diff --git a/.github/workflows/healthchat-release-playstore.yml b/.github/workflows/healthchat-release-playstore.yml
index d646ba9794..ba804f3972 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/healthchat-release-playstore.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/healthchat-release-playstore.yml
@@ -46,17 +46,24 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   # Upstream's workflows hardcode -Xmx8g / Kotlin daemon -Xmx4g, sized for the
-  # 4-core/16GB ubuntu-latest that public repos get. On this container the
-  # daemon keeps getting SIGKILLed mid-build (DaemonDisappearedException, no
-  # OutOfMemoryError, no heap dump), so stay well under upstream's ceiling and
-  # leave room for the Kotlin daemon and the parallel lint workers.
+  # 4-core/16GB ubuntu-latest that public repos get. On the previous incus
+  # container the daemon kept getting SIGKILLed mid-build
+  # (DaemonDisappearedException, no OutOfMemoryError, no heap dump), so these
+  # values stay well under upstream's ceiling and leave room for the Kotlin
+  # daemon and the parallel lint workers. Re-check them against the "Report
+  # runner capacity" output now that jobs land on the persistent org runners,
+  # whose specs may differ.
   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:
   release:
     name: Build and upload AAB to Play Store
-    runs-on: novaloop-incus-large
+    # Persistent org runners (github-runner-01, gha-runner-1..3). The previous
+    # novaloop-incus-large label pointed at the GARM ephemeral pool, whose freshly
+    # spawned runners were reaped mid-job — jobs died ~10 minutes in with
+    # "The operation was canceled" and no other diagnostic.
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: