diff --git a/.github/actions/rust/action.yaml b/.github/actions/rust/action.yaml
index e7e464baf9d..d0c4c89d9d2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/rust/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/rust/action.yaml
@@ -10,22 +10,42 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
+    - name: Determine rustup home (Unix)
+      if: ${{ runner.os != 'Windows' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "RUSTUP_CACHE_PATH=$HOME/.rustup" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+    - name: Determine rustup home (Windows)
+      if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: |
+        $rustupHome = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE '.rustup'
+        "RUSTUP_CACHE_PATH=$rustupHome" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
     - name: Cache Rust toolchain
       id: cache-rustup
       uses: actions/cache@v4
-      if: ${{ runner.os != 'windows' }}
       with:
-        path: ~/.rustup
+        path: ${{ env.RUSTUP_CACHE_PATH }}
         key: toolchain-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('rust-toolchain.toml') }}
     - name: Install Rust toolchain
       if: ${{ steps.cache-rustup.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
       uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
       with:
         cache: false
-    - name: Set channel in rust-toolchain.toml as default
+    - name: Set channel in rust-toolchain.toml as default (Unix)
+      if: ${{ runner.os != 'Windows' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
         rustup default $(grep -m1 '^channel' rust-toolchain.toml | cut -d'"' -f2)
+    - name: Set channel in rust-toolchain.toml as default (Windows)
+      if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: |
+        $channelLine = Select-String -Path rust-toolchain.toml -Pattern '^channel' | Select-Object -First 1
+        if (-not $channelLine) {
+          throw 'Failed to locate channel entry in rust-toolchain.toml'
+        }
+        $channel = ($channelLine.Line -split '"')[1]
+        rustup default $channel
     - name: Install Protoc
       uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build_js_bindings.yml b/.github/workflows/_build_js_bindings.yml
index 991c302c36f..6644473a23c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build_js_bindings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build_js_bindings.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ name: JS Bindings CI
 env:
   DEBUG: napi:*
   APP_NAME: "chromadb-js-bindings"
-  MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: '10.13'
+  MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "10.13"
 permissions:
   contents: write
   id-token: write
-'on':
+"on":
   workflow_dispatch: {}
   workflow_call: {}
 jobs:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-windows:
     name: Build Windows bindings
-    runs-on: 8core-32gb-windows-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-windows-2025
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: rust/js_bindings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build_release_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/_build_release_pypi.yml
index ea3893a99e3..e4ae8202812 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build_release_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build_release_pypi.yml
@@ -4,34 +4,34 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       publish_to_test_pypi:
-        description: 'Publish to test PyPI'
+        description: "Publish to test PyPI"
         required: false
         default: false
         type: boolean
       publish_to_pypi:
-        description: 'Publish to PyPI'
+        description: "Publish to PyPI"
         required: false
         default: false
         type: boolean
       version:
-        description: 'Version to publish'
+        description: "Version to publish"
         required: false
         type: string
 
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       publish_to_test_pypi:
-        description: 'Publish to test PyPI'
+        description: "Publish to test PyPI"
         required: false
         default: false
         type: boolean
       publish_to_pypi:
-        description: 'Publish to PyPI'
+        description: "Publish to PyPI"
         required: false
         default: false
         type: boolean
       version:
-        description: 'Version to publish'
+        description: "Version to publish"
         required: false
         type: string
 
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         platform:
           - { os: linux, runner: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404, target: x86_64 }
-          - { os: linux, runner: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404-arm, target: aarch64 }
-          - { os: windows, runner: 8core-32gb-windows-latest, target: x64 }
+          - {
+              os: linux,
+              runner: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404-arm,
+              target: aarch64,
+            }
+          - { os: windows, runner: blacksmith-8vcpu-windows-2025, target: x64 }
           - { os: macos, runner: macos-14, target: x86_64 }
           - { os: macos, runner: macos-14, target: aarch64 }
 
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate artifact attestation
         uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v1
         with:
-          subject-path: 'wheels-*/*'
+          subject-path: "wheels-*/*"
 
       - name: Publish to test PyPI
         if: ${{ inputs.publish_to_test_pypi }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_python-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/_python-tests.yml
index 6bd226573ac..284215103bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_python-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_python-tests.yml
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python: ${{ fromJson(inputs.python_versions) }}
-    runs-on: 8core-32gb-windows-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-windows-2025
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index c5c1e1fba9c..fd2a5ca05f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -173,6 +173,16 @@ jobs:
     with:
       property_testing_preset: 'normal'
 
+  python-tests-windows:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_python-tests.yml
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      # we only run windows tests on 3.12 because windows runners are expensive
+      # and we usually don't see failures that are isolated to a specific version
+      python_versions: '["3.12"]'
+      property_testing_preset: "normal"
+      runner: blacksmith-8vcpu-windows-2025
+
   python-vulnerability-scan:
     name: Python vulnerability scan
     needs: change-detection
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-chromadb.yml b/.github/workflows/release-chromadb.yml
index 4f26ec63f9d..0c4abb069e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-chromadb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-chromadb.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Install setuptools_scm
         run: python -m pip install setuptools_scm
       - name: Get Release Version
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       python_versions: '["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]'
-      property_testing_preset: 'normal'
+      property_testing_preset: "normal"
 
   python-tests-windows:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_python-tests.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ jobs:
       # we only run windows tests on 3.12 because windows runners are expensive
       # and we usually don't see failures that are isolated to a specific version
       python_versions: '["3.12"]'
-      property_testing_preset: 'normal'
-      runner: '8core-32gb-windows-latest'
+      property_testing_preset: "normal"
+      runner: blacksmith-8vcpu-windows-2025
 
   javascript-client-tests:
     name: JavaScript client tests
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: ./.github/actions/python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
+          python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Build Client
         run: ./clients/python/build_python_thin_client.sh
       - name: Test Client Package
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_PYTHON_CLIENT_PUBLISH_KEY }}
           repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
-          verbose: 'true'
+          verbose: "true"
       - name: Publish to PyPI
-        if:  ${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.tag_matches == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ needs.check-tag.outputs.tag_matches == 'true' }}
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PYTHON_CLIENT_PUBLISH_KEY }}
-          verbose: 'true'
+          verbose: "true"
 
   release-github:
     name: Make GitHub release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-cli.yml b/.github/workflows/release-cli.yml
index 6f0f226f604..6101419a5a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-cli.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-cli.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
         required: false
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'cli_release_[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*'
+      - "cli_release_[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*"
 
 jobs:
   build-linux:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-windows:
     name: Build Windows binary
-    runs-on: 8core-32gb-windows-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-8vcpu-windows-2025
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build macOS Intel binary
         run: cargo build --bin chroma --release --target x86_64-apple-darwin --manifest-path rust/cli/Cargo.toml
 
-
       - name: Build macOS ARM64 binary
         run: cargo build --bin chroma --release --target aarch64-apple-darwin --manifest-path rust/cli/Cargo.toml
 
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Create GitHub Release and Attach Assets
     runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
-    needs: [ build-linux, build-windows, build-macos ]
+    needs: [build-linux, build-windows, build-macos]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3