diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dfa804a7710..a60a378df1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Python (lint)"
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/tag=python-lint', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=python-lint', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     timeout-minutes: 120
     steps:
@@ -59,14 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sccache: s3
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-rust
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: spiraldb/actions/.github/actions/setup-uv@0.18.5
-        with:
-          sync: false
-          prune-cache: false
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
       # Use uvx for ruff to avoid building the Rust extension (saves ~4.5 min)
       - name: Python Lint - Format
         run: uvx ruff format --check .
@@ -82,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Python (test)"
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-large/tag=python-test', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-large/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=python-test', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     timeout-minutes: 120
     env:
@@ -94,16 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sccache: s3
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-rust
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: spiraldb/actions/.github/actions/setup-uv@0.18.5
-        with:
-          sync: false
-          prune-cache: false
-      - name: Install Doxygen
-        uses: ssciwr/doxygen-install@v1
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
 
       - name: Pytest - Vortex
         run: |
@@ -174,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-small/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=rust-docs', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-small/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=rust-docs', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -194,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner={1}/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag={2}', github.run_id, matrix.config.runner, matrix.config.name)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner={1}/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag={2}', github.run_id, matrix.config.runner, matrix.config.name)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     env:
       # disable lints for build, they will be caught in Rust lint job.
@@ -229,8 +213,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install wasm32 target
         if: ${{ matrix.config.target == 'wasm32-unknown-unknown' }}
         run: rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
-      - name: Install cargo-hack
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
       - uses: ./.github/actions/check-rebuild
         with:
           command: "${{matrix.config.env.rustflags}} cargo hack build --locked ${{matrix.config.args}} --ignore-private"
@@ -244,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=rust-min-deps', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=rust-min-deps', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -253,8 +235,6 @@ jobs:
           sccache: s3
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
-      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
-      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-minimal-versions
       - run: cargo minimal-versions check --direct --workspace --ignore-private
 
   rust-lint:
@@ -262,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-large/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=rust-lint', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-large/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=rust-lint', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -302,7 +282,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=rust-lint-no-default', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=rust-lint-no-default', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -311,8 +291,6 @@ jobs:
           sccache: s3
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
-      - name: Install cargo-hack
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
       - name: Rust Lint - Clippy No Default Features
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -323,7 +301,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-xsmall/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=public-api', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-xsmall/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=public-api', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -363,7 +341,7 @@ jobs:
           - suite: tests
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-large/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=rust-coverage-suite-{1}', github.run_id, matrix.suite)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-large/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=rust-coverage-suite-{1}', github.run_id, matrix.suite)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     env:
       RUSTFLAGS: "-Cinstrument-coverage -A warnings"
@@ -377,18 +355,10 @@ jobs:
           sccache: s3
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
-      - name: Install grcov
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@grcov
-      - name: Install nextest
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
-        with:
-          tool: nextest
       - name: Rust Tests
         if: ${{ matrix.suite == 'tests' }}
         run: |
           cargo nextest run --locked --workspace --all-features --no-fail-fast
-      - name: Install llvm-tools-preview
-        run: rustup component add llvm-tools-preview
       - name: Generate coverage report
         run: |
           grcov . --binary-path target/debug/ -s . -t lcov --llvm --ignore-not-existing \
@@ -414,7 +384,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=rust-test-sanitizer', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=rust-test-sanitizer', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     env:
       # Add debug symbols and enable ASAN/LSAN with better output
@@ -434,20 +404,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sccache: s3
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Install llvm
-        uses: aminya/setup-cpp@v1
-        with:
-          compiler: llvm
-          cache-tools: true
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
       - name: Install nightly for sanitizer
         run: |
           rustup toolchain install $NIGHTLY_TOOLCHAIN
           rustup component add --toolchain $NIGHTLY_TOOLCHAIN rust-src rustfmt clippy llvm-tools-preview
-      - name: Install nextest
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
-        with:
-          tool: nextest
       - name: Rust Tests
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: "-A warnings -Zsanitizer=address -Zsanitizer=leak --cfg disable_loom --cfg vortex_nightly -C debuginfo=2 -C opt-level=0 -C strip=none"
@@ -604,7 +565,7 @@ jobs:
             runner: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/pool=windows-x64-pre
             fallback_runner: windows-latest
           - os: linux-arm64
-            runner: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/runner=arm64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre/tag=rust-test-linux-arm64
+            runner: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/runner=arm64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre-v2/tag=rust-test-linux-arm64
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
           && matrix.runner
@@ -614,7 +575,7 @@ jobs:
         if: github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
         with:
           sccache: s3
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup (Windows)
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-x64'
         run: |
@@ -653,7 +614,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Java"
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/tag=java', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=java', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     timeout-minutes: 120
     steps:
@@ -662,13 +623,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sccache: s3
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
-        with:
-          distribution: "corretto"
-          java-version: "17"
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-rust
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
       - run: ./gradlew test --parallel
         working-directory: ./java
 
@@ -688,7 +643,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=bench-codspeed-{1}', github.run_id, matrix.shard)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=bench-codspeed-{1}', github.run_id, matrix.shard)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -737,7 +692,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=cxx-build', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=cxx-build', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -765,7 +720,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "SQL logic tests"
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=sql-logic-test', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=sql-logic-test', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -774,10 +729,6 @@ jobs:
           sccache: s3
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: spiraldb/actions/.github/actions/setup-uv@0.18.5
-        with:
-          sync: false
       - name: Run sqllogictest tests
         run: |
           ./vortex-sqllogictest/slt/tpch/generate_data.sh
@@ -805,22 +756,24 @@ jobs:
 
   miri:
     name: "Rust tests (miri)"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=rust-miri', github.run_id)
+          || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     timeout-minutes: 120
     env:
       MIRIFLAGS: -Zmiri-strict-provenance -Zmiri-symbolic-alignment-check -Zmiri-disable-isolation -Zmiri-env-forward=RUST_BACKTRACE
       RUSTFLAGS: "-A warnings --cfg vortex_nightly"
       RUST_BACKTRACE: full
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-rust
-        with:
-          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          toolchain: ${{ env.NIGHTLY_TOOLCHAIN }}
-          components: "rust-src, rustfmt, clippy, miri"
-      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
+      - uses: runs-on/action@v2
+        if: github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
         with:
-          tool: nextest
+          sccache: s3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
+      - name: Install nightly with miri
+        run: rustup toolchain install $NIGHTLY_TOOLCHAIN --component rust-src,rustfmt,clippy,miri
       - name: Run Miri
         run: cargo +$NIGHTLY_TOOLCHAIN miri nextest run --no-fail-fast -p vortex-buffer -p vortex-ffi
 
@@ -891,7 +844,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-xsmall/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre/tag=rust-publish-dry-run', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-xsmall/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/tag=rust-publish-dry-run', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2