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+name: Nightly Builds (1.0)
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  pekko-cluster-metrics-sigar:
+    name: Pekko Cluster Metrics Test with Sigar
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    if: github.repository == 'apache/incubator-pekko'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+          ref: 1.0.x
+
+      - name: Setup Java 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 11
+
+      - name: Cache Coursier cache
+        uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
+
+      - name: Enable jvm-opts
+        run: cp .jvmopts-ci .jvmopts
+
+      - name: sbt cluster-metrics/test
+        run: |-
+          sbt \
+            -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom \
+            -Dpekko.test.sigar=true \
+            -Dpekko.cluster.assert=on \
+            -Dpekko.test.timefactor=2 \
+            -Dpekko.actor.testkit.typed.timefactor=2 \
+            -Dpekko.test.tags.exclude=gh-exclude,timing \
+            -Dpekko.log.timestamps=true \
+            -Dmultinode.XX:MetaspaceSize=128M \
+            -Dmultinode.Xms256M \
+            -Dmultinode.Xmx256M \
+            -Dmultinode.Xlog:gc \
+            -Dmultinode.XX:+AlwaysActAsServerClassMachine \
+            clean cluster-metrics/test
+
+  pekko-classic-remoting-tests:
+    name: Pekko Classic Remoting Tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    if: github.repository == 'apache/incubator-pekko'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        command:
+          - cluster/test distributed-data/test cluster-tools/test cluster-metrics/test
+          - cluster-sharding/test
+          - cluster-typed/test cluster-sharding-typed/test
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # we don't know what commit the last tag was it's safer to get entire repo so previousStableVersion resolves
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+          ref: 1.0.x
+
+      - name: Setup Java 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 11
+
+      - name: Cache Coursier cache
+        uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
+
+      - name: Enable jvm-opts
+        run: cp .jvmopts-ci .jvmopts
+
+      - name: sbt ${{ matrix.command }}
+        # note that this is not running any multi-jvm tests because multi-in-test=false
+        run: |-
+          sbt \
+          -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom \
+          -Dpekko.remote.artery.enabled=off \
+          -Dpekko.test.timefactor=2 \
+          -Dpekko.actor.testkit.typed.timefactor=2 \
+          -Dpekko.test.tags.exclude=gh-exclude,timing \
+          -Dpekko.test.multi-in-test=false \
+          -Dpekko.cluster.assert=on \
+          clean ${{ matrix.command }}
+
+  jdk-nightly-build:
+    name: JDK ${{ matrix.javaVersion }} / Scala ${{ matrix.scalaVersion }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    if: github.repository == 'apache/incubator-pekko'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        # No need to specify the full Scala version. Only the Scala
+        # binary version is required and Pekko build will set the right
+        # full version from it.
+        scalaVersion: ["2.12", "2.13", "3.3"]
+        javaVersion: [8, 11, 17, 21]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+          ref: 1.0.x
+
+      - name: Setup Java ${{ matrix.javaVersion }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.javaVersion }}
+
+      - name: Cache Coursier cache
+        uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
+
+      - name: Enable jvm-opts
+        run: cp .jvmopts-ci .jvmopts
+
+      - name: Check if the dependency task in the built correctly
+        run: sbt dependWalkerCheck
+
+      - name: Compile and Test
+        # note that this is not running any multi-jvm tests because multi-in-test=false
+        run: |-
+          sbt \
+            -Dpekko.cluster.assert=on \
+            -Dpekko.log.timestamps=true \
+            -Dpekko.test.timefactor=2 \
+            -Dpekko.actor.testkit.typed.timefactor=2 \
+            -Dpekko.test.tags.exclude=gh-exclude,timing \
+            -Dpekko.test.multi-in-test=false \
+            clean "+~ ${{ matrix.scalaVersion }} test" checkTestsHaveRun