diff --git a/.github/actions/allure-report-generate/action.yml b/.github/actions/allure-report-generate/action.yml
index fca6a0cfa5..08fd68046a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/allure-report-generate/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/allure-report-generate/action.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ runs:
 
         LOCK_FILE=reports/${BRANCH_OR_PR}/lock.txt
 
-        WORKDIR=/tmp/${BRANCH_OR_PR}-$(date +%s)
+        WORKDIR=/__w/_temp/${BRANCH_OR_PR}-$(date +%s)
         mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}
 
         echo "BRANCH_OR_PR=${BRANCH_OR_PR}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Install Allure
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
-      working-directory: /tmp
+      working-directory: /__w/_temp
       run: |
         if ! which allure; then
           ALLURE_ZIP=allure-${ALLURE_VERSION}.zip
diff --git a/.github/actions/download/action.yml b/.github/actions/download/action.yml
index d3829618da..dd8d8255ef 100644
--- a/.github/actions/download/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/download/action.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
       env:
         TARGET: ${{ inputs.path }}
-        ARCHIVE: /tmp/downloads/${{ inputs.name }}.tar.zst
+        ARCHIVE: /__w/_temp/downloads/${{ inputs.name }}.tar.zst
         SKIP_IF_DOES_NOT_EXIST: ${{ inputs.skip-if-does-not-exist }}
         PREFIX: artifacts/${{ inputs.prefix || format('{0}/{1}/{2}', github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha, github.run_id, github.run_attempt) }}
       run: |
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
       env:
         TARGET: ${{ inputs.path }}
-        ARCHIVE: /tmp/downloads/${{ inputs.name }}.tar.zst
+        ARCHIVE: /__w/_temp/downloads/${{ inputs.name }}.tar.zst
       run: |
         mkdir -p ${TARGET}
         time tar -xf ${ARCHIVE} -C ${TARGET}
diff --git a/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml b/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml
index d7ff05be1a..900817d77f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/neon-project-create/action.yml
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ inputs:
   psql_path:
     description: 'Path to psql binary - it is caller responsibility to provision the psql binary'
     required: false
-    default: '/tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/psql'
+    default: '/__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/psql'
   libpq_lib_path:
     description: 'Path to directory containing libpq library - it is caller responsibility to provision the libpq library'
     required: false
-    default: '/tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/lib'
+    default: '/__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/lib'
   project_settings:
     description: 'A JSON object with project settings'
     required: false
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ runs:
               \"settings\": ${PROJECT_SETTINGS}
             }
           }")
-        
+
         code=${res: -3}
         if [[ ${code} -ge 400 ]]; then
           echo Request failed with error code ${code}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ runs:
             -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
             -d "{\"scheduling\": \"Essential\"}"
         fi
-        
+
 
       env:
         API_HOST: ${{ inputs.api_host }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/run-python-test-set/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-python-test-set/action.yml
index 6f2b48444a..0f575cb25a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-python-test-set/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-python-test-set/action.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ runs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.build_type }}${{ inputs.sanitizers == 'enabled' && '-sanitized' || '' }}-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ inputs.aws-oidc-role-arn }}
 
     - name: Download Neon binaries for the previous release
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ runs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.build_type }}-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon-previous
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon-previous
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ inputs.aws-oidc-role-arn }}
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ runs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: compatibility-snapshot-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.build_type }}-pg${{ inputs.pg_version }}
-        path: /tmp/compatibility_snapshot_pg${{ inputs.pg_version }}
+        path: /__w/_temp/compatibility_snapshot_pg${{ inputs.pg_version }}
         prefix: latest
         # The lack of compatibility snapshot (for example, for the new Postgres version)
         # shouldn't fail the whole job. Only relevant test should fail.
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Run pytest
       env:
-        NEON_BIN: /tmp/neon/bin
-        COMPATIBILITY_NEON_BIN: /tmp/neon-previous/bin
-        COMPATIBILITY_POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon-previous/pg_install
-        TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+        NEON_BIN: /__w/_temp/neon/bin
+        COMPATIBILITY_NEON_BIN: /__w/_temp/neon-previous/bin
+        COMPATIBILITY_POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon-previous/pg_install
+        TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
         BUILD_TYPE: ${{ inputs.build_type }}
-        COMPATIBILITY_SNAPSHOT_DIR: /tmp/compatibility_snapshot_pg${{ inputs.pg_version }}
+        COMPATIBILITY_SNAPSHOT_DIR: /__w/_temp/compatibility_snapshot_pg${{ inputs.pg_version }}
         RERUN_FAILED: ${{ inputs.rerun_failed }}
         PG_VERSION: ${{ inputs.pg_version }}
         SANITIZERS: ${{ inputs.sanitizers }}
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ runs:
         # PLATFORM will be embedded in the perf test report
         # and it is needed to distinguish different environments
         export PLATFORM=${PLATFORM:-github-actions-selfhosted}
-        export POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR=${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR:-/tmp/neon/pg_install}
+        export POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR=${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR:-/__w/_temp/neon/pg_install}
         export DEFAULT_PG_VERSION=${PG_VERSION#v}
         export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/lib
         export BENCHMARK_CONNSTR=${BENCHMARK_CONNSTR:-}
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ runs:
         fi
 
         if [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "debug" && $RUNNER_ARCH == 'X64' ]]; then
-          cov_prefix=(scripts/coverage "--profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB" --dir=/tmp/coverage run)
+          cov_prefix=(scripts/coverage "--profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB" --dir=/__w/_temp/coverage run)
         else
           cov_prefix=()
         fi
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ runs:
       with:
         name: compatibility-snapshot-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.build_type }}-pg${{ inputs.pg_version }}
         # Directory is created by test_compatibility.py::test_create_snapshot, keep the path in sync with the test
-        path: /tmp/test_output/compatibility_snapshot_pg${{ inputs.pg_version }}/
+        path: /__w/_temp/test_output/compatibility_snapshot_pg${{ inputs.pg_version }}/
         # The lack of compatibility snapshot shouldn't fail the job
         # (for example if we didn't run the test for non build-and-test workflow)
         skip-if-does-not-exist: true
@@ -241,6 +241,6 @@ runs:
       if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
       uses: ./.github/actions/allure-report-store
       with:
-        report-dir: /tmp/test_output/allure/results
+        report-dir: /__w/_temp/test_output/allure/results
         unique-key: ${{ inputs.build_type }}-${{ inputs.pg_version }}-${{ runner.arch }}
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ inputs.aws-oidc-role-arn }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/save-coverage-data/action.yml b/.github/actions/save-coverage-data/action.yml
index a0e2ab8521..3b8cdbcf76 100644
--- a/.github/actions/save-coverage-data/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/save-coverage-data/action.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Merge coverage data
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
-      run: scripts/coverage "--profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB" --dir=/tmp/coverage merge
+      run: scripts/coverage "--profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB" --dir=/__w/_temp/coverage merge
 
     - name: Download previous coverage data into the same directory
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: coverage-data-artifact
-        path: /tmp/coverage
+        path: /__w/_temp/coverage
         skip-if-does-not-exist: true # skip if there's no previous coverage to download
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ inputs.aws-oidc-role-arn }}
 
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ runs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/upload
       with:
         name: coverage-data-artifact
-        path: /tmp/coverage
+        path: /__w/_temp/coverage
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ inputs.aws-oidc-role-arn }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/upload/action.yml b/.github/actions/upload/action.yml
index ebb2443476..362ca77ec0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/upload/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/upload/action.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
       env:
         SOURCE: ${{ inputs.path }}
-        ARCHIVE: /tmp/uploads/${{ inputs.name }}.tar.zst
+        ARCHIVE: /__w/_temp/uploads/${{ inputs.name }}.tar.zst
         SKIP_IF_DOES_NOT_EXIST: ${{ inputs.skip-if-does-not-exist }}
       run: |
         mkdir -p $(dirname $ARCHIVE)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
       env:
         SOURCE: ${{ inputs.path }}
-        ARCHIVE: /tmp/uploads/${{ inputs.name }}.tar.zst
+        ARCHIVE: /__w/_temp/uploads/${{ inputs.name }}.tar.zst
         PREFIX: artifacts/${{ inputs.prefix || format('{0}/{1}/{2}', github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha, github.run_id , github.run_attempt) }}
       run: |
         BUCKET=neon-github-public-dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_benchmarking_preparation.yml b/.github/workflows/_benchmarking_preparation.yml
index 38d956bda7..77672cc337 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_benchmarking_preparation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_benchmarking_preparation.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ jobs:
         database: [ clickbench, tpch, userexample ]
 
     env:
-      LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/lib
+      LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/lib
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-      PG_BINARIES: /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin
+      PG_BINARIES: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
     container:
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "Database ${{ env.DATABASE_NAME }} already exists."
         fi
 
-    - name: Download dump from S3 to /tmp/dumps
+    - name: Download dump from S3 to /__w/_temp/dumps
       if: steps.check-restore-done.outputs.skip != 'true'
       env:
         DATABASE_NAME: ${{ matrix.database }}
       run: |
-        mkdir -p /tmp/dumps
-        aws s3 cp s3://neon-github-dev/performance/pgdumps/$DATABASE_NAME/$DATABASE_NAME.pg_dump /tmp/dumps/
+        mkdir -p /__w/_temp/dumps
+        aws s3 cp s3://neon-github-dev/performance/pgdumps/$DATABASE_NAME/$DATABASE_NAME.pg_dump /__w/_temp/dumps/
 
     - name: Replace database name in connection string
       if: steps.check-restore-done.outputs.skip != 'true'
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
         # available in RDS, so we will always report an error, but we can ignore it
       run: |
         ${PG_BINARIES}/pg_restore --clean --if-exists --no-owner --jobs=4 \
-        -d "${DATABASE_CONNSTR}" /tmp/dumps/${DATABASE_NAME}.pg_dump || true
+        -d "${DATABASE_CONNSTR}" /__w/_temp/dumps/${DATABASE_NAME}.pg_dump || true
 
     - name: Update benchmark_restore_status table
       if: steps.check-restore-done.outputs.skip != 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml b/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
index e2203a38ec..b4e3f4bd74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           CARGO_FLAGS="--locked --features testing"
           if [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "debug" && $ARCH == 'x64' ]]; then
-            cov_prefix="scripts/coverage --profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB --dir=/tmp/coverage run"
+            cov_prefix="scripts/coverage --profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB --dir=/__w/_temp/coverage run"
             CARGO_PROFILE=""
           elif [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "debug" ]]; then
             cov_prefix=""
@@ -209,23 +209,23 @@ jobs:
           SANITIZERS: ${{ inputs.sanitizers }}
         run: |
           # Install target binaries
-          mkdir -p /tmp/neon/bin/
+          mkdir -p /__w/_temp/neon/bin/
           binaries=$(
             ${cov_prefix} cargo metadata $CARGO_FLAGS --format-version=1 --no-deps |
             jq -r '.packages[].targets[] | select(.kind | index("bin")) | .name'
           )
           for bin in $binaries; do
             SRC=target/$BUILD_TYPE/$bin
-            DST=/tmp/neon/bin/$bin
+            DST=/__w/_temp/neon/bin/$bin
             cp "$SRC" "$DST"
           done
 
           # Install test executables and write list of all binaries (for code coverage)
           if [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "debug" && $ARCH == 'x64' && $SANITIZERS != 'enabled' ]]; then
             # Keep bloated coverage data files away from the rest of the artifact
-            mkdir -p /tmp/coverage/
+            mkdir -p /__w/_temp/coverage/
 
-            mkdir -p /tmp/neon/test_bin/
+            mkdir -p /__w/_temp/neon/test_bin/
 
             test_exe_paths=$(
               ${cov_prefix} cargo test $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_PROFILE --message-format=json --no-run |
@@ -233,16 +233,16 @@ jobs:
             )
             for bin in $test_exe_paths; do
               SRC=$bin
-              DST=/tmp/neon/test_bin/$(basename $bin)
+              DST=/__w/_temp/neon/test_bin/$(basename $bin)
 
               # We don't need debug symbols for code coverage, so strip them out to make
               # the artifact smaller.
               strip "$SRC" -o "$DST"
-              echo "$DST" >> /tmp/coverage/binaries.list
+              echo "$DST" >> /__w/_temp/coverage/binaries.list
             done
 
             for bin in $binaries; do
-              echo "/tmp/neon/bin/$bin" >> /tmp/coverage/binaries.list
+              echo "/__w/_temp/neon/bin/$bin" >> /__w/_temp/coverage/binaries.list
             done
           fi
 
@@ -300,24 +300,24 @@ jobs:
             build/*/src/test/regress/pg_regress \
             build/*/src/test/isolation/isolationtester \
             build/*/src/test/isolation/pg_isolation_regress \
-            | tar  x -C /tmp/neon
+            | tar  x -C /__w/_temp/neon
 
       - name: Upload Neon artifact
         uses: ./.github/actions/upload
         with:
           name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.build-type }}${{ inputs.sanitizers == 'enabled' && '-sanitized' || '' }}-artifact
-          path: /tmp/neon
+          path: /__w/_temp/neon
           aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
       - name: Check diesel schema
         if: inputs.build-type == 'release' && inputs.arch == 'x64'
         env:
           DATABASE_URL: postgresql://localhost:1235/storage_controller
-          POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+          POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
         run: |
           export ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0
-          /tmp/neon/bin/neon_local init
-          /tmp/neon/bin/neon_local storage_controller start
+          /__w/_temp/neon/bin/neon_local init
+          /__w/_temp/neon/bin/neon_local storage_controller start
 
           diesel print-schema > storage_controller/src/schema.rs
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          /tmp/neon/bin/neon_local storage_controller stop
+          /__w/_temp/neon/bin/neon_local storage_controller stop
 
       # XXX: keep this after the binaries.list is formed, so the coverage can properly work later
       - name: Merge and upload coverage data
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index 79371ec704..d4422c5248 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
             curl -s -X DELETE "$BASE_URL/projects/$project_id" \
               --header "Accept: application/json" \
               --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              --header "Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}" 
+              --header "Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}"
           done
         else
           echo "Dry run enabled — no projects were deleted."
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ jobs:
     env:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "300"
       TEST_PG_BENCH_SCALES_MATRIX: "10,100"
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       PG_VERSION: ${{ matrix.PG_VERSION }}
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.PLATFORM }}
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ jobs:
       statuses: write
       id-token: write # aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials
     env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 17
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: "neon-staging"
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ jobs:
       statuses: write
       id-token: write # aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials
     env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 16
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: "neon-staging"
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -537,9 +537,9 @@ jobs:
     env:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "60m"
       TEST_PG_BENCH_SCALES_MATRIX: ${{ matrix.db_size }}
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       PG_VERSION: ${{ matrix.pg_version }}
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -728,9 +728,9 @@ jobs:
     env:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "15m"
       TEST_PG_BENCH_SCALES_MATRIX: "1"
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       PG_VERSION: ${{ matrix.postgres_version }}
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
 
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -857,9 +857,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.generate-matrices.outputs.olap-compare-matrix) }}
 
     env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       PG_VERSION: ${{ matrix.pg_version }}
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       TEST_OLAP_COLLECT_EXPLAIN: ${{ github.event.inputs.collect_olap_explain }}
       TEST_OLAP_COLLECT_PG_STAT_STATEMENTS: ${{ github.event.inputs.collect_pg_stat_statements }}
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -989,9 +989,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.generate-matrices.outputs.tpch-compare-matrix) }}
 
     env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       PG_VERSION: ${{ matrix.pg_version }}
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -1113,9 +1113,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.generate-matrices.outputs.olap-compare-matrix) }}
 
     env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       PG_VERSION: ${{ matrix.pg_version }}
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 94f768719f..ff8c7bc3e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           poetry run ./scripts/benchmark_durations.py "${TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR}" \
                                                       --days 10 \
-                                                      --output /tmp/benchmark_durations.json
-          echo "json=$(jq --compact-output '.' /tmp/benchmark_durations.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+                                                      --output /__w/_temp/benchmark_durations.json
+          echo "json=$(jq --compact-output '.' /__w/_temp/benchmark_durations.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   benchmarks:
     # `!failure() && !cancelled()` is required because the workflow depends on the job that can be skipped: `deploy` in PRs
@@ -471,32 +471,32 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/download
         with:
           name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-artifact
-          path: /tmp/neon
+          path: /__w/_temp/neon
           aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
       - name: Get coverage artifact
         uses: ./.github/actions/download
         with:
           name: coverage-data-artifact
-          path: /tmp/coverage
+          path: /__w/_temp/coverage
           aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
       - name: Merge coverage data
-        run: scripts/coverage "--profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB" --dir=/tmp/coverage merge
+        run: scripts/coverage "--profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB" --dir=/__w/_temp/coverage merge
 
       - name: Build coverage report
         env:
           COMMIT_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
         run: |
-          scripts/coverage --dir=/tmp/coverage \
+          scripts/coverage --dir=/__w/_temp/coverage \
             report \
-            --input-objects=/tmp/coverage/binaries.list \
+            --input-objects=/__w/_temp/coverage/binaries.list \
             --commit-url=${COMMIT_URL} \
             --format=github
 
-          scripts/coverage --dir=/tmp/coverage \
+          scripts/coverage --dir=/__w/_temp/coverage \
             report \
-            --input-objects=/tmp/coverage/binaries.list \
+            --input-objects=/__w/_temp/coverage/binaries.list \
             --format=lcov
 
       - name: Build coverage report NEW
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ jobs:
           CURRENT="${COMMIT_SHA}"
           BASELINE="$(git merge-base $BASE_SHA $CURRENT)"
 
-          cp /tmp/coverage/report/lcov.info ./${CURRENT}.info
+          cp /__w/_temp/coverage/report/lcov.info ./${CURRENT}.info
 
           GENHTML_ARGS="--ignore-errors path,unmapped,empty --synthesize-missing --demangle-cpp rustfilt --output-directory lcov-html ${CURRENT}.info"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloud-extensions.yml b/.github/workflows/cloud-extensions.yml
index 25fe0877d9..8537d1c673 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloud-extensions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloud-extensions.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   regress:
     env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           LIBS=timescaledb:rag_bge_small_en_v15,rag_jina_reranker_v1_tiny_en:$ULID
           settings=$(jq -c -n --arg libs $LIBS '{preload_libraries:{use_defaults:false,enabled_libraries:($libs| split(":"))}}')
           echo settings=$settings >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          
+
       - name: Create Neon Project
         id: create-neon-project
         uses: ./.github/actions/neon-project-create
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml b/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml
index d96c595294..eb374d992e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloud-regress.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   regress:
     env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/download
         with:
           name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-          path: /tmp/neon/
+          path: /__w/_temp/neon/
           prefix: latest
           aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ingest_benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/ingest_benchmark.yml
index a8d2d69807..6ea5be8b2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ingest_benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ingest_benchmark.yml
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ jobs:
       statuses: write
       id-token: write # aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials
     env:
-      PG_CONFIG: /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/pg_config
-      PSQL: /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/psql
-      PG_16_LIB_PATH: /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/lib
+      PG_CONFIG: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/pg_config
+      PSQL: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/psql
+      PG_16_LIB_PATH: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/lib
       PGCOPYDB: /pgcopydb/bin/pgcopydb
       PGCOPYDB_LIB_PATH: /pgcopydb/lib
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/large_oltp_benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/large_oltp_benchmark.yml
index 050b9047c7..19aefda12f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/large_oltp_benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/large_oltp_benchmark.yml
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ jobs:
     env:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "1h" # todo update to > 1 h
       TEST_PGBENCH_CUSTOM_SCRIPTS: ${{ matrix.custom_scripts }}
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       PG_VERSION: 16 # pre-determined by pre-determined project
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.target }}
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ matrix.target == 'reuse_branch' }}
       env:
           BENCHMARK_CONNSTR: ${{ steps.set-up-connstr.outputs.connstr_without_pooler }}
-          PG_CONFIG: /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/pg_config
-          PSQL: /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/psql
-          PG_16_LIB_PATH: /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/lib
+          PG_CONFIG: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/pg_config
+          PSQL: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/psql
+          PG_16_LIB_PATH: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install/v16/lib
       run: |
         echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - Deleting rows in table webhook.incoming_webhooks from prior runs"
         export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PG_16_LIB_PATH}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/large_oltp_growth.yml b/.github/workflows/large_oltp_growth.yml
index 8ca640d6ef..17c3320638 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/large_oltp_growth.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/large_oltp_growth.yml
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ jobs:
     env:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "1h"
       TEST_PGBENCH_CUSTOM_SCRIPTS: ${{ join(matrix.custom_scripts, ' ') }}
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
       PG_VERSION: 16 # pre-determined by pre-determined project
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
+      TEST_OUTPUT: /__w/_temp/test_output
       BUILD_TYPE: remote
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.target }}
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-clients.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-clients.yml
index 6efe0b4c8c..ab4a710d46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-clients.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-clients.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/download
         with:
           name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-          path: /tmp/neon/
+          path: /__w/_temp/neon/
           prefix: latest
           aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
         name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
+        path: /__w/_temp/neon/
         prefix: latest
         aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/random-ops-test.yml b/.github/workflows/random-ops-test.yml
index 6098126e90..db496bbc69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/random-ops-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/random-ops-test.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   run-random-rests:
     env:
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
+      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /__w/_temp/neon/pg_install
     runs-on: small
     permissions:
       id-token: write
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/download
         with:
           name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-release-artifact
-          path: /tmp/neon/
+          path: /__w/_temp/neon/
           prefix: latest
           aws-oidc-role-arn: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}