diff --git a/.github/actions/godot-build/action.yml b/.github/actions/godot-build/action.yml
index 5ed64e7de26..72c1cea3304 100644
--- a/.github/actions/godot-build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/godot-build/action.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ inputs:
     default: "${{ github.workspace }}/.scons-cache/"
   scons-cache-limit:
     description: The scons cache size limit.
-    default: 4096
+    # actions/cache has 10 GiB limit, and GitHub runners have a 14 GiB disk.
+    # Limit to 7 GiB to avoid having the extracted cache fill the disk.
+    default: 7168
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
diff --git a/.github/actions/godot-cache/action.yml b/.github/actions/godot-cache-restore/action.yml
similarity index 77%
rename from .github/actions/godot-cache/action.yml
rename to .github/actions/godot-cache-restore/action.yml
index e54e6064a73..614a98330d4 100644
--- a/.github/actions/godot-cache/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/godot-cache-restore/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-name: Setup Godot build cache
-description: Setup Godot build cache.
+name: Restore Godot build cache
+description: Restore Godot build cache.
 inputs:
   cache-name:
     description: The cache base name (job name by default).
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    # Upload cache on completion and check it out now
-    - name: Load .scons_cache directory
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+    - name: Restore .scons_cache directory
+      uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
       with:
         path: ${{inputs.scons-cache}}
         key: ${{inputs.cache-name}}-${{env.GODOT_BASE_BRANCH}}-${{github.ref}}-${{github.sha}}
diff --git a/.github/actions/godot-cache-save/action.yml b/.github/actions/godot-cache-save/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb3f18ad85a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/godot-cache-save/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Save Godot build cache
+description: Save Godot build cache.
+inputs:
+  cache-name:
+    description: The cache base name (job name by default).
+    default: "${{github.job}}"
+  scons-cache:
+    description: The scons cache path.
+    default: "${{github.workspace}}/.scons-cache/"
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Save .scons_cache directory
+      uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+      with:
+        path: ${{inputs.scons-cache}}
+        key: ${{inputs.cache-name}}-${{env.GODOT_BASE_BRANCH}}-${{github.ref}}-${{github.sha}}
diff --git a/.github/actions/godot-deps/action.yml b/.github/actions/godot-deps/action.yml
index ce5a6ee2c0f..cac72c436ed 100644
--- a/.github/actions/godot-deps/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/godot-deps/action.yml
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"
-        python -m pip install scons
+        python -m pip install scons==4.7.0
         scons --version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/android_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/android_builds.yml
index ab0f9f934bb..5a1c809a6a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android_builds.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 name: 🤖 Android Builds
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  workflow_call:
 
 # Global Settings
 env:
+  # Only used for the cache key. Increment version to force clean build.
   GODOT_BASE_BRANCH: 3.4
   SCONSFLAGS: verbose=yes warnings=all werror=yes debug_symbols=no
 
@@ -13,27 +15,19 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   android-template:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
-
     name: Template (target=release, tools=no)
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Azure repositories are not reliable, we need to prevent azure giving us packages.
-      - name: Make apt sources.list use the default Ubuntu repositories
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
-          sudo cp -f misc/ci/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list
-          sudo apt-get update
-
       - name: Set up Java 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 11
 
-      - name: Setup Godot build cache
-        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache
+      - name: Restore Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-restore
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: Setup python and scons
@@ -55,6 +49,10 @@ jobs:
           target: release
           tools: false
 
+      - name: Save Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-save
+        continue-on-error: true
+
       - name: Generate Godot templates
         run: |
           cd platform/android/java
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/ios_builds.yml
index 8fe8eadae92..da0fc7c5961 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios_builds.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 name: 🍏 iOS Builds
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  workflow_call:
 
 # Global Settings
 env:
+  # Only used for the cache key. Increment version to force clean build.
   GODOT_BASE_BRANCH: 3.4
   SCONSFLAGS: verbose=yes warnings=all werror=yes debug_symbols=no
 
@@ -18,14 +20,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Godot build cache
-        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache
+      - name: Restore Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-restore
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: Setup python and scons
         uses: ./.github/actions/godot-deps
 
-      - name: Compilation (armv7)
+      - name: Compilation (arm64v8)
         uses: ./.github/actions/godot-build
         with:
           sconsflags: ${{ env.SCONSFLAGS }}
@@ -33,5 +35,9 @@ jobs:
           target: release
           tools: false
 
+      - name: Save Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-save
+        continue-on-error: true
+
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: ./.github/actions/upload-artifact
diff --git a/.github/workflows/javascript_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/javascript_builds.yml
index 9c92f3f5f08..7c535937806 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/javascript_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/javascript_builds.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 name: 🌐 JavaScript Builds
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  workflow_call:
 
 # Global Settings
 env:
+  # Only used for the cache key. Increment version to force clean build.
   GODOT_BASE_BRANCH: 3.4
   SCONSFLAGS: verbose=yes warnings=all werror=yes debug_symbols=no
   EM_VERSION: 2.0.25
@@ -20,26 +22,19 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Additional cache for Emscripten generated system libraries
-      - name: Load Emscripten cache
-        id: javascript-template-emscripten-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ${{env.EM_CACHE_FOLDER}}
-          key: ${{env.EM_VERSION}}-${{github.job}}
-
       - name: Set up Emscripten latest
         uses: mymindstorm/setup-emsdk@v14
         with:
           version: ${{env.EM_VERSION}}
           actions-cache-folder: ${{env.EM_CACHE_FOLDER}}
+          cache-key: emsdk-${{ matrix.cache-name }}-${{env.GODOT_BASE_BRANCH}}-${{github.ref}}-${{github.sha}}
 
       - name: Verify Emscripten setup
         run: |
           emcc -v
 
-      - name: Setup Godot build cache
-        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache
+      - name: Restore Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-restore
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: Setup python and scons
@@ -53,5 +48,9 @@ jobs:
           target: release
           tools: false
 
+      - name: Save Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-save
+        continue-on-error: true
+
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: ./.github/actions/upload-artifact
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/linux_builds.yml
index a9fc2091f01..ba25d92bc19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux_builds.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 name: 🐧 Linux Builds
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  workflow_call:
 
 # Global Settings
 env:
+  # Only used for the cache key. Increment version to force clean build.
   GODOT_BASE_BRANCH: 3.4
   SCONSFLAGS: verbose=yes warnings=all werror=yes
 
@@ -27,11 +29,11 @@ jobs:
             build-mono: true
             artifact: true
 
-          - name: Editor and sanitizers (target=debug, tools=yes, use_asan=yes, use_ubsan=yes)
+          - name: Editor and sanitizers (target=debug, tools=yes, use_asan=yes, use_ubsan=yes, linker=gold)
             cache-name: linux-editor-sanitizers
             target: debug
             tools: true
-            sconsflags: use_asan=yes use_ubsan=yes
+            sconsflags: use_asan=yes use_ubsan=yes linker=gold
             test: true
             bin: "./bin/godot.x11.tools.64s"
             build-mono: false
@@ -52,17 +54,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Linux dependencies
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          # Azure repositories are not reliable, we need to prevent azure giving us packages.
-          sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
-          sudo cp -f misc/ci/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list
+          # Azure repositories are flaky, remove them.
+          sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/{azure,microsoft}*
           sudo apt-get update
-          # The actual dependencies
-          sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libx11-dev libxcursor-dev \
-              libxinerama-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev \
-              libdbus-1-dev libudev-dev libxi-dev libxrandr-dev yasm xvfb wget unzip
+          # The actual dependencies.
+          sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends build-essential pkg-config libx11-dev \
+              libxcursor-dev libxinerama-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu-dev libasound2-dev \
+              libpulse-dev libdbus-1-dev libudev-dev libxi-dev libxrandr-dev yasm xvfb wget unzip
 
-      - name: Setup Godot build cache
-        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache
+      - name: Free disk space on runner
+        run: |
+          echo "Disk usage before:" && df -h
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
+          echo "Disk usage after:" && df -h
+
+      - name: Restore Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-restore
         with:
           cache-name: ${{ matrix.cache-name }}
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -70,6 +77,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup python and scons
         uses: ./.github/actions/godot-deps
 
+      - name: Setup GCC problem matcher
+        uses: ammaraskar/gcc-problem-matcher@master
+
       - name: Compilation
         uses: ./.github/actions/godot-build
         with:
@@ -78,6 +88,12 @@ jobs:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           tools: ${{ matrix.tools }}
 
+      - name: Save Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-save
+        with:
+          cache-name: ${{ matrix.cache-name }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+
       # Generate mono glue
       - name: Generate Mono glue code
         if: ${{ matrix.build-mono }}
@@ -129,6 +145,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.artifact }}
         run: |
           strip bin/godot.*
+          chmod +x bin/godot.*
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: ./.github/actions/upload-artifact
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/macos_builds.yml
index a16e455662d..b9a24a56391 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos_builds.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 name: 🍎 macOS Builds
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  workflow_call:
 
 # Global Settings
 env:
+  # Only used for the cache key. Increment version to force clean build.
   GODOT_BASE_BRANCH: 3.4
   SCONSFLAGS: verbose=yes warnings=all werror=yes debug_symbols=no
 
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Godot build cache
-        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache
+      - name: Restore Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-restore
         with:
           cache-name: ${{ matrix.cache-name }}
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -49,6 +51,17 @@ jobs:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           tools: ${{ matrix.tools }}
 
+      - name: Save Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-save
+        with:
+          cache-name: ${{ matrix.cache-name }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Prepare artifact
+        run: |
+          strip bin/godot.*
+          chmod +x bin/godot.*
+
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: ./.github/actions/upload-artifact
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/runner.yml b/.github/workflows/runner.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1981da5b8f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/runner.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: 🔗 GHA
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{github.actor}}-${{github.head_ref || github.run_number}}-${{github.ref}}-runner
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  static-checks:
+    name: 📊 Static
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
+
+  android-build:
+    name: 🤖 Android
+    needs: static-checks
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/android_builds.yml
+
+  ios-build:
+    name: 🍏 iOS
+    needs: static-checks
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ios_builds.yml
+
+  javascript-build:
+    name: 🌐 JavaScript
+    needs: static-checks
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/javascript_builds.yml
+
+  linux-build:
+    name: 🐧 Linux
+    needs: static-checks
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/linux_builds.yml
+
+  macos-build:
+    name: 🍎 macOS
+    needs: static-checks
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/macos_builds.yml
+
+  server-build:
+    name: ☁ Server
+    needs: static-checks
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/server_builds.yml
+
+  windows-build:
+    name: 🏁 Windows
+    needs: static-checks
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/windows_builds.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/server_builds.yml
index f8784dc1321..46618633637 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server_builds.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 name: ☁ Server Builds
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  workflow_call:
 
 # Global Settings
 env:
+  # Only used for the cache key. Increment version to force clean build.
   GODOT_BASE_BRANCH: 3.4
   SCONSFLAGS: verbose=yes warnings=all werror=yes debug_symbols=no module_mono_enabled=yes mono_static=yes mono_glue=no
 
@@ -34,17 +36,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Linux dependencies
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          # Azure repositories are not reliable, we need to prevent azure giving us packages.
-          sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
-          sudo cp -f misc/ci/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list
+          # Azure repositories are flaky, remove them.
+          sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/{azure,microsoft}*
           sudo apt-get update
-          # The actual dependencies
-          sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libx11-dev libxcursor-dev \
-              libxinerama-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev \
-              libdbus-1-dev libudev-dev libxi-dev libxrandr-dev yasm xvfb wget unzip
+          # The actual dependencies.
+          sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends build-essential pkg-config libx11-dev \
+              libxcursor-dev libxinerama-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu-dev libasound2-dev \
+              libpulse-dev libdbus-1-dev libudev-dev libxi-dev libxrandr-dev yasm xvfb wget unzip
 
-      - name: Setup Godot build cache
-        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache
+      - name: Restore Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-restore
         with:
           cache-name: ${{ matrix.cache-name }}
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -59,3 +60,9 @@ jobs:
           platform: server
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           tools: ${{ matrix.tools }}
+
+      - name: Save Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-save
+        with:
+          cache-name: ${{ matrix.cache-name }}
+        continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
index 956442a0e6e..8c7b7f4fbd6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
@@ -1,38 +1,33 @@
 name: 📊 Static Checks
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{github.actor}}-${{github.head_ref || github.run_number}}-${{github.ref}}-static
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   static-checks:
     name: Static Checks (clang-format, black format, file format, documentation checks)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Azure repositories are not reliable, we need to prevent Azure giving us packages.
-      - name: Make apt sources.list use the default Ubuntu repositories
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
-          sudo cp -f misc/ci/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list
-          wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
-          sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://apt.llvm.org/focal/ llvm-toolchain-focal-13 main"
-          sudo apt-get update
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -qq dos2unix recode clang-format-13
-          sudo update-alternatives --remove-all clang-format
+          # Azure repositories are flaky, remove them.
+          sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/{azure,microsoft}*
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -qq dos2unix python3-pip moreutils
+          sudo update-alternatives --remove-all clang-format || true
           sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang-format clang-format /usr/bin/clang-format-13 100
-          sudo pip3 install black==21.10b0 pygments
+          sudo pip3 install black==24.10.0 pygments
 
       - name: File formatting checks (file_format.sh)
         run: |
           bash ./misc/scripts/file_format.sh
 
-      - name: Style checks via clang-format (clang_format.sh)
-        run: |
-          bash ./misc/scripts/clang_format.sh
-
       - name: Python style checks via black (black_format.sh)
         run: |
           bash ./misc/scripts/black_format.sh
@@ -47,3 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Documentation checks
         run: |
           doc/tools/make_rst.py --dry-run doc/classes modules
+
+      - name: Style checks via clang-format (clang_format.sh)
+        run: |
+          bash ./misc/scripts/clang_format.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/windows_builds.yml
index 4ee0e73e8d8..3afa796026b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows_builds.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 name: 🏁 Windows Builds
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  workflow_call:
 
 # Global Settings
 # SCONS_CACHE for windows must be set in the build environment
 env:
+  # Only used for the cache key. Increment version to force clean build.
   GODOT_BASE_BRANCH: 3.4
   SCONSFLAGS: verbose=yes warnings=all werror=yes debug_symbols=no
   SCONS_CACHE_MSVC_CONFIG: true
@@ -35,8 +37,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Godot build cache
-        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache
+      - name: Restore Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-restore
         with:
           cache-name: ${{ matrix.cache-name }}
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup python and scons
         uses: ./.github/actions/godot-deps
 
+      - name: Setup MSVC problem matcher
+        uses: ammaraskar/msvc-problem-matcher@master
+
       - name: Compilation
         uses: ./.github/actions/godot-build
         with:
@@ -51,7 +56,16 @@ jobs:
           platform: windows
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           tools: ${{ matrix.tools }}
-          scons-cache-limit: 3072
+
+      - name: Save Godot build cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/godot-cache-save
+        with:
+          cache-name: ${{ matrix.cache-name }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Prepare artifact
+        run: |
+          Remove-Item bin/* -Include *.exp,*.lib,*.pdb -Force
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: ./.github/actions/upload-artifact
diff --git a/compat.py b/compat.py
index 8fcaa4f7c78..725a4783771 100644
--- a/compat.py
+++ b/compat.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ if sys.version_info < (3,):
         # Not properly equivalent to __qualname__ in py3, but it doesn't matter.
         return obj.__name__
 
-
 else:
 
     def isbasestring(s):
diff --git a/doc/translations/extract.py b/doc/translations/extract.py
index 0a63ee25855..71b5e3ef9c0 100644
--- a/doc/translations/extract.py
+++ b/doc/translations/extract.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import sys
 sys.modules["_elementtree"] = None
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
+
 ## override the parser to get the line number
 class LineNumberingParser(ET.XMLParser):
     def _start(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/editor/editor_builders.py b/editor/editor_builders.py
index ab0b7f74d01..baddd8f09dd 100644
--- a/editor/editor_builders.py
+++ b/editor/editor_builders.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 All such functions are invoked in a subprocess on Windows to prevent build flakiness.
 
 """
+
 import os
 import os.path
 from platform_methods import subprocess_main
diff --git a/editor/icons/editor_icons_builders.py b/editor/icons/editor_icons_builders.py
index ce6b9a8686a..dd910a6810b 100644
--- a/editor/icons/editor_icons_builders.py
+++ b/editor/icons/editor_icons_builders.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 All such functions are invoked in a subprocess on Windows to prevent build flakiness.
 
 """
+
 import os
 from platform_methods import subprocess_main
 from compat import StringIO
diff --git a/gles_builders.py b/gles_builders.py
index dda3922ed3f..367d1a7f9dd 100644
--- a/gles_builders.py
+++ b/gles_builders.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 All such functions are invoked in a subprocess on Windows to prevent build flakiness.
 
 """
+
 from platform_methods import subprocess_main
 
 
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ def build_legacygl_header(filename, include, class_suffix, output_attribs, gles2
             x = header_data.enums[xv]
             bits = 1
             amt = len(x)
-            while 2 ** bits < amt:
+            while 2**bits < amt:
                 bits += 1
             strs = "{"
             for i in range(amt):
diff --git a/main/main_builders.py b/main/main_builders.py
index 6e5a5ceede4..d8334f3b7a5 100644
--- a/main/main_builders.py
+++ b/main/main_builders.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 All such functions are invoked in a subprocess on Windows to prevent build flakiness.
 
 """
+
 from platform_methods import subprocess_main
 from compat import byte_to_str
 from collections import OrderedDict
diff --git a/misc/ci/sources.list b/misc/ci/sources.list
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d8f94f35c4..00000000000
--- a/misc/ci/sources.list
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse
-deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
-deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
-deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
diff --git a/misc/scripts/check_ci_log.py b/misc/scripts/check_ci_log.py
index 19d0362d618..006348afc93 100755
--- a/misc/scripts/check_ci_log.py
+++ b/misc/scripts/check_ci_log.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ if (
     file_contents.find("Program crashed with signal") != -1
     or file_contents.find("Dumping the backtrace") != -1
     or file_contents.find("Segmentation fault (core dumped)") != -1
+    or file_contents.find("Aborted (core dumped)") != -1
+    or file_contents.find("terminate called without an active exception") != -1
 ):
     print("FATAL ERROR: Godot has been crashed.")
     sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/misc/scripts/file_format.sh b/misc/scripts/file_format.sh
index 07a9a070f37..d6c67178378 100755
--- a/misc/scripts/file_format.sh
+++ b/misc/scripts/file_format.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # run before them.
 
 # We need dos2unix and recode.
-if [ ! -x "$(command -v dos2unix)" -o ! -x "$(command -v recode)" ]; then
-    printf "Install 'dos2unix' and 'recode' to use this script.\n"
+if [ ! -x "$(command -v dos2unix)" -o ! -x "$(command -v isutf8)" ]; then
+    printf "Install 'dos2unix' and 'isutf8' (from the moreutils package) to use this script.\n"
 fi
 
 set -uo pipefail
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ while IFS= read -rd '' f; do
         continue
     elif [[ "$f" == *"po" ]]; then
         continue
-    elif [[ "$f" == "thirdparty"* ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$f" == "thirdparty/"* ]]; then
+        continue
+    elif [[ "$f" == *"/thirdparty/"* ]]; then
         continue
     elif [[ "$f" == "platform/android/java/lib/src/com/google"* ]]; then
         continue
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ while IFS= read -rd '' f; do
         continue
     fi
     # Ensure that files are UTF-8 formatted.
-    recode UTF-8 "$f" 2> /dev/null
+    isutf8 "$f" >> utf8-validation.txt 2>&1
     # Ensure that files have LF line endings and do not contain a BOM.
     dos2unix "$f" 2> /dev/null
     # Remove trailing space characters and ensures that files end
@@ -48,17 +50,27 @@ done
 
 git diff --color > patch.patch
 
-# If no patch has been generated all is OK, clean up, and exit.
-if [ ! -s patch.patch ] ; then
+# If no UTF-8 violations were collected and no patch has been
+# generated all is OK, clean up, and exit.
+if [ ! -s utf8-validation.txt ] && [ ! -s patch.patch ] ; then
     printf "Files in this commit comply with the formatting rules.\n"
-    rm -f patch.patch
+    rm -f patch.patch utf8-validation.txt
     exit 0
 fi
 
-# A patch has been created, notify the user, clean up, and exit.
-printf "\n*** The following differences were found between the code "
-printf "and the formatting rules:\n\n"
-cat patch.patch
+# Violations detected, notify the user, clean up, and exit.
+if [ -s utf8-validation.txt ]
+then
+    printf "\n*** The following files contain invalid UTF-8 character sequences:\n\n"
+    cat utf8-validation.txt
+fi
+
+if [ -s patch.patch ]
+then
+    printf "\n*** The following differences were found between the code "
+    printf "and the formatting rules:\n\n"
+    cat patch.patch
+fi
+rm -f utf8-validation.txt patch.patch
 printf "\n*** Aborting, please fix your commit(s) with 'git commit --amend' or 'git rebase -i <hash>'\n"
-rm -f patch.patch
 exit 1
diff --git a/modules/denoise/resource_to_cpp.py b/modules/denoise/resource_to_cpp.py
index 6c832773559..307ea0ee7de 100644
--- a/modules/denoise/resource_to_cpp.py
+++ b/modules/denoise/resource_to_cpp.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import os
 from array import array
 
+
 # Generates a C++ file from the specified binary resource file
 def generate(in_path, out_path):
 
diff --git a/modules/gdnative/gdnative_builders.py b/modules/gdnative/gdnative_builders.py
index d44bf452144..fa9c4223945 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/gdnative_builders.py
+++ b/modules/gdnative/gdnative_builders.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 All such functions are invoked in a subprocess on Windows to prevent build flakiness.
 
 """
+
 import json
 from platform_methods import subprocess_main
 
diff --git a/platform/osx/platform_osx_builders.py b/platform/osx/platform_osx_builders.py
index 953ed479db3..d60f78884a0 100644
--- a/platform/osx/platform_osx_builders.py
+++ b/platform/osx/platform_osx_builders.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 All such functions are invoked in a subprocess on Windows to prevent build flakiness.
 
 """
+
 import os
 from platform_methods import subprocess_main
 
diff --git a/platform/server/detect.py b/platform/server/detect.py
index 6fa838df17d..98ecb771ae0 100644
--- a/platform/server/detect.py
+++ b/platform/server/detect.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def configure(env):
 
     ## Architecture
 
-    is64 = sys.maxsize > 2 ** 32
+    is64 = sys.maxsize > 2**32
     if env["bits"] == "default":
         env["bits"] = "64" if is64 else "32"
 
diff --git a/platform/windows/platform_windows_builders.py b/platform/windows/platform_windows_builders.py
index 22e33b51b49..0d518e31c43 100644
--- a/platform/windows/platform_windows_builders.py
+++ b/platform/windows/platform_windows_builders.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 All such functions are invoked in a subprocess on Windows to prevent build flakiness.
 
 """
+
 import os
 from platform_methods import subprocess_main
 
diff --git a/platform/x11/platform_x11_builders.py b/platform/x11/platform_x11_builders.py
index 5884f8e1611..632bafce020 100644
--- a/platform/x11/platform_x11_builders.py
+++ b/platform/x11/platform_x11_builders.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 All such functions are invoked in a subprocess on Windows to prevent build flakiness.
 
 """
+
 import os
 from platform_methods import subprocess_main