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+# Disable daemon for CI to avoid leftover processes
+org.gradle.daemon=false
+
+# Run tasks in parallel where possible
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+
+# Increase heap and metaspace for larger builds (macOS-latest has ~7 GB available)
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx7g
+
+# Limit max workers to avoid memory pressure in CI
+org.gradle.workers.max=3
+
+# Disable Kotlin incremental compilation in CI for clean, consistent builds
+kotlin.incremental=false
+
+# Use in-process Kotlin compiler to avoid extra forked processes
+kotlin.compiler.execution.strategy=in-process