diff --git a/.github/actions/build-linux/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-linux/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1a9c9e9fd1130e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/build-linux/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: 'build-linux-runtime'
+description: 'Build Linux runtime'
+inputs:
+  version-runtime:
+    description: 'Base version of the runtime (e.g. 8.0.10)'
+    required: true
+  version-patch:
+    description: 'Patch version (like criteo1)'
+    required: true
+  build-configuration:
+    description: 'Configuration to build (Debug, Release) Note the capital letter'
+    required: true
+  output-artifact-name:
+    description: 'Name of the artifact that will be uploaded (to be retrieved later in the workflow)'
+    required: true
+#outputs:
+#  random-number:
+#    description: "Random number"
+#    value: ${{ steps.random-number-generator.outputs.random-number }}
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Build for Linux (${{ inputs.build-configuration }})
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./build.sh -c ${{ inputs.build-configuration }} /p:VersionSuffix=${{ inputs.version-patch }} /p:StabilizePackageVersion=false /p:OfficialBuildId=20201010.1 /p:NativeOptimizationDataSupported=false /p:SkipArchivesBuild=false
+    - name : Download dotnet install scripts
+      shell: bash
+      run: wget https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/scripts/v1/dotnet-install.sh
+    - name: Retrieve official ASP.Net Core runtime
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        chmod u+x ./dotnet-install.sh
+        mkdir -p artifacts/packages/${{ inputs.build-configuration }}/Shipping/aspnetcore-runtime
+        ./dotnet-install.sh --runtime aspnetcore --version ${{ inputs.version-runtime }} --os linux --install-dir artifacts/packages/${{ inputs.build-configuration }}/Shipping/aspnetcore-runtime
+    - name: Extract generated runtime artifact, add crossgen, symbols, and AspNetCore runtime
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        FULL_VERSION=${{ inputs.version-runtime }}-${{ inputs.version-patch }}
+        cd artifacts/packages/${{ inputs.build-configuration }}/Shipping
+        mkdir -p dotnet-runtime
+        cd dotnet-runtime
+        tar -xzvf ../dotnet-runtime-${FULL_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz
+        cd shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/${FULL_VERSION}
+        tar -xzvf ../../../../dotnet-crossgen2-${FULL_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz
+        tar -xzvf ../../../../dotnet-runtime-symbols-linux-x64-${FULL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+        cd ../../../..
+        cp -R aspnetcore-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App dotnet-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App
+        mv dotnet-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/${{env.RUNTIME_VERSION}} dotnet-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/${FULL_VERSION}
+        dotnet tool install dotnet-symbol -g
+        cd dotnet-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/${FULL_VERSION}
+        dotnet-symbol --symbols *
+        cd ../../../..
+        sed -i "s/${{env.RUNTIME_VERSION}}/${FULL_VERSION}/g" dotnet-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/${FULL_VERSION}/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.runtimeconfig.json
+        cd dotnet-runtime
+        tar -zcvf ../aspnetcore-runtime-${FULL_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz .
+    - name: Upload runtime artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ inputs.output-artifact-name }}
+        path: artifacts/packages/${{ inputs.build-configuration }}/Shipping/aspnetcore-runtime-${{ inputs.version-runtime }}-${{ inputs.version-patch }}-linux-x64.tar.gz
diff --git a/.github/actions/build-windows/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-windows/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..85756fe88f4fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/build-windows/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: 'build-windows-runtime'
+description: 'Build Windos runtime'
+inputs:
+  version-runtime:
+    description: 'Base version of the runtime (e.g. 8.0.10)'
+    required: true
+  version-patch:
+    description: 'Patch version (like criteo1)'
+    required: true
+  build-configuration:
+    description: 'Configuration to build (Debug, Release) Note the capital letter'
+    required: true
+  output-artifact-name:
+    description: 'Name of the artifact that will be uploaded (to be retrieved later in the workflow)'
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Build for Windows (${{ inputs.build-configuration }})
+      shell: powershell
+      run: .\build.cmd -c ${{ inputs.build-configuration }} /p:VersionSuffix=${{ inputs.version-patch }} /p:StabilizePackageVersion=false /p:OfficialBuildId=20201010.1 /p:NativeOptimizationDataSupported=false
+    - name: Upload runtime artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ inputs.output-artifact-name }}
+        path: artifacts/packages/${{ inputs.build-configuration }}/Shipping/dotnet-runtime-${{ inputs.version-runtime }}-${{ inputs.version-patch }}-win-x64.zip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_release.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_release.yml
index fcfb5690dd8f66..b9fff4438a7154 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_release.yml
@@ -54,13 +54,9 @@ jobs:
 
           echo runtime-version=${RUNTIME_VERSION} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo runtime-patch=${RUNTIME_PATCH} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-  build-linux:
+  build-linux-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: env-variables
-    env:
-      RUNTIME_VERSION: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-version}}
-      RUNTIME_PATCH: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-patch}}
-      CODE_VERSION: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.code-version}}
     container:
       image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:centos-stream8
     steps:
@@ -68,37 +64,33 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{env.CODE_VERSION}}
-      - name: Build for Linux
-        run: ./build.sh -c Release /p:VersionSuffix=${{env.RUNTIME_PATCH}} /p:StabilizePackageVersion=false /p:OfficialBuildId=20201010.1 /p:NativeOptimizationDataSupported=false
-      - name : Download dotnet install scripts
-        run: wget https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/scripts/v1/dotnet-install.sh
-      - name: Retrieve official ASP.Net Core runtime
-        run: |
-          chmod u+x ./dotnet-install.sh
-          mkdir -p artifacts/packages/Release/Shipping/aspnetcore-runtime
-          ./dotnet-install.sh --runtime aspnetcore --version ${{env.RUNTIME_VERSION}} --os linux --install-dir artifacts/packages/Release/Shipping/aspnetcore-runtime
-      - name: Extract generated runtime artifact, add crossgen, symbols, and AspNetCore runtime
-        run: |
-          FULL_VERSION=${{env.RUNTIME_VERSION}}-${{env.RUNTIME_PATCH}}
-          cd artifacts/packages/Release/Shipping
-          mkdir -p dotnet-runtime
-          cd dotnet-runtime
-          tar -xzvf ../dotnet-runtime-${FULL_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz
-          cd shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/${FULL_VERSION}
-          tar -xzvf ../../../../dotnet-crossgen2-${FULL_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz
-          tar -xzvf ../../../../dotnet-nethost-symbols-linux-x64-${FULL_VERSION}.tar.gz
-          cd ../../../..
-          cp -R aspnetcore-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App dotnet-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App
-          mv dotnet-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/${{env.RUNTIME_VERSION}} dotnet-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/${FULL_VERSION}
-          sed -i "s/${{env.RUNTIME_VERSION}}/${FULL_VERSION}/g" dotnet-runtime/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/${FULL_VERSION}/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.runtimeconfig.json
-          cd dotnet-runtime
-          tar -zcvf ../aspnetcore-runtime-${FULL_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz .
-      - name: Upload runtime artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - name: Build
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-linux
         with:
-          name: linux-runtime
-          path: artifacts/packages/Release/Shipping/aspnetcore-runtime-${{env.RUNTIME_VERSION}}-${{env.RUNTIME_PATCH}}-linux-x64.tar.gz
-  build-windows:
+          version-runtime: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-version}}
+          version-patch: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-patch}}
+          build-configuration: Release
+          output-artifact-name: 'linux-runtime-release'
+  build-linux-debug:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: env-variables
+    container:
+      image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:centos-stream8
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out runtime source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{env.CODE_VERSION}}
+      - name: Build
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-linux
+        with:
+          version-runtime: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-version}}
+          version-patch: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-patch}}
+          build-configuration: Debug
+          output-artifact-name: 'linux-runtime-debug'
+          
+
+  build-windows-debug:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     needs: env-variables
     steps:
@@ -106,13 +98,28 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{env.CODE_VERSION}}
-      - name: Build CLR for Windows
-        run: .\build.cmd clr -c Release /p:OfficialBuildId=20201010.1
-      - name: Upload mscordaccore artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - name: Build
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-windows
         with:
-          name: mscordaccore.dll
-          path: artifacts/bin/coreclr/Linux.x64.Release/x64/mscordaccore.dll
+          version-runtime: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-version}}
+          version-patch: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-patch}}
+          build-configuration: Debug
+          output-artifact-name: 'windows-runtime-debug'
+  build-windows-release:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    needs: env-variables
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out runtime source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{env.CODE_VERSION}}
+      - name: Build
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-windows
+        with:
+          version-runtime: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-version}}
+          version-patch: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-patch}}
+          build-configuration: Release
+          output-artifact-name: 'windows-runtime-release'
   package-and-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-patch != 'dev'
@@ -121,8 +128,10 @@ jobs:
       RUNTIME_PATCH: ${{needs.env-variables.outputs.runtime-patch}}
     needs:
       - env-variables
-      - build-linux
-      - build-windows
+      - build-linux-debug
+      - build-linux-release
+      - build-windows-debug
+      - build-windows-release
     steps:
       - name: Download .Net runtime artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4