@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ name: Engine Benchmark
 # scope, and a report it cannot post is a warning. Nothing here pushes, and the
 # docs stay hand-updated from the report.
 on:
+  # VERIFY ONLY (not for merge): compare runners on push to this branch.
+  push:
+    branches: [ verify/bench-2125 ]
   schedule:
     # Wednesdays 03:17 UTC: off the hour, where GitHub delays scheduled runs
     # most, and midweek, clear of the Saturday crons (#1967), Monday's Python
@@ -101,7 +104,8 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 300
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ "${{ inputs.runner || 'ubuntu-latest' }}" ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-26.04-arm, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
+      fail-fast: false
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           INSTALLED: ${{ needs.python-versions.outputs.engine-ktlo }} ${{ needs.python-versions.outputs.engine-supported }}
           PYTHONS: ${{ inputs.pythons }}
-          ENGINES: ${{ inputs.engines }}
+          ENGINES: default,dpkt,scapy,pypcap,pcap_ct,pypcapfile
           ROUNDS: ${{ inputs.rounds }}
           REPEATS: ${{ inputs.repeats }}
           RUNNER_LABEL: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -242,7 +246,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ always() }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
         with:
-          name: benchmark-out
+          name: benchmark-out-${{ matrix.os }}
           path: out/
           if-no-files-found: ignore
           retention-days: 90
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
   discussion:
     name: Post the engine benchmark report
     needs: [ benchmark ]
-    if: ${{ always() && needs.benchmark.result != 'skipped' }}
+    if: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     continue-on-error: true