diff --git a/substrate/.gitattributes b/substrate/.gitattributes
index a77c52fccdb77..4cb3ef4972feb 100644
--- a/substrate/.gitattributes
+++ b/substrate/.gitattributes
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 Cargo.lock linguist-generated=true
-/.gitlab-ci.yml filter=ci-prettier
-/scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/*.yml filter=ci-prettier
 frame/**/src/weights.rs linguist-generated=true
diff --git a/substrate/.github/dependabot.yml b/substrate/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 04cf0d1e1a5a4..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
-    directory: "/"
-    labels: ["A2-insubstantial", "B0-silent", "C1-low", "E2-dependencies"]
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
-  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
-    directory: '/'
-    labels: ["A2-insubstantial", "B0-silent", "C1-low", "E2-dependencies"]
-    schedule:
-      interval: daily
diff --git a/substrate/.github/pr-custom-review.yml b/substrate/.github/pr-custom-review.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 059f4a283af07..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/pr-custom-review.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# 🔒 PROTECTED: Changes to locks-review-team should be approved by the current locks-review-team
-locks-review-team: locks-review
-team-leads-team: polkadot-review
-action-review-team: ci
-
-rules:
-  - name: Core developers
-    check_type: changed_files
-    condition:
-      include: .*
-      # excluding files from 'CI team' and 'FRAME coders' rules
-      exclude: ^\.gitlab-ci\.yml|^scripts/ci/.*|^\.github/.*|^\.config/nextest.toml|^frame/(?!.*(nfts/.*|uniques/.*|babe/.*|grandpa/.*|beefy|merkle-mountain-range/.*|contracts/.*|election|nomination-pools/.*|staking/.*|aura/.*))
-    min_approvals: 2
-    teams:
-      - core-devs
-
-  - name: FRAME coders
-    check_type: changed_files
-    condition:
-      include: ^frame/(?!.*(nfts/.*|uniques/.*|babe/.*|grandpa/.*|beefy|merkle-mountain-range/.*|contracts/.*|election|nomination-pools/.*|staking/.*|aura/.*))
-    all:
-      - min_approvals: 2
-        teams:
-          - core-devs
-      - min_approvals: 1
-        teams:
-          - frame-coders
-
-  - name: CI team
-    check_type: changed_files
-    condition:
-      include: ^\.gitlab-ci\.yml|^scripts/ci/.*|^\.github/.*|^\.config/nextest.toml
-    min_approvals: 2
-    teams:
-      - ci
-
-prevent-review-request:
-  teams:
-    - core-devs
diff --git a/substrate/.github/stale.yml b/substrate/.github/stale.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 61d0fd0228d97..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/stale.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Number of days of inactivity before an issue becomes stale
-daysUntilStale: 30
-# Number of days of inactivity before a stale issue is closed
-daysUntilClose: 14
-# Issues with these labels will never be considered stale
-exemptLabels:
-  - "D9-needsaudit 👮"
-# Label to use when marking an issue as stale
-staleLabel: "A3-stale"
-# we only bother with pull requests
-only: pulls
-# Comment to post when marking an issue as stale. Set to `false` to disable
-markComment: >
-  Hey, is anyone still working on this? Due to the inactivity this issue has
-  been automatically marked as stale. It will be closed if no further activity
-  occurs. Thank you for your contributions.
-# Comment to post when closing a stale issue. Set to `false` to disable
-closeComment: false
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/auto-label-issues.yml b/substrate/.github/workflows/auto-label-issues.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 12ffce702cdcc..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/auto-label-issues.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# If the author of the issues is not a contributor to the project, label
-# the issue with 'Z0-unconfirmed'
-
-name: Label New Issues
-on:
-  issues:
-    types: [opened]
-
-jobs:
-  label-new-issues:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Label drafts
-        uses: andymckay/labeler@e6c4322d0397f3240f0e7e30a33b5c5df2d39e90 # 1.0.4
-        if: github.event.issue.author_association == 'NONE'
-        with:
-          add-labels: "I10-unconfirmed"
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/burnin-label-notification.yml b/substrate/.github/workflows/burnin-label-notification.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f45455d31db1e..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/burnin-label-notification.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Notify devops when burn-in label applied
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [labeled]
-
-jobs:
-  notify-devops:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        channel:
-          - name: 'Team: DevOps'
-            room: '!lUslSijLMgNcEKcAiE:parity.io'
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Notify devops
-        if: startsWith(github.event.label.name, 'A1-')
-        uses: s3krit/matrix-message-action@70ad3fb812ee0e45ff8999d6af11cafad11a6ecf # v0.0.3
-        with:
-          room_id: ${{ matrix.channel.room }}
-          access_token: ${{ secrets.RELEASENOTES_MATRIX_V2_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          server: "m.parity.io"
-          message: |
-            @room Burn-in request received for [${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}](${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }})
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/check-D-labels.yml b/substrate/.github/workflows/check-D-labels.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bb358ce1182e..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/check-D-labels.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: Check D labels
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [labeled, opened, synchronize, unlabeled]
-    paths:
-      - frame/**
-      - primitives/**
-
-env:
-  IMAGE: paritytech/ruled_labels:0.4.0
-
-jobs:
-  check-labels:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Pull image
-        run: docker pull $IMAGE
-
-      - name: Check labels
-        env:
-          MOUNT: /work
-          GITHUB_PR: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          API_BASE: https://api.github.com/repos
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          RULES_PATH: labels/ruled_labels
-          CHECK_SPECS: specs_substrate.yaml
-        run: |
-          echo "REPO: ${REPO}"
-          echo "GITHUB_PR: ${GITHUB_PR}"
-          # Clone repo with labels specs
-          git clone https://github.com/paritytech/labels
-          # Fetch the labels for the PR under test
-          labels=$( curl -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -s "$API_BASE/${REPO}/pulls/${GITHUB_PR}" | jq '.labels | .[] | .name' | tr "\n" ",")
-
-          if [ -z "${labels}" ]; then
-            docker run --rm -i -v $PWD/${RULES_PATH}/:$MOUNT $IMAGE check $MOUNT/$CHECK_SPECS --tags audit --no-label
-          fi
-
-          labels_args=${labels: :-1}
-          printf "Checking labels: %s\n" "${labels_args}"
-
-          # Prevent the shell from splitting labels with spaces
-          IFS=","
-
-          # --dev is more useful to debug mode to debug
-          docker run --rm -i -v $PWD/${RULES_PATH}/:$MOUNT $IMAGE check $MOUNT/$CHECK_SPECS --labels ${labels_args} --dev --tags audit
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/check-labels.yml b/substrate/.github/workflows/check-labels.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 55b8f7389fa7f..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/check-labels.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-name: Check labels
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [labeled, opened, synchronize, unlabeled]
-
-env:
-  IMAGE: paritytech/ruled_labels:0.4.0
-
-jobs:
-  check-labels:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Pull image
-        run: docker pull $IMAGE
-
-      - name: Check labels
-        env:
-          MOUNT: /work
-          GITHUB_PR: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          API_BASE: https://api.github.com/repos
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          RULES_PATH: labels/ruled_labels
-          CHECK_SPECS: specs_substrate.yaml
-        run: |
-          echo "REPO: ${REPO}"
-          echo "GITHUB_PR: ${GITHUB_PR}"
-          # Clone repo with labels specs
-          git clone https://github.com/paritytech/labels
-          # Fetch the labels for the PR under test
-          labels=$( curl -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -s "$API_BASE/${REPO}/pulls/${GITHUB_PR}" | jq '.labels | .[] | .name' | tr "\n" ",")
-
-          if [ -z "${labels}" ]; then
-            docker run --rm -i -v $PWD/${RULES_PATH}/:$MOUNT $IMAGE check $MOUNT/$CHECK_SPECS --tags PR --no-label
-          fi
-
-          labels_args=${labels: :-1}
-          printf "Checking labels: %s\n" "${labels_args}"
-
-          # Prevent the shell from splitting labels with spaces
-          IFS=","
-
-          # --dev is more useful to debug mode to debug
-          docker run --rm -i -v $PWD/${RULES_PATH}/:$MOUNT $IMAGE check $MOUNT/$CHECK_SPECS --labels ${labels_args} --dev --tags PR
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/md-link-check.yml b/substrate/.github/workflows/md-link-check.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e1387f6da13f7..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/md-link-check.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-name: Check Links
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-    - master
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - master
-
-jobs:
-  markdown-link-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@0a51127e9955b855a9bbfa1ff5577f1d1338c9a5 # 1.0.14
-      with:
-        use-quiet-mode: 'yes'
-        config-file: '.github/workflows/mlc_config.json'
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/mlc_config.json b/substrate/.github/workflows/mlc_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e7e620b39e0a9..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/mlc_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "ignorePatterns": [
-        {
-            "pattern": "^https://crates.io",
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/monthly-tag.yml b/substrate/.github/workflows/monthly-tag.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 055207d85a4dd..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/monthly-tag.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-name: Monthly Snapshot Tag
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 1 1 * *"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Take Snapshot
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Get the tags by date
-        id: tags
-        run: |
-          echo "new=$(date +'monthly-%Y-%m')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "old=$(date -d'1 month ago' +'monthly-%Y-%m')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Checkout branch "master"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: 'master'
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Generate changelog
-        id: changelog
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          echo "# Automatic snapshot pre-release ${{ steps.tags.outputs.new }}" > Changelog.md
-          echo "" >> Changelog.md
-          echo "## Changes since last snapshot (${{ steps.tags.outputs.old }})" >> Changelog.md
-          echo "" >> Changelog.md
-          ./scripts/ci/github/generate_changelog.sh ${{ steps.tags.outputs.old }} >>  Changelog.md
-      - name: Release snapshot
-        id: release-snapshot
-        uses: actions/create-release@0cb9c9b65d5d1901c1f53e5e66eaf4afd303e70e # v1.1.4 latest version, repo archived
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.new }}
-          release_name: ${{ steps.tags.outputs.new }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: true
-          body_path: Changelog.md
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/pr-custom-review.yml b/substrate/.github/workflows/pr-custom-review.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e40c9ee72989..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/pr-custom-review.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-name: Assign reviewers
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - main
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - reopened
-      - synchronize
-      - review_requested
-      - review_request_removed
-      - ready_for_review
-      - converted_to_draft
-  pull_request_review:
-
-jobs:
-  pr-custom-review:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Skip if pull request is in Draft
-        # `if: github.event.pull_request.draft == true` should be kept here, at
-        # the step level, rather than at the job level. The latter is not
-        # recommended because when the PR is moved from "Draft" to "Ready to
-        # review" the workflow will immediately be passing (since it was skipped),
-        # even though it hasn't actually ran, since it takes a few seconds for
-        # the workflow to start. This is also disclosed in:
-        # https://github.community/t/dont-run-actions-on-draft-pull-requests/16817/17
-        # That scenario would open an opportunity for the check to be bypassed:
-        # 1. Get your PR approved
-        # 2. Move it to Draft
-        # 3. Push whatever commits you want
-        # 4. Move it to "Ready for review"; now the workflow is passing (it was
-        #    skipped) and "Check reviews" is also passing (it won't be updated
-        #    until the workflow is finished)
-        if: github.event.pull_request.draft == true
-        run: exit 1
-      - name: pr-custom-review
-        uses: paritytech/pr-custom-review@action-v3
-        with:
-          checks-reviews-api: http://pcr.parity-prod.parity.io/api/v1/check_reviews
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/release-bot.yml b/substrate/.github/workflows/release-bot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 05bea32abc697..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/release-bot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: Pushes release updates to a pre-defined Matrix room
-on:
-  release:
-    types:
-      - edited
-      - prereleased
-      - published
-jobs:
-  ping_matrix:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        channel:
-          - name: 'General: Rust, Polkadot, Substrate'
-            room: '!aJymqQYtCjjqImFLSb:parity.io'
-            pre-release: false
-
-    steps:
-      - name: send message
-        uses: s3krit/matrix-message-action@70ad3fb812ee0e45ff8999d6af11cafad11a6ecf # v0.0.3
-        with:
-          room_id: ${{ matrix.channel.room }}
-          access_token: ${{ secrets.RELEASENOTES_MATRIX_V2_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          server: "m.parity.io"
-          message: |
-            ***${{github.event.repository.full_name}}:*** A release has been ${{github.event.action}}<br/>
-            Release version [${{github.event.release.tag_name}}](${{github.event.release.html_url}})
-
-            -----
-
-            ${{github.event.release.body}}<br/>
diff --git a/substrate/.github/workflows/release-tagging.yml b/substrate/.github/workflows/release-tagging.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1862582f40eba..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.github/workflows/release-tagging.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Github action to ensure the `release` tag always tracks latest release
-
-name: Retag release
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [ published ]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Set Git tag
-        uses: s3krit/walking-tag-action@d04f7a53b72ceda4e20283736ce3627011275178 # latest version from master
-        with:
-          tag-name: release
-          tag-message: Latest release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml b/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f00836528973e..0000000000000
--- a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,412 +0,0 @@
-# .gitlab-ci.yml
-#
-# substrate
-#
-# pipelines can be triggered manually in the web
-#
-# Currently the file is divided into subfiles. Each stage has a different file which
-# can be found here: scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/<stage_name>.yml
-#
-# Instead of YAML anchors "extends" is used.
-# Useful links:
-#    https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/index.html#extends
-#    https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/yaml_optimization.html#reference-tags
-#
-# SAMPLE JOB TEMPLATE - This is not a complete example but is enough to build a
-# simple CI job. For full documentation, visit https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/
-#
-# my-example-job:
-#   stage:                           test # One of the stages listed below this job (required)
-#   image:                           paritytech/tools:latest # Any docker image (required)
-#   allow_failure:                   true # Allow the pipeline to continue if this job fails (default: false)
-#   needs:
-#     - job:                         test-linux # Any jobs that are required to run before this job (optional)
-#   variables:
-#     MY_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE:       "some useful value" # Environment variables passed to the job (optional)
-#   script:
-#     - echo "List of shell commands to run in your job"
-#     - echo "You can also just specify a script here, like so:"
-#     - ./scripts/ci/gitlab/my_amazing_script.sh
-
-stages:
-  - check
-  - test
-  - build
-  - publish
-  - notify
-  - zombienet
-  - deploy
-
-workflow:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
-
-variables:
-  GIT_STRATEGY: fetch
-  GIT_DEPTH: 100
-  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
-  DOCKER_OS: "debian:bullseye"
-  ARCH: "x86_64"
-  CI_IMAGE: !reference [.ci-unified, variables, CI_IMAGE]
-  BUILDAH_IMAGE: "quay.io/buildah/stable:v1.29"
-  BUILDAH_COMMAND: "buildah --storage-driver overlay2"
-  RELENG_SCRIPTS_BRANCH: "master"
-
-  RUSTY_CACHIER_SINGLE_BRANCH: master
-  RUSTY_CACHIER_DONT_OPERATE_ON_MAIN_BRANCH: "true"
-  RUSTY_CACHIER_MINIO_ALIAS: rustycachier_gcs
-  RUSTY_CACHIER_MINIO_BUCKET: parity-build-rusty-cachier
-  RUSTY_CACHIER_COMPRESSION_METHOD: zstd
-
-  NEXTEST_FAILURE_OUTPUT: immediate-final
-  NEXTEST_SUCCESS_OUTPUT: final
-  ZOMBIENET_IMAGE: "docker.io/paritytech/zombienet:v1.3.55"
-
-default:
-  retry:
-    max: 2
-    when:
-      - runner_system_failure
-      - unknown_failure
-      - api_failure
-  cache: {}
-  interruptible: true
-
-.collect-artifacts:
-  artifacts:
-    name: "${CI_JOB_NAME}_${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
-    when: on_success
-    expire_in: 7 days
-    paths:
-      - artifacts/
-
-.collect-artifacts-short:
-  artifacts:
-    name: "${CI_JOB_NAME}_${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
-    when: on_success
-    expire_in: 3 hours
-    paths:
-      - artifacts/
-
-.prepare-env:
-  before_script:
-    # TODO: remove unset invocation when we'll be free from 'ENV RUSTC_WRAPPER=sccache' & sccache
-    # itself in all images
-    - unset RUSTC_WRAPPER
-    # $WASM_BUILD_WORKSPACE_HINT enables wasm-builder to find the Cargo.lock from within generated
-    # packages
-    - export WASM_BUILD_WORKSPACE_HINT="$PWD"
-    # ensure that RUSTFLAGS are set correctly
-    - echo $RUSTFLAGS
-
-.job-switcher:
-  before_script:
-    - if echo "$CI_DISABLED_JOBS" | grep -xF "$CI_JOB_NAME"; then echo "The job has been cancelled in CI settings"; exit 0; fi
-
-.kubernetes-env:
-  image: "${CI_IMAGE}"
-  before_script:
-    - !reference [.timestamp, before_script]
-    - !reference [.job-switcher, before_script]
-    - !reference [.prepare-env, before_script]
-  tags:
-    - kubernetes-parity-build
-
-.rust-info-script:
-  script:
-    - rustup show
-    - cargo --version
-    - rustup +nightly show
-    - cargo +nightly --version
-
-.pipeline-stopper-vars:
-  script:
-    - !reference [.job-switcher, before_script]
-    - echo "Collecting env variables for the cancel-pipeline job"
-    - echo "FAILED_JOB_URL=${CI_JOB_URL}" > pipeline-stopper.env
-    - echo "FAILED_JOB_NAME=${CI_JOB_NAME}" >> pipeline-stopper.env
-    - echo "PR_NUM=${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}" >> pipeline-stopper.env
-
-.pipeline-stopper-artifacts:
-  artifacts:
-    reports:
-      dotenv: pipeline-stopper.env
-
-.docker-env:
-  image: "${CI_IMAGE}"
-  before_script:
-    - !reference [.timestamp, before_script]
-    - !reference [.job-switcher, before_script]
-    - !reference [.prepare-env, before_script]
-    - !reference [.rust-info-script, script]
-    - !reference [.rusty-cachier, before_script]
-    - !reference [.pipeline-stopper-vars, script]
-  after_script:
-    - !reference [.rusty-cachier, after_script]
-  tags:
-    - linux-docker-vm-c2
-
-# rusty-cachier's hidden job. Parts of this job are used to instrument the pipeline's other real jobs with rusty-cachier
-# Description of the commands is available here - https://gitlab.parity.io/parity/infrastructure/ci_cd/rusty-cachier/client#description
-.rusty-cachier:
-  before_script:
-    - curl -s https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.parity.io/parity/infrastructure/ci_cd/rusty-cachier/client/-/raw/release/util/install.sh | bash
-    - rusty-cachier environment check --gracefully
-    - $(rusty-cachier environment inject)
-    - rusty-cachier project mtime
-  after_script:
-    - env RUSTY_CACHIER_SUPRESS_OUTPUT=true rusty-cachier snapshot destroy
-
-.test-refs:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/ # PRs
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/ # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
-
-# handle the specific case where benches could store incorrect bench data because of the downstream staging runs
-# exclude cargo-check-benches from such runs
-.test-refs-check-benches:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master" && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"  && $CI_IMAGE =~ /staging$/
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/ # PRs
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/ # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
-
-.test-refs-no-trigger:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/ # PRs
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/ # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^ci-release-.*$/
-
-.test-refs-no-trigger-prs-only:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/ # PRs
-
-.publish-refs:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/ # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
-
-.build-refs:
-  # publish-refs + PRs
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/ # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/ # PRs
-
-.zombienet-refs:
-  extends: .build-refs
-
-.crates-publishing-variables:
-  variables:
-    CRATESIO_CRATES_OWNER: parity-crate-owner
-    REPO: substrate
-    REPO_OWNER: paritytech
-
-.crates-publishing-pipeline:
-  extends: .crates-publishing-variables
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" && $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master" && $PIPELINE == "automatic-crate-publishing"
-
-.crates-publishing-template:
-  extends:
-    - .docker-env
-    - .crates-publishing-variables
-  # collect artifacts even on failure so that we know how the crates were generated (they'll be
-  # generated to the artifacts folder according to SPUB_TMP further down)
-  artifacts:
-    name: "${CI_JOB_NAME}_${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
-    when: always
-    expire_in: 7 days
-    paths:
-      - artifacts/
-  variables:
-    SPUB_TMP: artifacts
-    # disable timestamping for the crate publishing jobs, they leave stray child processes behind
-    # which don't interact well with the timestamping script
-    CI_DISABLE_TIMESTAMP: 1
-
-#### stage:                       .pre
-
-check-crates-publishing-pipeline:
-  stage: .pre
-  extends:
-    - .kubernetes-env
-    - .crates-publishing-pipeline
-  script:
-    - git clone
-      --depth 1
-      --branch "$RELENG_SCRIPTS_BRANCH"
-      https://github.com/paritytech/releng-scripts.git
-    - ONLY_CHECK_PIPELINE=true ./releng-scripts/publish-crates
-
-# By default our pipelines are interruptible, but some special pipelines shouldn't be interrupted:
-# * multi-project pipelines such as the ones triggered by the scripts repo
-# * the scheduled automatic-crate-publishing pipeline
-#
-# In those cases, we add an uninterruptible .pre job; once that one has started,
-# the entire pipeline becomes uninterruptible
-uninterruptible-pipeline:
-  extends: .kubernetes-env
-  variables:
-    CI_IMAGE: "paritytech/tools:latest"
-  stage: .pre
-  interruptible: false
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" && $PIPELINE == "automatic-crate-publishing"
-  script: "true"
-
-include:
-  # check jobs
-  - scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/check.yml
-  # tests jobs
-  - scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/test.yml
-  # build jobs
-  - scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/build.yml
-  # publish jobs
-  - scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/publish.yml
-  # zombienet jobs
-  - scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/zombienet.yml
-  # The crate-publishing pipeline requires a customized `interruptible` configuration. Unfortunately
-  # `interruptible` can't currently be dynamically set based on variables as per:
-  # - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/38349
-  # - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/194023
-  # Thus we work around that limitation by using conditional includes.
-  # For crate-publishing pipelines: run it with defaults + `interruptible: false`. The WHOLE
-  # pipeline is made uninterruptible to ensure that test jobs also get a chance to run to
-  # completion, because the publishing jobs depends on them AS INTENDED: crates should not be
-  # published before their source code is checked.
-  - project: parity/infrastructure/ci_cd/shared
-    ref: main
-    file: /common/timestamp.yml
-  - project: parity/infrastructure/ci_cd/shared
-    ref: main
-    file: /common/ci-unified.yml
-
-
-#### stage:                        notify
-
-# This job notifies rusty-cachier about the latest commit with the cache.
-# This info is later used for the cache distribution and an overlay creation.
-# Note that we don't use any .rusty-cachier references as we assume that a pipeline has reached this stage with working rusty-cachier.
-rusty-cachier-notify:
-  stage: notify
-  extends: .kubernetes-env
-  variables:
-    CI_IMAGE: paritytech/rusty-cachier-env:latest
-    GIT_STRATEGY: none
-  dependencies: []
-  script:
-    - curl -s https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.parity.io/parity/infrastructure/ci_cd/rusty-cachier/client/-/raw/release/util/install.sh | bash
-    - rusty-cachier cache notify
-
-#### stage:                        .post
-
-# This job cancels the whole pipeline if any of provided jobs fail.
-# In a DAG, every jobs chain is executed independently of others. The `fail_fast` principle suggests
-# to fail the pipeline as soon as possible to shorten the feedback loop.
-.cancel-pipeline-template:
-  stage: .post
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/ # PRs
-      when: on_failure
-  variables:
-    PROJECT_ID: "${CI_PROJECT_ID}"
-    PROJECT_NAME: "${CI_PROJECT_NAME}"
-    PIPELINE_ID: "${CI_PIPELINE_ID}"
-    FAILED_JOB_URL: "${FAILED_JOB_URL}"
-    FAILED_JOB_NAME: "${FAILED_JOB_NAME}"
-    PR_NUM: "${PR_NUM}"
-  trigger:
-    project: "parity/infrastructure/ci_cd/pipeline-stopper"
-
-remove-cancel-pipeline-message:
-  stage: .post
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/ # PRs
-  variables:
-    PROJECT_ID: "${CI_PROJECT_ID}"
-    PROJECT_NAME: "${CI_PROJECT_NAME}"
-    PIPELINE_ID: "${CI_PIPELINE_ID}"
-    FAILED_JOB_URL: "https://gitlab.com"
-    FAILED_JOB_NAME: "nope"
-    PR_NUM: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
-  trigger:
-    project: "parity/infrastructure/ci_cd/pipeline-stopper"
-    branch: "as-improve"
-
-# need to copy jobs this way because otherwise gitlab will wait
-# for all 3 jobs to finish instead of cancelling if one fails
-cancel-pipeline-test-linux-stable1:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: "test-linux-stable 1/3"
-
-cancel-pipeline-test-linux-stable2:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: "test-linux-stable 2/3"
-
-cancel-pipeline-test-linux-stable3:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: "test-linux-stable 3/3"
-
-cancel-pipeline-cargo-check-benches1:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: "cargo-check-benches 1/2"
-
-cancel-pipeline-cargo-check-benches2:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: "cargo-check-benches 2/2"
-
-cancel-pipeline-test-linux-stable-int:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: test-linux-stable-int
-
-cancel-pipeline-cargo-check-each-crate-1:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: "cargo-check-each-crate 1/2"
-
-cancel-pipeline-cargo-check-each-crate-2:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: "cargo-check-each-crate 2/2"
-
-cancel-pipeline-cargo-check-each-crate-macos:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: cargo-check-each-crate-macos
-
-cancel-pipeline-check-tracing:
-  extends: .cancel-pipeline-template
-  needs:
-    - job: check-tracing