diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml b/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..843cc1aa48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+name: Build and Test Locally
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      build-tag:
+        description: 'build tag'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      build-tools-image:
+        description: 'build-tools image'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      build-type:
+        description: 'debug or release'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
+
+env:
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+  COPT: '-Werror'
+  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_DEV }}
+  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_KEY_DEV }}
+
+jobs:
+  build-neon:
+    runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
+    container:
+      image: ${{ inputs.build-tools-image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
+      # Raise locked memory limit for tokio-epoll-uring.
+      # On 5.10 LTS kernels < 5.10.162 (and generally mainline kernels < 5.12),
+      # io_uring will account the memory of the CQ and SQ as locked.
+      # More details: https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/6373#issuecomment-1905814391
+      options: --init --shm-size=512mb --ulimit memlock=67108864:67108864
+    env:
+      BUILD_TYPE: ${{ inputs.build-type }}
+      GIT_VERSION: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+      BUILD_TAG: ${{ inputs.build-tag }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Fix git ownership
+        run: |
+          # Workaround for `fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at ...`
+          #
+          # Use both ${{ github.workspace }} and ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} because they're different on host and in containers
+          #   Ref https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/785
+          #
+          git config --global --add safe.directory ${{ github.workspace }}
+          git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+          for r in 14 15 16; do
+            git config --global --add safe.directory "${{ github.workspace }}/vendor/postgres-v$r"
+            git config --global --add safe.directory "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/vendor/postgres-v$r"
+          done
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Set pg 14 revision for caching
+        id: pg_v14_rev
+        run: echo pg_rev=$(git rev-parse HEAD:vendor/postgres-v14) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Set pg 15 revision for caching
+        id: pg_v15_rev
+        run: echo pg_rev=$(git rev-parse HEAD:vendor/postgres-v15) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Set pg 16 revision for caching
+        id: pg_v16_rev
+        run: echo pg_rev=$(git rev-parse HEAD:vendor/postgres-v16) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      # Set some environment variables used by all the steps.
+      #
+      # CARGO_FLAGS is extra options to pass to "cargo build", "cargo test" etc.
+      #   It also includes --features, if any
+      #
+      # CARGO_FEATURES is passed to "cargo metadata". It is separate from CARGO_FLAGS,
+      #   because "cargo metadata" doesn't accept --release or --debug options
+      #
+      # We run tests with addtional features, that are turned off by default (e.g. in release builds), see
+      # corresponding Cargo.toml files for their descriptions.
+      - name: Set env variables
+        run: |
+          CARGO_FEATURES="--features testing"
+          if [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "debug" ]]; then
+            cov_prefix="scripts/coverage --profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB --dir=/tmp/coverage run"
+            CARGO_FLAGS="--locked"
+          elif [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "release" ]]; then
+            cov_prefix=""
+            CARGO_FLAGS="--locked --release"
+          fi
+          {
+            echo "cov_prefix=${cov_prefix}"
+            echo "CARGO_FEATURES=${CARGO_FEATURES}"
+            echo "CARGO_FLAGS=${CARGO_FLAGS}"
+            echo "CARGO_HOME=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.cargo"
+          } >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Cache postgres v14 build
+        id: cache_pg_14
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: pg_install/v14
+          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.build-type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v14_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile', 'Dockerfile.build-tools') }}
+
+      - name: Cache postgres v15 build
+        id: cache_pg_15
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: pg_install/v15
+          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.build-type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v15_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile', 'Dockerfile.build-tools') }}
+
+      - name: Cache postgres v16 build
+        id: cache_pg_16
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: pg_install/v16
+          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.build-type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v16_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile', 'Dockerfile.build-tools') }}
+
+      - name: Build postgres v14
+        if: steps.cache_pg_14.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: mold -run make postgres-v14 -j$(nproc)
+
+      - name: Build postgres v15
+        if: steps.cache_pg_15.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: mold -run make postgres-v15 -j$(nproc)
+
+      - name: Build postgres v16
+        if: steps.cache_pg_16.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: mold -run make postgres-v16 -j$(nproc)
+
+      - name: Build neon extensions
+        run: mold -run make neon-pg-ext -j$(nproc)
+
+      - name: Build walproposer-lib
+        run: mold -run make walproposer-lib -j$(nproc)
+
+      - name: Run cargo build
+        run: |
+          PQ_LIB_DIR=$(pwd)/pg_install/v16/lib
+          export PQ_LIB_DIR
+          ${cov_prefix} mold -run cargo build $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES --bins --tests
+
+      # Do install *before* running rust tests because they might recompile the
+      # binaries with different features/flags.
+      - name: Install rust binaries
+        run: |
+          # Install target binaries
+          mkdir -p /tmp/neon/bin/
+          binaries=$(
+            ${cov_prefix} cargo metadata $CARGO_FEATURES --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
+            cp "$SRC" "$DST"
+          done
+
+          # Install test executables and write list of all binaries (for code coverage)
+          if [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "debug" ]]; then
+            # Keep bloated coverage data files away from the rest of the artifact
+            mkdir -p /tmp/coverage/
+
+            mkdir -p /tmp/neon/test_bin/
+
+            test_exe_paths=$(
+              ${cov_prefix} cargo test $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES --message-format=json --no-run |
+              jq -r '.executable | select(. != null)'
+            )
+            for bin in $test_exe_paths; do
+              SRC=$bin
+              DST=/tmp/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
+            done
+
+            for bin in $binaries; do
+              echo "/tmp/neon/bin/$bin" >> /tmp/coverage/binaries.list
+            done
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run rust tests
+        env:
+          NEXTEST_RETRIES: 3
+        run: |
+          PQ_LIB_DIR=$(pwd)/pg_install/v16/lib
+          export PQ_LIB_DIR
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/pg_install/v16/lib
+          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+          #nextest does not yet support running doctests
+          cargo test --doc $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES
+
+          for io_engine in std-fs tokio-epoll-uring ; do
+            NEON_PAGESERVER_UNIT_TEST_VIRTUAL_FILE_IOENGINE=$io_engine ${cov_prefix} cargo nextest run $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES
+          done
+
+          # Run separate tests for real S3
+          export ENABLE_REAL_S3_REMOTE_STORAGE=nonempty
+          export REMOTE_STORAGE_S3_BUCKET=neon-github-ci-tests
+          export REMOTE_STORAGE_S3_REGION=eu-central-1
+          ${cov_prefix} cargo nextest run $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES -E 'package(remote_storage)' -E 'test(test_real_s3)'
+
+          # Run separate tests for real Azure Blob Storage
+          # XXX: replace region with `eu-central-1`-like region
+          export ENABLE_REAL_AZURE_REMOTE_STORAGE=y
+          export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="${{ secrets.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_DEV }}"
+          export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY="${{ secrets.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_DEV }}"
+          export REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_CONTAINER="${{ vars.REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_CONTAINER }}"
+          export REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_REGION="${{ vars.REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_REGION }}"
+          ${cov_prefix} cargo nextest run $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES -E 'package(remote_storage)' -E 'test(test_real_azure)'
+
+      - name: Install postgres binaries
+        run: cp -a pg_install /tmp/neon/pg_install
+
+      - name: Upload Neon artifact
+        uses: ./.github/actions/upload
+        with:
+          name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.build-type }}-artifact
+          path: /tmp/neon
+
+      # XXX: keep this after the binaries.list is formed, so the coverage can properly work later
+      - name: Merge and upload coverage data
+        if: inputs.build-type == 'debug'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/save-coverage-data
+
+  regress-tests:
+    needs: [ build-neon ]
+    runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
+    container:
+      image: ${{ inputs.build-tools-image }}
+      credentials:
+        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
+      # for changed limits, see comments on `options:` earlier in this file
+      options: --init --shm-size=512mb --ulimit memlock=67108864:67108864
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        pg_version: [ v14, v15, v16 ]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Pytest regression tests
+        uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
+        timeout-minutes: 60
+        with:
+          build_type: ${{ inputs.build-type }}
+          test_selection: regress
+          needs_postgres_source: true
+          run_with_real_s3: true
+          real_s3_bucket: neon-github-ci-tests
+          real_s3_region: eu-central-1
+          rerun_flaky: true
+          pg_version: ${{ matrix.pg_version }}
+        env:
+          TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: ${{ secrets.REGRESS_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR_NEW }}
+          CHECK_ONDISK_DATA_COMPATIBILITY: nonempty
+          BUILD_TAG: ${{ inputs.build-tag }}
+          PAGESERVER_VIRTUAL_FILE_IO_ENGINE: tokio-epoll-uring
+          PAGESERVER_GET_VECTORED_IMPL: vectored
+          PAGESERVER_GET_IMPL: vectored
+          PAGESERVER_VALIDATE_VEC_GET: true
+
+      # Temporary disable this step until we figure out why it's so flaky
+      # Ref https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/4540
+      - name: Merge and upload coverage data
+        if: |
+          false &&
+          inputs.build-type == 'debug' && matrix.pg_version == 'v14'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/save-coverage-data
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index fb456ce3ff..dd8820c865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -193,291 +193,23 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         run: cargo deny check --hide-inclusion-graph
 
-  build-neon:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, tag, build-build-tools-image ]
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
-    container:
-      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
-      credentials:
-        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
-      # Raise locked memory limit for tokio-epoll-uring.
-      # On 5.10 LTS kernels < 5.10.162 (and generally mainline kernels < 5.12),
-      # io_uring will account the memory of the CQ and SQ as locked.
-      # More details: https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/6373#issuecomment-1905814391
-      options: --init --shm-size=512mb --ulimit memlock=67108864:67108864
+  build-and-test-locally:
+    needs: [ tag, build-build-tools-image ]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        build_type: [ debug, release ]
-    env:
-      BUILD_TYPE: ${{ matrix.build_type }}
-      GIT_VERSION: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-      BUILD_TAG: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tag }}
+        build-type: [ debug, release ]
 
-    steps:
-      - name: Fix git ownership
-        run: |
-          # Workaround for `fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at ...`
-          #
-          # Use both ${{ github.workspace }} and ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} because they're different on host and in containers
-          #   Ref https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/785
-          #
-          git config --global --add safe.directory ${{ github.workspace }}
-          git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
-          for r in 14 15 16; do
-            git config --global --add safe.directory "${{ github.workspace }}/vendor/postgres-v$r"
-            git config --global --add safe.directory "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/vendor/postgres-v$r"
-          done
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Set pg 14 revision for caching
-        id: pg_v14_rev
-        run: echo pg_rev=$(git rev-parse HEAD:vendor/postgres-v14) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Set pg 15 revision for caching
-        id: pg_v15_rev
-        run: echo pg_rev=$(git rev-parse HEAD:vendor/postgres-v15) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Set pg 16 revision for caching
-        id: pg_v16_rev
-        run: echo pg_rev=$(git rev-parse HEAD:vendor/postgres-v16) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      # Set some environment variables used by all the steps.
-      #
-      # CARGO_FLAGS is extra options to pass to "cargo build", "cargo test" etc.
-      #   It also includes --features, if any
-      #
-      # CARGO_FEATURES is passed to "cargo metadata". It is separate from CARGO_FLAGS,
-      #   because "cargo metadata" doesn't accept --release or --debug options
-      #
-      # We run tests with addtional features, that are turned off by default (e.g. in release builds), see
-      # corresponding Cargo.toml files for their descriptions.
-      - name: Set env variables
-        run: |
-          CARGO_FEATURES="--features testing"
-          if [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "debug" ]]; then
-            cov_prefix="scripts/coverage --profraw-prefix=$GITHUB_JOB --dir=/tmp/coverage run"
-            CARGO_FLAGS="--locked"
-          elif [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "release" ]]; then
-            cov_prefix=""
-            CARGO_FLAGS="--locked --release"
-          fi
-          {
-            echo "cov_prefix=${cov_prefix}"
-            echo "CARGO_FEATURES=${CARGO_FEATURES}"
-            echo "CARGO_FLAGS=${CARGO_FLAGS}"
-            echo "CARGO_HOME=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.cargo"
-          } >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      # Disabled for now
-      # Don't include the ~/.cargo/registry/src directory. It contains just
-      # uncompressed versions of the crates in ~/.cargo/registry/cache
-      # directory, and it's faster to let 'cargo' to rebuild it from the
-      # compressed crates.
-#      - name: Cache cargo deps
-#        id: cache_cargo
-#        uses: actions/cache@v4
-#        with:
-#          path: |
-#            ~/.cargo/registry/
-#            !~/.cargo/registry/src
-#            ~/.cargo/git/
-#            target/
-#          # Fall back to older versions of the key, if no cache for current Cargo.lock was found
-#          key: |
-#            v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('rust-toolchain.toml') }}-${{ hashFiles('Cargo.lock') }}
-#            v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('rust-toolchain.toml') }}-
-
-      - name: Cache postgres v14 build
-        id: cache_pg_14
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: pg_install/v14
-          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v14_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile', 'Dockerfile.build-tools') }}
-
-      - name: Cache postgres v15 build
-        id: cache_pg_15
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: pg_install/v15
-          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v15_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile', 'Dockerfile.build-tools') }}
-
-      - name: Cache postgres v16 build
-        id: cache_pg_16
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: pg_install/v16
-          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v16_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile', 'Dockerfile.build-tools') }}
-
-      - name: Build postgres v14
-        if: steps.cache_pg_14.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: mold -run make postgres-v14 -j$(nproc)
-
-      - name: Build postgres v15
-        if: steps.cache_pg_15.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: mold -run make postgres-v15 -j$(nproc)
-
-      - name: Build postgres v16
-        if: steps.cache_pg_16.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: mold -run make postgres-v16 -j$(nproc)
-
-      - name: Build neon extensions
-        run: mold -run make neon-pg-ext -j$(nproc)
-
-      - name: Build walproposer-lib
-        run: mold -run make walproposer-lib -j$(nproc)
-
-      - name: Run cargo build
-        run: |
-          PQ_LIB_DIR=$(pwd)/pg_install/v16/lib
-          export PQ_LIB_DIR
-          ${cov_prefix} mold -run cargo build $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES --bins --tests
-
-      # Do install *before* running rust tests because they might recompile the
-      # binaries with different features/flags.
-      - name: Install rust binaries
-        run: |
-          # Install target binaries
-          mkdir -p /tmp/neon/bin/
-          binaries=$(
-            ${cov_prefix} cargo metadata $CARGO_FEATURES --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
-            cp "$SRC" "$DST"
-          done
-
-          # Install test executables and write list of all binaries (for code coverage)
-          if [[ $BUILD_TYPE == "debug" ]]; then
-            # Keep bloated coverage data files away from the rest of the artifact
-            mkdir -p /tmp/coverage/
-
-            mkdir -p /tmp/neon/test_bin/
-
-            test_exe_paths=$(
-              ${cov_prefix} cargo test $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES --message-format=json --no-run |
-              jq -r '.executable | select(. != null)'
-            )
-            for bin in $test_exe_paths; do
-              SRC=$bin
-              DST=/tmp/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
-            done
-
-            for bin in $binaries; do
-              echo "/tmp/neon/bin/$bin" >> /tmp/coverage/binaries.list
-            done
-          fi
-
-      - name: Run rust tests
-        env:
-          NEXTEST_RETRIES: 3
-        run: |
-          PQ_LIB_DIR=$(pwd)/pg_install/v16/lib
-          export PQ_LIB_DIR
-          LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/pg_install/v16/lib
-          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
-          #nextest does not yet support running doctests
-          cargo test --doc $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES
-
-          for io_engine in std-fs tokio-epoll-uring ; do
-            NEON_PAGESERVER_UNIT_TEST_VIRTUAL_FILE_IOENGINE=$io_engine ${cov_prefix} cargo nextest run $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES
-          done
-
-          # Run separate tests for real S3
-          export ENABLE_REAL_S3_REMOTE_STORAGE=nonempty
-          export REMOTE_STORAGE_S3_BUCKET=neon-github-ci-tests
-          export REMOTE_STORAGE_S3_REGION=eu-central-1
-          ${cov_prefix} cargo nextest run $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES -E 'package(remote_storage)' -E 'test(test_real_s3)'
-
-          # Run separate tests for real Azure Blob Storage
-          # XXX: replace region with `eu-central-1`-like region
-          export ENABLE_REAL_AZURE_REMOTE_STORAGE=y
-          export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="${{ secrets.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_DEV }}"
-          export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY="${{ secrets.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_DEV }}"
-          export REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_CONTAINER="${{ vars.REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_CONTAINER }}"
-          export REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_REGION="${{ vars.REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_REGION }}"
-          ${cov_prefix} cargo nextest run $CARGO_FLAGS $CARGO_FEATURES -E 'package(remote_storage)' -E 'test(test_real_azure)'
-
-      - name: Install postgres binaries
-        run: cp -a pg_install /tmp/neon/pg_install
-
-      - name: Upload Neon artifact
-        uses: ./.github/actions/upload
-        with:
-          name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-artifact
-          path: /tmp/neon
-
-      # XXX: keep this after the binaries.list is formed, so the coverage can properly work later
-      - name: Merge and upload coverage data
-        if: matrix.build_type == 'debug'
-        uses: ./.github/actions/save-coverage-data
-
-  regress-tests:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-neon, build-build-tools-image, tag ]
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
-    container:
-      image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
-      credentials:
-        username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-        password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
-      # for changed limits, see comments on `options:` earlier in this file
-      options: --init --shm-size=512mb --ulimit memlock=67108864:67108864
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        build_type: [ debug, release ]
-        pg_version: [ v14, v15, v16 ]
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Pytest regression tests
-        uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
-        timeout-minutes: 60
-        with:
-          build_type: ${{ matrix.build_type }}
-          test_selection: regress
-          needs_postgres_source: true
-          run_with_real_s3: true
-          real_s3_bucket: neon-github-ci-tests
-          real_s3_region: eu-central-1
-          rerun_flaky: true
-          pg_version: ${{ matrix.pg_version }}
-        env:
-          TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: ${{ secrets.REGRESS_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR_NEW }}
-          CHECK_ONDISK_DATA_COMPATIBILITY: nonempty
-          BUILD_TAG: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tag }}
-          PAGESERVER_VIRTUAL_FILE_IO_ENGINE: tokio-epoll-uring
-          PAGESERVER_GET_VECTORED_IMPL: vectored
-          PAGESERVER_GET_IMPL: vectored
-          PAGESERVER_VALIDATE_VEC_GET: true
-
-      # Temporary disable this step until we figure out why it's so flaky
-      # Ref https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/4540
-      - name: Merge and upload coverage data
-        if: |
-          false &&
-          matrix.build_type == 'debug' && matrix.pg_version == 'v14'
-        uses: ./.github/actions/save-coverage-data
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
+    with:
+      build-tools-image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
+      build-tag: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tag }}
+      build-type: ${{ matrix.build-type }}
+    secrets: inherit
 
+  # Keep `benchmarks` job outside of `build-and-test-locally` workflow to make job failures non-blocking
   get-benchmarks-durations:
+    if: github.ref_name == 'main' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-benchmarks')
     outputs:
       json: ${{ steps.get-benchmark-durations.outputs.json }}
     needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image ]
@@ -488,7 +220,6 @@ jobs:
         username: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
         password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       options: --init
-    if: github.ref_name == 'main' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-benchmarks')
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -513,7 +244,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "json=$(jq --compact-output '.' /tmp/benchmark_durations.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   benchmarks:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, build-neon, build-build-tools-image, get-benchmarks-durations ]
+    if: github.ref_name == 'main' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-benchmarks')
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-and-test-locally, build-build-tools-image, get-benchmarks-durations ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
@@ -522,7 +254,6 @@ jobs:
         password: ${{ secrets.NEON_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       # for changed limits, see comments on `options:` earlier in this file
       options: --init --shm-size=512mb --ulimit memlock=67108864:67108864
-    if: github.ref_name == 'main' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-benchmarks')
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -570,7 +301,7 @@ jobs:
         SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
   create-test-report:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, regress-tests, coverage-report, benchmarks, build-build-tools-image ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-and-test-locally, coverage-report, build-build-tools-image ]
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && contains(fromJSON('["skipped", "success"]'), needs.check-permissions.result) }}
     outputs:
       report-url: ${{ steps.create-allure-report.outputs.report-url }}
@@ -621,7 +352,7 @@ jobs:
             })
 
   coverage-report:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, regress-tests, build-build-tools-image ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image, build-and-test-locally ]
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.build-build-tools-image.outputs.image }}
@@ -1226,7 +957,7 @@ jobs:
           exit 1
 
   deploy:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, promote-images, tag, regress-tests, trigger-custom-extensions-build-and-wait ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, promote-images, tag, build-and-test-locally, trigger-custom-extensions-build-and-wait ]
     if: github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
@@ -1327,7 +1058,7 @@ jobs:
             })
 
   promote-compatibility-data:
-    needs: [ check-permissions, promote-images, tag, regress-tests ]
+    needs: [ check-permissions, promote-images, tag, build-and-test-locally ]
     if: github.ref_name == 'release'
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
@@ -1366,7 +1097,7 @@ jobs:
           done
 
   pin-build-tools-image:
-    needs: [ build-build-tools-image, promote-images, regress-tests ]
+    needs: [ build-build-tools-image, promote-images, build-and-test-locally ]
     if: github.ref_name == 'main'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml
     with:
@@ -1388,7 +1119,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - check-codestyle-python
       - check-codestyle-rust
-      - regress-tests
+      - build-and-test-locally
       - test-images
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps: