From 5893ae99c28c79b84ff7af06688e03b9eaccbe20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meghan Denny <meghan@bun.sh>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 16:44:05 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ci: lower link-bun agent from c7i.16xlarge to r7i.large
 (#21706)

this instance type was reported to be our 1st most expensive per aws
bill

----

before:

x64-linux: 19.5m
arm64-linux: 14m
x64-musl: 16.3m
arm64-musl: 13.3m
x64-windows: 2m

after:

x64-linux: 20.3m
arm64-linux: 15.3m
x64-musl: 16m
arm64-musl: 13.5m
x64-windows: 2.5m
---
 .buildkite/ci.mjs | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.buildkite/ci.mjs b/.buildkite/ci.mjs
index 2c8dccc2e8..7dc0eaa5c8 100755
--- a/.buildkite/ci.mjs
+++ b/.buildkite/ci.mjs
@@ -309,6 +309,33 @@ function getCppAgent(platform, options) {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {Platform} platform
+ * @param {PipelineOptions} options
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function getLinkBunAgent(platform, options) {
+  const { os, arch, distro } = platform;
+
+  if (os === "darwin") {
+    return {
+      queue: `build-${os}`,
+      os,
+      arch,
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (os === "windows") {
+    return getEc2Agent(platform, options, {
+      instanceType: arch === "aarch64" ? "r8g.large" : "r7i.large",
+    });
+  }
+
+  return getEc2Agent(platform, options, {
+    instanceType: arch === "aarch64" ? "r8g.xlarge" : "r7i.xlarge",
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * @returns {Platform}
  */
@@ -493,7 +520,7 @@ function getLinkBunStep(platform, options) {
     key: `${getTargetKey(platform)}-build-bun`,
     label: `${getTargetLabel(platform)} - build-bun`,
     depends_on: [`${getTargetKey(platform)}-build-cpp`, `${getTargetKey(platform)}-build-zig`],
-    agents: getCppAgent(platform, options),
+    agents: getLinkBunAgent(platform, options),
     retry: getRetry(),
     cancel_on_build_failing: isMergeQueue(),
     env: {