diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 190ba12fc6..087a0fa39a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -344,9 +344,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.circleci/vortex-test-common.yml b/.circleci/vortex-test-common.yml
index a22ac05b4f..b51a4059bf 100644
--- a/.circleci/vortex-test-common.yml
+++ b/.circleci/vortex-test-common.yml
@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.claude/skills/prepare-vortex-release/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/prepare-vortex-release/SKILL.md
index f41ffe4da0..218cc78928 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/prepare-vortex-release/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/prepare-vortex-release/SKILL.md
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ Work through each checklist item from the release process doc:
    Use npm, NOT yarn.
 6. **CI runner** - Check if `drevops/ci-runner` is at the latest version.
 7. **Cache version** - The cache key has the form `v<YY>.<M>.<minor>` (CalVer).
-   Update it in `.circleci/config.yml`,
-   `.circleci/vortex-test-common.yml`, and `.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml`:
+   Update it in `.circleci/config.yml` and `.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml`, then run `ahoy lint-ci-fix` from `.vortex/` to regenerate `.circleci/vortex-test-common.yml` and `.github/workflows/vortex-test-didi.yml`:
    - The `v<YY>.<M>.<minor>` prefix tracks the latest `uselagoon/*` container
      image tag (e.g. `v26.4.0` for `uselagoon/mysql-8.4:26.4.0`). Lagoon
      versions encode `YY.M.minor` (year, calendar month, minor), so this part
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 654b005472..ac0ae1534f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -263,14 +263,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Process the codebase to run in CI
         run: find . -name "docker-compose.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c "sed -i -e '/###/d' {} && sed -i -e 's/##//' {}"
 
+      - name: Load environment variables from .env
+        run: t=$(mktemp) && export -p >"${t}" && set -a && . ./.env && set +a && . "${t}" && env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Install Vortex tooling
         run: ./scripts/vortex-tooling.sh
 
       - name: Adjust variables for a scheduled run
         if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
         run: |
-          echo "VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK=no" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          {
+            echo "VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK=no"
+            echo "VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP=1"
+            # Import the fetched dump into a clean base image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+            echo "VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE=drevops/mariadb-drupal-data:26.10.0"
+            # Deploy container image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+            echo "VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED=1"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Create cache keys files for database caching
         run: |
@@ -313,11 +322,37 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
           ./vendor/bin/vortex-login-container-registry
+          # A database built from the base image is empty, so it is
+          # provisioned from the dump file without the image.
+          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE:-}" ] && [ "${VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE:-url}" != "container_registry" ]; then
+            VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE=container_registry VORTEX_FETCH_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_IMAGE_BASE="${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE}" ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
+            provision_opts="VORTEX_DB_IMAGE="
+          fi
           docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
-          docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
-          docker compose exec cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
+          # The 'container_registry' source fetches an image without a dump file.
+          if [ -f .data/db.sql ]; then
+            docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
+            docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
+          fi
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
+          # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then rm -f .data/db.sql; fi
           ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-          docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql
+          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql; then docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql; fi
+          # 'hashFiles()' runs as the runner user outside the container, so the
+          # root-owned files in '.data' must be readable by others.
+          chmod -R a+rX .data
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+
+      # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
+      # No-op unless a fresh DB was fetched (the fetch semaphore), the project
+      # uses database-in-image storage (VORTEX_DB_IMAGE), and deployment was
+      # requested (VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED, in the script).
+      - name: Deploy DB image
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then echo "==> Database-in-image storage is not used. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> No freshly fetched database. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          ./vendor/bin/vortex-push-db-image
         timeout-minutes: 30
 
       # Save cache per default branch and the timestamp.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vortex-test-didi.yml b/.github/workflows/vortex-test-didi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76f323e0db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/vortex-test-didi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,1063 @@
+# Auto-generated by .vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha
+# Source: .github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+# Do not edit directly.
+#
+# This action is used for Vortex maintenance. It will not be used in the scaffolded project.
+name: Vortex - Test DIDI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release/**
+      - project/**
+      - '*.x'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - feature/**
+      - bugfix/**
+      - release/**
+      - project/**
+      - '*.x'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+# Workaround for the Actions runner creating /root/.docker/config.json
+# with permissions that prevent the container from reading it.
+# https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/863
+env:
+  DOCKER_CONFIG: /tmp/.docker
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  # DIDI-FI variant jobs
+  vortex-dev-didi-database-fi:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
+
+    container:
+      # https://hub.docker.com/r/drevops/ci-runner
+      image: drevops/ci-runner:26.10.0@sha256:36db4ee12da3372c86966fccd543e49c9470bca12e86eb5d4aad7904dd84a0dd
+      env:
+        PACKAGE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_TOKEN }}
+        VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USER: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USER }}
+        VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASS: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASS }}
+        TZ: ${{ vars.TZ || 'UTC' }}
+        TERM: xterm-256color
+        VORTEX_SSH_DISABLE_STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: "1"
+        VORTEX_SSH_REMOVE_ALL_KEYS: "1"
+        VORTEX_DEBUG: ${{ vars.VORTEX_DEBUG }}
+        # How often to refresh the cache of the DB dump. Refer to `date` command.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_TIMESTAMP: +%Y%m%d
+        # Use previous database caches on this branch as a fallback if the above cache
+        # does not match (for example, the cache is available only from the previous
+        # day). If "no" is set, the cache will be rebuilt from scratch.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK: "yes"
+        # Which branch to use as a source of DB caches.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH: vortex-dev-didi-fi
+        VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE: url
+        VORTEX_FETCH_DB_FORCE: 1
+        VORTEX_DB_IMAGE: drevops/vortex-dev-mariadb-drupal-data-demo-destination-11.x
+        VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE: drevops/mariadb-drupal-data:26.10.0
+        COMPOSE_PROGRESS: plain
+        VORTEX_PUSH_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_IMAGE_TAG: vortex-dev-didi-database-fi-gha
+        VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED: 1
+
+    steps:
+      # Frees disk space by removing preinstalled toolchains unused by this project. Steps run in a container, so the host is reached via the Docker socket.
+      - name: Free up disk space on the runner
+        if: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_FREE_DISK_SPACE == '1' }}
+        run: |
+          set -- /host/usr/local/.ghcup /host/usr/share/swift /host/usr/local/share/powershell /host/usr/share/dotnet /host/opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
+          # set -- "$@" /host/usr/local/lib/android # Removes about 10GB more, but takes about 50s. Uncomment to enable.
+          job_image=$(docker inspect --format '{{.Config.Image}}' "${HOSTNAME}" 2>/dev/null || echo alpine:3)
+          docker run --rm -v /:/host "${job_image}" rm -rf "$@" || true
+
+      - name: Report disk usage
+        run: df -h
+
+      - name: Preserve $HOME set in the container
+        run: echo HOME=/root >> "$GITHUB_ENV" # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/863
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          # Do not keep SSH credentials after checkout to allow adding custom SSH keys.
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Fix Git ownership permissions
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+
+      - name: Add SSH private key used to fetch database
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY != '' }}
+        uses: shimataro/ssh-key-action@87a8f067114a8ce263df83e9ed5c849953548bc3 # v2.8.1
+        with:
+          key: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          known_hosts: ${{ vars.VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS || 'unnecessary' }}
+        env:
+          VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Process the codebase to run in CI
+        run: find . -name "docker-compose.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c "sed -i -e '/###/d' {} && sed -i -e 's/##//' {}"
+
+      - name: Load environment variables from .env
+        run: t=$(mktemp) && export -p >"${t}" && set -a && . ./.env && set +a && . "${t}" && env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Install Vortex tooling
+        run: ./scripts/vortex-tooling.sh
+
+      - name: Adjust variables for a scheduled run
+        if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo "VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK=no"
+            echo "VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP=1"
+            # Import the fetched dump into a clean base image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+            echo "VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE=drevops/mariadb-drupal-data:26.10.0"
+            # Deploy container image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+            echo "VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED=1"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Create cache keys files for database caching
+        run: |
+          echo "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH}" | tee db_cache_branch
+          echo "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK/no/"${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}"}" | tee db_cache_fallback
+          date "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_TIMESTAMP}" | tee db_cache_timestamp
+          echo "yes" | tee db_cache_fallback_yes
+
+      # Restore DB cache based on the cache strategy set by the cache keys below.
+      # Bump the last segment of the version prefix below to force a cache reset.
+      # Lookup cache based on the default branch and a timestamp. Allows
+      # to use cache from the very first build on the day (sanitized database dump, for example).
+      - name: Restore DB cache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6
+        with:
+          path: .data
+          key: v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_timestamp') }}
+          # Fallback to caching by default branch name only. Allows to use
+          # cache from the branch build on the previous day.
+          restore-keys: |
+            v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback') }}-
+
+      - name: Fetch DB
+        run: |
+          VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SEMAPHORE=/tmp/fetch-db-fresh ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
+          echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+        #;< DB_FETCH_SOURCE_ACQUIA
+        env:
+          VORTEX_ACQUIA_KEY: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_ACQUIA_KEY }}
+          VORTEX_ACQUIA_SECRET: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_ACQUIA_SECRET }}
+        #;> DB_FETCH_SOURCE_ACQUIA
+
+      #;< MIGRATION
+      - name: Fetch migration DB
+        run: VORTEX_DB_INDEX=2 ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
+      #;> MIGRATION
+
+      - name: Export DB
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          ./vendor/bin/vortex-login-container-registry
+          # A database built from the base image is empty, so it is
+          # provisioned from the dump file without the image.
+          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE:-}" ] && [ "${VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE:-url}" != "container_registry" ]; then
+            VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE=container_registry VORTEX_FETCH_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_IMAGE_BASE="${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE}" ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
+            provision_opts="VORTEX_DB_IMAGE="
+          fi
+          docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
+          # The 'container_registry' source fetches an image without a dump file.
+          if [ -f .data/db.sql ]; then
+            docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
+            docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
+          fi
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
+          # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then rm -f .data/db.sql; fi
+          ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
+          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql; then docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql; fi
+          # 'hashFiles()' runs as the runner user outside the container, so the
+          # root-owned files in '.data' must be readable by others.
+          chmod -R a+rX .data
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+
+      # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
+      # No-op unless a fresh DB was fetched (the fetch semaphore), the project
+      # uses database-in-image storage (VORTEX_DB_IMAGE), and deployment was
+      # requested (VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED, in the script).
+      - name: Deploy DB image
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then echo "==> Database-in-image storage is not used. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> No freshly fetched database. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          ./vendor/bin/vortex-push-db-image
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+
+      # Save cache per default branch and the timestamp.
+      # The cache will not be saved if it already exists.
+      # Note that the cache fallback flag is enabled for this case in order
+      # to save cache even if the fallback is not used when restoring it.
+      - name: Save DB cache
+        uses: actions/cache/save@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6
+        if: env.db_hash != hashFiles('.data')
+        with:
+          path: .data
+          key: v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback_yes') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_timestamp') }}
+
+  vortex-dev-didi-build-fi:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    #;< !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+    needs: vortex-dev-didi-database-fi
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
+    #;> !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      checks: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    strategy:
+      # A matrix to run multiple jobs in parallel.
+      matrix:
+        instance: [0, 1]
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    env:
+      # Which tools run on this instance. Tools that only need to run once are
+      # pinned to the first instance. Add a line for every additional tool and
+      # reference it in that tool's step.
+      # https://www.vortextemplate.com/docs/continuous-integration#test-parallelism
+      VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX: ${{ strategy.job-index }}
+      VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
+      #;< TOOL_JEST
+      VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
+      #;> TOOL_JEST
+      #;< TOOL_PHPUNIT
+      VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
+      #;> TOOL_PHPUNIT
+      #;< DRUPAL_THEME
+      #;< MODULE_SDC_DEVEL
+      VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
+      #;> MODULE_SDC_DEVEL
+      #;> DRUPAL_THEME
+      #;< TOOL_BEHAT
+      # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
+      VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
+      # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
+      # it by one for every leading instance that does not run Behat, so the
+      # first Behat instance still selects the `p0` catch-all profile.
+      VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE_OFFSET: 0
+      #;> TOOL_BEHAT
+
+    container:
+      # https://hub.docker.com/r/drevops/ci-runner
+      image: drevops/ci-runner:26.10.0@sha256:36db4ee12da3372c86966fccd543e49c9470bca12e86eb5d4aad7904dd84a0dd
+      env:
+        PACKAGE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_TOKEN }}
+        VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USER: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USER }}
+        VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASS: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASS }}
+        TZ: ${{ vars.TZ || 'UTC' }}
+        TERM: xterm-256color
+        # Disable strict host key checking for SSH connections.
+        VORTEX_SSH_DISABLE_STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: "1"
+        VORTEX_SSH_REMOVE_ALL_KEYS: "1"
+        VORTEX_DEBUG: ${{ vars.VORTEX_DEBUG }}
+        #;< !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+        # How often to refresh the cache of the DB dump. Refer to `date` command.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_TIMESTAMP: +%Y%m%d
+        # Use previous database caches on this branch as a fallback if the above cache
+        # does not match (for example, the cache is available only from the previous
+        # day). If "no" is set, the cache will be rebuilt from scratch.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK: "yes"
+        # Which branch to use as a source of DB caches.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH: vortex-dev-didi-fi
+        #;> !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+        VORTEX_DB_IMAGE: drevops/vortex-dev-mariadb-drupal-data-demo-destination-11.x:vortex-dev-didi-database-fi-gha
+        DRUPAL_MIGRATION_SKIP: 1
+
+    steps:
+      # Frees disk space by removing preinstalled toolchains unused by this project. Steps run in a container, so the host is reached via the Docker socket.
+      - name: Free up disk space on the runner
+        if: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_FREE_DISK_SPACE == '1' }}
+        run: |
+          set -- /host/usr/local/.ghcup /host/usr/share/swift /host/usr/local/share/powershell /host/usr/share/dotnet /host/opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
+          # set -- "$@" /host/usr/local/lib/android # Removes about 10GB more, but takes about 50s. Uncomment to enable.
+          job_image=$(docker inspect --format '{{.Config.Image}}' "${HOSTNAME}" 2>/dev/null || echo alpine:3)
+          docker run --rm -v /:/host "${job_image}" rm -rf "$@" || true
+
+      - name: Report disk usage
+        run: df -h
+
+      - name: Preserve $HOME set in the container
+        run: echo HOME=/root >> "$GITHUB_ENV" # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/863
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Fix Git ownership permissions
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+
+      - name: Process the codebase to run in CI
+        run: find . -name "docker-compose.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c "sed -i -e '/###/d' {} && sed -i -e 's/##//' {}"
+
+      - name: Load environment variables from .env
+        run: t=$(mktemp) && export -p >"${t}" && set -a && . ./.env && set +a && . "${t}" && env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Validate Composer configuration
+        run: composer validate --strict
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_COMPOSER_VALIDATE_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+
+      - name: Install Vortex tooling
+        run: ./scripts/vortex-tooling.sh
+
+      #;< !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+      - name: Create cache keys files for database caching
+        run: |
+          echo "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH}" | tee db_cache_branch
+          echo "yes" | tee db_cache_fallback_yes
+          date "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_TIMESTAMP}" | tee db_cache_timestamp
+
+      - name: Show cache key for database caching
+        run: echo 'v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback_yes') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_timestamp') }}'
+
+      # Restore DB cache based on the cache strategy set by the cache keys below.
+      # Bump the last segment of the version prefix below to force a cache reset.
+      # Lookup cache based on the default branch and a timestamp. Allows
+      # to use cache from the very first build on the day (sanitized database dump, for example).
+      - name: Restore DB cache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6
+        with:
+          path: .data
+          fail-on-cache-miss: true
+          # Use cached database from previous builds of this branch.
+          key: v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback_yes') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_timestamp') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback_yes') }}-
+      #;> !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+
+      - name: Login to container registry
+        run: ./vendor/bin/vortex-login-container-registry
+
+      - name: Build stack
+        run: docker compose up --detach && docker builder prune --all --force && docker image prune --force
+
+      - name: Export built codebase
+        if: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 && !startsWith(github.head_ref || github.ref_name, 'deps/') && contains(env.VORTEX_DEPLOY_TYPES, 'artifact') }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "/tmp/workspace/code" "/tmp/artifacts"
+          docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:"/app/." "/tmp/workspace/code"
+          tar -C /tmp/workspace -cpf /tmp/artifacts/code.tar code
+          du -sh "/tmp/artifacts"
+
+      - name: Install development dependencies
+        run: |
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c " \
+            if [ -n \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN:-}\" ]; then composer config --global --auth github-oauth.github.com \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN}\"; fi && \
+            COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer --ansi install --prefer-dist"
+          #;< TOOL_JEST
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "npm ci"
+          #;> TOOL_JEST
+
+      - name: Provision site
+        run: |
+          # Database dumps are removed from the runner once they are inside the
+          # container to avoid holding two copies for the rest of the job.
+          if [ -f .data/db.sql ]; then
+            docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
+            docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
+            rm -f .data/db.sql
+          fi
+          #;< MIGRATION
+          if [ -f ".data/${VORTEX_FETCH_DB2_FILE:-db2.sql}" ]; then
+            docker compose exec -T cli mkdir -p .data
+            docker compose --progress quiet cp -L ".data/${VORTEX_FETCH_DB2_FILE:-db2.sql}" cli:"/app/.data/${VORTEX_FETCH_DB2_FILE:-db2.sql}"
+            rm -f ".data/${VORTEX_FETCH_DB2_FILE:-db2.sql}"
+          fi
+          #;> MIGRATION
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+
+      #;< TOOL_JEST
+      - name: Test with Jest
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: docker compose exec -T cli bash -c "npm test"
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_JEST_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+      #;> TOOL_JEST
+
+      #;< TOOL_PHPUNIT
+      - name: Test with PHPUnit
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: docker compose exec -T cli vendor/bin/phpunit
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_PHPUNIT_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+
+      - name: Process PHPUnit logs and coverage
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ".logs"
+          if docker compose ps --services --filter "status=running" | grep -q cli && docker compose exec cli test -d /app/.logs; then
+             docker compose --progress quiet cp cli:/app/.logs/. ".logs/"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Extract code coverage
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          RATE=$(grep -om1 'line-rate="[0-9.]*"' .logs/coverage/phpunit/cobertura.xml | tr -cd '0-9.')
+          PERCENT=$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.2f\", $RATE*100}")
+          echo "Coverage: $PERCENT% (threshold: $VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD%)" | tee -a "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          {
+            echo "COVERAGE_PERCENT=${PERCENT}"
+            echo "COVERAGE_SUMMARY<<EOF"
+            awk '/^ *Summary:/{f=1;next} f && /^$/{exit} f' .logs/coverage/phpunit/coverage.txt
+            echo "EOF"
+            echo "COVERAGE_DETAILS<<EOF"
+            awk 'BEGIN{s=0} /^ *Summary:/{s=1} s==1 && /^$/{s=2;next} s==2' .logs/coverage/phpunit/coverage.txt
+            echo "EOF"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        env:
+          VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
+
+      - name: Post coverage summary as PR comment
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' && vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_PR_COMMENT_SKIP != '1' }}
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@5770ad5eb8f42dd2c4f34da00c94c5381e49af88 # v3.0.5
+        with:
+          header: coverage-gha
+          message: |
+            **Code coverage** (threshold: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}%)
+            ```
+            ${{ env.COVERAGE_SUMMARY }}
+            ```
+            <details>
+            <summary>Per-class coverage</summary>
+
+            ```
+            ${{ env.COVERAGE_DETAILS }}
+            ```
+            </details>
+          hide_and_recreate: true
+
+      #;< CODE_COVERAGE_PROVIDER_CODECOV
+      - name: Upload coverage report to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@303a32d7a59b442fa8d48b6a1cc6825c09c847a5 # v7
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' && env.CODECOV_TOKEN != '' }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+        with:
+          directory: .logs/coverage
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        env:
+          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+      #;> CODE_COVERAGE_PROVIDER_CODECOV
+
+      - name: Check code coverage threshold
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${COVERAGE_PERCENT//.}" -lt "$((VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD*100))" ]; then
+            echo "FAIL: coverage ${COVERAGE_PERCENT}% is below threshold ${VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD}%"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
+      #;> TOOL_PHPUNIT
+
+      #;< DRUPAL_THEME
+      #;< MODULE_SDC_DEVEL
+      - name: Validate Single Directory Components
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          [ "${VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP:-0}" -eq 1 ] && exit 0
+          output=$(docker compose exec -T cli vendor/bin/drush sdc-devel:validate "${DRUPAL_THEME}" 2>&1)
+          echo "${output}"
+          if echo "${output}" | grep -qE 'Critical|Errors?|Warnings?'; then
+            echo "SDC validation reported problems."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_SDC_DEVEL_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+      #;> MODULE_SDC_DEVEL
+      #;> DRUPAL_THEME
+
+      #;< TOOL_BEHAT
+      - name: Test with Behat
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2170
+          if [ "${VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL}" -gt 1 ]; then export VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE="${VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE:-p$((VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX - VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE_OFFSET))}"; fi
+          echo "Running with ${VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE:-default} profile"
+          docker compose exec -T -e BEHAT_SCREENSHOT_ANIMATION_SKIP=1 cli php -d memory_limit=-1 vendor/bin/behat --colors --strict --profile="${VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE:-default}" || \
+            docker compose exec -T -e BEHAT_SCREENSHOT_ANIMATION_SKIP=1 cli php -d memory_limit=-1 vendor/bin/behat --colors --strict --rerun --profile="${VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE:-default}"
+        env:
+          VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE }}
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+      #;> TOOL_BEHAT
+
+      - name: Process test logs and artifacts
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ".logs"
+          if docker compose ps --services --filter "status=running" | grep -q cli && docker compose exec cli test -d /app/.logs; then
+             docker compose --progress quiet cp cli:/app/.logs/. ".logs/"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload test artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: test-artifacts-vortex-dev-didi-build-fi-${{ matrix.instance }}
+          path: .logs
+          include-hidden-files: true
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      #;< TOOL_PHPUNIT_BEHAT
+      - name: Publish test results to GitHub Checks
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() && vars.VORTEX_CI_TEST_RESULTS_SKIP != '1' }}
+        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@d0a4676d0e0b938bc201470d88276b7c74c712b3 # v2.24.0
+        with:
+          check_name: Test results vortex-dev-didi-build-fi (${{ matrix.instance }})
+          comment_mode: "off"
+          test_file_prefix: "-/app/"
+          files: |
+            .logs/test_results/**/*.xml
+      #;> TOOL_PHPUNIT_BEHAT
+
+      - name: Upload exported codebase as an artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7
+        if: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 && !startsWith(github.head_ref || github.ref_name, 'deps/') && contains(env.VORTEX_DEPLOY_TYPES, 'artifact') }}
+        with:
+          name: code-artifact-vortex-dev-didi-build-fi
+          path: "/tmp/artifacts/code.tar"
+          include-hidden-files: true
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+
+      # Placed after the test steps so a dirty tree never suppresses them.
+      - name: Check that the build left a clean working tree
+        run: ./vendor/bin/vortex-check-worktree-changes
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_WORKTREE_CHANGES_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+
+      - name: Setup tmate session
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() && github.event.inputs.enable_terminal }}
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@35b54afac29c97fb54faba5b513f8fbd1882f113 # v3
+        timeout-minutes: 120 # Cancel the action after 120 minutes, regardless of whether a connection has been established.
+        with:
+          detached: true
+
+  # DIDI-II variant jobs
+  vortex-dev-database-ii:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
+
+    container:
+      # https://hub.docker.com/r/drevops/ci-runner
+      image: drevops/ci-runner:26.10.0@sha256:36db4ee12da3372c86966fccd543e49c9470bca12e86eb5d4aad7904dd84a0dd
+      env:
+        PACKAGE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_TOKEN }}
+        VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USER: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USER }}
+        VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASS: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASS }}
+        TZ: ${{ vars.TZ || 'UTC' }}
+        TERM: xterm-256color
+        VORTEX_SSH_DISABLE_STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: "1"
+        VORTEX_SSH_REMOVE_ALL_KEYS: "1"
+        VORTEX_DEBUG: ${{ vars.VORTEX_DEBUG }}
+        # How often to refresh the cache of the DB dump. Refer to `date` command.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_TIMESTAMP: +%Y%m%d
+        # Use previous database caches on this branch as a fallback if the above cache
+        # does not match (for example, the cache is available only from the previous
+        # day). If "no" is set, the cache will be rebuilt from scratch.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK: "yes"
+        # Which branch to use as a source of DB caches.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH: vortex-dev-didi-ii
+        VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE: container_registry
+        VORTEX_FETCH_DB_FORCE: 1
+        VORTEX_DB_IMAGE: drevops/vortex-dev-mariadb-drupal-data-demo-destination-11.x
+        COMPOSE_PROGRESS: plain
+        VORTEX_PUSH_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_IMAGE_TAG: vortex-dev-database-ii-gha
+        VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED: 1
+
+    steps:
+      # Frees disk space by removing preinstalled toolchains unused by this project. Steps run in a container, so the host is reached via the Docker socket.
+      - name: Free up disk space on the runner
+        if: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_FREE_DISK_SPACE == '1' }}
+        run: |
+          set -- /host/usr/local/.ghcup /host/usr/share/swift /host/usr/local/share/powershell /host/usr/share/dotnet /host/opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
+          # set -- "$@" /host/usr/local/lib/android # Removes about 10GB more, but takes about 50s. Uncomment to enable.
+          job_image=$(docker inspect --format '{{.Config.Image}}' "${HOSTNAME}" 2>/dev/null || echo alpine:3)
+          docker run --rm -v /:/host "${job_image}" rm -rf "$@" || true
+
+      - name: Report disk usage
+        run: df -h
+
+      - name: Preserve $HOME set in the container
+        run: echo HOME=/root >> "$GITHUB_ENV" # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/863
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          # Do not keep SSH credentials after checkout to allow adding custom SSH keys.
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Fix Git ownership permissions
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+
+      - name: Add SSH private key used to fetch database
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY != '' }}
+        uses: shimataro/ssh-key-action@87a8f067114a8ce263df83e9ed5c849953548bc3 # v2.8.1
+        with:
+          key: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          known_hosts: ${{ vars.VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS || 'unnecessary' }}
+        env:
+          VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Process the codebase to run in CI
+        run: find . -name "docker-compose.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c "sed -i -e '/###/d' {} && sed -i -e 's/##//' {}"
+
+      - name: Load environment variables from .env
+        run: t=$(mktemp) && export -p >"${t}" && set -a && . ./.env && set +a && . "${t}" && env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Install Vortex tooling
+        run: ./scripts/vortex-tooling.sh
+
+      - name: Adjust variables for a scheduled run
+        if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo "VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK=no"
+            echo "VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP=1"
+            # Import the fetched dump into a clean base image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+            echo "VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE=drevops/mariadb-drupal-data:26.10.0"
+            # Deploy container image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+            echo "VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED=1"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Create cache keys files for database caching
+        run: |
+          echo "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH}" | tee db_cache_branch
+          echo "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK/no/"${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}"}" | tee db_cache_fallback
+          date "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_TIMESTAMP}" | tee db_cache_timestamp
+          echo "yes" | tee db_cache_fallback_yes
+
+      # Restore DB cache based on the cache strategy set by the cache keys below.
+      # Bump the last segment of the version prefix below to force a cache reset.
+      # Lookup cache based on the default branch and a timestamp. Allows
+      # to use cache from the very first build on the day (sanitized database dump, for example).
+      - name: Restore DB cache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6
+        with:
+          path: .data
+          key: v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_timestamp') }}
+          # Fallback to caching by default branch name only. Allows to use
+          # cache from the branch build on the previous day.
+          restore-keys: |
+            v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback') }}-
+
+      - name: Fetch DB
+        run: |
+          VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SEMAPHORE=/tmp/fetch-db-fresh ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
+          echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+        #;< DB_FETCH_SOURCE_ACQUIA
+        env:
+          VORTEX_ACQUIA_KEY: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_ACQUIA_KEY }}
+          VORTEX_ACQUIA_SECRET: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_ACQUIA_SECRET }}
+        #;> DB_FETCH_SOURCE_ACQUIA
+
+      #;< MIGRATION
+      - name: Fetch migration DB
+        run: VORTEX_DB_INDEX=2 ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
+      #;> MIGRATION
+
+      - name: Export DB
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          ./vendor/bin/vortex-login-container-registry
+          # A database built from the base image is empty, so it is
+          # provisioned from the dump file without the image.
+          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE:-}" ] && [ "${VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE:-url}" != "container_registry" ]; then
+            VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE=container_registry VORTEX_FETCH_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_IMAGE_BASE="${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE}" ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
+            provision_opts="VORTEX_DB_IMAGE="
+          fi
+          docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
+          # The 'container_registry' source fetches an image without a dump file.
+          if [ -f .data/db.sql ]; then
+            docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
+            docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
+          fi
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
+          # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then rm -f .data/db.sql; fi
+          ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
+          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql; then docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql; fi
+          # 'hashFiles()' runs as the runner user outside the container, so the
+          # root-owned files in '.data' must be readable by others.
+          chmod -R a+rX .data
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+
+      # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
+      # No-op unless a fresh DB was fetched (the fetch semaphore), the project
+      # uses database-in-image storage (VORTEX_DB_IMAGE), and deployment was
+      # requested (VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED, in the script).
+      - name: Deploy DB image
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then echo "==> Database-in-image storage is not used. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> No freshly fetched database. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          ./vendor/bin/vortex-push-db-image
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+
+      # Save cache per default branch and the timestamp.
+      # The cache will not be saved if it already exists.
+      # Note that the cache fallback flag is enabled for this case in order
+      # to save cache even if the fallback is not used when restoring it.
+      - name: Save DB cache
+        uses: actions/cache/save@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6
+        if: env.db_hash != hashFiles('.data')
+        with:
+          path: .data
+          key: v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback_yes') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_timestamp') }}
+
+  vortex-dev-didi-build-ii:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    #;< !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+    needs: vortex-dev-database-ii
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
+    #;> !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      checks: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    strategy:
+      # A matrix to run multiple jobs in parallel.
+      matrix:
+        instance: [0, 1]
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    env:
+      # Which tools run on this instance. Tools that only need to run once are
+      # pinned to the first instance. Add a line for every additional tool and
+      # reference it in that tool's step.
+      # https://www.vortextemplate.com/docs/continuous-integration#test-parallelism
+      VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX: ${{ strategy.job-index }}
+      VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
+      #;< TOOL_JEST
+      VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
+      #;> TOOL_JEST
+      #;< TOOL_PHPUNIT
+      VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
+      #;> TOOL_PHPUNIT
+      #;< DRUPAL_THEME
+      #;< MODULE_SDC_DEVEL
+      VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
+      #;> MODULE_SDC_DEVEL
+      #;> DRUPAL_THEME
+      #;< TOOL_BEHAT
+      # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
+      VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
+      # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
+      # it by one for every leading instance that does not run Behat, so the
+      # first Behat instance still selects the `p0` catch-all profile.
+      VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE_OFFSET: 0
+      #;> TOOL_BEHAT
+
+    container:
+      # https://hub.docker.com/r/drevops/ci-runner
+      image: drevops/ci-runner:26.10.0@sha256:36db4ee12da3372c86966fccd543e49c9470bca12e86eb5d4aad7904dd84a0dd
+      env:
+        PACKAGE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_TOKEN }}
+        VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USER: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USER }}
+        VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASS: ${{ secrets.VORTEX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASS }}
+        TZ: ${{ vars.TZ || 'UTC' }}
+        TERM: xterm-256color
+        # Disable strict host key checking for SSH connections.
+        VORTEX_SSH_DISABLE_STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: "1"
+        VORTEX_SSH_REMOVE_ALL_KEYS: "1"
+        VORTEX_DEBUG: ${{ vars.VORTEX_DEBUG }}
+        #;< !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+        # How often to refresh the cache of the DB dump. Refer to `date` command.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_TIMESTAMP: +%Y%m%d
+        # Use previous database caches on this branch as a fallback if the above cache
+        # does not match (for example, the cache is available only from the previous
+        # day). If "no" is set, the cache will be rebuilt from scratch.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK: "yes"
+        # Which branch to use as a source of DB caches.
+        VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH: vortex-dev-didi-ii
+        #;> !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+        VORTEX_DB_IMAGE: drevops/vortex-dev-mariadb-drupal-data-demo-destination-11.x:vortex-dev-database-ii-gha
+        DRUPAL_MIGRATION_SKIP: 1
+
+    steps:
+      # Frees disk space by removing preinstalled toolchains unused by this project. Steps run in a container, so the host is reached via the Docker socket.
+      - name: Free up disk space on the runner
+        if: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_FREE_DISK_SPACE == '1' }}
+        run: |
+          set -- /host/usr/local/.ghcup /host/usr/share/swift /host/usr/local/share/powershell /host/usr/share/dotnet /host/opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
+          # set -- "$@" /host/usr/local/lib/android # Removes about 10GB more, but takes about 50s. Uncomment to enable.
+          job_image=$(docker inspect --format '{{.Config.Image}}' "${HOSTNAME}" 2>/dev/null || echo alpine:3)
+          docker run --rm -v /:/host "${job_image}" rm -rf "$@" || true
+
+      - name: Report disk usage
+        run: df -h
+
+      - name: Preserve $HOME set in the container
+        run: echo HOME=/root >> "$GITHUB_ENV" # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/863
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Fix Git ownership permissions
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+
+      - name: Process the codebase to run in CI
+        run: find . -name "docker-compose.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c "sed -i -e '/###/d' {} && sed -i -e 's/##//' {}"
+
+      - name: Load environment variables from .env
+        run: t=$(mktemp) && export -p >"${t}" && set -a && . ./.env && set +a && . "${t}" && env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Validate Composer configuration
+        run: composer validate --strict
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_COMPOSER_VALIDATE_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+
+      - name: Install Vortex tooling
+        run: ./scripts/vortex-tooling.sh
+
+      #;< !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+      - name: Create cache keys files for database caching
+        run: |
+          echo "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH}" | tee db_cache_branch
+          echo "yes" | tee db_cache_fallback_yes
+          date "${VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_TIMESTAMP}" | tee db_cache_timestamp
+
+      - name: Show cache key for database caching
+        run: echo 'v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback_yes') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_timestamp') }}'
+
+      # Restore DB cache based on the cache strategy set by the cache keys below.
+      # Bump the last segment of the version prefix below to force a cache reset.
+      # Lookup cache based on the default branch and a timestamp. Allows
+      # to use cache from the very first build on the day (sanitized database dump, for example).
+      - name: Restore DB cache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6
+        with:
+          path: .data
+          fail-on-cache-miss: true
+          # Use cached database from previous builds of this branch.
+          key: v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback_yes') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_timestamp') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            v26.8.1-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_branch') }}-${{ hashFiles('db_cache_fallback_yes') }}-
+      #;> !PROVISION_TYPE_PROFILE
+
+      - name: Login to container registry
+        run: ./vendor/bin/vortex-login-container-registry
+
+      - name: Build stack
+        run: docker compose up --detach && docker builder prune --all --force && docker image prune --force
+
+      - name: Export built codebase
+        if: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 && !startsWith(github.head_ref || github.ref_name, 'deps/') && contains(env.VORTEX_DEPLOY_TYPES, 'artifact') }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "/tmp/workspace/code" "/tmp/artifacts"
+          docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:"/app/." "/tmp/workspace/code"
+          tar -C /tmp/workspace -cpf /tmp/artifacts/code.tar code
+          du -sh "/tmp/artifacts"
+
+      - name: Install development dependencies
+        run: |
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c " \
+            if [ -n \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN:-}\" ]; then composer config --global --auth github-oauth.github.com \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN}\"; fi && \
+            COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer --ansi install --prefer-dist"
+          #;< TOOL_JEST
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "npm ci"
+          #;> TOOL_JEST
+
+      - name: Provision site
+        run: |
+          # Database dumps are removed from the runner once they are inside the
+          # container to avoid holding two copies for the rest of the job.
+          if [ -f .data/db.sql ]; then
+            docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
+            docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
+            rm -f .data/db.sql
+          fi
+          #;< MIGRATION
+          if [ -f ".data/${VORTEX_FETCH_DB2_FILE:-db2.sql}" ]; then
+            docker compose exec -T cli mkdir -p .data
+            docker compose --progress quiet cp -L ".data/${VORTEX_FETCH_DB2_FILE:-db2.sql}" cli:"/app/.data/${VORTEX_FETCH_DB2_FILE:-db2.sql}"
+            rm -f ".data/${VORTEX_FETCH_DB2_FILE:-db2.sql}"
+          fi
+          #;> MIGRATION
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+
+      #;< TOOL_JEST
+      - name: Test with Jest
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: docker compose exec -T cli bash -c "npm test"
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_JEST_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+      #;> TOOL_JEST
+
+      #;< TOOL_PHPUNIT
+      - name: Test with PHPUnit
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: docker compose exec -T cli vendor/bin/phpunit
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_PHPUNIT_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+
+      - name: Process PHPUnit logs and coverage
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ".logs"
+          if docker compose ps --services --filter "status=running" | grep -q cli && docker compose exec cli test -d /app/.logs; then
+             docker compose --progress quiet cp cli:/app/.logs/. ".logs/"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Extract code coverage
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          RATE=$(grep -om1 'line-rate="[0-9.]*"' .logs/coverage/phpunit/cobertura.xml | tr -cd '0-9.')
+          PERCENT=$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.2f\", $RATE*100}")
+          echo "Coverage: $PERCENT% (threshold: $VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD%)" | tee -a "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          {
+            echo "COVERAGE_PERCENT=${PERCENT}"
+            echo "COVERAGE_SUMMARY<<EOF"
+            awk '/^ *Summary:/{f=1;next} f && /^$/{exit} f' .logs/coverage/phpunit/coverage.txt
+            echo "EOF"
+            echo "COVERAGE_DETAILS<<EOF"
+            awk 'BEGIN{s=0} /^ *Summary:/{s=1} s==1 && /^$/{s=2;next} s==2' .logs/coverage/phpunit/coverage.txt
+            echo "EOF"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        env:
+          VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
+
+      - name: Post coverage summary as PR comment
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' && vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_PR_COMMENT_SKIP != '1' }}
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@5770ad5eb8f42dd2c4f34da00c94c5381e49af88 # v3.0.5
+        with:
+          header: coverage-gha
+          message: |
+            **Code coverage** (threshold: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}%)
+            ```
+            ${{ env.COVERAGE_SUMMARY }}
+            ```
+            <details>
+            <summary>Per-class coverage</summary>
+
+            ```
+            ${{ env.COVERAGE_DETAILS }}
+            ```
+            </details>
+          hide_and_recreate: true
+
+      #;< CODE_COVERAGE_PROVIDER_CODECOV
+      - name: Upload coverage report to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@303a32d7a59b442fa8d48b6a1cc6825c09c847a5 # v7
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' && env.CODECOV_TOKEN != '' }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+        with:
+          directory: .logs/coverage
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        env:
+          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+      #;> CODE_COVERAGE_PROVIDER_CODECOV
+
+      - name: Check code coverage threshold
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${COVERAGE_PERCENT//.}" -lt "$((VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD*100))" ]; then
+            echo "FAIL: coverage ${COVERAGE_PERCENT}% is below threshold ${VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD}%"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
+      #;> TOOL_PHPUNIT
+
+      #;< DRUPAL_THEME
+      #;< MODULE_SDC_DEVEL
+      - name: Validate Single Directory Components
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          [ "${VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP:-0}" -eq 1 ] && exit 0
+          output=$(docker compose exec -T cli vendor/bin/drush sdc-devel:validate "${DRUPAL_THEME}" 2>&1)
+          echo "${output}"
+          if echo "${output}" | grep -qE 'Critical|Errors?|Warnings?'; then
+            echo "SDC validation reported problems."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_SDC_DEVEL_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+      #;> MODULE_SDC_DEVEL
+      #;> DRUPAL_THEME
+
+      #;< TOOL_BEHAT
+      - name: Test with Behat
+        if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2170
+          if [ "${VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL}" -gt 1 ]; then export VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE="${VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE:-p$((VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX - VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE_OFFSET))}"; fi
+          echo "Running with ${VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE:-default} profile"
+          docker compose exec -T -e BEHAT_SCREENSHOT_ANIMATION_SKIP=1 cli php -d memory_limit=-1 vendor/bin/behat --colors --strict --profile="${VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE:-default}" || \
+            docker compose exec -T -e BEHAT_SCREENSHOT_ANIMATION_SKIP=1 cli php -d memory_limit=-1 vendor/bin/behat --colors --strict --rerun --profile="${VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE:-default}"
+        env:
+          VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_PROFILE }}
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_BEHAT_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+      #;> TOOL_BEHAT
+
+      - name: Process test logs and artifacts
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ".logs"
+          if docker compose ps --services --filter "status=running" | grep -q cli && docker compose exec cli test -d /app/.logs; then
+             docker compose --progress quiet cp cli:/app/.logs/. ".logs/"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload test artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: test-artifacts-vortex-dev-didi-build-ii-${{ matrix.instance }}
+          path: .logs
+          include-hidden-files: true
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      #;< TOOL_PHPUNIT_BEHAT
+      - name: Publish test results to GitHub Checks
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() && vars.VORTEX_CI_TEST_RESULTS_SKIP != '1' }}
+        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@d0a4676d0e0b938bc201470d88276b7c74c712b3 # v2.24.0
+        with:
+          check_name: Test results vortex-dev-didi-build-ii (${{ matrix.instance }})
+          comment_mode: "off"
+          test_file_prefix: "-/app/"
+          files: |
+            .logs/test_results/**/*.xml
+      #;> TOOL_PHPUNIT_BEHAT
+
+      - name: Upload exported codebase as an artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7
+        if: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 && !startsWith(github.head_ref || github.ref_name, 'deps/') && contains(env.VORTEX_DEPLOY_TYPES, 'artifact') }}
+        with:
+          name: code-artifact-vortex-dev-didi-build-ii
+          path: "/tmp/artifacts/code.tar"
+          include-hidden-files: true
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+
+      # Placed after the test steps so a dirty tree never suppresses them.
+      - name: Check that the build left a clean working tree
+        run: ./vendor/bin/vortex-check-worktree-changes
+        continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_WORKTREE_CHANGES_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
+
+      - name: Setup tmate session
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() && github.event.inputs.enable_terminal }}
+        uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@35b54afac29c97fb54faba5b513f8fbd1882f113 # v3
+        timeout-minutes: 120 # Cancel the action after 120 minutes, regardless of whether a connection has been established.
+        with:
+          detached: true
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/_baseline/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/_baseline/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 406b6e47ac..2fb1dd54a8 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/_baseline/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/_baseline/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -229,14 +229,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Process the codebase to run in CI
         run: find . -name "docker-compose.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c "sed -i -e '/###/d' {} && sed -i -e 's/##//' {}"
 
+      - name: Load environment variables from .env
+        run: t=$(mktemp) && export -p >"${t}" && set -a && . ./.env && set +a && . "${t}" && env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Install Vortex tooling
         run: ./scripts/vortex-tooling.sh
 
       - name: Adjust variables for a scheduled run
         if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
         run: |
-          echo "VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK=no" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          {
+            echo "VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK=no"
+            echo "VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP=1"
+            # Import the fetched dump into a clean base image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+            echo "VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE=drevops/mariadb-drupal-data:__VERSION__"
+            # Deploy container image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+            echo "VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED=1"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Create cache keys files for database caching
         run: |
@@ -269,11 +278,37 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
           ./vendor/bin/vortex-login-container-registry
+          # A database built from the base image is empty, so it is
+          # provisioned from the dump file without the image.
+          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE:-}" ] && [ "${VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE:-url}" != "container_registry" ]; then
+            VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE=container_registry VORTEX_FETCH_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_IMAGE_BASE="${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE}" ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
+            provision_opts="VORTEX_DB_IMAGE="
+          fi
           docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
-          docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
-          docker compose exec cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
+          # The 'container_registry' source fetches an image without a dump file.
+          if [ -f .data/db.sql ]; then
+            docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
+            docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
+          fi
+          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
+          # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then rm -f .data/db.sql; fi
           ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-          docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql
+          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql; then docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql; fi
+          # 'hashFiles()' runs as the runner user outside the container, so the
+          # root-owned files in '.data' must be readable by others.
+          chmod -R a+rX .data
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+
+      # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
+      # No-op unless a fresh DB was fetched (the fetch semaphore), the project
+      # uses database-in-image storage (VORTEX_DB_IMAGE), and deployment was
+      # requested (VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED, in the script).
+      - name: Deploy DB image
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then echo "==> Database-in-image storage is not used. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> No freshly fetched database. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+          ./vendor/bin/vortex-push-db-image
         timeout-minutes: 30
 
       # Save cache per default branch and the timestamp.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/ciprovider_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/ciprovider_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index bb5568f3e9..f42f37ebd6 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/ciprovider_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/ciprovider_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/code_coverage_provider_codecov/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/code_coverage_provider_codecov/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 65a0cc3f96..f62063b248 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/code_coverage_provider_codecov/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/code_coverage_provider_codecov/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -490,6 +490,17 @@
+@@ -525,6 +525,17 @@
              </details>
            hide_and_recreate: true
  
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/code_coverage_provider_codecov_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/code_coverage_provider_codecov_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index ca403c4fab..36afeb6a74 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/code_coverage_provider_codecov_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/code_coverage_provider_codecov_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/db_fetch_source_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/db_fetch_source_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 65bea13f04..eca780a37f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/db_fetch_source_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/db_fetch_source_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@
+@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@
            VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SEMAPHORE=/tmp/fetch-db-fresh ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_all_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_all_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index bb5568f3e9..f42f37ebd6 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_all_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_all_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_none_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_none_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index be5b2d5bc8..2e74e1e1be 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_none_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_none_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_none_gha/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_none_gha/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 24407e1e7d..2ac0562a78 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_none_gha/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deploy_types_none_gha/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -573,104 +573,3 @@
+@@ -608,104 +608,3 @@
          timeout-minutes: 120 # Cancel the action after 120 minutes, regardless of whether a connection has been established.
          with:
            detached: true
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deps_updates_provider_ci_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deps_updates_provider_ci_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index bb5568f3e9..f42f37ebd6 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deps_updates_provider_ci_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/deps_updates_provider_ci_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/hosting_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/hosting_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 65bea13f04..eca780a37f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/hosting_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/hosting_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@
+@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@
            VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SEMAPHORE=/tmp/fetch-db-fresh ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/hosting_project_name___acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/hosting_project_name___acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 65bea13f04..eca780a37f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/hosting_project_name___acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/hosting_project_name___acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@
+@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@
            VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SEMAPHORE=/tmp/fetch-db-fresh ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_disabled_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_disabled_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index bb5568f3e9..f42f37ebd6 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_disabled_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_disabled_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 6b0198f141..99d706e50b 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@
+@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
        - name: Export DB
          run: |
            if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
-@@ -431,6 +434,11 @@
+@@ -466,6 +469,11 @@
              docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
              docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
              rm -f .data/db.sql
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index e15e70fb08..549657afb0 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -293,9 +293,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled_lagoon/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled_lagoon/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 6b0198f141..99d706e50b 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled_lagoon/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_enabled_lagoon/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@
+@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
        - name: Export DB
          run: |
            if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
-@@ -431,6 +434,11 @@
+@@ -466,6 +469,11 @@
              docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
              docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
              rm -f .data/db.sql
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 6b0198f141..99d706e50b 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_acquia/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@
+@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
        - name: Export DB
          run: |
            if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
-@@ -431,6 +434,11 @@
+@@ -466,6 +469,11 @@
              docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
              docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
              rm -f .data/db.sql
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_container_registry/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_container_registry/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 6b0198f141..99d706e50b 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_container_registry/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_container_registry/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@
+@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
        - name: Export DB
          run: |
            if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
-@@ -431,6 +434,11 @@
+@@ -466,6 +469,11 @@
              docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
              docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
              rm -f .data/db.sql
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_ftp/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_ftp/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 6b0198f141..99d706e50b 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_ftp/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_ftp/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@
+@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
        - name: Export DB
          run: |
            if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
-@@ -431,6 +434,11 @@
+@@ -466,6 +469,11 @@
              docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
              docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
              rm -f .data/db.sql
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_lagoon/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_lagoon/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 6b0198f141..99d706e50b 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_lagoon/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_lagoon/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@
+@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
        - name: Export DB
          run: |
            if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
-@@ -431,6 +434,11 @@
+@@ -466,6 +469,11 @@
              docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
              docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
              rm -f .data/db.sql
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_s3/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_s3/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 6b0198f141..99d706e50b 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_s3/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_s3/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@
+@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
        - name: Export DB
          run: |
            if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
-@@ -431,6 +434,11 @@
+@@ -466,6 +469,11 @@
              docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
              docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
              rm -f .data/db.sql
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_url/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_url/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 6b0198f141..99d706e50b 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_url/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/migration_fetch_source_url/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@
+@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
            echo "db_hash=${{ hashFiles('.data') }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
        - name: Export DB
          run: |
            if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
-@@ -431,6 +434,11 @@
+@@ -466,6 +469,11 @@
              docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
              docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
              rm -f .data/db.sql
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_dev_modules_storybook/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_dev_modules_storybook/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index c0b7f62c2c..92b9ac668f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_dev_modules_storybook/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_dev_modules_storybook/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +498,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +533,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index c0b7f62c2c..92b9ac668f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +498,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +533,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index c0b7f62c2c..92b9ac668f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +498,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +533,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content_testmode/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content_testmode/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index c0b7f62c2c..92b9ac668f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content_testmode/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content_testmode/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +498,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +533,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content_testmode_reroute_email/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content_testmode_reroute_email/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index c0b7f62c2c..92b9ac668f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content_testmode_reroute_email/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_devel_sdc_devel_generated_content_testmode_reroute_email/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +498,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +533,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_sdc_devel/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_sdc_devel/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index c0b7f62c2c..92b9ac668f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_sdc_devel/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_no_sdc_devel/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +498,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +533,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_none/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_none/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index c0b7f62c2c..92b9ac668f 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_none/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/modules_none/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +498,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +533,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/provision_profile/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/provision_profile/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 194b1600d3..eb70975dc9 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/provision_profile/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/provision_profile/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  
      container:
        # https://hub.docker.com/r/drevops/ci-runner
-@@ -167,130 +164,8 @@
+@@ -167,165 +164,8 @@
          run: docker compose exec -T cli bash -c "npm --prefix=\${WEBROOT}/themes/custom/\${DRUPAL_THEME} run lint"
          continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_NODEJS_LINT_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
  
@@ -81,14 +81,23 @@
 -      - name: Process the codebase to run in CI
 -        run: find . -name "docker-compose.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c "sed -i -e '/###/d' {} && sed -i -e 's/##//' {}"
 -
+-      - name: Load environment variables from .env
+-        run: t=$(mktemp) && export -p >"${t}" && set -a && . ./.env && set +a && . "${t}" && env >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+-
 -      - name: Install Vortex tooling
 -        run: ./scripts/vortex-tooling.sh
 -
 -      - name: Adjust variables for a scheduled run
 -        if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
 -        run: |
--          echo "VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK=no" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
--          echo "VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+-          {
+-            echo "VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_FALLBACK=no"
+-            echo "VORTEX_FRONTEND_BUILD_SKIP=1"
+-            # Import the fetched dump into a clean base image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+-            echo "VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE=drevops/mariadb-drupal-data:__VERSION__"
+-            # Deploy container image (if database-in-image storage is used).
+-            echo "VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED=1"
+-          } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 -
 -      - name: Create cache keys files for database caching
 -        run: |
@@ -121,11 +130,37 @@
 -        run: |
 -          if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> Database fetch semaphore file is missing. DB export will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
 -          ./vendor/bin/vortex-login-container-registry
+-          # A database built from the base image is empty, so it is
+-          # provisioned from the dump file without the image.
+-          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE:-}" ] && [ "${VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE:-url}" != "container_registry" ]; then
+-            VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE=container_registry VORTEX_FETCH_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_IMAGE_BASE="${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE}" ./vendor/bin/vortex-fetch-db
+-            provision_opts="VORTEX_DB_IMAGE="
+-          fi
 -          docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
--          docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
--          docker compose exec cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
+-          # The 'container_registry' source fetches an image without a dump file.
+-          if [ -f .data/db.sql ]; then
+-            docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data
+-            docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql
+-          fi
+-          docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
+-          # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+-          if [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then rm -f .data/db.sql; fi
 -          ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
--          docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql
+-          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql; then docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql; fi
+-          # 'hashFiles()' runs as the runner user outside the container, so the
+-          # root-owned files in '.data' must be readable by others.
+-          chmod -R a+rX .data
+-        timeout-minutes: 30
+-
+-      # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
+-      # No-op unless a fresh DB was fetched (the fetch semaphore), the project
+-      # uses database-in-image storage (VORTEX_DB_IMAGE), and deployment was
+-      # requested (VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED, in the script).
+-      - name: Deploy DB image
+-        run: |
+-          if [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ]; then echo "==> Database-in-image storage is not used. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+-          if [ ! -f /tmp/fetch-db-fresh ]; then echo "==> No freshly fetched database. DB image deployment will not proceed."; exit 0; fi
+-          ./vendor/bin/vortex-push-db-image
 -        timeout-minutes: 30
 -
 -      # Save cache per default branch and the timestamp.
@@ -146,7 +181,7 @@
  
      permissions:
        contents: read
-@@ -333,14 +208,6 @@
+@@ -368,14 +208,6 @@
          VORTEX_SSH_DISABLE_STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: "1"
          VORTEX_SSH_REMOVE_ALL_KEYS: "1"
          VORTEX_DEBUG: ${{ vars.VORTEX_DEBUG }}
@@ -161,7 +196,7 @@
  
      steps:
        # Frees disk space by removing preinstalled toolchains unused by this project. Steps run in a container, so the host is reached via the Docker socket.
-@@ -379,29 +246,6 @@
+@@ -414,29 +246,6 @@
        - name: Install Vortex tooling
          run: ./scripts/vortex-tooling.sh
  
@@ -191,7 +226,7 @@
        - name: Login to container registry
          run: ./vendor/bin/vortex-login-container-registry
  
-@@ -577,7 +421,6 @@
+@@ -612,7 +421,6 @@
    deploy:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      needs: [build, lint]
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_claro/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_claro/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index da2e5188f3..f4af385e6a 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_claro/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_claro/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    database:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      if: ${{ !inputs.deploy_target && (github.event_name == 'push' || !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'project/')) }}
-@@ -312,7 +307,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +342,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +493,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +528,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_olivero/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_olivero/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index da2e5188f3..f4af385e6a 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_olivero/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_olivero/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    database:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      if: ${{ !inputs.deploy_target && (github.event_name == 'push' || !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'project/')) }}
-@@ -312,7 +307,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +342,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +493,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +528,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_stark/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_stark/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index da2e5188f3..f4af385e6a 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_stark/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/theme_stark/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    database:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      if: ${{ !inputs.deploy_target && (github.event_name == 'push' || !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'project/')) }}
-@@ -312,7 +307,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +342,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +493,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +528,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/timezone_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/timezone_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index bb5568f3e9..f42f37ebd6 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/timezone_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/timezone_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_lint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_lint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index cb4ae70490..84bfb46065 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_lint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_lint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -276,9 +276,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_tests/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_tests/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 2f4b0324b6..b4878ded43 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_tests/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_tests/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
        - name: Lint module code with NodeJS linters
          run: docker compose exec -T cli bash -c "npm run lint"
          continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_NODEJS_LINT_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
-@@ -311,14 +307,7 @@
+@@ -346,14 +342,7 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX: ${{ strategy.job-index }}
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  
      container:
        # https://hub.docker.com/r/drevops/ci-runner
-@@ -440,66 +429,6 @@
+@@ -475,66 +464,6 @@
          run: docker compose exec -T cli bash -c "npm test"
          continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_JEST_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
  
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
        - name: Validate Single Directory Components
          if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER == 'true' }}
          run: |
-@@ -512,19 +441,6 @@
+@@ -547,19 +476,6 @@
            fi
          continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_SDC_DEVEL_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
  
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
        - name: Process test logs and artifacts
          if: always()
          run: |
-@@ -541,16 +457,6 @@
+@@ -576,16 +492,6 @@
            path: .logs
            include-hidden-files: true
            if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_tests_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_tests_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index 58e78d747b..e3d9af79d1 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_tests_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_be_tests_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -284,9 +284,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 452179b6d7..7ec67fee1c 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
    database:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      if: ${{ !inputs.deploy_target && (github.event_name == 'push' || !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'project/')) }}
-@@ -310,7 +300,6 @@
+@@ -345,7 +335,6 @@
        # https://www.vortextemplate.com/docs/continuous-integration#test-parallelism
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX: ${{ strategy.job-index }}
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
-@@ -421,7 +410,6 @@
+@@ -456,7 +445,6 @@
            docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c " \
              if [ -n \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN:-}\" ]; then composer config --global --auth github-oauth.github.com \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN}\"; fi && \
              COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer --ansi install --prefer-dist"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  
        - name: Provision site
          run: |
-@@ -434,11 +422,6 @@
+@@ -469,11 +457,6 @@
            fi
            docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision
          timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index 0fba76983a..c820eeba01 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -267,9 +267,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 8ffe668f17..3e4f83d427 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
    database:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      if: ${{ !inputs.deploy_target && (github.event_name == 'push' || !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'project/')) }}
-@@ -310,9 +300,7 @@
+@@ -345,9 +335,7 @@
        # https://www.vortextemplate.com/docs/continuous-integration#test-parallelism
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX: ${{ strategy.job-index }}
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -421,7 +409,6 @@
+@@ -456,7 +444,6 @@
            docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c " \
              if [ -n \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN:-}\" ]; then composer config --global --auth github-oauth.github.com \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN}\"; fi && \
              COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer --ansi install --prefer-dist"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  
        - name: Provision site
          run: |
-@@ -435,11 +422,6 @@
+@@ -470,11 +457,6 @@
            docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
        - name: Test with PHPUnit
          if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER == 'true' }}
          run: docker compose exec -T cli vendor/bin/phpunit
-@@ -499,18 +481,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +516,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_no_theme_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_no_theme_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index b300ef7498..15f2bfb6d5 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_no_theme_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_groups_no_fe_lint_no_theme_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -258,9 +258,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_behat/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_behat/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 0b32b5b70d..8acbb7c92c 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_behat/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_behat/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
        - name: Lint module code with NodeJS linters
          run: docker compose exec -T cli bash -c "npm run lint"
          continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_NODEJS_LINT_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
-@@ -313,12 +309,6 @@
+@@ -348,12 +344,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  
      container:
        # https://hub.docker.com/r/drevops/ci-runner
-@@ -511,19 +501,6 @@
+@@ -546,19 +536,6 @@
              exit 1
            fi
          continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_SDC_DEVEL_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_behat_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_behat_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index e54b1c55a7..e4d578877d 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_behat_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_behat_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -284,9 +284,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_dclint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_dclint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index d7090ba67d..e945b7013d 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_dclint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_dclint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -284,9 +284,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_docker_linters_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_docker_linters_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index 37f95ad1ee..5b5a387527 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_docker_linters_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_docker_linters_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -277,9 +277,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_eslint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_eslint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index 00a5f937e9..fb4bc31dd5 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_eslint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_eslint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -277,9 +277,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_eslint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_eslint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index a46c4f9ab9..ecf24d9a18 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_eslint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_eslint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
    database:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      if: ${{ !inputs.deploy_target && (github.event_name == 'push' || !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'project/')) }}
-@@ -312,7 +302,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +337,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +488,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +523,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_hadolint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_hadolint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index 4d8c5cb1de..298ad9d1dc 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_hadolint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_hadolint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -281,9 +281,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_jest/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_jest/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index a4847a4654..0be154b19b 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_jest/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_jest/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@
+@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@
        # https://www.vortextemplate.com/docs/continuous-integration#test-parallelism
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX: ${{ strategy.job-index }}
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
-@@ -421,7 +420,6 @@
+@@ -456,7 +455,6 @@
            docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c " \
              if [ -n \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN:-}\" ]; then composer config --global --auth github-oauth.github.com \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN}\"; fi && \
              COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer --ansi install --prefer-dist"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  
        - name: Provision site
          run: |
-@@ -434,11 +432,6 @@
+@@ -469,11 +467,6 @@
            fi
            docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision
          timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_jest_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_jest_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index dad7a8215d..72df6286d9 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_jest_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_jest_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpcs_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpcs_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index da3b323c76..a44c66c0de 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpcs_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpcs_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -284,9 +284,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpstan_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpstan_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index cda6886ab4..950a9690cb 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpstan_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpstan_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -284,9 +284,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpunit/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpunit/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 1046500b0a..f31360766a 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpunit/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpunit/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@
+@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX: ${{ strategy.job-index }}
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
        VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
-@@ -440,66 +439,6 @@
+@@ -475,66 +474,6 @@
          run: docker compose exec -T cli bash -c "npm test"
          continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_JEST_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
  
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
        - name: Validate Single Directory Components
          if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER == 'true' }}
          run: |
-@@ -541,16 +480,6 @@
+@@ -576,16 +515,6 @@
            path: .logs
            include-hidden-files: true
            if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpunit_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpunit_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index 0cd1dfcd77..6e02c4711e 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpunit_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_phpunit_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_rector_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_rector_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index 6133b4aab4..1677012460 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_rector_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_rector_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -284,9 +284,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_stylelint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_stylelint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index bb5568f3e9..f42f37ebd6 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_stylelint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_stylelint_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_stylelint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_stylelint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index da2e5188f3..f4af385e6a 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_stylelint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_stylelint_no_theme/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    database:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      if: ${{ !inputs.deploy_target && (github.event_name == 'push' || !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'project/')) }}
-@@ -312,7 +307,6 @@
+@@ -347,7 +342,6 @@
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_JEST_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
        VORTEX_CI_IS_PHPUNIT_RUNNER: ${{ matrix.instance == 0 || strategy.job-total == 1 }}
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
        # Runs on every instance, using the `p<instance index - offset>` profile.
        VORTEX_CI_IS_BEHAT_RUNNER: true
        # Subtracted from the instance index to derive the profile number. Raise
-@@ -499,18 +493,6 @@
+@@ -534,18 +528,6 @@
            fi
          env:
            VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_CODE_COVERAGE_THRESHOLD || '90' }}
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_twig_circleci/.circleci/config.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_twig_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
index 8e1d9d0e85..5f5c299975 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_twig_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_no_twig_circleci/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -284,9 +284,10 @@ jobs:
             docker compose up --detach && sleep 15
             docker compose exec cli mkdir -p .data && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L .data/db.sql cli:/app/.data/db.sql || true
             docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c "VORTEX_PROVISION_POST_OPERATIONS_SKIP=1 ${provision_opts:-} ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision"
-            grep -q ^VORTEX_DB_IMAGE .env && rm .data/db.sql || true
+            # Database-in-image storage caches the exported image archive instead of the dump.
+            [ -n "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && rm -f .data/db.sql || true
             ./vendor/bin/vortex-export-db db.sql
-            docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
+            [ -z "${VORTEX_DB_IMAGE:-}" ] && docker compose exec -T cli test -f /app/.data/db.sql && docker compose --progress quiet cp -L cli:/app/.data/db.sql .data/db.sql || true
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
       # Deploy the freshly-exported database image to the container registry.
diff --git a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_none/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_none/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
index 4ab2193e11..3012555fcf 100644
--- a/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_none/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.vortex/installer/tests/Fixtures/handler_process/tools_none/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
    database:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      if: ${{ !inputs.deploy_target && (github.event_name == 'push' || !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'project/')) }}
-@@ -310,15 +269,7 @@
+@@ -345,15 +304,7 @@
        # https://www.vortextemplate.com/docs/continuous-integration#test-parallelism
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_INDEX: ${{ strategy.job-index }}
        VORTEX_CI_RUNNER_TOTAL: ${{ strategy.job-total }}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
  
      container:
        # https://hub.docker.com/r/drevops/ci-runner
-@@ -421,7 +372,6 @@
+@@ -456,7 +407,6 @@
            docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli bash -c " \
              if [ -n \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN:-}\" ]; then composer config --global --auth github-oauth.github.com \"\${PACKAGE_TOKEN}\"; fi && \
              COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer --ansi install --prefer-dist"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
  
        - name: Provision site
          run: |
-@@ -435,71 +385,6 @@
+@@ -470,71 +420,6 @@
            docker compose exec $(env | cut -f1 -d= | sed 's/^/-e /') -T cli ./vendor/bin/vortex-provision
          timeout-minutes: 30
  
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
        - name: Validate Single Directory Components
          if: ${{ env.VORTEX_CI_IS_SDC_DEVEL_RUNNER == 'true' }}
          run: |
-@@ -512,19 +397,6 @@
+@@ -547,19 +432,6 @@
            fi
          continue-on-error: ${{ vars.VORTEX_CI_SDC_DEVEL_IGNORE_FAILURE == '1' }}
  
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
        - name: Process test logs and artifacts
          if: always()
          run: |
-@@ -541,16 +413,6 @@
+@@ -576,16 +448,6 @@
            path: .logs
            include-hidden-files: true
            if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha b/.vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..062ac08afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha
@@ -0,0 +1,353 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * Generate .github/workflows/vortex-test-didi.yml from build-test-deploy.yml.
+ *
+ * Extracts the workflow settings, database and build jobs from the main
+ * GitHub Actions workflow and assembles them into DIDI variant jobs in a
+ * single test workflow.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   php .vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha         # Generate
+ *   php .vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha --check  # Check
+ */
+
+// Fork pull requests get no registry credentials to push the database image.
+const VARIANT_JOB_CONDITION = '${{ github.event_name == \'push\' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}';
+
+$check_mode = in_array('--check', $argv ?? []);
+
+$root_dir = dirname(__DIR__, 2);
+$source_file = $root_dir . '/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml';
+$output_file = $root_dir . '/.github/workflows/vortex-test-didi.yml';
+
+$content = file_get_contents($source_file);
+if ($content === FALSE) {
+  fwrite(STDERR, sprintf("Error: Cannot read %s\n", $source_file));
+  exit(1);
+}
+
+$lines = explode("\n", $content);
+
+$settings = extract_settings($lines);
+$database_job = extract_workflow_job($lines, '/^  database:/');
+$build_job = extract_workflow_job($lines, '/^  build:/');
+$db_image_base = extract_github_env_value(explode("\n", $database_job), 'VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE');
+
+$db_image = 'drevops/vortex-dev-mariadb-drupal-data-demo-destination-11.x';
+// The tags differ from the CircleCI ones, so a build never pulls an image
+// exported by the other provider.
+$db_image_tag_fi = 'vortex-dev-didi-database-fi-gha';
+$db_image_tag_ii = 'vortex-dev-database-ii-gha';
+
+$output = implode("\n", [
+  '# Auto-generated by .vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha',
+  '# Source: .github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml',
+  '# Do not edit directly.',
+  '#',
+  '# This action is used for Vortex maintenance. It will not be used in the scaffolded project.',
+  'name: Vortex - Test DIDI',
+  '',
+  'on:',
+  '  push:',
+  '    branches:',
+  '      - main',
+  '      - release/**',
+  '      - project/**',
+  "      - '*.x'",
+  '  pull_request:',
+  '    branches:',
+  '      - main',
+  '      - feature/**',
+  '      - bugfix/**',
+  '      - release/**',
+  '      - project/**',
+  "      - '*.x'",
+  '',
+  'concurrency:',
+  '  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}',
+  '  cancel-in-progress: true',
+  '',
+  $settings,
+  '',
+  'jobs:',
+  '  # DIDI-FI variant jobs',
+  build_variant_workflow_job($database_job, 'vortex-dev-didi-database-fi', [], [
+    'VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE' => 'url',
+    'VORTEX_FETCH_DB_FORCE' => 1,
+    'VORTEX_DB_IMAGE' => $db_image,
+    'VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE' => $db_image_base,
+    'COMPOSE_PROGRESS' => 'plain',
+    'VORTEX_PUSH_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_IMAGE_TAG' => $db_image_tag_fi,
+    'VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED' => 1,
+    'VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH' => 'vortex-dev-didi-fi',
+  ]),
+  '',
+  build_variant_workflow_job($build_job, 'vortex-dev-didi-build-fi', build_job_replacements('vortex-dev-didi-build-fi', 'vortex-dev-didi-database-fi'), [
+    'VORTEX_DB_IMAGE' => $db_image . ':' . $db_image_tag_fi,
+    'VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH' => 'vortex-dev-didi-fi',
+    'DRUPAL_MIGRATION_SKIP' => 1,
+  ]),
+  '',
+  '  # DIDI-II variant jobs',
+  build_variant_workflow_job($database_job, 'vortex-dev-database-ii', [], [
+    'VORTEX_FETCH_DB_SOURCE' => 'container_registry',
+    'VORTEX_FETCH_DB_FORCE' => 1,
+    'VORTEX_DB_IMAGE' => $db_image,
+    'COMPOSE_PROGRESS' => 'plain',
+    'VORTEX_PUSH_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_IMAGE_TAG' => $db_image_tag_ii,
+    'VORTEX_EXPORT_DB_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PUSH_PROCEED' => 1,
+    'VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH' => 'vortex-dev-didi-ii',
+  ]),
+  '',
+  build_variant_workflow_job($build_job, 'vortex-dev-didi-build-ii', build_job_replacements('vortex-dev-didi-build-ii', 'vortex-dev-database-ii'), [
+    'VORTEX_DB_IMAGE' => $db_image . ':' . $db_image_tag_ii,
+    'VORTEX_CI_DB_CACHE_BRANCH' => 'vortex-dev-didi-ii',
+    'DRUPAL_MIGRATION_SKIP' => 1,
+  ]),
+  '',
+]);
+
+if ($check_mode) {
+  if (!file_exists($output_file)) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, sprintf("Error: %s does not exist. Run without --check to generate.\n", $output_file));
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  $existing = file_get_contents($output_file);
+  if ($existing !== $output) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, sprintf("Error: %s is out of date. Run 'php .vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha' to update.\n", $output_file));
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  echo sprintf("OK: %s is up to date.\n", $output_file);
+  exit(0);
+}
+
+file_put_contents($output_file, $output);
+echo sprintf("Generated: %s\n", $output_file);
+
+/**
+ * Extract the workflow-level settings from the source lines.
+ *
+ * Takes the lines from the first 'defaults', 'env' or 'permissions' key up to
+ * the 'jobs' key.
+ *
+ * @param list<string> $lines
+ *   Source file lines.
+ */
+function extract_settings(array $lines): string {
+  $start = NULL;
+  $end = NULL;
+
+  foreach ($lines as $i => $line) {
+    if ($start === NULL && preg_match('/^(defaults|env|permissions):/', $line)) {
+      $start = $i;
+    }
+
+    if ($start !== NULL && preg_match('/^jobs:/', $line)) {
+      $end = $i;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if ($start === NULL || $end === NULL) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, "Error: Could not find workflow settings.\n");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  $result = array_slice($lines, $start, $end - $start);
+
+  // Trim trailing blank lines.
+  while (!empty($result) && trim(end($result)) === '') {
+    array_pop($result);
+  }
+
+  return implode("\n", $result);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract a job block from the source lines.
+ *
+ * @param list<string> $lines
+ *   Source file lines.
+ */
+function extract_workflow_job(array $lines, string $pattern): string {
+  $start = NULL;
+
+  for ($i = 0, $count = count($lines); $i < $count; $i++) {
+    if (preg_match($pattern, $lines[$i])) {
+      $start = $i;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if ($start === NULL) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, sprintf("Error: Could not find job matching %s.\n", $pattern));
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  $result = [$lines[$start]];
+
+  for ($i = $start + 1, $count = count($lines); $i < $count; $i++) {
+    $line = $lines[$i];
+    // Stop at the next block at job level (2-space indent) or top level.
+    if ($line !== '' && (preg_match('/^  \S/', $line) || preg_match('/^\S/', $line))) {
+      break;
+    }
+    $result[] = $line;
+  }
+
+  // Trim trailing blank lines.
+  while (!empty($result) && trim(end($result)) === '') {
+    array_pop($result);
+  }
+
+  return implode("\n", $result);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract the value a job step writes to $GITHUB_ENV for a variable.
+ *
+ * @param list<string> $lines
+ *   Job block lines.
+ */
+function extract_github_env_value(array $lines, string $name): string {
+  foreach ($lines as $line) {
+    if (preg_match('/echo "' . preg_quote($name, '/') . '=([^"]+)"/', $line, $matches)) {
+      return $matches[1];
+    }
+  }
+
+  fwrite(STDERR, sprintf("Error: Could not find %s written to \$GITHUB_ENV.\n", $name));
+  exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a DIDI variant job YAML block from a source job block.
+ *
+ * @param string $job
+ *   Source job block.
+ * @param string $name
+ *   Variant job name.
+ * @param array<string, string> $replacements
+ *   Replacement strings keyed by the string they replace.
+ * @param array<string, string|int> $env
+ *   Container environment variable overrides.
+ */
+function build_variant_workflow_job(string $job, string $name, array $replacements, array $env): string {
+  $lines = explode("\n", $job);
+
+  $lines[0] = sprintf('  %s:', $name);
+
+  // The source condition reads workflow dispatch inputs, which this workflow
+  // does not define.
+  $lines[find_line($lines, '/^    if: /', 'job condition')] = '    if: ' . VARIANT_JOB_CONDITION;
+
+  $job = implode("\n", set_container_env($lines, $env));
+
+  foreach ($replacements as $search => $replace) {
+    if (!str_contains($job, $search)) {
+      fwrite(STDERR, sprintf("Error: Could not find '%s' in job %s.\n", $search, $name));
+      exit(1);
+    }
+
+    $job = str_replace($search, $replace, $job);
+  }
+
+  return $job;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the replacements for a build variant job.
+ *
+ * Both build variants run in the same workflow run, where an artifact name can
+ * be uploaded once, so artifact and check run names carry the job name.
+ *
+ * @param string $name
+ *   Variant job name.
+ * @param string $database_job
+ *   Name of the database variant job the build job needs.
+ *
+ * @return array<string, string>
+ *   Replacement strings keyed by the string they replace.
+ */
+function build_job_replacements(string $name, string $database_job): array {
+  return [
+    'needs: database' => 'needs: ' . $database_job,
+    'name: test-artifacts-' => sprintf('name: test-artifacts-%s-', $name),
+    'name: code-artifact' => sprintf('name: code-artifact-%s', $name),
+    'check_name: Test results (' => sprintf('check_name: Test results %s (', $name),
+  ];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set variables in the container 'env' block of job block lines.
+ *
+ * Replaces the value of a variable already in the block and appends any other
+ * variable to the end of the block.
+ *
+ * @param array<int, string> $lines
+ *   Job block lines.
+ * @param array<string, string|int> $env
+ *   Environment variables to set.
+ *
+ * @return array<int, string>
+ *   Job block lines with the variables set.
+ */
+function set_container_env(array $lines, array $env): array {
+  $start = find_line($lines, '/^      env:$/', 'container environment', find_line($lines, '/^    container:$/', 'container'));
+
+  // Block entries are indented by 8 spaces.
+  $end = $start;
+  for ($i = $start + 1, $count = count($lines); $i < $count && ($lines[$i] === '' || str_starts_with($lines[$i], '        ')); $i++) {
+    if ($lines[$i] !== '') {
+      $end = $i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  $block = array_slice($lines, $start + 1, $end - $start, TRUE);
+
+  $appended = [];
+  foreach ($env as $key => $value) {
+    $line = sprintf('        %s: %s', $key, $value);
+    $existing = preg_grep('/^        ' . preg_quote($key, '/') . ':/', $block);
+
+    if (empty($existing)) {
+      $appended[] = $line;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    $lines[array_key_first($existing)] = $line;
+  }
+
+  array_splice($lines, $end + 1, 0, $appended);
+
+  return $lines;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find the index of the first line matching a pattern.
+ *
+ * @param array<int, string> $lines
+ *   Lines to search.
+ * @param string $pattern
+ *   Regular expression to match.
+ * @param string $label
+ *   Name of the searched item for the error message.
+ * @param int $offset
+ *   Index to start the search from.
+ */
+function find_line(array $lines, string $pattern, string $label, int $offset = 0): int {
+  for ($i = $offset, $count = count($lines); $i < $count; $i++) {
+    if (preg_match($pattern, $lines[$i])) {
+      return $i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  fwrite(STDERR, sprintf("Error: Could not find %s matching %s.\n", $label, $pattern));
+  exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/.vortex/tests/lint.ci.sh b/.vortex/tests/lint.ci.sh
index 1bfb430f17..efe0ec7495 100755
--- a/.vortex/tests/lint.ci.sh
+++ b/.vortex/tests/lint.ci.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,21 @@ echo "==> Linting CI configurations in ${ROOT_DIR}."
 if [ "${FIX}" = "1" ]; then
   echo "Generating .circleci/vortex-test-common.yml."
   php "${ROOT_DIR}/.vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-circleci"
+  echo "Generating .github/workflows/vortex-test-didi.yml."
+  php "${ROOT_DIR}/.vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha"
 else
   echo "Checking that .circleci/vortex-test-common.yml is up to date."
   php "${ROOT_DIR}/.vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-circleci" --check
+  echo "Checking that .github/workflows/vortex-test-didi.yml is up to date."
+  php "${ROOT_DIR}/.vortex/tests/generate-vortex-dev-gha" --check
+fi
+
+echo "Checking that both CI providers use the same database base image."
+circleci_db_image_base="$(sed -n 's/^ *VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE: *\([^ ]*\) *$/\1/p' "${ROOT_DIR}/.circleci/config.yml")"
+gha_db_image_base="$(sed -n 's/.*VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE=\([^" ]*\)".*/\1/p' "${ROOT_DIR}/.github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml")"
+if [ -z "${circleci_db_image_base}" ] || [ "${circleci_db_image_base}" != "${gha_db_image_base}" ]; then
+  echo "VORTEX_DB_IMAGE_BASE differs between .circleci/config.yml (${circleci_db_image_base:-not set}) and .github/workflows/build-test-deploy.yml (${gha_db_image_base:-not set})."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 # LCOV_EXCL_STOP
diff --git a/.vortex/tests/phpcs.xml b/.vortex/tests/phpcs.xml
index 05ec37262b..a86126bf5a 100644
--- a/.vortex/tests/phpcs.xml
+++ b/.vortex/tests/phpcs.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
     <file>phpunit</file>
     <file>generate-vortex-dev-circleci</file>
+    <file>generate-vortex-dev-gha</file>
 
     <!-- Allow long array lines in tests. -->
     <rule ref="Drupal.Arrays.Array.LongLineDeclaration">
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
     <!-- Allow missing file doc comment for shebang scripts. -->
     <rule ref="Drupal.Commenting.FileComment.Missing">
         <exclude-pattern>generate-vortex-dev-circleci</exclude-pattern>
+        <exclude-pattern>generate-vortex-dev-gha</exclude-pattern>
     </rule>
 
     <!-- Allow missing class description in tests. -->
diff --git a/.vortex/tests/phpstan.neon b/.vortex/tests/phpstan.neon
index 1624cc22db..24d81e4140 100644
--- a/.vortex/tests/phpstan.neon
+++ b/.vortex/tests/phpstan.neon
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ parameters:
   paths:
     - phpunit
     - generate-vortex-dev-circleci
+    - generate-vortex-dev-gha
 
   excludePaths:
     - vendor/*
diff --git a/.vortex/tests/phpunit/Traits/SutTrait.php b/.vortex/tests/phpunit/Traits/SutTrait.php
index ef8c1e1b54..7b587dfa6d 100644
--- a/.vortex/tests/phpunit/Traits/SutTrait.php
+++ b/.vortex/tests/phpunit/Traits/SutTrait.php
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ protected function assertVortexFilesPresent(string $webroot = 'web'): void {
     $this->assertFileDoesNotExist('.github/workflows/vortex-release.yml');
     $this->assertFileDoesNotExist('.github/workflows/vortex-test-docs.yml');
     $this->assertFileDoesNotExist('.github/workflows/vortex-test-common.yml');
+    $this->assertFileDoesNotExist('.github/workflows/vortex-test-didi.yml');
     $this->assertFileDoesNotExist('.github/workflows/vortex-test-installer.yml');
 
     if (file_exists('.circleci/config.yml')) {