perf[ci]: stopped instances

Signed-off-by: Joe Isaacs <[email protected]>

Author: joseph-isaacs

.github/runs-on.yml

@@ -9,3 +9,35 @@ images:
     arch: "arm64"
     name: "vortex-ci-*"
     owner: "375504701696"
+
+pools:
+  # Linux pool - covers UK (8am-6pm GMT) and US-East (8am-6pm EST)
+  # Combined in UK timezone: 8am-11pm (UK 8-6 + NYC 8-6 = UK 8-11pm)
+  # Stopped instances only (~15s boot vs ~25s cold-start)
+  # Cost: ~$96/month (40 × $2.40 EBS storage)
+  linux-x64:
+    runner: family=m7i+m7i-flex+m7a/cpu=16/image=ubuntu24-full-x64/extras=s3-cache
+    timezone: "Europe/London"
+    schedule:
+      - name: working-hours
+        match:
+          day: ["monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday"]
+          time: ["08:00", "23:00"]
+        stopped: 40
+      - name: default
+        stopped: 10
+
+  # Windows pool - same schedule
+  # Stopped instances only (~20-30s boot vs 2-3min cold-start)
+  # Cost: ~$5/month (2 × $2.40 EBS storage)
+  windows-x64:
+    runner: family=m7i/cpu=8/image=windows22-full-x64
+    timezone: "Europe/London"
+    schedule:
+      - name: working-hours
+        match:
+          day: ["monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday"]
+          time: ["08:00", "23:00"]
+        stopped: 2
+      - name: default
+        stopped: 1