diff --git a/.github/workflows/article-api-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/article-api-docs.yml
index be55be40cb..4f87a815b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/article-api-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/article-api-docs.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   check-content-linter-rules-docs:
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/content-lint-markdown.yml b/.github/workflows/content-lint-markdown.yml
index ac80a26e1f..f097e34e36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/content-lint-markdown.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/content-lint-markdown.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   lint-content:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/content-linter-rules-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/content-linter-rules-docs.yml
index ebdcb64ca5..fe1dc03ca7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/content-linter-rules-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/content-linter-rules-docs.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   check-content-linter-rules-docs:
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/count-translation-corruptions.yml b/.github/workflows/count-translation-corruptions.yml
index 87c96c225b..9b6b134a66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/count-translation-corruptions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/count-translation-corruptions.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   count-translation-corruptions:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout English repo
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-code-scanning-query-lists.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-code-scanning-query-lists.yml
index 1c62e4e779..200b5b3527 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-code-scanning-query-lists.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-code-scanning-query-lists.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   generate-query-lists:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/headless-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/headless-tests.yml
index 5c1ced60b3..6b1f78b76a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/headless-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/headless-tests.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   playwright-tests:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       # When we're comfortable a11y tests aren't generating false positives and helping,
       # let's remove the matrix and just run playwright in a single job.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/index-autocomplete-search.yml b/.github/workflows/index-autocomplete-search.yml
index fb9fdfe892..79582d796a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/index-autocomplete-search.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/index-autocomplete-search.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   index-autocomplete-elasticsearch:
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/index-general-search-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/index-general-search-pr.yml
index 70e565cf25..96127559d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/index-general-search-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/index-general-search-pr.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   dryRunElasticsearchIndexes:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo
diff --git a/.github/workflows/index-general-search.yml b/.github/workflows/index-general-search.yml
index 90e086b3cf..ce4abbbef3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/index-general-search.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/index-general-search.yml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: figureOutMatrix
     name: Update indexes
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' && needs.figureOutMatrix.outputs.matrix != '[]' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       # When it's only English (i.e. a simple array of ['en']), this value
diff --git a/.github/workflows/keep-caches-warm.yml b/.github/workflows/keep-caches-warm.yml
index 35163e1fd6..04daa6d9c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/keep-caches-warm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/keep-caches-warm.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   keep-caches-warm:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-check-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/link-check-daily.yml
index 9c4ffa0055..1f0876acbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-check-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-check-daily.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
   check_all_english_links:
     name: Check all links
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check that gh CLI is installed
         run: gh --version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-check-on-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/link-check-on-pr.yml
index df5d39e47d..c91fe77e93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-check-on-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-check-on-pr.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   check-links:
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml
index 0ee0a8758b..7506716f6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-code.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   lint-code:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-entire-content-data-markdown.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-entire-content-data-markdown.yml
index b2d57e2e36..42699314f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-entire-content-data-markdown.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-entire-content-data-markdown.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
   lint-entire-content-data:
     name: Lint entire content and data directories
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check that gh CLI is installed
         run: gh --version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/local-dev.yml
index 55acf15eaf..1b6d0d4b36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/local-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/local-dev.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   local-dev:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           PLAYWRIGHT_RETRIES: 0
           TEST_EARLY_ACCESS: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' }}
           # workaround for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/59364 as of 22.18.0
-          NODE_OPTIONS: '--no-experimental-strip-types'
+          NODE_OPTIONS: '--no-experimental-strip-types --max-old-space-size=8192'
         run: npm run playwright-test -- playwright-local-dev
 
       - name: Start server in the background
diff --git a/.github/workflows/readability.yml b/.github/workflows/readability.yml
index bc338c1307..32ffec056a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/readability.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/readability.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   readability-analysis:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo with full history
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-openapi.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-openapi.yml
index 4344dd0ff8..f43b9ccc66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-openapi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-openapi.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   generate-decorated-files:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-changed-content.yml b/.github/workflows/test-changed-content.yml
index fa7f561802..2e2548c7b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-changed-content.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-changed-content.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   test-changed-content:
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs' }}
     steps:
       # Each of these ifs needs to be repeated at each step to make sure the required check still runs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index be7019e9b8..e9892fffce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
-
-    # Run on ubuntu-20.04-xl if the private repo or ubuntu-latest if the public repo
-    # See pull # 17442 in the private repo for context
-    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-20.04-xl"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-github-github-docs-urls.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-github-github-docs-urls.yml
index 4f5609b0f4..d53df2636b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-github-github-docs-urls.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-github-github-docs-urls.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
   validate_github_github_docs_urls:
     name: Validate github/github docs URLs
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo's default branch
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b5c18f05d1..6de1c29682 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "cmp-files": "tsx src/workflows/cmp-files.ts",
     "content-changes-table-comment": "tsx src/workflows/content-changes-table-comment.ts",
     "copy-fixture-data": "tsx src/tests/scripts/copy-fixture-data.ts",
-    "count-translation-corruptions": "tsx src/languages/scripts/count-translation-corruptions.ts",
+    "count-translation-corruptions": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 tsx src/languages/scripts/count-translation-corruptions.ts",
     "create-enterprise-issue": "tsx src/ghes-releases/scripts/create-enterprise-issue.ts",
     "debug": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development ENABLED_LANGUAGES=en nodemon --inspect src/frame/server.ts",
     "delete-orphan-translation-files": "tsx src/workflows/delete-orphan-translation-files.ts",