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chore: use ubuntu-slim for lightweight jobs#2187

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@zhjwpku zhjwpku commented Feb 27, 2026

ubuntu-slim is a new cost-efficient runner to fit lightweight jobs. We can use this to save ASF infra usage (if possible).

By lightweight I mean jobs that run for less than a minute and are not easily affected by other concurrently running jobs on the same host.

This topic was raised in the Apache ORC project and later adopted by iceberg-cpp. We believe it could also benefit other projects under the Apache Iceberg umbrella.

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ubuntu-slim is a new cost-efficient runner to fit lightweight jobs.
We can use this to save ASF infra usage (if possible).

By *lightweight* I mean jobs that run for less than a minute and
are not easily affected by other concurrently running jobs on the
same host.

This topic was raised in the Apache ORC project and later adopted
by iceberg-cpp. We believe it could also benefit other projects
under the Apache Iceberg umbrella.

Refs:

- https://github.blog/changelog/2025-10-28-1-vcpu-linux-runner-now-available-in-github-actions-in-public-preview/
- https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu-slim/ubuntu-slim-Readme.md
@kevinjqliu kevinjqliu merged commit 01a6a43 into apache:main Feb 27, 2026
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ubuntu-slim is a new cost-efficient runner to fit lightweight jobs. We
can use this to save ASF infra usage (if possible).

By *lightweight* I mean jobs that run for less than a minute and are not
easily affected by other concurrently running jobs on the same host.

This topic was raised in the Apache ORC project and later adopted by
iceberg-cpp. We believe it could also benefit other projects under the
Apache Iceberg umbrella.

Refs:

-
https://github.blog/changelog/2025-10-28-1-vcpu-linux-runner-now-available-in-github-actions-in-public-preview/
-
https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu-slim/ubuntu-slim-Readme.md
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