Pick the runner per Python version in the matrix

Author: iacobdaniel

.github/workflows/benchmark.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   benchmark_sql_algorithm:
-    # actions/setup-python has no Python 3.9 for Ubuntu 26.04
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
@@ -42,13 +41,16 @@ jobs:
           poetry run python ./benchmarks/sql_benchmark/sql_benchmark_no_fw.py
 
   benchmark_with_flask_mysql:
-    # actions/setup-python has no Python 3.9 for Ubuntu 26.04
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.9' && 'ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 10
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+          - python-version: "3.9"
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
@@ -92,8 +94,7 @@ jobs:
             k6 run -q ./benchmarks/flask-mysql-benchmarks.js
 
   wrk_benchmarks:
-    # actions/setup-python has no Python 3.9 for Ubuntu 26.04
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.9' && 'ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 10
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
           - app: flask-mysql-uwsgi
             python-version: "3.14"
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+          - python-version: "3.9"
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1

.github/workflows/unit-test.yml

@@ -5,15 +5,21 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    # actions/setup-python has no Python 3.8 or 3.9 for Ubuntu 26.04
-    runs-on: ${{ (matrix.python-version == '3.8' || matrix.python-version == '3.9') && 'ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 15
     strategy:
       # Don't cancel jobs if one fails
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+          # actions/setup-python has no Python 3.8 or 3.9 for Ubuntu 26.04
+          - python-version: "3.8"
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
+          - python-version: "3.9"
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1