ci: allocate consumer runner independently

.agents/notes/implemented/process/2026-07-22-evidence-based-larger-hosted-runners.md

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ The required primary path depends on those enterprise pools. Standard GitHub-hos
 
 The former gate-level and coarse primary shard jobs are absent from the workflow. Their static, lint, coverage, snapshot, and scenario shard selectors are also absent from the repository, so an unused diagnostic path cannot preserve a second CI architecture.
 
-Linux primary work uses three independent 32-core jobs. Coverage runs alone with its own worker bound, and the static scheduler runs alone so its result has no post-build consumer tail. After static gates finish, that job publishes its emitted `apps/*/lib`, `packages/*/*/lib`, and `vendor/*/lib` tree as a run-scoped artifact. The third job restores that exact tree, then starts lint, Node 24 runtime compatibility, build-backed snapshots, and all artifact consumers without repeating the build. Generated NodeNext consumer directories are excluded from Oxlint discovery because the artifact check removes them while these processes overlap. The pnpm store is restored without putting cache uploads on the pull-request critical path; Oxlint has no repository-managed result cache. Performance reports use each job's `startedAt` to `completedAt` interval; runner queue delay is capacity evidence, not repository execution time.
+Linux primary work uses three independent 32-core jobs. Coverage runs alone with its own worker bound, and the static scheduler owns source and documentation gates that do not consume emitted output. The third job owns the single Linux build, then starts lint, Node 24 runtime compatibility, build-backed snapshots, documentation typechecking, and all artifact consumers against that tree. This [independent consumer build](2026-07-30-independent-ci-consumer-build.md) lets all three jobs request runners immediately without duplicating compilation or transferring a run-scoped artifact. Generated NodeNext consumer directories are excluded from Oxlint discovery because the artifact check removes them while these processes overlap. The pnpm store is restored without putting cache uploads on the pull-request critical path; Oxlint has no repository-managed result cache. Performance reports use each job's `startedAt` to `completedAt` interval; runner queue delay is capacity evidence, not repository execution time.
 
-The gate dependencies remain explicit. Coverage consumes source and does not wait for build. Documentation typechecking builds its complete project-reference graph once. Snapshot replay and publication consumers wait for emitted output, while Node-version compatibility jobs exercise runtime-sensitive source loading without repeating the primary source-graph typecheck. PTY and subprocess suites keep their bounded inner concurrency rather than inheriting the runner's core count.
+The gate dependencies remain explicit. Coverage consumes source and does not wait for build. Documentation typechecking consumes the consumer lane's complete project-reference output. Snapshot replay and publication consumers wait for emitted output, while Node-version compatibility jobs exercise runtime-sensitive source loading without repeating the primary source-graph typecheck. PTY and subprocess suites keep their bounded inner concurrency rather than inheriting the runner's core count.
 
 The artifact boundary remains explicit. `scripts/publint-all.ts` calls publint's supported API against an in-memory publication view formed from each manifest's declared files plus npm's mandatory metadata, avoiding one package-manager pack process per package. `scripts/verify-built-package-invariants.mjs` stages the declared `lib/` files below the real package and imports its compiled self-reference through plain Node and Cordis Loader normalization; a runtime chunk omitted from the publication contract still fails.
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ An additional serial Linux reference runs on the in-house self-hosted pool (`vm-
 
 **Keep build behind typecheck.** This orders independent compiler invocations and turns snapshot replay into a three-stage critical chain. Build output has its own success dependency, so only snapshot and publication consumers wait for it.
 
-**Keep static gates and post-build consumers on one runner.** Reusing one workspace avoids a setup wave and artifact transfer, but build-duration variance delays every consumer and leaves their lint and snapshot tails after the static result. A run-scoped built tree preserves one exact build while independent jobs keep both complete paths within the observed target.
+**Publish the static job's build to post-build consumers.** A run-scoped artifact preserves one exact build, but the workflow can only consume it by waiting for the entire static job and then requesting another runner. The [independent consumer build](2026-07-30-independent-ci-consumer-build.md) assigns the single Linux build to its actual consumers instead.
 
 **Keep the complete required path on standard GitHub-hosted capacity.** This avoids repository-external runner configuration, but exact-head standard-runner runs remain materially slower and can spend longer queued behind shared capacity. Standard-hosted compatibility and serial references preserve portable evidence without making that slower topology the ordinary primary path.
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ An additional serial Linux reference runs on the in-house self-hosted pool (`vm-
 
 The required topology pays one setup wave per 32-core lane and retains no shard selectors. Every ordinary pull request consumes paid enterprise Linux and Windows minutes; manual benchmarks add other sizes only when remeasurement is useful.
 
-GitHub rounds each larger-runner execution up to a whole minute, so complete-job measurement exposes both billed time and workflow complexity. Splitting Linux repeats setup twice and transfers one built tree, but isolates coverage, static gates, and post-build consumers from each other's critical paths without repeating the build; consolidating Windows avoids repeating its slower setup.
+GitHub rounds each larger-runner execution up to a whole minute, so complete-job measurement exposes both billed time and workflow complexity. Splitting Linux repeats setup twice, but the consumer lane owns the only built tree and coverage, static gates, and post-build consumers enter runner allocation independently; consolidating Windows avoids repeating its slower setup.
 
 Performance targets are observations, not cancellation deadlines or correctness requirements. Manual all-size and serial suites remain available when image, dependency, scheduler, or pricing changes need remeasurement.