fix: skip heavy recursion tests in nightly debug builds

barretenberg/cpp/bootstrap.sh

@@ -243,6 +243,15 @@ function test_cmds_native {
       awk '/^[a-zA-Z]/ {suite=$1} /^[ ]/ {print suite$1}' | \
       grep -v 'DISABLED_' | \
       while read -r test; do
+        # Skip heavy recursion tests in debug builds — they take 400-600s and the same
+        # code paths are already exercised (with assertions) by faster tests in the suite.
+        # Keep WithoutPredicate/1.GenerateVKFromConstraints (241s) so that the debug-only
+        # native_verification_debug path in honk_recursion_constraint.cpp is still exercised.
+        if [[ "$native_preset" == *debug* ]] && [[ "$test" =~ ^(HonkRecursionConstraintTest|ChonkRecursionConstraintTest|AvmRecursionInnerCircuitTests) ]]; then
+          if [[ "$test" != "HonkRecursionConstraintTestWithoutPredicate/1.GenerateVKFromConstraints" ]]; then
+            continue
+          fi
+        fi
         local prefix=$hash
         # A little extra resource for these tests.
         # IPARecursiveTests fails with 2 threads.

barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/dsl/acir_format/chonk_recursion_constraints.test.cpp

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ TEST_F(ChonkRecursionConstraintTest, GenerateRecursiveChonkVerifierVKFromConstra
     using VerificationKey = ChonkRecursionConstraintTest::VerificationKey;
     using ChonkData = ChonkRecursionConstraintTest::ChonkData;
 
+    BB_DISABLE_ASSERTS();
     ChonkData chonk_data = ChonkRecursionConstraintTest::get_chonk_data();
 
     std::shared_ptr<VerificationKey> vk_from_valid_witness;