[ci] Move test-linux-stable-no-try-runtime to GHA

.github/actions/set-up-gh/action.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-name: 'install gh'
-description: 'Install the gh cli in a debian based distro and switches to the PR branch.'
+name: "install gh"
+description: "Install the gh cli in a debian based distro and switches to the PR branch."
 inputs:
   pr-number:
     description: "Number of the PR"
@@ -9,28 +9,20 @@ inputs:
     required: true
 outputs:
   branch:
-    description: 'Branch name for the PR'
+    description: "Branch name for the PR"
     value: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.branch }}
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-      - name: Instal gh cli
-        shell: bash
-        # Here it would get the script from previous step
-        run: |
-          (type -p wget >/dev/null || (apt update && apt-get install wget -y))
-          mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings
-          wget -qO- https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null 
-          chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
-          echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
-          apt update
-          apt install gh -y
-          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
-      - run: gh pr checkout ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.GH_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Export branch name
-        shell: bash
-        run: echo "branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-        id: branch
+    - name: Set up git
+      shell: bash
+      # Here it would get the script from previous step
+      run: git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+    - run: gh pr checkout ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.GH_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Export branch name
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      id: branch

.github/workflows/check-semver.yml

@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ env:
   TOOLCHAIN: nightly-2024-06-01
 
 jobs:
+  preflight:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-preflight.yml
   check-semver:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [preflight]
     container:
-      image: docker.io/paritytech/ci-unified:bullseye-1.77.0-2024-04-10-v20240408
+      image: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.IMAGE }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@6d193bf28034eafb982f37bd894289fe649468fc # v4.1.7
         with:
@@ -36,10 +39,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "This is a backport into stable."
 
-          wget -q https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v2.51.0/gh_2.51.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz -O gh.tar.gz && \
-          tar -xzf gh.tar.gz && mv gh_2.51.0_linux_amd64/bin/gh /usr/local/bin/gh && rm gh.tar.gz
-          chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gh
-
             cat > msg.txt <<EOF
             This pull request is amending an existing release. Please proceed with extreme caution,
             as to not impact downstream teams that rely on the stability of it. Some things to consider:

.github/workflows/tests-linux-stable.yml

@@ -98,6 +98,41 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.partition == '1/3' }}
         run: forklift cargo nextest run -p sp-api-test --features enable-staging-api --cargo-quiet
 
+  # some tests do not run with `try-runtime` feature enabled
+  # https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/4251#discussion_r1624282143
+  #
+  # all_security_features_work and nonexistent_cache_dir are currently skipped
+  # becuase runners don't have the necessary permissions to run them
+  test-linux-stable-no-try-runtime:
+    needs: [preflight]
+    if: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.changes_rust }}
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.RUNNER }}
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    container:
+      image: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.IMAGE }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        partition: [1/2, 2/2]
+    env:
+      RUST_TOOLCHAIN: stable
+      # Enable debug assertions since we are running optimized builds for testing
+      # but still want to have debug assertions.
+      RUSTFLAGS: "-Cdebug-assertions=y -Dwarnings"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: script
+        run: |
+          forklift cargo nextest run --workspace \
+                   --locked \
+                   --release \
+                   --no-fail-fast \
+                   --cargo-quiet \
+                   --features experimental,riscv,ci-only-tests \
+                   --filter-expr " !test(/all_security_features_work/) - test(/nonexistent_cache_dir/)" \
+                   --partition count:${{ matrix.partition }} \
+
   confirm-required-jobs-passed:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: All tests passed
@@ -107,6 +142,7 @@ jobs:
         test-linux-stable-int,
         test-linux-stable-runtime-benchmarks,
         test-linux-stable,
+        test-linux-stable-no-try-runtime,
       ]
     if: always() && !cancelled()
     steps:

.gitlab/pipeline/test.yml

@@ -110,31 +110,6 @@ test-linux-stable-codecov:
         codecovcli -v do-upload -f target/coverage/result/report-${CI_NODE_INDEX}.lcov --disable-search -t ${CODECOV_TOKEN} -r paritytech/polkadot-sdk --commit-sha ${CI_COMMIT_SHA} --fail-on-error --git-service github;
       fi
 
-# some tests do not run with `try-runtime` feature enabled
-# https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/4251#discussion_r1624282143
-# Move to github after https://github.com/paritytech/ci_cd/issues/1056 is fixed
-test-linux-stable-no-try-runtime:
-  stage: test
-  extends:
-    - .docker-env
-    - .common-refs
-    - .run-immediately
-    - .pipeline-stopper-artifacts
-  variables:
-    RUST_TOOLCHAIN: stable
-    # Enable debug assertions since we are running optimized builds for testing
-    # but still want to have debug assertions.
-    RUSTFLAGS: "-Cdebug-assertions=y -Dwarnings"
-  script:
-    - >
-      time cargo nextest run \
-        --workspace \
-        --locked \
-        --release \
-        --no-fail-fast \
-        --cargo-quiet \
-        --features experimental,riscv,ci-only-tests
-
 test-doc:
   stage: test
   extends: