diff --git a/.ci/ci-image.gitlab-ci.yml b/.ci/ci-image.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5202586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/ci-image.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Builds a custom CI Image when necessary
+
+include:
+  #####################################################
+  ############## Build and Push CI Image ##############
+  #####################################################
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/cloudflare/ci/docker-image/build-push-image@~latest
+    inputs:
+      stage: pre-build
+      jobPrefix: ci-image
+      runOnChangesTo: [".ci/image/**"]
+      runOnMR: true
+      runOnBranches: '^master$'
+      commentImageRefs: false
+      runner: vm-linux-x86-4cpu-8gb
+      EXTRA_DIB_ARGS: "--manifest=.ci/image/.docker-images"
+
+  #####################################################
+  ## Resolve the image reference for downstream jobs ##
+  #####################################################
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/cloudflare/ci/docker-image/get-image-ref@~latest
+    inputs:
+      stage: pre-build
+      jobPrefix: ci-image
+      runOnMR: true
+      runOnBranches: '^master$'
+      IMAGE_PATH: "$REGISTRY_HOST/stash/tun/cloudflared/ci-image/master"
+      VARIABLE_NAME: BUILD_IMAGE
+      needs:
+        - job: ci-image-build-push-image
+          optional: true
diff --git a/.ci/commons.gitlab-ci.yml b/.ci/commons.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..990c5709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/commons.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+## A set of predefined rules to use on the different jobs
+.default-rules:
+  # Rules to run the job only on the master branch
+  run-on-master:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+      when: always
+    - when: never
+  # Rules to run the job only on merge requests
+  run-on-mr:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+      when: always
+    - when: never
+  # Rules to run the job on merge_requests and master branch
+  run-always:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != null && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+      when: always
+    - when: never
+
+# This before_script is injected into every job that runs on master meaning that if there is no tag the step
+# will succeed but only write "No tag present - Skipping" to the console.
+.check-tag:
+  before_script:
+    - |
+      # Check if there is a Git tag pointing to HEAD
+      echo "Tag found: $(git tag --points-at HEAD | grep .)"
+      if git tag --points-at HEAD | grep .; then
+        echo "Tag found: $(git tag --points-at HEAD | grep .)"
+        export "VERSION=$(git tag --points-at HEAD | grep .)"
+      else
+        echo "No tag present — skipping."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+.component-tests:
+  image: $BUILD_IMAGE
+  rules:
+    - !reference [.default-rules, run-always]
+  variables:
+    COMPONENT_TESTS_CONFIG: component-test-config.yaml
+    COMPONENT_TESTS_CONFIG_CONTENT: Y2xvdWRmbGFyZWRfYmluYXJ5OiBjbG91ZGZsYXJlZC5leGUKY3JlZGVudGlhbHNfZmlsZTogY3JlZC5qc29uCm9yaWdpbmNlcnQ6IGNlcnQucGVtCnpvbmVfZG9tYWluOiBhcmdvdHVubmVsdGVzdC5jb20Kem9uZV90YWc6IDQ4Nzk2ZjFlNzBiYjc2NjljMjliYjUxYmEyODJiZjY1
+  secrets:
+    DNS_API_TOKEN:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_dev/_terraform_atlantis/component_tests_token/data@kv
+      file: false
+    COMPONENT_TESTS_ORIGINCERT:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_dev/component_tests_cert_pem/data@kv
+      file: false
+  cache: {}
diff --git a/.ci/image/.docker-images b/.ci/image/.docker-images
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efa11f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/image/.docker-images
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+images:
+  - name: ci-image
diff --git a/.ci/image/Dockerfile b/.ci/image/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e92860e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/image/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+ARG CLOUDFLARE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST
+
+FROM ${CLOUDFLARE_DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST:-registry.cfdata.org}/stash/cf/debian-images/bookworm/main:2025.7.0@sha256:6350da2f7e728dae2c1420f6dafc38e23cacc0b399d3d5b2f40fe48d9c8ff1ca
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get upgrade -y && \
+    apt-get install --no-install-recommends --allow-downgrades -y \
+        build-essential \
+        git \
+        go-boring=1.24.6-1 \
+        libffi-dev \
+        procps \
+        python3-dev \
+        python3-pip \
+        python3-setuptools \
+        python3-venv \
+        # libmsi and libgcab are libraries the wixl binary depends on.
+        libmsi-dev \
+        libgcab-dev && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+    # Install wixl
+    curl -o /usr/local/bin/wixl -L https://pkg.cloudflare.com/binaries/wixl && \
+    chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/wixl && \
+    mkdir -p opt
+
+WORKDIR /opt
diff --git a/.ci/linux.gitlab-ci.yml b/.ci/linux.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1104145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/linux.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+.golang-inputs: &golang_inputs
+  runOnMR: true
+  runOnBranches: '^master$'
+  outputDir: artifacts
+  runner: linux-x86-8cpu-16gb
+  stage: build
+  golangVersion: "boring-1.24"
+  CGO_ENABLED: 1
+
+include:
+  ###################
+  ### Linux Build ###
+  ###################
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/cloudflare/ci/golang/boring-make@~latest
+    inputs:
+      <<: *golang_inputs
+      jobPrefix: linux-build
+      GOLANG_MAKE_TARGET: ci-build
+
+  ########################
+  ### Linux FIPS Build ###
+  ########################
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/cloudflare/ci/golang/boring-make@~latest
+    inputs:
+      <<: *golang_inputs
+      jobPrefix: linux-fips-build
+      GOLANG_MAKE_TARGET: ci-fips-build
+
+  #################
+  ### Unit Tests ##
+  #################
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/cloudflare/ci/golang/boring-make@~latest
+    inputs:
+      <<: *golang_inputs
+      stage: test
+      jobPrefix: test
+      GOLANG_MAKE_TARGET: ci-test
+
+  ######################
+  ### Unit Tests FIPS ##
+  ######################
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/cloudflare/ci/golang/boring-make@~latest
+    inputs:
+      <<: *golang_inputs
+      stage: test
+      jobPrefix: test-fips
+      GOLANG_MAKE_TARGET: ci-fips-test
+
+  #################
+  ### Vuln Check ##
+  #################
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/cloudflare/ci/golang/boring-make@~latest
+    inputs:
+      <<: *golang_inputs
+      runOnBranches: '^$'
+      stage: validate
+      jobPrefix: vulncheck
+      GOLANG_MAKE_TARGET: vulncheck
+
+#################################
+### Run Linux Component Tests ###
+#################################
+component-tests-linux: &component-tests-linux
+  stage: test
+  extends: .component-tests
+  needs:
+    - ci-image-get-image-ref
+    - linux-build-boring-make
+  script:
+    - ./.ci/scripts/component-tests.sh
+  variables: &component-tests-variables
+    CI: 1
+    COMPONENT_TESTS_CONFIG_CONTENT: Y2xvdWRmbGFyZWRfYmluYXJ5OiBjbG91ZGZsYXJlZApjcmVkZW50aWFsc19maWxlOiBjcmVkLmpzb24Kb3JpZ2luY2VydDogY2VydC5wZW0Kem9uZV9kb21haW46IGFyZ290dW5uZWx0ZXN0LmNvbQp6b25lX3RhZzogNDg3OTZmMWU3MGJiNzY2OWMyOWJiNTFiYTI4MmJmNjU=
+  tags:
+    - linux-x86-8cpu-16gb
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      junit: report.xml
+
+######################################
+### Run Linux FIPS Component Tests ###
+######################################
+component-tests-linux-fips:
+  <<: *component-tests-linux
+  needs:
+    - ci-image-get-image-ref
+    - linux-fips-build-boring-make
+  variables:
+    <<: *component-tests-variables
+    COMPONENT_TESTS_FIPS: 1
diff --git a/.ci/mac.gitlab-ci.yml b/.ci/mac.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94e16fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/mac.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+include:
+  - local: .ci/commons.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+###############################
+### Defaults for Mac Builds ###
+###############################
+.mac-build-defaults: &mac-build-defaults
+  rules:
+    - !reference [.default-rules, run-on-mr]
+  tags:
+    - "macstadium-${RUNNER_ARCH}"
+  parallel:
+    matrix:
+      - RUNNER_ARCH: [arm, intel]
+  cache: {}
+
+######################################
+### Build Cloudflared Mac Binaries ###
+######################################
+build-cloudflared-macos: &build-mac
+  <<: *mac-build-defaults
+  stage: build
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - artifacts/*
+  script:
+    - '[ "${RUNNER_ARCH}" = "arm" ] && export TARGET_ARCH=arm64'
+    - '[ "${RUNNER_ARCH}" = "intel" ] && export TARGET_ARCH=amd64'
+    - ARCH=$(uname -m)
+    - echo ARCH=$ARCH - TARGET_ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH
+    - ./.ci/scripts/mac/install-go.sh
+    - BUILD_SCRIPT=.ci/scripts/mac/build.sh
+    - if [[ ! -x ${BUILD_SCRIPT} ]] ; then exit ; fi
+    - set -euo pipefail
+    - echo "Executing ${BUILD_SCRIPT}"
+    - exec ${BUILD_SCRIPT}
+
+###############################################
+### Build and Sign Cloudflared Mac Binaries ###
+###############################################
+build-and-sign-cloudflared-macos:
+  <<: *build-mac
+  rules:
+    - !reference [.default-rules, run-on-master]
+  secrets:
+    APPLE_DEV_CA_CERT:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/apple_dev_ca_cert_v2/data@kv
+      file: false
+    CFD_CODE_SIGN_CERT:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_code_sign_cert_v2/data@kv
+      file: false
+    CFD_CODE_SIGN_KEY:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_code_sign_key_v2/data@kv
+      file: false
+    CFD_CODE_SIGN_PASS:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_code_sign_pass_v2/data@kv
+      file: false
+    CFD_INSTALLER_CERT:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_installer_cert_v2/data@kv
+      file: false
+    CFD_INSTALLER_KEY:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_installer_key_v2/data@kv
+      file: false
+    CFD_INSTALLER_PASS:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_installer_pass_v2/data@kv
+      file: false
diff --git a/.ci/release.gitlab-ci.yml b/.ci/release.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a41247cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/release.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+include:
+  - local: .ci/commons.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+###########################################
+### Push Cloudflared Binaries to Github ###
+###########################################
+release-cloudflared-to-github:
+  stage: release
+  image: $BUILD_IMAGE
+  extends: .check-tag
+  needs:
+    - ci-image-get-image-ref
+    - package-windows
+    - build-and-sign-cloudflared-macos
+  rules:
+    - !reference [.default-rules, run-on-master]
+  cache:
+    paths:
+      - .cache/pip
+  variables:
+    PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
+    KV_NAMESPACE: 380e19aa04314648949b6ad841417ebe
+    KV_ACCOUNT: 5ab4e9dfbd435d24068829fda0077963
+  secrets:
+    KV_API_TOKEN:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_dev/cfd_kv_api_token/data@kv
+      file: false
+    API_KEY:
+      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_dev/cfd_github_api_key/data@kv
+      file: false
+  script:
+    - python3 --version ; pip --version  # For debugging
+    - python3 -m venv venv
+    - source venv/bin/activate
+    - pip install pynacl==1.4.0 pygithub==1.55
+    - echo $VERSION
+    - echo $TAG_EXISTS
+    - echo "Running release because tag exists."
+    - make gitlab-release
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/component-tests.sh b/.ci/scripts/component-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..68abbf1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/scripts/component-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+# Fetch cloudflared from the artifacts folder
+mv ./artifacts/cloudflared ./cloudflared
+
+python3 -m venv env
+. env/bin/activate
+
+pip install --upgrade -r component-tests/requirements.txt
+
+# Creates and routes a Named Tunnel for this build. Also constructs
+# config file from env vars.
+python3 component-tests/setup.py --type create
+
+# Define the cleanup function
+cleanup() {
+    # The Named Tunnel is deleted and its route unprovisioned here.
+    python3 component-tests/setup.py --type cleanup
+}
+
+# The trap will call the cleanup function on script exit
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+pytest component-tests -o log_cli=true --log-cli-level=INFO --junit-xml=report.xml
diff --git a/fmt-check.sh b/.ci/scripts/fmt-check.sh
similarity index 54%
rename from fmt-check.sh
rename to .ci/scripts/fmt-check.sh
index 31fc7abc..4c1cbad0 100755
--- a/fmt-check.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/fmt-check.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
 set -e -o pipefail
 
-OUTPUT=$(goimports -l -d -local github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared $(go list -mod=vendor -f '{{.Dir}}' -a ./... | fgrep -v tunnelrpc))
+OUTPUT=$(go run -mod=readonly golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@v0.30.0 -l -d -local github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared $(go list -mod=vendor -f '{{.Dir}}' -a ./... | fgrep -v tunnelrpc))
 
 if [ -n "$OUTPUT" ] ; then
   PAGER=$(which colordiff || echo cat)
diff --git a/.teamcity/mac/build.sh b/.ci/scripts/mac/build.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from .teamcity/mac/build.sh
rename to .ci/scripts/mac/build.sh
diff --git a/.teamcity/mac/install-go.sh b/.ci/scripts/mac/install-go.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from .teamcity/mac/install-go.sh
rename to .ci/scripts/mac/install-go.sh
diff --git a/.teamcity/package-windows.sh b/.ci/scripts/package-windows.sh
similarity index 75%
rename from .teamcity/package-windows.sh
rename to .ci/scripts/package-windows.sh
index 6715af92..d0020f03 100755
--- a/.teamcity/package-windows.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/package-windows.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+python3 -m venv env
+. env/bin/activate
+pip install pynacl==1.4.0 pygithub==1.55
+
 VERSION=$(git describe --tags --always --match "[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].*.*")
 echo $VERSION
 
 export TARGET_OS=windows
 # This controls the directory the built artifacts go into
-export BUILT_ARTIFACT_DIR=built_artifacts/
+export BUILT_ARTIFACT_DIR=artifacts/
 export FINAL_ARTIFACT_DIR=artifacts/
 mkdir -p $BUILT_ARTIFACT_DIR
 mkdir -p $FINAL_ARTIFACT_DIR
 windowsArchs=("amd64" "386")
 for arch in ${windowsArchs[@]}; do
     export TARGET_ARCH=$arch
-    # Copy exe into final directory
+    # Copy .exe from artifacts directory
     cp $BUILT_ARTIFACT_DIR/cloudflared-windows-$arch.exe ./cloudflared.exe
     make cloudflared-msi
     # Copy msi into final directory
     mv cloudflared-$VERSION-$arch.msi $FINAL_ARTIFACT_DIR/cloudflared-windows-$arch.msi
-    cp $BUILT_ARTIFACT_DIR/cloudflared-windows-$arch.exe $FINAL_ARTIFACT_DIR/cloudflared-windows-$arch.exe 
 done
diff --git a/.teamcity/windows/builds.ps1 b/.ci/scripts/windows/builds.ps1
similarity index 59%
rename from .teamcity/windows/builds.ps1
rename to .ci/scripts/windows/builds.ps1
index ee43493f..e4a42ea2 100644
--- a/.teamcity/windows/builds.ps1
+++ b/.ci/scripts/windows/builds.ps1
@@ -2,27 +2,23 @@ Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 $ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
 
-# Relative path to working directory
-$CloudflaredDirectory = "go\src\github.com\cloudflare\cloudflared"
+$env:TARGET_OS = "windows"
+$env:LOCAL_OS = "windows"
 
-cd $CloudflaredDirectory
+New-Item -Path ".\artifacts" -ItemType Directory
 
 Write-Output "Building for amd64"
-$env:TARGET_OS = "windows"
-$env:CGO_ENABLED = 1
 $env:TARGET_ARCH = "amd64"
-$env:Path = "$Env:Temp\go\bin;$($env:Path)"
-
-go env
-go version
-
+$env:LOCAL_ARCH = "amd64"
+$env:CGO_ENABLED = 1
 & make cloudflared
 if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed to build cloudflared for amd64" }
-copy .\cloudflared.exe .\cloudflared-windows-amd64.exe
+copy .\cloudflared.exe .\artifacts\cloudflared-windows-amd64.exe
 
 Write-Output "Building for 386"
-$env:CGO_ENABLED = 0
 $env:TARGET_ARCH = "386"
-make cloudflared
+$env:LOCAL_ARCH = "386"
+$env:CGO_ENABLED = 0
+& make cloudflared
 if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed to build cloudflared for 386" }
-copy .\cloudflared.exe .\cloudflared-windows-386.exe
\ No newline at end of file
+copy .\cloudflared.exe .\artifacts\cloudflared-windows-386.exe
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/windows/component-test.ps1 b/.ci/scripts/windows/component-test.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dea9e115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/scripts/windows/component-test.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+$ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
+
+$env:TARGET_OS = "windows"
+$env:LOCAL_OS = "windows"
+$env:TARGET_ARCH = "amd64"
+$env:LOCAL_ARCH = "amd64"
+$env:CGO_ENABLED = 1
+
+python --version
+python -m pip --version
+
+
+Write-Host "Building cloudflared"
+& make cloudflared
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed to build cloudflared" }
+
+
+Write-Host "Running unit tests"
+# Not testing with race detector because of https://github.com/golang/go/issues/61058
+# We already test it on other platforms
+go test -failfast -v -mod=vendor ./...
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed unit tests" }
+
+
+# On Gitlab runners we need to add all of this addresses to the NO_PROXY list in order for the tests to run.
+$env:NO_PROXY = "pypi.org,files.pythonhosted.org,api.cloudflare.com,argotunneltest.com,argotunnel.com,trycloudflare.com,${env:NO_PROXY}"
+Write-Host "No Proxy: ${env:NO_PROXY}"
+Write-Host "Running component tests"
+try {
+    python -m pip --disable-pip-version-check install --upgrade -r component-tests/requirements.txt --use-pep517
+    python component-tests/setup.py --type create
+    python -m pytest component-tests -o log_cli=true --log-cli-level=INFO --junit-xml=report.xml
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+        throw "Failed component tests"
+    }
+} finally {
+    python component-tests/setup.py --type cleanup
+}
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/windows/go-wrapper.ps1 b/.ci/scripts/windows/go-wrapper.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8eca1ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/scripts/windows/go-wrapper.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+Param(
+    [string]$GoVersion,
+    [string]$ScriptToExecute
+)
+
+# The script is a wrapper that downloads a specific version
+# of go, adds it to the PATH and executes a script with that go
+# version in the path.
+
+Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+$ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
+
+# Get the path to the system's temporary directory.
+$tempPath = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
+
+# Create a unique name for the new temporary folder.
+$folderName = "go_" + (Get-Random)
+
+# Join the temp path and the new folder name to create the full path.
+$fullPath = Join-Path -Path $tempPath -ChildPath $folderName
+
+# Store the current value of PATH environment variable.
+$oldPath = $env:Path
+
+# Use a try...finally block to ensure the temporrary folder and PATH are cleaned up.
+try {
+    # Create the temporary folder.
+    Write-Host "Creating temporary folder at: $fullPath"
+    $newTempFolder = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $fullPath -Force
+
+    # Download go
+    $url = "https://go.dev/dl/$GoVersion.windows-amd64.zip"
+    $destinationFile = Join-Path -Path $newTempFolder.FullName -ChildPath "go$GoVersion.windows-amd64.zip"
+    Write-Host "Downloading go from: $url"
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $destinationFile
+    Write-Host "File downloaded to: $destinationFile"
+
+    # Unzip the downloaded file.
+    Write-Host "Unzipping the file..."
+    Expand-Archive -Path $destinationFile -DestinationPath $newTempFolder.FullName -Force
+    Write-Host "File unzipped successfully."
+
+    # Define the go/bin path wich is inside the temporary folder
+    $goBinPath = Join-Path -Path $fullPath -ChildPath "go\bin"
+
+    # Add the go/bin path to the PATH environment variable.
+    $env:Path = "$goBinPath;$($env:Path)"
+    Write-Host "Added $goBinPath to the environment PATH."
+
+    go env
+    go version
+
+    & $ScriptToExecute
+} finally {
+    # Cleanup: Remove the path from the environment variable and then the temporary folder.
+    Write-Host "Starting cleanup..."
+
+    $env:Path = $oldPath
+    Write-Host "Reverted changes in the environment PATH."
+
+    # Remove the temporary folder and its contents.
+    if (Test-Path -Path $fullPath) {
+        Remove-Item -Path $fullPath -Recurse -Force
+        Write-Host "Temporary folder and its contents have been removed."
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "Temporary folder does not exist, no cleanup needed."
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.ci/windows.gitlab-ci.yml b/.ci/windows.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdc5ac0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/windows.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+include:
+  - local: .ci/commons.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+###################################
+### Defaults for Windows Builds ###
+###################################
+.windows-build-defaults: &windows-build-defaults
+  rules:
+    - !reference [.default-rules, run-always]
+  tags:
+    - windows-x86
+  cache: {}
+
+##########################################
+### Build Cloudflared Windows Binaries ###
+##########################################
+build-cloudflared-windows:
+  <<: *windows-build-defaults
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ".\.ci\scripts\windows\go-wrapper.ps1" "${GO_VERSION}" ".\.ci\scripts\windows\builds.ps1"
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - artifacts/*
+
+######################################################
+### Load Environment Variables for Component Tests ###
+######################################################
+load-windows-env-variables:
+  stage: pre-build
+  extends: .component-tests
+  script:
+    - echo "COMPONENT_TESTS_CONFIG=$COMPONENT_TESTS_CONFIG" >> windows.env
+    - echo "COMPONENT_TESTS_CONFIG_CONTENT=$COMPONENT_TESTS_CONFIG_CONTENT" >> windows.env
+    - echo "DNS_API_TOKEN=$DNS_API_TOKEN" >> windows.env
+    # We have to encode the `COMPONENT_TESTS_ORIGINCERT` secret, because it content is a file, otherwise we can't export it using gitlab
+    - echo "COMPONENT_TESTS_ORIGINCERT=$(echo "$COMPONENT_TESTS_ORIGINCERT" | base64 -w0)" >> windows.env
+  variables:
+    COMPONENT_TESTS_CONFIG_CONTENT: Y2xvdWRmbGFyZWRfYmluYXJ5OiBjbG91ZGZsYXJlZC5leGUKY3JlZGVudGlhbHNfZmlsZTogY3JlZC5qc29uCm9yaWdpbmNlcnQ6IGNlcnQucGVtCnpvbmVfZG9tYWluOiBhcmdvdHVubmVsdGVzdC5jb20Kem9uZV90YWc6IDQ4Nzk2ZjFlNzBiYjc2NjljMjliYjUxYmEyODJiZjY1
+  artifacts:
+    access: 'none'
+    reports:
+      dotenv: windows.env
+
+###################################
+### Run Windows Component Tests ###
+###################################
+component-tests-cloudflared-windows:
+  <<: *windows-build-defaults
+  stage: test
+  needs: ["load-windows-env-variables"]
+  script:
+    # We have to decode the secret we encoded on the `load-windows-env-variables` job
+    - $env:COMPONENT_TESTS_ORIGINCERT = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($env:COMPONENT_TESTS_ORIGINCERT))
+    - powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File ".\.ci\scripts\windows\go-wrapper.ps1" "${GO_VERSION}" ".\.ci\scripts\windows\component-test.ps1"
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      junit: report.xml
+
+################################
+### Package Windows Binaries ###
+################################
+package-windows:
+  rules:
+    - !reference [.default-rules, run-on-master]
+  stage: package
+  needs:
+    - ci-image-get-image-ref
+    - build-cloudflared-windows
+  image: $BUILD_IMAGE
+  script:
+    - .ci/scripts/package-windows.sh
+  cache: {}
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - artifacts/*
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9059de5e..09826a2c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,172 +1,41 @@
 variables:
-  # Define GOPATH within the project directory to allow GitLab CI to cache it.
-  # By default, Go places modules in GOMODCACHE, often outside the project.
-  # Explicitly setting GOMODCACHE ensures it's within the cached path.
-  GOPATH: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.go"
-  GOMODCACHE: "$GOPATH/pkg/mod"
-  GO_BIN_DIR: "$GOPATH/bin"
-
-cache:
-  # Cache Go modules and the binaries.
-  # The 'key' ensures a unique cache per branch, or you can use a fixed key
-  # for a shared cache across all branches if that fits your workflow.
-  key: "$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
-  paths:
-    - ${GOPATH}/pkg/mod/ # For Go modules
-    - ${GO_BIN_DIR}/
-
-stages: [build, release]
+  GO_VERSION: "go1.24.6"
+  GIT_DEPTH: "0"
 
 default:
   id_tokens:
     VAULT_ID_TOKEN:
       aud: https://vault.cfdata.org
 
-# This before_script is injected into every job that runs on master meaning that if there is no tag the step
-# will succeed but only write "No tag present - Skipping" to the console.
-.check_tag:
-  before_script:
-    - |
-      # Check if there is a Git tag pointing to HEAD
-      echo "Tag found: $(git tag --points-at HEAD | grep .)"
-      if git tag --points-at HEAD | grep .; then
-        echo "Tag found: $(git tag --points-at HEAD | grep .)"
-        export "VERSION=$(git tag --points-at HEAD | grep .)"
-      else
-        echo "No tag present — skipping."
-        exit 0
-      fi
+stages: [pre-build, build, validate, test, package, release]
 
-## A set of predefined rules to use on the different jobs
-.default_rules:
-  # Rules to run the job only on the master branch
-  run_on_master:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-      when: always
-    - when: never
-  # Rules to run the job only on branches that are not master. This is needed because for now
-  # we need to keep a similar behavior due to the integration with teamcity, which requires us
-  # to not trigger pipelines on tags and/or merge requests.
-  run_on_branch:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-      when: never
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-      when: always
-    - when: never
+include:
+  #####################################################
+  ########## Import Commons Configurations ############
+  #####################################################
+  - local: .ci/commons.gitlab-ci.yml
 
+  #####################################################
+  ############# Build or Fetch CI Image ###############
+  #####################################################
+  - local: .ci/ci-image.gitlab-ci.yml
 
-# Template for Go setup, including caching and installation
-.go_setup:
-  image: docker-registry.cfdata.org/stash/devtools/ci-builders/golang-1.24/master:3090-3e32590@sha256:fc81df4f8322f022d93712ee40bb1e5752fdbe9868d1e5a23fd851ad6fbecb91
-  before_script:
-    - mkdir -p ${GOPATH} ${GOMODCACHE} ${GO_BIN_DIR}
-    - export PATH=$PATH:${GO_BIN_DIR}
-    - go env -w GOMODCACHE=${GOMODCACHE} # Ensure go uses the cached module path
+  #####################################################
+  ################## Linux Builds ###################
+  #####################################################
+  - local: .ci/linux.gitlab-ci.yml
 
-    # Check if govulncheck is already installed and install it if not
-    - if [ ! -f ${GO_BIN_DIR}/govulncheck ]; then
-      echo "govulncheck not found in cache, installing...";
-      go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest;
-      else
-      echo "govulncheck found in cache, skipping installation.";
-      fi
+  #####################################################
+  ################## Windows Builds ###################
+  #####################################################
+  - local: .ci/windows.gitlab-ci.yml
 
-# -----------------------------------------------
-# Stage 1: Build on every PR
-# -----------------------------------------------
-build_cloudflared_macos: &build
-  stage: build
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.default_rules, run_on_branch]
-  tags:
-    - "macstadium-${RUNNER_ARCH}"
-  parallel:
-    matrix:
-      - RUNNER_ARCH: [arm, intel]
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - artifacts/*
-  script:
-    - '[ "${RUNNER_ARCH}" = "arm" ] && export TARGET_ARCH=arm64'
-    - '[ "${RUNNER_ARCH}" = "intel" ] && export TARGET_ARCH=amd64'
-    - ARCH=$(uname -m)
-    - echo ARCH=$ARCH - TARGET_ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH
-    - ./.teamcity/mac/install-go.sh
-    - BUILD_SCRIPT=.teamcity/mac/build.sh
-    - if [[ ! -x ${BUILD_SCRIPT} ]] ; then exit ; fi
-    - set -euo pipefail
-    - echo "Executing ${BUILD_SCRIPT}"
-    - exec ${BUILD_SCRIPT}
+  #####################################################
+  ################### macOS Builds ####################
+  #####################################################
+  - local: .ci/mac.gitlab-ci.yml
 
-vulncheck:
-  stage: build
-  extends: .go_setup
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.default_rules, run_on_branch]
-  script:
-    - make vulncheck
-
-# -----------------------------------------------
-# Stage 1: Build and sign only on releases
-# -----------------------------------------------
-build_and_sign_cloudflared_macos:
-  <<: *build
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.default_rules, run_on_master]
-  secrets:
-    APPLE_DEV_CA_CERT:
-      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/apple_dev_ca_cert_v2/data@kv
-      file: false
-    CFD_CODE_SIGN_CERT:
-      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_code_sign_cert_v2/data@kv
-      file: false
-    CFD_CODE_SIGN_KEY:
-      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_code_sign_key_v2/data@kv
-      file: false
-    CFD_CODE_SIGN_PASS:
-      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_code_sign_pass_v2/data@kv
-      file: false
-    CFD_INSTALLER_CERT:
-      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_installer_cert_v2/data@kv
-      file: false
-    CFD_INSTALLER_KEY:
-      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_installer_key_v2/data@kv
-      file: false
-    CFD_INSTALLER_PASS:
-      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_branch/master/cfd_installer_pass_v2/data@kv
-      file: false
-
-# -----------------------------------------------
-# Stage 2: Release to Github after building and signing
-# -----------------------------------------------
-release_cloudflared_macos_to_github:
-  stage: release
-  image: docker-registry.cfdata.org/stash/tun/docker-images/cloudflared-ci/main:6-8616fe631b76-amd64@sha256:96f4fd05e66cec03e0864c1bcf09324c130d4728eef45ee994716da499183614
-  extends: .check_tag
-  dependencies:
-    - build_and_sign_cloudflared_macos
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.default_rules, run_on_master]
-  cache:
-    paths:
-      - .cache/pip
-  variables:
-    PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
-    KV_NAMESPACE: 380e19aa04314648949b6ad841417ebe
-    KV_ACCOUNT: 5ab4e9dfbd435d24068829fda0077963
-  secrets:
-    KV_API_TOKEN:
-      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_dev/cfd_kv_api_token/data@kv
-      file: false
-    API_KEY:
-      vault: gitlab/cloudflare/tun/cloudflared/_dev/cfd_github_api_key/data@kv
-      file: false
-  script:
-    - python3 --version ; pip --version  # For debugging
-    - python3 -m venv venv
-    - source venv/bin/activate
-    - pip install pynacl==1.4.0 pygithub==1.55
-    - echo $VERSION
-    - echo $TAG_EXISTS
-    - echo "Running release because tag exists."
-    - make macos-release
+  #####################################################
+  ################# Release Packages ##################
+  #####################################################
+  - local: .ci/release.gitlab-ci.yml
diff --git a/.teamcity/windows/component-test.ps1 b/.teamcity/windows/component-test.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index f8e716d0..00000000
--- a/.teamcity/windows/component-test.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-$ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
-
-$WorkingDirectory = Get-Location
-$CloudflaredDirectory = "$WorkingDirectory\go\src\github.com\cloudflare\cloudflared"
-
-go env
-go version
-
-$env:TARGET_OS = "windows"
-$env:CGO_ENABLED = 1
-$env:TARGET_ARCH = "amd64"
-$env:Path = "$Env:Temp\go\bin;$($env:Path)"
-
-python --version
-python -m pip --version
-
-cd $CloudflaredDirectory
-
-go env
-go version
-
-Write-Output "Building cloudflared"
-
-& make cloudflared
-if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed to build cloudflared" }
-
-echo $LASTEXITCODE
-
-Write-Output "Running unit tests"
-
-# Not testing with race detector because of https://github.com/golang/go/issues/61058
-# We already test it on other platforms
-go test -failfast -v -mod=vendor ./...
-if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed unit tests" }
-
-Write-Output "Running component tests"
-
-python -m pip --disable-pip-version-check install --upgrade -r component-tests/requirements.txt --use-pep517
-python component-tests/setup.py --type create
-python -m pytest component-tests -o log_cli=true --log-cli-level=INFO
-if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
-    python component-tests/setup.py --type cleanup
-    throw "Failed component tests"
-}
-python component-tests/setup.py --type cleanup
diff --git a/cfsetup.yaml b/cfsetup.yaml
index dd01f650..aba6925e 100644
--- a/cfsetup.yaml
+++ b/cfsetup.yaml
@@ -123,28 +123,6 @@ bookworm: &bookworm
       - export GOOS=linux
       - export GOARCH=arm64
       - make cloudflared-deb
-  package-windows:
-    build_dir: *build_dir
-    builddeps:
-      - *pinned_go
-      - build-essential
-      - python3-dev
-      - libffi-dev
-      - python3-setuptools
-      - python3-pip
-      - wget
-      # libmsi and libgcab are libraries the wixl binary depends on.
-      - libmsi-dev
-      - libgcab-dev
-      - python3-venv
-    pre-cache:
-      - wget https://github.com/sudarshan-reddy/msitools/releases/download/v0.101b/wixl -P /usr/local/bin
-      - chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/wixl
-    post-cache:
-      - python3 -m venv env
-      - . env/bin/activate
-      - pip install pynacl==1.4.0 pygithub==1.55
-      - .teamcity/package-windows.sh
   test:
     build_dir: *build_dir
     builddeps: &build_deps_tests
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/configuration.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/configuration.go
index 63f78426..b38f79da 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/configuration.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/configuration.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 const (
 	secretValue       = "*****"
 	icmpFunnelTimeout = time.Second * 10
-	fedRampRegion     = "fed" // const string denoting the region used to connect to FEDRamp servers
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/component-tests/test_service.py b/component-tests/test_service.py
index e1c155e6..e992be33 100644
--- a/component-tests/test_service.py
+++ b/component-tests/test_service.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import pytest
 
 import test_logging
 from conftest import CfdModes
-from util import select_platform, start_cloudflared, wait_tunnel_ready, write_config
+from util import select_platform, skip_on_ci, start_cloudflared, wait_tunnel_ready, write_config
 
 
 def default_config_dir():
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class TestServiceMode:
         os.remove(default_config_file())
         self.launchctl_cmd("list", success=False)
 
+    @skip_on_ci("we can't run sudo command on CI")
     @select_platform("Linux")
     @pytest.mark.skipif(os.path.exists("/etc/cloudflared/config.yml"),
                         reason=f"There is already a config file in default path")
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ class TestServiceMode:
 
         self.sysv_service_scenario(config, tmp_path, assert_log_file)
 
+    @skip_on_ci("we can't run sudo command on CI")
     @select_platform("Linux")
     @pytest.mark.skipif(os.path.exists("/etc/cloudflared/config.yml"),
                         reason=f"There is already a config file in default path")
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ class TestServiceMode:
 
         self.sysv_service_scenario(config, tmp_path, assert_rotating_log)
 
+    @skip_on_ci("we can't run sudo command on CI")
     @select_platform("Linux")
     @pytest.mark.skipif(os.path.exists("/etc/cloudflared/config.yml"),
                         reason=f"There is already a config file in default path")
diff --git a/component-tests/test_token.py b/component-tests/test_token.py
index ed99cb05..36b37239 100644
--- a/component-tests/test_token.py
+++ b/component-tests/test_token.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import base64
 import json
 
-from setup import get_config_from_file, persist_origin_cert
+from setup import get_config_from_file
 from util import start_cloudflared
 
 
diff --git a/component-tests/util.py b/component-tests/util.py
index ee63c24a..b4c9b51b 100644
--- a/component-tests/util.py
+++ b/component-tests/util.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import pytest
 
 import requests
 import yaml
-import json
 from retrying import retry
 
 from constants import METRICS_PORT, MAX_RETRIES, BACKOFF_SECS
@@ -35,6 +34,12 @@ def fips_enabled():
 nofips = pytest.mark.skipif(
         fips_enabled(), reason=f"Only runs without FIPS (COMPONENT_TESTS_FIPS=0)")
 
+def skip_on_ci(reason):
+    env_ci = os.getenv("CI")
+    running_in_ci = env_ci is not None and env_ci != "0"
+    return pytest.mark.skipif(
+        running_in_ci, reason=f"This test can't run on CI due to: {reason}")
+
 def write_config(directory, config):
     config_path = directory / "config.yml"
     with open(config_path, 'w') as outfile:
@@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ def inner_wait_tunnel_ready(tunnel_url=None, require_min_connections=1):
     metrics_url = f'http://localhost:{METRICS_PORT}/ready'
 
     with requests.Session() as s:
+        LOGGER.debug("Waiting for tunnel to be ready...")
         resp = send_request(s, metrics_url, True)
 
         ready_connections = resp.json()["readyConnections"]
diff --git a/config/configuration.go b/config/configuration.go
index a3b65ad3..cb0b0ade 100644
--- a/config/configuration.go
+++ b/config/configuration.go
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ type AccessConfig struct {
 
 	// AudTag is the AudTag to verify access JWT against.
 	AudTag []string `yaml:"audTag" json:"audTag"`
+
+	Environment string `yaml:"environment" json:"environment,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type IngressIPRule struct {
diff --git a/ingress/ingress.go b/ingress/ingress.go
index eaad7dce..a325271a 100644
--- a/ingress/ingress.go
+++ b/ingress/ingress.go
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func validateIngress(ingress []config.UnvalidatedIngressRule, defaults OriginReq
 				return Ingress{}, err
 			}
 			if access.Required {
-				verifier := middleware.NewJWTValidator(access.TeamName, "", access.AudTag)
+				verifier := middleware.NewJWTValidator(access.TeamName, access.Environment, access.AudTag)
 				handlers = append(handlers, verifier)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/ingress/middleware/jwtvalidator.go b/ingress/middleware/jwtvalidator.go
index 8ee9b789..93ca8c61 100644
--- a/ingress/middleware/jwtvalidator.go
+++ b/ingress/middleware/jwtvalidator.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3/oidc"
+
+	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/credentials"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -13,7 +15,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	cloudflareAccessCertsURL = "https://%s.cloudflareaccess.com"
+	cloudflareAccessCertsURL    = "https://%s.cloudflareaccess.com"
+	cloudflareAccessFedCertsURL = "https://%s.fed.cloudflareaccess.com"
 )
 
 // JWTValidator is an implementation of Verifier that validates access based JWT tokens.
@@ -22,10 +25,14 @@ type JWTValidator struct {
 	audTags []string
 }
 
-func NewJWTValidator(teamName string, certsURL string, audTags []string) *JWTValidator {
-	if certsURL == "" {
+func NewJWTValidator(teamName string, environment string, audTags []string) *JWTValidator {
+	var certsURL string
+	if environment == credentials.FedEndpoint {
+		certsURL = fmt.Sprintf(cloudflareAccessFedCertsURL, teamName)
+	} else {
 		certsURL = fmt.Sprintf(cloudflareAccessCertsURL, teamName)
 	}
+
 	certsEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s/cdn-cgi/access/certs", certsURL)
 
 	config := &oidc.Config{