From c16a7defe92a83f61cd89507e83695f335eae5d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles de Beauchesne <charles.de.beauchesne@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:36:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] run system-tests on pull requests

---
 .github/workflows/dev.yml  | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 15 ---------------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index 609aba00..3fe85617 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -170,3 +170,27 @@ jobs:
           disable_search: true
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           verbose: true
+
+  build-system-tests-artifact:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - run: mkdir binaries 
+      - run: echo "https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp@main" > binaries/cpp-load-from-git
+      - name: Save artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          name: system_tests_binaries
+          path: ./binaries/**/*
+
+  system-tests:
+    needs: build-system-tests-artifact
+    uses: DataDog/system-tests/.github/workflows/system-tests.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    with:
+      library: cpp
+      binaries_artifact: system_tests_binaries
+      parametric_job_count: 8  # dedicated parameter to speed up parametric job
+      scenarios: PARAMETRIC
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4eec77c8..db397874 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -13,21 +13,6 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write
 
-  system-tests:
-    uses: DataDog/system-tests/.github/workflows/system-tests.yml@main
-    secrets: inherit
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    with:
-      library: cpp
-      binaries_artifact: binaries
-      desired_execution_time: 300  # 5 minutes
-      scenarios: PARAMETRIC
-      skip_empty_scenarios: true
-      _system_tests_dev_mode: true
-      display_summary: true
-
   # Ensure the main job is run to completion
   check-system-tests:
     needs: system-tests

From c2efa4a4b38aaaf9347584cda5afcd14dd6b3fdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles de Beauchesne <charles.de.beauchesne@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:59:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Set good branch name

---
 .github/workflows/dev.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index 3fe85617..d95ce0cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - run: mkdir binaries 
-      - run: echo "https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp@main" > binaries/cpp-load-from-git
+      - run: echo "https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp@${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}" > binaries/cpp-load-from-git
       - name: Save artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
         with: