diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ece6d4b005..6e0ee5bf68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ permissions:
 
 # Enrich gradle.properties for CI/CD
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx8g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx4g
+  # Sized for the self-hosted incus containers, matching
+  # healthchat-release-playstore.yml. Upstream's -Xmx8g with a 4 GB Kotlin daemon is
+  # sized for GitHub's hosted VMs; here the daemon gets SIGKILLed mid-build and Gradle
+  # reports "the daemon has disappeared" with no OutOfMemoryError and no heap dump.
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx2g
   CI_GRADLE_ARG_PROPERTIES: --stacktrace -Dsonar.gradle.skipCompile=true --no-configuration-cache
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_enterprise.yml b/.github/workflows/build_enterprise.yml
index 3e22cee30e..ce2f444cb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_enterprise.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_enterprise.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ permissions:
 
 # Enrich gradle.properties for CI/CD
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx8g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx4g
+  # Sized for the self-hosted incus containers, matching
+  # healthchat-release-playstore.yml. Upstream's -Xmx8g with a 4 GB Kotlin daemon is
+  # sized for GitHub's hosted VMs; here the daemon gets SIGKILLed mid-build and Gradle
+  # reports "the daemon has disappeared" with no OutOfMemoryError and no heap dump.
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx2g
   CI_GRADLE_ARG_PROPERTIES: --stacktrace -Dsonar.gradle.skipCompile=true --no-configuration-cache
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maestro-local.yml b/.github/workflows/maestro-local.yml
index ec48715155..c15d12e617 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maestro-local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maestro-local.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ permissions:
 
 # Enrich gradle.properties for CI/CD
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx8g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx4g
+  # Sized for the self-hosted incus containers, matching
+  # healthchat-release-playstore.yml. Upstream's -Xmx8g with a 4 GB Kotlin daemon is
+  # sized for GitHub's hosted VMs; here the daemon gets SIGKILLed mid-build and Gradle
+  # reports "the daemon has disappeared" with no OutOfMemoryError and no heap dump.
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx2g
   CI_GRADLE_ARG_PROPERTIES: --stacktrace --no-daemon -Dsonar.gradle.skipCompile=true --no-configuration-cache
   ARCH: x86_64
   DEVICE: pixel_7_pro
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality.yml b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
index d8ba6e252e..4a4eba2829 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ permissions:
 
 # Enrich gradle.properties for CI/CD
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx8g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx4g
+  # Sized for the self-hosted incus containers, matching
+  # healthchat-release-playstore.yml. Upstream's -Xmx8g with a 4 GB Kotlin daemon is
+  # sized for GitHub's hosted VMs; here the daemon gets SIGKILLed mid-build and Gradle
+  # reports "the daemon has disappeared" with no OutOfMemoryError and no heap dump.
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx2g
   CI_GRADLE_ARG_PROPERTIES: --stacktrace --no-daemon -Dsonar.gradle.skipCompile=true --no-configuration-cache
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/recordScreenshots.yml b/.github/workflows/recordScreenshots.yml
index f1426fb279..14e6e6cb39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/recordScreenshots.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/recordScreenshots.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ permissions:
 
 # Enrich gradle.properties for CI/CD
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx8g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx4g -Dsonar.gradle.skipCompile=true
+  # Sized for the self-hosted incus containers, matching
+  # healthchat-release-playstore.yml. Upstream's -Xmx8g with a 4 GB Kotlin daemon is
+  # sized for GitHub's hosted VMs; here the daemon gets SIGKILLed mid-build and Gradle
+  # reports "the daemon has disappeared" with no OutOfMemoryError and no heap dump.
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx2g -Dsonar.gradle.skipCompile=true
   CI_GRADLE_ARG_PROPERTIES: --no-configuration-cache
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonar.yml b/.github/workflows/sonar.yml
index fc575ed5de..3c7d0cde8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonar.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonar.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ permissions:
 
 # Enrich gradle.properties for CI/CD
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx8g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx4g
+  # Sized for the self-hosted incus containers, matching
+  # healthchat-release-playstore.yml. Upstream's -Xmx8g with a 4 GB Kotlin daemon is
+  # sized for GitHub's hosted VMs; here the daemon gets SIGKILLed mid-build and Gradle
+  # reports "the daemon has disappeared" with no OutOfMemoryError and no heap dump.
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+UseG1GC -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx2g
   CI_GRADLE_ARG_PROPERTIES: --stacktrace --warn -Dsonar.gradle.skipCompile=true --no-configuration-cache
   GROUP: ${{ format('sonar-{0}', github.ref) }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index fca7e8b63f..7a3b006c9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ permissions:
 
 # Enrich gradle.properties for CI/CD
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx7g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError" -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx2g -XX:+UseG1GC
+  # Sized for the self-hosted incus containers, matching
+  # healthchat-release-playstore.yml. Upstream's -Xmx8g with a 4 GB Kotlin daemon is
+  # sized for GitHub's hosted VMs; here the daemon gets SIGKILLed mid-build and Gradle
+  # reports "the daemon has disappeared" with no OutOfMemoryError and no heap dump.
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError" -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options=-Xmx2g -XX:+UseG1GC
   CI_GRADLE_ARG_PROPERTIES: --stacktrace --no-daemon -Dsonar.gradle.skipCompile=true --no-configuration-cache
 
 jobs: