoke: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_install_smoke }}
diff --git a/docs/ci.md b/docs/ci.md
index a11443f82ab..f6d55a74925 100644
--- a/docs/ci.md
+++ b/docs/ci.md
@@ -57,11 +57,12 @@ GitHub may mark superseded jobs as `cancelled` when a newer push lands on the sa
 
 ## Runners
 
-| Runner                           | Jobs                                                                                                                                                   |
-| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404`  | `preflight`, `security-scm-fast`, `security-dependency-audit`, `security-fast`, `build-artifacts`, Linux checks, docs checks, Python skills, `android` |
-| `blacksmith-32vcpu-windows-2025` | `checks-windows`                                                                                                                                       |
-| `blacksmith-12vcpu-macos-latest` | `macos-node`, `macos-swift` on `openclaw/openclaw`; forks fall back to `macos-latest`                                                                  |
+| Runner                           | Jobs                                                                                                                                      |
+| -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `ubuntu-24.04`                   | `preflight`; install-smoke preflight also uses GitHub-hosted Ubuntu so the Blacksmith matrix can queue earlier                            |
+| `blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404`  | `security-scm-fast`, `security-dependency-audit`, `security-fast`, `build-artifacts`, Linux checks, docs checks, Python skills, `android` |
+| `blacksmith-32vcpu-windows-2025` | `checks-windows`                                                                                                                          |
+| `blacksmith-12vcpu-macos-latest` | `macos-node`, `macos-swift` on `openclaw/openclaw`; forks fall back to `macos-latest`                                                     |
 
 ## Local Equivalents