diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml
index a7b2f0e97d0301a5ae6ccd5ae400004507dc6642..745d6d9a74a4f624b977da6d081505c7431b0e9b 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml
@@ -543,8 +543,6 @@ oc.build:static-x86_64-linux-binaries:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -643,8 +641,6 @@ oc.build:static-arm64-linux-binaries:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -739,8 +735,6 @@ oc.build_x86_64-released:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -855,8 +849,6 @@ oc.build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1122,8 +1114,6 @@ oc.build_kernels:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1203,8 +1193,6 @@ oc.build_dsn_node:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1278,8 +1266,6 @@ oc.tezt:fetch-records:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1608,6 +1594,33 @@ build-layer1-profiling:
   stage: build
   tags:
   - gcp_very_high_cpu
+  rules:
+  - changes:
+    - .gitlab-ci.yml
+    - .gitlab/**/*
+    - Makefile
+    - brassaia-eio/**/*
+    - brassaia/**/*
+    - cohttp/**/*
+    - data-encoding/**/*
+    - dune
+    - dune-project
+    - dune-workspace
+    - etherlink/**/*
+    - irmin/**/*
+    - michelson_test_scripts/**/*
+    - opam/**/*
+    - opentelemetry/**/*
+    - prometheus/**/*
+    - resto/**/*
+    - rust-toolchain
+    - script-inputs/**/*
+    - scripts/**/*
+    - sdk/**/*
+    - src/**/*
+    - tezt/**/*
+    - tzt_reference_test_suite/**/*
+    when: on_success
   dependencies:
   - oc.docker:ci:amd64
   timeout: 60 minutes
@@ -1658,8 +1671,6 @@ select_tezts:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1758,7 +1769,7 @@ trigger:rpm_repository_partial_auto:
     - scripts/ci/build-rpm-packages.sh
     - scripts/ci/create_rpm_repo.sh
     - scripts/ci/prepare-apt-rpm-repo.sh
-    - scripts/packaging/build-deb-local.sh
+    - scripts/packaging/build-rpm-local.sh
     - scripts/packaging/octez/rpm/*
     - scripts/packaging/tests/rpm/*
     - scripts/version.sh
@@ -2048,8 +2059,6 @@ oc.integration:compiler-rejections:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -2112,8 +2121,6 @@ oc.script:test-gen-genesis:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -2241,8 +2248,6 @@ oc.script:test_octez_release_versions:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -2931,8 +2936,6 @@ oc.unit:non-proto-x86_64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3087,8 +3090,6 @@ oc.unit:other-x86_64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3175,8 +3176,6 @@ oc.unit:proto-x86_64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3263,8 +3262,6 @@ oc.unit:non-proto-arm64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3340,8 +3337,6 @@ oc.unit:webassembly-x86_64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3388,8 +3383,6 @@ oc.unit:protocol_compiles:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3642,8 +3635,6 @@ tezt:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3736,8 +3727,6 @@ tezt-time-sensitive:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3829,8 +3818,6 @@ tezt-slow:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3921,8 +3908,6 @@ tezt-extra:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -4012,8 +3997,6 @@ tezt-flaky:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -4107,8 +4090,6 @@ tezt:static-binaries:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -4195,8 +4176,6 @@ oc.unified_coverage:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/merge_train.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/merge_train.yml
index b48878da82a51419cb56d1bd3f901c3b957a77f1..a386dd2092de6ac6931295747b8934039e9b01a3 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/merge_train.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/merge_train.yml
@@ -542,8 +542,6 @@ oc.build:static-x86_64-linux-binaries:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -642,8 +640,6 @@ oc.build:static-arm64-linux-binaries:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -738,8 +734,6 @@ oc.build_x86_64-released:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -854,8 +848,6 @@ oc.build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1121,8 +1113,6 @@ oc.build_kernels:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1202,8 +1192,6 @@ oc.build_dsn_node:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1277,8 +1265,6 @@ oc.tezt:fetch-records:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1607,6 +1593,33 @@ build-layer1-profiling:
   stage: build
   tags:
   - gcp_very_high_cpu
+  rules:
+  - changes:
+    - .gitlab-ci.yml
+    - .gitlab/**/*
+    - Makefile
+    - brassaia-eio/**/*
+    - brassaia/**/*
+    - cohttp/**/*
+    - data-encoding/**/*
+    - dune
+    - dune-project
+    - dune-workspace
+    - etherlink/**/*
+    - irmin/**/*
+    - michelson_test_scripts/**/*
+    - opam/**/*
+    - opentelemetry/**/*
+    - prometheus/**/*
+    - resto/**/*
+    - rust-toolchain
+    - script-inputs/**/*
+    - scripts/**/*
+    - sdk/**/*
+    - src/**/*
+    - tezt/**/*
+    - tzt_reference_test_suite/**/*
+    when: on_success
   dependencies:
   - oc.docker:ci:amd64
   timeout: 60 minutes
@@ -1657,8 +1670,6 @@ select_tezts:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -1757,7 +1768,7 @@ trigger:rpm_repository_partial_auto:
     - scripts/ci/build-rpm-packages.sh
     - scripts/ci/create_rpm_repo.sh
     - scripts/ci/prepare-apt-rpm-repo.sh
-    - scripts/packaging/build-deb-local.sh
+    - scripts/packaging/build-rpm-local.sh
     - scripts/packaging/octez/rpm/*
     - scripts/packaging/tests/rpm/*
     - scripts/version.sh
@@ -2047,8 +2058,6 @@ oc.integration:compiler-rejections:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -2111,8 +2120,6 @@ oc.script:test-gen-genesis:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -2240,8 +2247,6 @@ oc.script:test_octez_release_versions:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -2930,8 +2935,6 @@ oc.unit:non-proto-x86_64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3086,8 +3089,6 @@ oc.unit:other-x86_64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3174,8 +3175,6 @@ oc.unit:proto-x86_64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3262,8 +3261,6 @@ oc.unit:non-proto-arm64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3339,8 +3336,6 @@ oc.unit:webassembly-x86_64:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3387,8 +3382,6 @@ oc.unit:protocol_compiles:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3641,8 +3634,6 @@ tezt:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3735,8 +3726,6 @@ tezt-time-sensitive:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3828,8 +3817,6 @@ tezt-slow:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -3920,8 +3907,6 @@ tezt-extra:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -4011,8 +3996,6 @@ tezt-flaky:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -4106,8 +4089,6 @@ tezt:static-binaries:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
@@ -4194,8 +4175,6 @@ oc.unified_coverage:
   - changes:
     - .gitlab-ci.yml
     - .gitlab/**/*
-    - CHANGES.rst
-    - LICENSES/**/*
     - Makefile
     - brassaia-eio/**/*
     - brassaia/**/*
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_extended_test.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_extended_test.yml
index cfad5acf7540c78f42af8fd6ee0dd48f77e19450..7f2d757cf665184af7c3ba38d27e210325512567 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_extended_test.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_extended_test.yml
@@ -1118,6 +1118,8 @@ build-layer1-profiling:
   stage: build
   tags:
   - gcp_very_high_cpu
+  rules:
+  - when: always
   dependencies:
   - oc.docker:ci:amd64
   timeout: 60 minutes
diff --git a/ci/bin/code_verification.ml b/ci/bin/code_verification.ml
index 8dba9218868c00ada0c6720fb9b1663ee9c0a1bc..2e962e09bf03eb3a920fbf4443b15fa1d3b076c1 100644
--- a/ci/bin/code_verification.ml
+++ b/ci/bin/code_verification.ml
@@ -874,7 +874,9 @@ let jobs pipeline_type =
       job_build_teztale ~arch:Arm64 ~storage:Ramfs ();
       job_evm_static_x86_64_experimental;
       job_evm_static_arm64_experimental;
-      job_build_layer1_profiling ();
+      job_build_layer1_profiling
+        ~rules:(make_rules ~changes:changeset_octez ())
+        ();
     ]
     @ Option.to_list job_select_tezts
     @ bin_packages_jobs
diff --git a/ci/bin/common.ml b/ci/bin/common.ml
index add22c81b772e4862066c2d9ce5aa0db43560ccb..02530dc7e95590c1da2eb9f05c151439eaca168e 100644
--- a/ci/bin/common.ml
+++ b/ci/bin/common.ml
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ let changeset_octez =
     List.map
       (fun path -> if Sys.is_directory path then path ^ "/**/*" else path)
       (read_lines_from_file "script-inputs/octez-source-content")
+    |> List.filter (fun f -> f <> "CHANGES.rst" && f <> "LICENSES/**/*")
     |> Changeset.make
   in
   Changeset.(
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ let changeset_rpm_packages =
   Changeset.(
     make
       [
-        "scripts/packaging/build-deb-local.sh";
+        "scripts/packaging/build-rpm-local.sh";
         "scripts/packaging/octez/rpm/*";
         "scripts/packaging/tests/rpm/*";
         "rpm-deps-build.Dockerfile";
@@ -897,11 +898,12 @@ let job_datadog_pipeline_trace : tezos_job =
        pipeline_type:$PIPELINE_TYPE --tags mr_number:$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID";
     ]
 
-let job_build_layer1_profiling ?(expire_in = Duration (Days 1)) () =
+let job_build_layer1_profiling ?rules ?(expire_in = Duration (Days 1)) () =
   job
     ~__POS__
     ~stage:Stages.build
     ~image:Images.CI.build
+    ?rules
     ~name:"build-layer1-profiling"
     ~cpu:Very_high
     ~retry:{max = 2; when_ = [Stuck_or_timeout_failure; Runner_system_failure]}