Refactor named workers test to avoid circular dependencies + free CI (#2212)

* Refactor named workers test to avoid circular dependencies + free CI

.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
     prepare-release:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8core
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
             - name: Checkout
               uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/publish-release.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
     publish-release:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8core
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         permissions:
             id-token: write
             contents: read

.github/workflows/publish-snapshot.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
     publish-snapshot:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8core
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         permissions:
             contents: read
             id-token: write

.github/workflows/publish-unstable.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
     publish-unstable:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8core
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         permissions:
             id-token: write
             contents: read

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
     BuildAndTest:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8core
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         env:
             MINICONDA_PYTHON_VERSION: py38
             MINICONDA_VERSION: 4.11.0