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+name: Go CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Cancel superseded runs for the same PR; never cancel master push runs.
+# Keyed on PR number (not head_ref) so fork PRs sharing a branch name
+# do not collide.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  verify:
+    name: Format, Build, Vet
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Check gofmt
+        run: |
+          unformatted=$(gofmt -l main.go cmd internal)
+          if [ -n "${unformatted}" ]; then
+            echo "The following files are not gofmt-formatted:"
+            echo "${unformatted}"
+            gofmt -d ${unformatted}
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Build
+        env:
+          CGO_ENABLED: 0
+        run: go build ./...
+
+      - name: Vet
+        run: go vet ./...
+
+  quality:
+    name: Lint, Generated Files
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 25
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Lint
+        run: make lint
+
+      - name: Check generated files
+        run: make check-gen
+
+  race-s3select:
+    name: Race, S3 Select
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Run S3 Select tests under race detector
+        run: go test -race ./internal/s3select/... -count=1
+
+  crosscompile:
+    name: Cross Compile
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Build supported targets
+        run: make crosscompile
+
+  test-internal:
+    name: Test internal/
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 25
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      # internal/http listener tests bind [::1]; runners disable IPv6 by default.
+      - name: Enable IPv6
+        run: |
+          sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0
+          sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=0
+
+      - name: Run internal tests
+        env:
+          CGO_ENABLED: 0
+          MINIO_API_REQUESTS_MAX: "10000"
+        run: go test ./internal/... -count=1
+
+  test-cmd:
+    name: Test cmd/
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 35
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      # Some server tests bind IPv6 listeners; runners disable IPv6 by default.
+      - name: Enable IPv6
+        run: |
+          sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0
+          sudo sysctl net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=0
+
+      - name: Run cmd tests
+        env:
+          CGO_ENABLED: 0
+          MINIO_API_REQUESTS_MAX: "10000"
+        # cmd/ is one large package; raise go test's default 10m per-package
+        # timeout so slower runners fail on the job timeout, not a panic.
+        run: go test ./cmd/ -count=1 -timeout 30m