diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-cache.yml b/.github/workflows/build-cache.yml
index 7cfdaff605..dffbf2b4ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-cache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-cache.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     env:
-      # Sync versions in build.yml, release.yml, build-cache.yml, .devops/openvino.Dockerfile
+      # Sync versions in build.yml, build-self-hosted.yml, release.yml, build-cache.yml, .devops/openvino.Dockerfile
       OPENVINO_VERSION_MAJOR: "2026.0"
       OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL: "2026.0.0.20965.c6d6a13a886"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-self-hosted.yml b/.github/workflows/build-self-hosted.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eba06b96bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-self-hosted.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+name: CI (self-hosted)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp',
+      '**/*.cu',
+      '**/*.cuh',
+      '**/*.swift',
+      '**/*.m',
+      '**/*.metal',
+      '**/*.comp',
+      '**/*.glsl',
+      '**/*.wgsl'
+    ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-self-hosted.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp',
+      '**/*.cu',
+      '**/*.cuh',
+      '**/*.swift',
+      '**/*.m',
+      '**/*.metal',
+      '**/*.comp',
+      '**/*.glsl',
+      '**/*.wgsl'
+    ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GGML_NLOOP: 3
+  GGML_N_THREADS: 1
+  LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+
+jobs:
+  ggml-ci-nvidia-cuda:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, NVIDIA]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          nvidia-smi
+          GG_BUILD_CUDA=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  ggml-ci-nvidia-vulkan-cm:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, NVIDIA]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          vulkaninfo --summary
+          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 GGML_VK_DISABLE_COOPMAT2=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  ggml-ci-nvidia-vulkan-cm2:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, NVIDIA, COOPMAT2]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          vulkaninfo --summary
+          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  ggml-ci-cpu-amx:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, CPU, AMX]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  # ggml-ci-amd-vulkan:
+  #   runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, AMD]
+
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Clone
+  #       id: checkout
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+  #     - name: Test
+  #       id: ggml-ci
+  #       run: |
+  #         vulkaninfo --summary
+  #         GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  # ggml-ci-amd-rocm:
+  #   runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, AMD]
+
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Clone
+  #       id: checkout
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+  #     - name: Test
+  #       id: ggml-ci
+  #       run: |
+  #         amd-smi static
+  #         GG_BUILD_ROCM=1 GG_BUILD_AMDGPU_TARGETS="gfx1101" bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  ggml-ci-mac-metal:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          GG_BUILD_METAL=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  ggml-ci-mac-webgpu:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Dawn Dependency
+        id: dawn-depends
+        run: |
+          DAWN_VERSION="v2.0.0"
+          DAWN_OWNER="reeselevine"
+          DAWN_REPO="dawn"
+          DAWN_ASSET_NAME="Dawn-5e9a4865b1635796ccc77dd30057f2b4002a1355-macos-latest-Release"
+          echo "Fetching release asset from https://github.com/${DAWN_OWNER}/${DAWN_REPO}/releases/download/${DAWN_VERSION}/${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.zip"
+          curl -L -o artifact.zip \
+            "https://github.com/${DAWN_OWNER}/${DAWN_REPO}/releases/download/${DAWN_VERSION}/${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.zip"
+          mkdir dawn
+          unzip artifact.zip
+          tar -xvf ${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.tar.gz -C dawn --strip-components=1
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          GG_BUILD_WEBGPU=1 GG_BUILD_WEBGPU_DAWN_PREFIX="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dawn" \
+            bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  ggml-ci-mac-vulkan:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          vulkaninfo --summary
+          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  ggml-ci-linux-intel-vulkan:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, Intel]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          vulkaninfo --summary
+          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
+
+  ggml-ci-intel-openvino-gpu-low-perf:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, Intel, OpenVINO]
+
+    env:
+      # Sync versions in build.yml, build-self-hosted.yml, release.yml, build-cache.yml, .devops/openvino.Dockerfile
+      OPENVINO_VERSION_MAJOR: "2026.0"
+      OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL: "2026.0.0.20965.c6d6a13a886"
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Use OpenVINO Toolkit Cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        id: cache-openvino
+        with:
+          path: ./openvino_toolkit
+          key: openvino-toolkit-v${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}-${{ runner.os }}
+
+      - name: Setup OpenVINO Toolkit
+        if: steps.cache-openvino.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/linux-setup-openvino
+        with:
+          path: ./openvino_toolkit
+          version_major: ${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_MAJOR }}
+          version_full: ${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}
+
+      - name: Install OpenVINO dependencies
+        run: |
+          cd ./openvino_toolkit
+          chmod +x ./install_dependencies/install_openvino_dependencies.sh
+          echo "Y" | sudo -E ./install_dependencies/install_openvino_dependencies.sh
+
+      - name: Test
+        id: ggml-ci
+        run: |
+          source ./openvino_toolkit/setupvars.sh
+          GG_BUILD_OPENVINO=1 GGML_OPENVINO_DEVICE=GPU GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ./tmp/results ./tmp/mnt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index cfc78643b0..460a770122 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(matrix.runner) }}
 
       env:
-        # Sync versions in build.yml, release.yml, build-cache.yml, .devops/openvino.Dockerfile
+        # Sync versions in build.yml, build-self-hosted.yml, release.yml, build-cache.yml, .devops/openvino.Dockerfile
         OPENVINO_VERSION_MAJOR: "2026.0"
         OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL: "2026.0.0.20965.c6d6a13a886"
 
@@ -1646,160 +1646,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           LLAMA_ARG_THREADS=$(nproc) GG_BUILD_NO_BF16=1 GG_BUILD_EXTRA_TESTS_0=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ./tmp/results ./tmp/mnt
 
-  ggml-ci-x64-nvidia-cuda:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, NVIDIA]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Test
-        id: ggml-ci
-        run: |
-          nvidia-smi
-          GG_BUILD_CUDA=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
-
-  ggml-ci-x64-nvidia-vulkan-cm:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, NVIDIA]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Test
-        id: ggml-ci
-        run: |
-          vulkaninfo --summary
-          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 GGML_VK_DISABLE_COOPMAT2=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
-
-  ggml-ci-x64-nvidia-vulkan-cm2:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, NVIDIA, COOPMAT2]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Test
-        id: ggml-ci
-        run: |
-          vulkaninfo --summary
-          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
-
-  ggml-ci-x64-cpu-amx:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, CPU, AMX]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Test
-        id: ggml-ci
-        run: |
-          bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
-
-  # ggml-ci-x64-amd-vulkan:
-  #   runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, AMD]
-
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Clone
-  #       id: checkout
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-  #     - name: Test
-  #       id: ggml-ci
-  #       run: |
-  #         vulkaninfo --summary
-  #         GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
-
-  # ggml-ci-x64-amd-rocm:
-  #   runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, AMD]
-
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Clone
-  #       id: checkout
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-  #     - name: Test
-  #       id: ggml-ci
-  #       run: |
-  #         amd-smi static
-  #         GG_BUILD_ROCM=1 GG_BUILD_AMDGPU_TARGETS="gfx1101" bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp /mnt/llama.cpp
-
-  ggml-ci-mac-metal:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Test
-        id: ggml-ci
-        run: |
-          GG_BUILD_METAL=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
-
-  ggml-ci-mac-webgpu:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Dawn Dependency
-        id: dawn-depends
-        run: |
-          DAWN_VERSION="v2.0.0"
-          DAWN_OWNER="reeselevine"
-          DAWN_REPO="dawn"
-          DAWN_ASSET_NAME="Dawn-5e9a4865b1635796ccc77dd30057f2b4002a1355-macos-latest-Release"
-          echo "Fetching release asset from https://github.com/${DAWN_OWNER}/${DAWN_REPO}/releases/download/${DAWN_VERSION}/${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.zip"
-          curl -L -o artifact.zip \
-            "https://github.com/${DAWN_OWNER}/${DAWN_REPO}/releases/download/${DAWN_VERSION}/${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.zip"
-          mkdir dawn
-          unzip artifact.zip
-          tar -xvf ${DAWN_ASSET_NAME}.tar.gz -C dawn --strip-components=1
-
-      - name: Test
-        id: ggml-ci
-        run: |
-          GG_BUILD_WEBGPU=1 GG_BUILD_WEBGPU_DAWN_PREFIX="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dawn" \
-            bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
-
-  ggml-ci-mac-vulkan:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Test
-        id: ggml-ci
-        run: |
-          vulkaninfo --summary
-          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
-
-  ggml-ci-x64-linux-intel-vulkan:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, Intel]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Test
-        id: ggml-ci
-        run: |
-          vulkaninfo --summary
-          GG_BUILD_VULKAN=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ~/results/llama.cpp ~/mnt/llama.cpp
-
   ggml-ci-arm64-cpu-kleidiai:
      runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
 
@@ -1826,46 +1672,6 @@ jobs:
          run: |
            GG_BUILD_KLEIDIAI=1 GG_BUILD_EXTRA_TESTS_0=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ./tmp/results ./tmp/mnt
 
-  ggml-ci-x64-intel-openvino-gpu-low-perf:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, Intel, OpenVINO]
-
-    env:
-      # Sync versions in build.yml, release.yml, build-cache.yml, .devops/openvino.Dockerfile
-      OPENVINO_VERSION_MAJOR: "2026.0"
-      OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL: "2026.0.0.20965.c6d6a13a886"
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        id: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Use OpenVINO Toolkit Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
-        id: cache-openvino
-        with:
-          path: ./openvino_toolkit
-          key: openvino-toolkit-v${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}-${{ runner.os }}
-
-      - name: Setup OpenVINO Toolkit
-        if: steps.cache-openvino.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: ./.github/actions/linux-setup-openvino
-        with:
-          path: ./openvino_toolkit
-          version_major: ${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_MAJOR }}
-          version_full: ${{ env.OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL }}
-
-      - name: Install OpenVINO dependencies
-        run: |
-          cd ./openvino_toolkit
-          chmod +x ./install_dependencies/install_openvino_dependencies.sh
-          echo "Y" | sudo -E ./install_dependencies/install_openvino_dependencies.sh
-
-      - name: Test
-        id: ggml-ci
-        run: |
-          source ./openvino_toolkit/setupvars.sh
-          GG_BUILD_OPENVINO=1 GGML_OPENVINO_DEVICE=GPU GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF=1 bash ./ci/run.sh ./tmp/results ./tmp/mnt
-
   ubuntu-cpu-cmake-riscv64-native:
     runs-on: RISCV64
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1620d9a1bc..f329630071 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
       openvino_version: ${{ steps.openvino_version.outputs.value }}
 
     env:
-      # Sync versions in build.yml, release.yml, build-cache.yml, .devops/openvino.Dockerfile
+      # Sync versions in build.yml, build-self-hosted.yml, release.yml, build-cache.yml, .devops/openvino.Dockerfile
       OPENVINO_VERSION_MAJOR: "2026.0"
       OPENVINO_VERSION_FULL: "2026.0.0.20965.c6d6a13a886"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-metal.yml b/.github/workflows/server-self-hosted.yml
similarity index 56%
rename from .github/workflows/server-metal.yml
rename to .github/workflows/server-self-hosted.yml
index 1d707bef44..a11aea7e89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-metal.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-self-hosted.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Server-Metal
+name: Server (self-hosted)
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-    paths: ['.github/workflows/server-metal.yml', '**/CMakeLists.txt', '**/Makefile', '**/*.h', '**/*.hpp', '**/*.c', '**/*.cpp', '**/*.cu', '**/*.swift', '**/*.m', 'tools/server/**.*']
+    paths: ['.github/workflows/server-self-hosted.yml', '**/CMakeLists.txt', '**/Makefile', '**/*.h', '**/*.hpp', '**/*.c', '**/*.cpp', '**/*.cu', '**/*.swift', '**/*.m', 'tools/server/**.*']
 
 env:
   LLAMA_LOG_COLORS: 1
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   server-metal:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, llama-server, macOS, ARM64]
 
     name: server-metal (${{ matrix.wf_name }})
     strategy:
@@ -71,3 +71,42 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           export ${{ matrix.extra_args }}
           pytest -v -x -m "not slow"
+
+  server-cuda:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, llama-server, Linux, NVIDIA]
+
+    name: server-cuda (${{ matrix.wf_name }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        build_type: [Release]
+        wf_name: ["GPUx1"]
+        include:
+          - build_type: Release
+            extra_args: "LLAMA_ARG_BACKEND_SAMPLING=1"
+            wf_name:    "GPUx1, backend-sampling"
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.sha || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha || github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build -DGGML_SCHED_NO_REALLOC=ON
+          cmake --build build --config ${{ matrix.build_type }} -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu) --target llama-server
+
+      - name: Tests
+        id: server_integration_tests
+        if: ${{ (!matrix.disabled_on_pr || !github.event.pull_request) }}
+        run: |
+          cd tools/server/tests
+          python3 -m venv venv
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          export ${{ matrix.extra_args }}
+          pytest -v -x -m "not slow"