diff --git a/.ci/run_tests.sh b/.ci/run_tests.sh
index 1145ae22727e..63f13470515e 100755
--- a/.ci/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
+ulimit -c unlimited
+mkdir -p /tmp/cores
+chmod 777 /tmp/cores
+echo '/tmp/cores/core.%e.%p' | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
+sudo sysctl -w fs.suid_dumpable=2
+sudo sysctl -p
+
 function cyan() {
     echo -e "\033[1;36m$*\033[0m"
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 54ed720cd54a..2c488f2034d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   BUILD_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ inputs.relative-build-root }}
+  RELATIVE_BUILD_ROOT: ${{ inputs.relative-build-root }}
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -37,9 +38,18 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Lookup build cache
       id: cache-deps
+      # Note we only use the artifact in build, which may actually contain
+      # lua source codes from a previous version. But busted
+      # is able to override those files with them under current directory
+      # so we don't need to rebuild it everytime. So that also means
+      # the "artifacts" here can't be used as a per-commit CD artifact; only
+      # the ones from release.yml could.
       uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
-        path: ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}
+        path: |
+          artifacts
+          ${{ env.RELATIVE_BUILD_ROOT }}
+          !${{ env.RELATIVE_BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev/**/*
         key: ${{ steps.cache-key.outputs.cache-key }}
 
     - name: Install packages
@@ -51,8 +61,38 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
       run: |
-        make build-kong
-        chmod +rw -R "$BUILD_ROOT/kong-dev"
+        bazel build //build:kong --verbose_failures --action_env=INSTALL_DESTDIR=/usr/local
+        bazel build //build:venv --verbose_failures --action_env=INSTALL_DESTDIR=/usr/local
+        # debian package for artifacts to be used in reproducing in local environment
+        bazel build :kong_deb --verbose_failures --action_env=INSTALL_DESTDIR=/usr/local
+
+    - name: Bazel Outputs
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      if: failure()
+      with:
+        name: bazel-outputs
+        path: |
+          bazel-out/_tmp/actions
+        retention-days: 3
+
+    - name: Collect artifacts
+      if: steps.cache-deps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: |
+        mkdir artifacts
+        cp bazel-bin/pkg/kong.amd64.deb artifacts/
+
+        # bazel output directory without write access, we add it when creating archive
+        tar -zcvf artifacts/build.tar.gz -C bazel-bin/build/kong-dev --mode="a+rw" .
+
+    - name: Upload artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: build
+        path: |
+          artifacts
+          ${{ env.RELATIVE_BUILD_ROOT }}
+          !${{ env.RELATIVE_BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev/**/*
+        retention-days: 3
 
     - name: Update PATH
       run: |
@@ -62,6 +102,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Debug (nginx)
       run: |
+        find -name libluajit-5.1.so.2
+        find -name luajit
         echo nginx: $(which nginx)
         nginx -V 2>&1 | sed -re 's/ --/\n--/g'
         ldd $(which nginx)
@@ -69,19 +111,5 @@ jobs:
     - name: Debug (luarocks)
       run: |
         echo luarocks: $(which luarocks)
-        luarocks --version
-        luarocks config
-
-    - name: Bazel Outputs
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-      if: failure()
-      with:
-        name: bazel-outputs
-        path: |
-          bazel-out/_tmp/actions
-        retention-days: 3
-
-    - name: Build Dev Kong dependencies
-      if: steps.cache-deps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      run: |
-        make install-dev-rocks
+        luarocks --version || true
+        luarocks config || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index fc65aef6c08b..dcf7e3087166 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -58,35 +58,44 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout Kong source code
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Lookup build cache
-      id: cache-deps
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
+    - name: Download artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        path: ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}
-        key: ${{ needs.build.outputs.cache-key }}
+        name: build
+        path: .
+
+    - name: Extract the artifact contents
+      run: |
+        sudo tar -C /usr/local/ -xzvf artifacts/build.tar.gz
+        sudo mkdir -p ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev
+        sudo tar -C ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev -xzvf artifacts/build.tar.gz
+
+    - name: Install Kong dev
+      run: make dev LIBRARY_PREFIX=/usr/local/kong
 
     - name: Check test-helpers doc generation
       run: |
-          source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
-          pushd ./spec && ldoc .
+        source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
+        pushd ./spec && ldoc .
 
     - name: Check autodoc generation
       run: |
-          source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
-          scripts/autodoc
+        source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
+        scripts/autodoc
 
     - name: Lint Lua code
       run: |
-          make lint
+        sudo chmod +x bazel-bin/build/kong-dev-venv.sh
+        make lint
 
     - name: Validate rockspec file
       run: |
-          source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
-          scripts/validate-rockspec
+        source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
+        scripts/validate-rockspec
 
     - name: Check spec file misspelling
       run: |
-          scripts/check_spec_files_spelling.sh
+        scripts/check_spec_files_spelling.sh
 
     - name: Check labeler configuration
       run: scripts/check-labeler.pl .github/labeler.yml
@@ -96,12 +105,18 @@ jobs:
         KONG_TEST_PG_DATABASE: kong
         KONG_TEST_PG_USER: kong
       run: |
-          source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
-          TEST_CMD="bin/busted -v -o htest spec/01-unit"
-          if [[ $KONG_TEST_COVERAGE = true ]]; then
-            TEST_CMD="$TEST_CMD --coverage"
-          fi
-          $TEST_CMD
+        ulimit -c unlimited
+        mkdir -p /tmp/cores
+        chmod 777 /tmp/cores
+        echo '/tmp/cores/core.%e.%p' | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
+        sudo sysctl -w fs.suid_dumpable=2
+        sudo sysctl -p
+        source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
+        TEST_CMD="bin/busted -v -o htest spec/01-unit"
+        if [[ $KONG_TEST_COVERAGE = true ]]; then
+          TEST_CMD="$TEST_CMD --coverage"
+        fi
+        $TEST_CMD
 
     - name: Archive coverage stats file
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -116,6 +131,16 @@ jobs:
       if: failure()
       run: |
         sudo dmesg -T
+        sudo chmod -R 777 /tmp/cores
+
+    - name: Upload core dumps
+      if: failure()
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: core-dumps-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.run_id }}
+        retention-days: 3
+        path: |
+          /tmp/cores
 
   integration-tests-postgres:
     name: Postgres ${{ matrix.suite }} - ${{ matrix.split }} tests
@@ -162,12 +187,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout Kong source code
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Lookup build cache
-      id: cache-deps
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
+    - name: Download artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        path: ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}
-        key: ${{ needs.build.outputs.cache-key }}
+        name: build
+        path: .
+
+    - name: Extract the artifact contents
+      run: |
+        sudo tar -C /usr/local/ -xzvf artifacts/build.tar.gz
+        sudo mkdir -p ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev
+        sudo tar -C ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev -xzvf artifacts/build.tar.gz
+
+    - name: Install Kong dev
+      run: make dev LIBRARY_PREFIX=/usr/local/kong
 
     - name: Build WASM Test Filters
       uses: ./.github/actions/build-wasm-test-filters
@@ -236,9 +269,9 @@ jobs:
         TEST_SUITE: ${{ matrix.suite }}
         TEST_SPLIT: ${{ matrix.split }}
       run: |
-          make dev # required to install other dependencies like bin/grpcurl
-          source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
-          .ci/run_tests.sh
+        make dev # required to install other dependencies like bin/grpcurl
+        source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
+        .ci/run_tests.sh
 
     - name: Archive coverage stats file
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -253,6 +286,16 @@ jobs:
       if: failure()
       run: |
         sudo dmesg -T
+        sudo chmod -R 777 /tmp/cores
+
+    - name: Upload core dumps
+      if: failure()
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: core-dumps-${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.suite }}-${{ matrix.split }}-${{ github.run_id }}
+        retention-days: 3
+        path: |
+          /tmp/cores
 
   integration-tests-dbless:
     name: DB-less integration tests
@@ -270,12 +313,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout Kong source code
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Lookup build cache
-      id: cache-deps
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
+    - name: Download artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        path: ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}
-        key: ${{ needs.build.outputs.cache-key }}
+        name: build
+        path: .
+
+    - name: Extract the artifact contents
+      run: |
+        sudo tar -C /usr/local/ -xzvf artifacts/build.tar.gz
+        sudo mkdir -p ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev
+        sudo tar -C ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev -xzvf artifacts/build.tar.gz
+
+    - name: Install Kong dev
+      run: make dev LIBRARY_PREFIX=/usr/local/kong
 
     - name: Build WASM Test Filters
       uses: ./.github/actions/build-wasm-test-filters
@@ -309,9 +360,9 @@ jobs:
         KONG_SPEC_TEST_OTELCOL_FILE_EXPORTER_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/tmp/otel/file_exporter.json
         TEST_SUITE: dbless
       run: |
-          make dev # required to install other dependencies like bin/grpcurl
-          source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
-          .ci/run_tests.sh
+        make dev # required to install other dependencies like bin/grpcurl
+        source ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev-venv.sh
+        .ci/run_tests.sh
 
     - name: Archive coverage stats file
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -326,6 +377,16 @@ jobs:
       if: failure()
       run: |
         sudo dmesg -T
+        sudo chmod -R 777 /tmp/cores
+
+    - name: Upload core dumps
+      if: failure()
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: core-dumps-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.run_id }}
+        retention-days: 3
+        path: |
+          /tmp/cores
 
   pdk-tests:
     name: PDK tests
@@ -336,12 +397,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout Kong source code
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Lookup build cache
-      id: cache-deps
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
+    - name: Download artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        path: ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}
-        key: ${{ needs.build.outputs.cache-key }}
+        name: build
+        path: .
+
+    - name: Extract the artifact contents
+      run: |
+        sudo tar -C /usr/local/ -xzvf artifacts/build.tar.gz
+        sudo mkdir -p ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev
+        sudo tar -C ${{ env.BUILD_ROOT }}/kong-dev -xzvf artifacts/build.tar.gz
+
+    - name: Install Kong dev
+      run: make dev LIBRARY_PREFIX=/usr/local/kong
 
     - name: Install Test::Nginx
       run: |