From 75f20f5a8cc65dc71cf1f7f56887f8b23fd9c9cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stan Ulbrych <stan@python.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:15:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gh-110793: Add CI job that runs tests with an installed build
 (GH-152664) (cherry picked from commit
 8a4ee5ca681a198df89960d0071d1ee74d9c0dcb)

Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <stan@python.org>
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/build.yml            |  8 +++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-install.yml | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-install.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 47bd9af63db846..f531d8e02c123c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -295,6 +295,12 @@ jobs:
       free-threading: ${{ matrix.free-threading }}
       os: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
+  build-ubuntu-installed:
+    name: 'Ubuntu (installed)'
+    needs: build-context
+    if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-ubuntu == 'true'
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-install.yml
+
   build-ubuntu-ssltests:
     name: 'Ubuntu SSL tests'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -684,6 +690,7 @@ jobs:
     - build-windows-msi
     - build-macos
     - build-ubuntu
+    - build-ubuntu-installed
     - build-ubuntu-ssltests
     - build-ios
     - build-emscripten
@@ -734,6 +741,7 @@ jobs:
             !fromJSON(needs.build-context.outputs.run-ubuntu)
             && '
             build-ubuntu,
+            build-ubuntu-installed,
             build-ubuntu-ssltests,
             test-hypothesis,
             build-asan,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-install.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..337da684882d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Reusable Ubuntu (installed)
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  FORCE_COLOR: 1
+
+jobs:
+  build-install-test:
+    name: build, install and test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04-arm
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    env:
+      PYTHONSTRICTEXTENSIONBUILD: 1
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+    - name: Register gcc problem matcher
+      run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/problem-matchers/gcc.json"
+    - name: Set install dir
+      run:
+        echo "INSTALL_DIR=$(realpath "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../installed-python")" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: sudo ./.github/workflows/posix-deps-apt.sh
+    - name: Configure CPython
+      run: ./configure --config-cache --prefix="$INSTALL_DIR"
+    - name: Build CPython
+      run: make -j
+    - name: Install CPython
+      run: make install
+    - name: Set installed interpreter
+      run: |
+        ldversion=$(./python -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var("LDVERSION"))')
+        echo "INSTALLED_PYTHON=${INSTALL_DIR}/bin/python${ldversion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+    - name: Display build info
+      run: |
+        "$INSTALLED_PYTHON" -m test.pythoninfo
+    - name: Test the installed Python
+      run: xvfb-run "$INSTALLED_PYTHON" -m test --fast-ci --timeout=900