@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           # Keep this constant to avoid pyo3 invalidating itself
           PYO3_ENVIRONMENT_SIGNATURE: "cpython3"
+          # Also applies to host proc-macro links when Cargo receives an explicit target.
+          LINK: /Brepro
 
       # rust-test-windows excludes vortex-python, so this is the only check that the
       # win_amd64 wheel imports and can round-trip a file. Runs outside the checkout so
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-ci-small/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/extras=s3-cache/tag=rust-docs', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-ci-docs/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/extras=s3-cache/tag=rust-docs', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - parallel:
@@ -505,6 +507,9 @@ jobs:
 
   rust-test-windows:
     name: "Rust tests (windows-x64)"
+    env:
+      # Stable proc-macro DLL contents let dependent crates reuse sccache entries.
+      RUSTFLAGS: "-C link-arg=/Brepro"
     needs: duckdb-ready
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && needs.duckdb-ready.result == 'success' }}
     timeout-minutes: 30
@@ -556,7 +561,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() && needs.duckdb-ready.result == 'success' &&
       github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
     timeout-minutes: 30
-    runs-on: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/runner=arm64-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre-v2/extras=s3-cache/tag=rust-test-linux-arm64
+    runs-on: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/runner=arm64-ci-test/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre-v2/extras=s3-cache/tag=rust-test-linux-arm64
     steps:
       - parallel:
           - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -786,7 +791,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && needs.duckdb-ready.result == 'success' }}
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-ci-medium/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/extras=s3-cache/tag=sql-logic-test', github.run_id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=amd64-ci-sql-logic-test/image=ubuntu24-full-x64-pre-v2/extras=s3-cache/tag=sql-logic-test', github.run_id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
 
@@ -247,15 +247,18 @@ jobs:
           VORTEX_BENCH_PREFIX: "${{ matrix.features }}::"
           VORTEX_BENCH_SUFFIX: "_${{ matrix.features }}"
         run: |
+          # Preserve the bench profile debug level instead of cargo-codspeed's full debug info.
+          export CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS// /$'\x1f'}"
           cargo codspeed build --locked -m walltime --profile bench \
             ${{ steps.select.outputs.packages }} ${{ steps.select.outputs.benches }}
       - name: Package benchmark executables
-        run: tar -C target -cf codspeed-cpu-benchmarks.tar codspeed
+        run: tar -C target -I 'zstd -T0 -3' -cf codspeed-cpu-benchmarks.tar.zst codspeed
       - name: Upload benchmark executables
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9  # v7
         with:
           name: codspeed-cpu-benchmarks-${{ matrix.features }}
-          path: codspeed-cpu-benchmarks.tar
+          path: codspeed-cpu-benchmarks.tar.zst
+          compression-level: 0
           retention-days: 1
           if-no-files-found: error
 
@@ -289,7 +292,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Unpack benchmark executables
         run: |
           mkdir -p target
-          tar -C target -xf codspeed-cpu-benchmarks.tar
+          tar -C target --zstd -xf codspeed-cpu-benchmarks.tar.zst
       # Pinning clocks and reserving CPUs only pays off for walltime measurements, so this
       # runs here but not in the simulation job. It must come after setup, which itself
       # spawns processes that would otherwise be pinned to the housekeeping CPUs.
@@ -360,11 +363,14 @@ jobs:
           find target/release/build -path '*/out/libvortex_cub.so' \
             -exec cp {} target/codspeed/walltime/vortex-cuda/libvortex_cub.so \;
           test -f target/codspeed/walltime/vortex-cuda/libvortex_cub.so
+      - name: Package CUDA benchmark executables
+        run: tar -C target -I 'zstd -T0 -3' -cf codspeed-cuda-benchmarks.tar.zst codspeed
       - name: Upload benchmark executables
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9  # v7
         with:
           name: codspeed-cuda-benchmarks
-          path: target/codspeed/
+          path: codspeed-cuda-benchmarks.tar.zst
+          compression-level: 0
           retention-days: 1
           if-no-files-found: error
 
@@ -403,7 +409,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333  # v8
         with:
           name: codspeed-cuda-benchmarks
-          path: target/codspeed
+      - name: Unpack CUDA benchmark executables
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p target
+          tar -C target --zstd -xf codspeed-cuda-benchmarks.tar.zst
       - name: Restore executable permissions
         run: find target/codspeed -type f -exec chmod +x {} +
       - name: Run benchmarks