[DX-3490] Remove Cleanup Jobs

.github/workflows/ccip-chaos-tests.yml

@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   run-e2e-tests-workflow:
     name: Run E2E Tests
-    uses: smartcontractkit/.github/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml@1b27374964a8d7dfea94a91c4b1eeae84fea66d6
+    uses: smartcontractkit/.github/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml@fed09778ce127da5d37f902d8bee01387856550a
     with:
       test_path: .github/e2e-tests.yml
       chainlink_version: ${{ github.sha }}
       require_chainlink_image_versions_in_qa_ecr: ${{ github.sha }}
       test_trigger: E2E CCIP Chaos Tests
       test_log_level: debug
       slack_notification_after_tests: on_failure
-      slack_notification_after_tests_channel_id: '#ccip-testing'
+      slack_notification_after_tests_channel_id: "#ccip-testing"
       slack_notification_after_tests_name: CCIP Chaos E2E Tests
       team: ${{ inputs.team }}
     secrets:

.github/workflows/ccip-load-tests.yml

@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 # CCIP rarely runs these anymore. Leaving for now, but can likely be removed in the future.
 name: CCIP Load Test
 on:
-#   push:
-#     paths:
-#       - '**/*ccip*'
-#       - '**/*ccip*/**'
-#     branches:
-#       - develop
-#     tags:
-#       - '*'
+  #   push:
+  #     paths:
+  #       - '**/*ccip*'
+  #       - '**/*ccip*/**'
+  #     branches:
+  #       - develop
+  #     tags:
+  #       - '*'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       test_config_override_path:
         description: Path to a test config file used to override the default test config
         required: false
         type: string
       test_secrets_override_key:
-        description: 'Key to run tests with custom test secrets'
+        description: "Key to run tests with custom test secrets"
         required: false
         type: string
       chainlink_version:
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   run-e2e-tests-workflow:
     name: Run E2E Tests
-    uses: smartcontractkit/.github/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml@608298f511acfbcfd1099e5907ba1b1b0dda8b14
+    uses: smartcontractkit/.github/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml@fed09778ce127da5d37f902d8bee01387856550a
     with:
       test_path: .github/e2e-tests.yml
       test_trigger: E2E CCIP Load Tests
       test_config_override_path: ${{ inputs.test_config_override_path }}
       chainlink_version: ${{ inputs.chainlink_version || github.sha }}
       slack_notification_after_tests: always
-      slack_notification_after_tests_channel_id: '#ccip-testing'
+      slack_notification_after_tests_channel_id: "#ccip-testing"
       slack_notification_after_tests_name: CCIP E2E Load Tests
       test_image_suites: ccip-tests/load
       team: ${{ inputs.team || 'ccip' }}

.github/workflows/client-compatibility-tests.yml

@@ -286,7 +286,10 @@ jobs:
   check-ecr-images-exist:
     name: Check images used as test dependencies exist in ECR
     if: always() && needs.should-run.outputs.should_run == 'true' && (needs.select-versions.outputs.evm_implementations != '' || github.event.inputs.base64TestList != '')
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
@@ -329,7 +332,10 @@ jobs:
         needs.select-versions.outputs.evm_implementations != '' ||
         github.event.inputs.base64TestList != ''
       )
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
@@ -348,7 +354,7 @@ jobs:
           image-tag: ${{ inputs.chainlinkVersion || needs.select-versions.outputs.chainlink_image_version || github.sha }}
           dockerfile: core/chainlink.Dockerfile
           docker-registry-url: ${{ secrets.QA_AWS_ACCOUNT_NUMBER }}.dkr.ecr.${{ secrets.QA_AWS_REGION }}.amazonaws.com
-          docker-repository-name: 'chainlink'
+          docker-repository-name: "chainlink"
           aws-account-number: ${{ secrets.QA_AWS_ACCOUNT_NUMBER }}
           aws-region: ${{ secrets.QA_AWS_REGION }}
           aws-role-arn: ${{ secrets.QA_AWS_ROLE_TO_ASSUME }}
@@ -357,11 +363,13 @@ jobs:
           # for tagged releases Docker image version is different from the Chainlink version (v2.13.0 -> 2.13.0)
           # for all other cases (PRs, commits, etc.) Docker image version is the same as the Chainlink version
 
-
   get-latest-available-images:
     name: Get Latest EVM Implementation's Images
     if: always() && needs.should-run.outputs.should_run == 'true' && needs.select-versions.outputs.evm_implementations != '' && github.event.inputs.base64TestList == ''
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [check-ecr-images-exist, should-run, select-versions]
     permissions:
@@ -440,7 +448,10 @@ jobs:
   prepare-compatibility-matrix:
     name: Prepare Compatibility Matrix
     if: always() && needs.should-run.outputs.should_run == 'true' && (needs.select-versions.outputs.evm_implementations != '' || github.event.inputs.base64TestList != '')
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     permissions:
       checks: write
       pull-requests: write
@@ -542,7 +553,10 @@ jobs:
   run-client-compatibility-matrix:
     name: ${{ matrix.evm_node.product }} compatibility with ${{ matrix.evm_node.docker_image }}
     if: always() && needs.should-run.outputs.should_run == 'true' && (needs.build-chainlink.result == 'success' || needs.build-chainlink.result == 'skipped') && needs.prepare-compatibility-matrix.outputs.matrix != ''
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     permissions:
       checks: write
       pull-requests: write
@@ -655,7 +669,10 @@ jobs:
   start-slack-thread:
     name: Start Slack Thread
     if: always() && needs.*.result != 'skipped' && needs.*.result != 'cancelled' && needs.should-run.outputs.should_run == 'true' && (needs.select-versions.outputs.evm_implementations != '' || github.event.inputs.base64TestList != '')
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     outputs:
       thread_ts: ${{ steps.slack.outputs.thread_ts }}
     permissions:
@@ -721,7 +738,10 @@ jobs:
   parse-test-results:
     name: Parse Test Results
     if: always() && needs.*.result != 'skipped' && needs.*.result != 'cancelled' && needs.should-run.outputs.should_run == 'true' && (needs.select-versions.outputs.evm_implementations != '' || github.event.inputs.base64TestList != '')
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     permissions:
       checks: write
       pull-requests: write
@@ -761,7 +781,10 @@ jobs:
   display-test-results:
     name: Aggregated test results
     if: always() && needs.*.result != 'skipped' && needs.*.result != 'cancelled' && needs.should-run.outputs.should_run == 'true' && needs.parse-test-results.result == 'success'
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     permissions:
       checks: write
       pull-requests: write
@@ -807,7 +830,10 @@ jobs:
   post-test-results-to-slack:
     name: Post Test Results for ${{matrix.product}}
     if: always() && needs.*.result != 'skipped' && needs.*.result != 'cancelled' && needs.should-run.outputs.should_run == 'true' && needs.parse-test-results.result == 'success'
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     permissions:
       checks: write
       pull-requests: write

.github/workflows/cre-local-env-tests.yaml

@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   changes:
     runs-on: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/cpu=16/ram=64/family=m6i/spot=false/image=ubuntu24-full-x64/extras=s3-cache+tmpfs
-    environment: "integration"
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     permissions:
       contents: read
     outputs:
@@ -57,7 +60,10 @@ jobs:
 
   test-cli:
     runs-on: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/cpu=16/ram=64/family=m6i/spot=false/image=ubuntu24-full-x64/extras=s3-cache+tmpfs
-    environment: "integration"
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     timeout-minutes: 15
     permissions:
       contents: read

.github/workflows/cre-regression-system-tests.yaml

@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ jobs:
     # we need a `test_id` and `run_attempt` here to stop runner stealing
     # see: https://runs-on.com/guides/troubleshoot/#runner-stealing-and-matrix-jobs
     runs-on: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.tests.test_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}/cpu=16/ram=64/family=m6i+m5.*/spot=false/image=ubuntu24-full-x64/extras=s3-cache+tmpfs
-    environment: "integration"
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       ENABLE_AUTO_QUARANTINE: "true"

.github/workflows/cre-soak-memory-leak.yml

@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   soak:
     name: CRE PoR Memory Leak Soak
+    environment:
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     runs-on: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/cpu=8+16/ram=32+64/family=c6id+m6id+m6idn/spot=false/image=ubuntu24-full-x64/extras=s3-cache
-    environment: "integration"
     timeout-minutes: 270 # 4h30m — test timeout is 4h20m
     permissions:
       contents: read

.github/workflows/cre-system-tests.yaml

@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ jobs:
     # we need a `test_id` and `run_attempt` here to stop runner stealing
     # see: https://runs-on.com/guides/troubleshoot/#runner-stealing-and-matrix-jobs
     runs-on: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.tests.test_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}/cpu=16/ram=64/family=m6i+m5.*/spot=false/image=ubuntu24-full-x64/extras=s3-cache+tmpfs
-    environment: "integration"
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       ENABLE_AUTO_QUARANTINE: "true"

.github/workflows/cre-workflow-don-benchmark.yaml

@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   workflow-don-benchmark:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: "integration"
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     timeout-minutes: 30
     permissions:
       contents: read

.github/workflows/devenv-compat.yml

@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write
     runs-on: ubuntu24.04-16cores-64GB # ghv-ignore!
-    environment: "integration"
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     env:
       STRIP_IMAGE_SUFFIX: ${{ inputs.strip-image-suffix }}
       PRODUCT: ${{ inputs.product }}

.github/workflows/integration-in-memory-tests.yml

@@ -24,55 +24,58 @@
 
 jobs:
   changes:
-    environment: integration
+    environment:
+      # http://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/deploy/configure-and-manage-deployments/control-deployments#using-environments-without-deployments
+      name: integration
+      deployment: false
     name: Check Paths That Require Tests To Run
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # We don't directly merge dependabot PRs, so let's not waste the resources
     if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     outputs:
       github_ci_changes: ${{ steps.ignore-filter.outputs.changes || steps.changes.outputs.github_ci_changes }}
       core_changes: ${{ steps.ignore-filter.outputs.changes || steps.changes.outputs.core_changes }}
       ccip_changes: ${{ steps.ignore-filter.outputs.changes || steps.changes.outputs.ccip_changes }}
       should_use_self_hosted_runner: ${{ steps.label-runs-on-opt-out.outputs.check-label-found == 'false' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           repository: smartcontractkit/chainlink
           ref: ${{ inputs.cl_ref }}
 
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36 # v3.0.2
         id: changes
         with:
           filters: |
             github_ci_changes:
               - '.github/workflows/integration-in-memory-tests.yml'
               - '.github/integration-in-memory-tests.yml'
             core_changes:
               - '**/*.go'
               - '**/*go.sum'
               - '**/*go.mod'
               - '**/*Dockerfile'
               - 'core/**/migrations/*.sql'
               - 'core/**/config/**/*.toml'
               - 'integration-tests/**/*.toml'
             ccip_changes:
               - '**/*ccip*'
               - '**/*ccip*/**'
 
       - name: Ignore Filter On Workflow Dispatch
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
         id: ignore-filter
         run: echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Get PR Labels (runs-on-opt-out)
         id: label-runs-on-opt-out
         uses: smartcontractkit/.github/actions/get-pr-labels@get-pr-labels/v1
         with:
           check-label: "runs-on-opt-out"
 
   run-ccip-integration-in-memory--tests-for-pr:
     name: Run CCIP integration In Memory Tests For PR
     permissions:
       actions: read
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@
       contents: read
     needs: changes
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && ( needs.changes.outputs.ccip_changes == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.core_changes == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.github_ci_changes == 'true')
-    uses: smartcontractkit/.github/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml@78642e9937e8154e65f30461a99a7099c953d35f # 2026-03-12
+    uses: smartcontractkit/.github/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml@fed09778ce127da5d37f902d8bee01387856550a # 2026-03-12
     with:
       workflow_name: Run CCIP Integration Tests For PR
       chainlink_version: ${{ inputs.cl_ref || github.sha }}
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@
       contents: read
     needs: changes
     if: github.event_name == 'merge_group' && ( needs.changes.outputs.ccip_changes == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.core_changes == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.github_ci_changes == 'true')
-    uses: smartcontractkit/.github/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml@78642e9937e8154e65f30461a99a7099c953d35f # 2026-03-12
+    uses: smartcontractkit/.github/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml@fed09778ce127da5d37f902d8bee01387856550a # 2026-03-12
     with:
       workflow_name: Run CCIP Integration Tests For Merge Queue
       chainlink_version: ${{ inputs.cl_ref || github.sha }}
@@ -156,22 +159,3 @@
       - name: Fail the job if ccip tests in merge queue not successful
         if: always() && needs.run-ccip-integration-in-memory-tests-for-merge-queue.result == 'failure'
         run: exit 1
-
-  cleanup:
-    name: Clean up integration environment deployments
-    # If the job was cancelled, it typically means that it was manually stopped, or a new commit was pushed.
-    # By always running this, it delays the start of the next workflow run due to concurrency rules.
-    if: always() && !cancelled()
-    needs:
-      [
-        run-ccip-integration-in-memory--tests-for-pr,
-        run-ccip-integration-in-memory-tests-for-merge-queue,
-      ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: 🧼 Clean up Environment
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        uses: smartcontractkit/.github/actions/delete-deployments@delete-deployments/v1
-        with:
-          environment: integration
-          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }} # See https://github.com/github/docs/issues/15319#issuecomment-1476705663