From aef2cc6c6b9a03e65787d5984644cbf362e4f5ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aidan Daly <aidandal@amazon.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:14:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ci: use dedicated release runners

---
 .github/workflows/release-main-and-preview.yml | 12 ++++++------
 .github/workflows/release.yml                  |  8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-main-and-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/release-main-and-preview.yml
index 1ca5e9728..dab14cbd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-main-and-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-main-and-preview.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
   # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
   prepare-release:
     name: Prepare Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
     outputs:
       main_version: ${{ steps.bump-main.outputs.version || steps.current-main.outputs.version }}
       preview_version: ${{ steps.bump-preview.outputs.version }}
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ jobs:
   release-approval:
     name: Release Approval
     needs: [prepare-release]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
     environment:
       name: npm-publish-approval
     steps:
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Verify PR Merged
     needs: [prepare-release, release-approval]
     if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Publish Main (@latest)
     needs: [prepare-release, verify-merge]
     if: inputs.release_target != 'preview-only'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
     environment:
       name: npm-publish
       url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws/agentcore
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Publish Preview (@preview)
     needs: [prepare-release, verify-merge]
     if: inputs.release_target != 'main-only'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
     environment:
       name: npm-publish
       url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws/agentcore
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Release Summary
     needs: [prepare-release, publish-main, publish-preview]
     if: always() && !cancelled()
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
     steps:
       - name: Summary
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index efd301d55..db78fa036 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   prepare-release:
     name: Prepare Release
-    runs-on: codebuild-agentcore-e2e-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.version }}
       branch: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.branch }}
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
   test-and-build:
     name: Test and Build
     needs: prepare-release
-    runs-on: codebuild-agentcore-e2e-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ jobs:
   release-approval:
     name: Release Approval
     needs: test-and-build
-    runs-on: codebuild-agentcore-e2e-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
     environment:
       name: npm-publish-approval
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-npm:
     name: Publish to npm
     needs: [prepare-release, release-approval]
-    runs-on: codebuild-agentcore-e2e-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+    runs-on: aws-release-4-core
     environment:
       name: npm-publish
       url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws/agentcore