diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
index 702feeb3b..5b2fa1ebd 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ if [ "$TESTSUITE" = 'test' ]; then
 
     export DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$OPTS"
     make distcheck ${JOBS} CFLAGS="${CFLAGS_FOR_OVS}" \
-        TESTSUITEFLAGS=${JOBS} RECHECK=yes
+        TESTSUITEFLAGS="-v ${JOBS}" RECHECK=yes
 else
     build_ovs
     for testsuite in $TESTSUITE; do
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ else
             [ "$(cat /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages)" = '1024' ]
             export DPDK_EAL_OPTIONS="--lcores 0@1,1@1,2@1"
         fi
-        $run_as_root make $testsuite TESTSUITEFLAGS="${JOBS} ${TEST_RANGE}" \
+        $run_as_root make $testsuite TESTSUITEFLAGS="-v ${JOBS} ${TEST_RANGE}" \
                                      RECHECK=yes
     done
 fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 133d53c20..f229a6313 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -6,80 +6,7 @@ env:
   python_default: 3.12
 
 jobs:
-  build-dpdk:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        runner: [ubuntu-24.04]
-    env:
-      dependencies: gcc libnuma-dev libxdp-dev ninja-build pkgconf
-      CC: gcc
-      DPDK_GIT: https://dpdk.org/git/dpdk-stable
-      DPDK_VER: 23.11.2
-    name: dpdk gcc
-    outputs:
-      dpdk_key: ${{ steps.gen_dpdk_key.outputs.key }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-
-    steps:
-    - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: update PATH
-      run:  |
-        echo "$HOME/bin"        >> $GITHUB_PATH
-        echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-    - name: create ci signature file for the dpdk cache key
-      # This will collect most of DPDK related lines, so hash will be different
-      # if something changed in a way we're building DPDK including DPDK_VER.
-      # This also allows us to use cache from any branch as long as version
-      # and a way we're building DPDK stays the same.
-      run:  |
-        echo ${{ matrix.runner }} > dpdk-ci-signature
-        cat .ci/dpdk-* >> dpdk-ci-signature
-        grep -rwE 'DPDK_GIT|DPDK_VER' .github/ >> dpdk-ci-signature
-        if [ "${DPDK_VER##refs/*/}" != "${DPDK_VER}" ]; then
-            git ls-remote --heads $DPDK_GIT $DPDK_VER >> dpdk-ci-signature
-        fi
-        cat dpdk-ci-signature
-
-    - name: generate ci DPDK key
-      id: gen_dpdk_key
-      env:
-        ci_key: ${{ hashFiles('dpdk-ci-signature') }}
-      run:  echo 'key=dpdk-${{ env.ci_key }}' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-    - name: cache
-      id: dpdk_cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: dpdk-dir
-        key:  ${{ steps.gen_dpdk_key.outputs.key }}
-
-    - name: set up python
-      if: steps.dpdk_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ env.python_default }}
-
-    - name: update APT cache
-      if: steps.dpdk_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      run:  sudo apt update || true
-    - name: install common dependencies
-      if: steps.dpdk_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      run:  sudo apt install -y ${{ env.dependencies }}
-
-    - name: prepare
-      if: steps.dpdk_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      run:  ./.ci/dpdk-prepare.sh
-
-    - name: build
-      if: steps.dpdk_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      run:  ./.ci/dpdk-build.sh
-
   build-linux:
-    needs: build-dpdk
     env:
       dependencies: |
         automake libtool gcc bc libjemalloc2 libjemalloc-dev libssl-dev \
@@ -103,113 +30,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            opts:         --disable-ssl
-          - compiler:     clang
-            opts:         --disable-ssl
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            std:          c99
-          - compiler:     clang
-            std:          c99
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            testsuite:    test
-          - compiler:     clang
-            sanitizers:   address,undefined
-            testsuite:    test
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            testsuite:    test
-            opts:         --enable-shared
-          - compiler:     clang
-            testsuite:    test
-            opts:         --enable-shared
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            testsuite:    check check-dpdk
-            dpdk:         dpdk
-          - compiler:     clang
-            testsuite:    check check-dpdk
-            dpdk:         dpdk
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            testsuite:    test
-            libs:         -ljemalloc
-          - compiler:     clang
-            testsuite:    test
-            libs:         -ljemalloc
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            opts:         --enable-afxdp
-          - compiler:     clang
-            opts:         --enable-afxdp
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            dpdk:         dpdk
-            opts:         --enable-shared
-          - compiler:     clang
-            dpdk:         dpdk
-            opts:         --enable-shared
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            dpdk_shared:  dpdk-shared
-          - compiler:     clang
-            dpdk_shared:  dpdk-shared
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            dpdk_shared:  dpdk-shared
-            opts:         --enable-shared
-          - compiler:     clang
-            dpdk_shared:  dpdk-shared
-            opts:         --enable-shared
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            m32:          m32
-            opts:         --disable-ssl
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            testsuite:    check-ovsdb-cluster
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            testsuite:    check-kernel
-            test_range:   "-100"
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            testsuite:    check-kernel
-            test_range:   "100-"
-
-          - compiler:     clang
-            sanitizers:   address,undefined
-            testsuite:    check-kernel
-            test_range:   "-100"
-          - compiler:     clang
-            sanitizers:   address,undefined
-            testsuite:    check-kernel
-            test_range:   "100-"
-
           - compiler:     gcc
             testsuite:    check-offloads
             test_range:   "-100"
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            testsuite:    check-offloads
-            test_range:   "100-"
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            dpdk:         dpdk
-            testsuite:    check-system-userspace
-
-          - compiler:     clang
-            sanitizers:   address,undefined
-            dpdk:         dpdk
-            testsuite:    check-system-userspace
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            dpdk:         dpdk
-            testsuite:    check-system-tso
-
-          - compiler:     gcc
-            dpdk:         dpdk
-            testsuite:    check-afxdp
 
     steps:
     - name: checkout
@@ -225,13 +48,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: ${{ env.python_default }}
 
-    - name: cache
-      if:   matrix.dpdk != '' || matrix.dpdk_shared != ''
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: dpdk-dir
-        key:  ${{ needs.build-dpdk.outputs.dpdk_key }}
-
     - name: update APT cache
       run:  sudo apt update || true
     - name: install common dependencies
@@ -250,8 +66,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: build
       run:  ./.ci/linux-build.sh
 
-    - name: copy logs on failure
-      if: failure() || cancelled()
+    - name: copy logs
       run: |
         # upload-artifact throws exceptions if it tries to upload socket
         # files and we could have some socket files in testsuite.dir.
@@ -263,267 +78,8 @@ jobs:
         sudo cp -r ./tests/*testsuite.* ./logs/ || true
         sudo tar -czvf logs.tgz logs/
 
-    - name: upload logs on failure
-      if: failure() || cancelled()
+    - name: upload
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: logs-linux-${{ join(matrix.*, '-') }}
         path: logs.tgz
-
-  build-clang-analyze:
-    needs: build-dpdk
-    env:
-      dependencies: |
-        automake bc clang-tools libnuma-dev libunbound-dev libunwind-dev \
-        libssl-dev libtool libxdp-dev llvm-dev
-      CC:   clang
-      DPDK: dpdk
-      CLANG_ANALYZE: true
-    name: clang-analyze
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-
-    steps:
-    - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-
-    - name: get base branch sha
-      id: base_branch
-      env:
-        BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
-        EVENT_BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before }}
-        FORCED_PUSH: ${{ github.event.forced }}
-      run: |
-        if [ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" = "pull_request" ]; then
-          echo "sha=$BASE_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        else
-          if [ "$EVENT_BEFORE" = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" ] \
-             || [ "$FORCED_PUSH" = true ]; then
-            BASE_SHA=HEAD~1
-            MIN_DISTANCE=1000
-            git remote add upstream https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs.git
-            git fetch upstream
-            for upstream_head in $(git ls-remote --heads upstream main dpdk-latest branch-2.17 branch-[3456789]* | cut -f 1); do
-              CURR_BASE=$(git merge-base ${upstream_head} HEAD 2>/dev/null)
-              if [ ${CURR_BASE} ]; then
-                DISTANCE=$(git log --oneline ${CURR_BASE}..HEAD | wc -l);
-                if test ${MIN_DISTANCE} -gt ${DISTANCE}; then
-                  BASE_SHA=${CURR_BASE}
-                  MIN_DISTANCE=${DISTANCE}
-                fi
-              fi
-            done
-            echo "sha=$BASE_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "sha=$EVENT_BEFORE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-        fi
-
-    - name: checkout base branch
-      env:
-        BASE_SHA: ${{ steps.base_branch.outputs.sha }}
-      run: |
-        cp -r $(pwd)/. /tmp/base_ovs_main && mv /tmp/base_ovs_main ./
-        cd $(pwd)/base_ovs_main
-        git checkout ${BASE_SHA}
-
-    - name: update PATH
-      run: |
-        echo "$HOME/bin"        >> $GITHUB_PATH
-        echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-    - name: generate cache key
-      id: cache_key
-      run: |
-        ver=$(${CC} -v 2>&1 | grep ' version ' | \
-              sed 's/.*version \([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\).*/\1/g')
-        echo "key=${CC}-${ver}-analyze-$(git -C base_ovs_main rev-parse HEAD)" \
-          >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-    - name: check for analyzer result cache
-      id: clang_cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: base-clang-analyzer-results
-        key:  ${{ steps.cache_key.outputs.key }}
-
-    - name: set up python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ env.python_default }}
-
-    - name: get cached dpdk-dir
-      uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
-      with:
-        path: dpdk-dir
-        key:  ${{ needs.build-dpdk.outputs.dpdk_key }}
-
-    - name: update APT cache
-      run:  sudo apt update || true
-
-    - name: install common dependencies
-      run:  sudo apt install -y ${{ env.dependencies }}
-
-    - name: prepare
-      run:  ./.ci/linux-prepare.sh
-
-    - name: build base reference
-      if: steps.clang_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      run:  ./.ci/linux-build.sh
-
-    - name: save cache
-      uses: actions/cache/save@v4
-      if: steps.clang_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      with:
-        path: base-clang-analyzer-results
-        key:  ${{ steps.cache_key.outputs.key }}
-
-    - name: build
-      run:  ./.ci/linux-build.sh
-
-  build-oss-fuzz:
-    name: build oss-fuzz fuzzers
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout OVS
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Checkout oss-fuzz
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        repository: google/oss-fuzz
-        path: oss-fuzz
-
-    - name: Build oss-fuzz image
-      run: |
-        cd oss-fuzz
-        python infra/helper.py build_image openvswitch --no-pull
-
-    - name: Build oss-fuzz fuzzers
-      run: |
-        cd oss-fuzz
-        python infra/helper.py build_fuzzers --sanitizer address \
-          --engine afl --architecture x86_64 openvswitch $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-
-  build-osx:
-    env:
-      CC:    clang
-      OPTS:  --disable-ssl
-
-    name:    osx clang --disable-ssl
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-
-    steps:
-    - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: update PATH
-      run:  |
-        echo "$HOME/bin"        >> $GITHUB_PATH
-        echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-    - name: set up python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ env.python_default }}
-    - name: install dependencies
-      run:  brew install automake libtool
-    - name: prepare
-      run:  ./.ci/osx-prepare.sh
-    - name: build
-      run:  ./.ci/osx-build.sh
-    - name: upload logs on failure
-      if: failure()
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: logs-osx-clang---disable-ssl
-        path: config.log
-
-  build-linux-deb:
-    env:
-      deb_dependencies: |
-        linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential fakeroot devscripts equivs
-      DEB_PACKAGE: yes
-      DPDK:        ${{ matrix.dpdk }}
-
-    name: linux deb ${{ matrix.dpdk }} dpdk
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - dpdk: no
-
-    steps:
-    - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: update PATH
-      run:  |
-        echo "$HOME/bin"        >> $GITHUB_PATH
-        echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-    - name: update APT cache
-      run:  sudo apt update || true
-    - name: install dependencies for debian packages
-      run:  sudo apt install -y ${{ env.deb_dependencies }}
-    - name: install dpdk-dev
-      if:   matrix.dpdk != 'no'
-      run:  sudo apt install -y libdpdk-dev
-
-    - name: prepare
-      run:  ./.ci/linux-prepare.sh
-
-    - name: build
-      run:  ./.ci/linux-build.sh
-
-    - name: upload deb packages
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: deb-packages-${{ matrix.dpdk }}-dpdk
-        path: '/home/runner/work/ovs/*.deb'
-
-  build-linux-rpm:
-    name: linux rpm fedora
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: fedora:39
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-
-    steps:
-    - name: checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: install dependencies
-      run: |
-        dnf install -y rpm-build dnf-plugins-core
-        sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.1/' rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in \
-            > /tmp/ovs.spec
-        dnf builddep -y /tmp/ovs.spec
-        rm -f /tmp/ovs.spec
-
-    - name: configure
-      run:  ./boot.sh && ./configure
-
-    - name: build
-      run:  make rpm-fedora
-
-    - name: install
-      run:  dnf install -y rpm/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/*.rpm
-
-    - name: upload rpm packages
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: rpm-packages
-        path: |
-          rpm/rpmbuild/SRPMS/*.rpm
-          rpm/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/*.rpm