diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bf1d3d448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: 2
+
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "wednesday"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/armv7.yml b/.github/workflows/armv7.yml
index 7d5426282d..0dfa147e3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/armv7.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/armv7.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-armv7:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     name: GCC armv7 (NEON, cross-compiled)
 
     steps:
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y \
-          gcc-13-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
-          g++-13-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
-          libstdc++-13-dev-armhf-cross \
+          gcc-15-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
+          g++-15-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
+          libstdc++-15-dev-armhf-cross \
           libc6-armhf-cross \
-          qemu-user-static
+          qemu-user
 
     - name: Verify compiler and NEON target macro
       run: |
-        arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-13 --version
-        qemu-arm-static --version
-        arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-13 -std=c++23 -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=hard -dM -E -x c++ /dev/null | grep "__ARM_NEON"
+        arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-15 --version
+        qemu-arm --version
+        arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-15 -std=c++23 -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=hard -dM -E -x c++ /dev/null | grep "__ARM_NEON"
 
     - name: Create CMake toolchain file
       run: |
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ jobs:
         set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
         set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR armv7)
 
-        set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-13)
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-13)
+        set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-15)
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-15)
 
         set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf)
         set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
 
         # Use QEMU to run selected target binaries in smoke tests.
-        set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR qemu-arm-static;-L;/usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf)
+        set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR qemu-arm;-L;/usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf)
 
         # We're cross-compiling; avoid running target executables during configure.
         set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING TRUE)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 2c4846b904..7ad06f873f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   skip_ws_benchmark:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     env:
-      CC: gcc-14
-      CXX: g++-14
+      CC: gcc-15
+      CXX: g++-15
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ jobs:
         fi
 
   string_write_benchmark:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     env:
-      CC: gcc-14
-      CXX: g++-14
+      CC: gcc-15
+      CXX: g++-15
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/big-endian.yml b/.github/workflows/big-endian.yml
index 7a2eb4de09..54e98db3d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/big-endian.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/big-endian.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-s390x:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     name: GCC s390x (big-endian, cross-compiled)
 
     steps:
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y \
-          g++-13-s390x-linux-gnu \
-          qemu-user-static \
-          libstdc++-13-dev-s390x-cross
+          g++-15-s390x-linux-gnu \
+          qemu-user \
+          libstdc++-15-dev-s390x-cross
 
     - name: Verify cross-compiler
       run: |
-        s390x-linux-gnu-g++-13 --version
-        qemu-s390x-static --version
+        s390x-linux-gnu-g++-15 --version
+        qemu-s390x --version
 
     - name: Create CMake toolchain file
       run: |
@@ -43,14 +43,16 @@ jobs:
         set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
         set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR s390x)
 
-        set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER s390x-linux-gnu-gcc-13)
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER s390x-linux-gnu-g++-13)
+        set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER s390x-linux-gnu-gcc-15)
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER s390x-linux-gnu-g++-15)
 
         set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH /usr/s390x-linux-gnu)
         set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
         set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
         set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
 
+        set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR qemu-s390x;-L;/usr/s390x-linux-gnu)
+
         # Tell CMake we're cross-compiling, so it won't try to run test executables
         set(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING TRUE)
         EOF
@@ -70,8 +72,8 @@ jobs:
           }
         }
         EOF
-        s390x-linux-gnu-g++-13 -std=c++20 /tmp/check_endian.cpp -o /tmp/check_endian
-        qemu-s390x-static -L /usr/s390x-linux-gnu /tmp/check_endian
+        s390x-linux-gnu-g++-15 -std=c++20 /tmp/check_endian.cpp -o /tmp/check_endian
+        qemu-s390x -L /usr/s390x-linux-gnu /tmp/check_endian
 
     - name: Configure CMake
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/boost-asio.yml b/.github/workflows/boost-asio.yml
index 9fefb4f7ef..53fc1e50fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/boost-asio.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/boost-asio.yml
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         compiler:
-          - { name: clang, version: 18 }
-          - { name: clang, version: 20 }
-          - { name: gcc, version: 14 }
+          - { name: clang, version: 21 }
+          - { name: clang, version: 22 }
+          - { name: gcc, version: 15 }
         boost_version: [1.88.0, 1.86.0]
 
     env:
@@ -35,14 +35,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Install clang
-        if: matrix.compiler.name == 'clang'
+      - name: Install Clang dependencies
+        if: ${{ matrix.compiler.name == 'clang' }}
         run: |
-          wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
-          echo "deb http://apt.llvm.org/noble/ llvm-toolchain-noble-${{ matrix.compiler.version }} main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/llvm.list
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y --fix-missing clang-${{ matrix.compiler.version }} libc++-${{ matrix.compiler.version }}-dev libc++abi-${{ matrix.compiler.version }}-dev
-          echo "PATH=/usr/lib/llvm-${{ matrix.compiler.version }}/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          sudo apt-get install -y libc++-dev libc++abi-dev
 
       - name: Install Boost
         id: install-boost
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml
index 28236a3562..f807ea786e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         source: '.'
         exclude: ''
         extensions: 'h,hpp,cpp'
-        clangFormatVersion: 20
+        clangFormatVersion: 22
         style: file
         inplace: True
     - uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-linux-erlang.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-linux-erlang.yml
index 50a2cf9716..10c4df8c7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-linux-erlang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-linux-erlang.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        clang: [17, 18]
+        clang: [21, 22]
         build_type: [Debug]
         std: [23]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-linux-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-linux-latest.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43685b058e..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-linux-latest.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-name: clang-linux-latest
-# This is for the latest version of Clang that aren't yet
-# supported by default in the Github Action runners
-# and instead need to be installed
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - feature/*
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
-      - 'docs/**'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
-      - 'docs/**'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        clang: [19, 20]
-        build_type: [Debug]
-        std: [23]
-
-    env:
-      CC: clang-${{matrix.clang}}
-      CXX: clang++-${{matrix.clang}}
-      LLVM_VERSION: ${{matrix.clang}}
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-    - name: Install latest clang
-      run: |
-        wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
-        # Use the 'noble' repository for Ubuntu 24.04
-        echo "deb http://apt.llvm.org/noble/ llvm-toolchain-noble-${{matrix.clang}} main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/llvm.list
-        # Clean apt cache and update before installing
-        sudo apt-get clean
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y --fix-missing clang-${{matrix.clang}} libc++-${{matrix.clang}}-dev libc++abi-${{matrix.clang}}-dev
-
-    - name: Set path for clang
-      run: |
-        echo "PATH=/usr/lib/llvm-${{matrix.clang}}/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        clang-${{matrix.clang}} --version
-        clang++-${{matrix.clang}} --version
-
-    - name: Configure CMake
-      run: |
-        cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build \
-          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{matrix.build_type}} \
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{matrix.std}} \
-          -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{env.CC}} \
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{env.CXX}} \
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-stdlib=libc++" \
-          -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi"
-
-    - name: Build
-      run: cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
-
-    - name: Test
-      working-directory: build
-      run: ctest -j $(nproc) --output-on-failure
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-linux.yml
index 2ccf1f3ba6..394f1a7d91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-linux.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        clang: [17, 18]
+        clang: [21, 22]
         build_type: [Debug]
         std: [23]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
index 676a7e6ffd..8808599e19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   clang-tidy-include-cleaner:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
@@ -17,21 +17,16 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for git diff
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Use GITHUB_TOKEN for pushing changes
 
-    - name: Install Clang-Tidy
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y clang-tools-19
-
     - name: Run Clang-Tidy Include Cleaner
       run: |
         echo "Running clang-tidy on .hpp files"
-        git diff --diff-filter=d --name-only origin/main | grep -E "\.hpp$" | xargs -r -t -n 1 -P 8 -- /usr/bin/clang-tidy-19 --fix --checks="-*,misc-include-cleaner" || true
+        git diff --diff-filter=d --name-only origin/main | grep -E "\.hpp$" | xargs -r -t -n 1 -P 8 -- /usr/bin/clang-tidy-22 --fix --checks="-*,misc-include-cleaner" || true
 
         echo "Running clang-tidy on .cpp files"
-        git diff --diff-filter=d --name-only origin/main | grep -E "\.cpp$" | xargs -r -t -n 1 -P 8 -- /usr/bin/clang-tidy-19 --fix --checks="-*,misc-include-cleaner" || true
+        git diff --diff-filter=d --name-only origin/main | grep -E "\.cpp$" | xargs -r -t -n 1 -P 8 -- /usr/bin/clang-tidy-22 --fix --checks="-*,misc-include-cleaner" || true
 
     - name: Commit changes
-      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v10
       with:
         author_name: Clang Tidy Bot
         author_email: actions@github.com
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang.yml b/.github/workflows/clang.yml
index 59c484748d..1c31d13e26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: clang
+name: clang (MacOS)
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/code_coverage.yml
index ab8d67eb2b..e8f2e30765 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code_coverage.yml
@@ -8,24 +8,24 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     
     - name: Set up environment
       run: |
-        echo "CXX=clang++-16" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-        echo "CC=clang-16" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "CXX=clang++-22" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "CC=clang-22" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
         echo "CXXFLAGS="-fprofile-instr-generate -fcoverage-mapping"" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
         echo "LDFLAGS="-fprofile-instr-generate"" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
         echo "LLVM_PROFILE_FILE="code-%p.profraw"" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-    - name: Have llvm-cov point to llvm-cov-16
+    - name: Have llvm-cov point to llvm-cov-22
       run: |
         mkdir -p /home/runner/.local/bin
-        ln -s `which llvm-cov-16` /home/runner/.local/bin/llvm-cov
-        ln -s `which llvm-profdata-16` /home/runner/.local/bin/llvm-profdata
+        ln -s `which llvm-cov-22` /home/runner/.local/bin/llvm-cov
+        ln -s `which llvm-profdata-22` /home/runner/.local/bin/llvm-profdata
 
     - name: Configure CMake
       run: cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_TYPE}}
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       run: cmake --build build --config ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} --target ccov-all -j 2
 
     - name: Archive code coverage results
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       with:
         name: code-coverage-report
         path: ${{github.workspace}}/build/ccov/all-merged
diff --git a/.github/workflows/disable-always-inline.yml b/.github/workflows/disable-always-inline.yml
index 3d170b4453..725e27c63e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/disable-always-inline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/disable-always-inline.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   gcc15:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    container:
-      image: gcc:15
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -29,22 +27,10 @@ jobs:
         std: [23]
 
     env:
-      CC: gcc
-      CXX: g++
+      CC: gcc-15
+      CXX: g++-15
 
     steps:
-    - name: Install build dependencies
-      env:
-        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-      run: |
-        apt-get update
-        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-          ca-certificates \
-          cmake \
-          git \
-          python3
-        update-ca-certificates
-
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Configure CMake
@@ -62,8 +48,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test
       run: ctest --output-on-failure --test-dir "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build"
 
-  clang19:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  clang22:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -72,26 +58,16 @@ jobs:
         std: [23]
 
     env:
-      CC: clang-19
-      CXX: clang++-19
-      LLVM_VERSION: 19
+      CC: clang-22
+      CXX: clang++-22
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-    - name: Install Clang 19
+    - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
-        echo "deb http://apt.llvm.org/noble/ llvm-toolchain-noble-19 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/llvm.list
-        sudo apt-get clean
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y --fix-missing clang-19 libc++-19-dev libc++abi-19-dev
-
-    - name: Set path for clang
-      run: |
-        echo "PATH=/usr/lib/llvm-19/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        clang-19 --version
-        clang++-19 --version
+        sudo apt-get install -y libc++-dev libc++abi-dev
 
     - name: Configure CMake
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 5756665237..0a07f5f7ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     needs: build
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/exhaustive_float.yml b/.github/workflows/exhaustive_float.yml
index deedfe275c..147101aeec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/exhaustive_float.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/exhaustive_float.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        clang: [18]
+        clang: [22]
         build_type: [Release]
         std: [23]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/exhaustive_int.yml b/.github/workflows/exhaustive_int.yml
index 79b7ff93a5..409fd141c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/exhaustive_int.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/exhaustive_int.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        clang: [18]
+        clang: [22]
         build_type: [Release]
         std: [23]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gcc-erlang.yml b/.github/workflows/gcc-erlang.yml
index a8d5290da0..1277bf5f55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gcc-erlang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gcc-erlang.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        gcc: [13, 14]
+        gcc: [14, 15]
         build_type: [Debug]
         std: [23]
 
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ jobs:
       CXX: g++-${{matrix.gcc}}
 
     steps:
-    - name: Install Dependencies
-      run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install erlang-dev
 
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y erlang-dev
+
     - name: Configure CMake
       run: |
         CXXFLAGS="-g3" cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gcc-old-abi.yml b/.github/workflows/gcc-old-abi.yml
index 4b92b7deab..e8f10aa111 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gcc-old-abi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gcc-old-abi.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        gcc: [13, 14]
+        gcc: [14, 15]
         build_type: [Debug]
         std: [23]
 
@@ -42,48 +42,4 @@ jobs:
       run: cmake --build "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build" -j $(nproc)
 
     - name: Test
-      run: ctest --output-on-failure --test-dir "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build"
-
-  build-gcc15:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    container:
-      image: gcc:15
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        build_type: [Debug]
-        std: [23]
-
-    env:
-      CC: gcc
-      CXX: g++
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Install build dependencies
-      env:
-        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-      run: |
-        apt-get update
-        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-          ca-certificates \
-          cmake \
-          git \
-          libssl-dev \
-          python3
-        update-ca-certificates
-
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-    - name: Prepare build directory
-      run: cmake -E make_directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build"
-
-    - name: Configure CMake
-      run: |
-        CXXFLAGS="-g3 -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0" cmake -S "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" -B "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{matrix.build_type}} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{matrix.std}}
-
-    - name: Build
-      run: cmake --build "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build" -j $(nproc)
-
-    - name: Test
-      run: ctest --output-on-failure --test-dir "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build"
+      run: ctest --output-on-failure --test-dir "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gcc-x86.yml b/.github/workflows/gcc-x86.yml
index c5b75729b8..2e57176fda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gcc-x86.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gcc-x86.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
    build:
-      runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+      runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
       strategy:
          fail-fast: false
          matrix:
-            gcc: [13, 14]
+            gcc: [14, 15]
             build_type: [Debug]
             std: [23]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gcc.yml b/.github/workflows/gcc.yml
index 8dec3858e3..a676b9f653 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gcc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gcc.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        gcc: [13, 14]
+        gcc: [14, 15]
         build_type: [Debug]
         std: [23]
 
@@ -44,52 +44,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test
       run: ctest --output-on-failure --test-dir "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build"
 
-  build-gcc15:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    container:
-      image: gcc:15
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        build_type: [Debug]
-        std: [23]
-
-    env:
-      CC: gcc
-      CXX: g++
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Install build dependencies
-      env:
-        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-      run: |
-        apt-get update
-        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-          ca-certificates \
-          cmake \
-          git \
-          libssl-dev \
-          python3
-        update-ca-certificates
-
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-    - name: Prepare build directory
-      run: cmake -E make_directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build"
-
-    - name: Configure CMake
-      run: |
-        CXXFLAGS="-g3" cmake -S "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" -B "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{matrix.build_type}} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{matrix.std}}
-
-    - name: Build
-      run: cmake --build "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build" -j $(nproc)
-
-    - name: Test
-      run: ctest --output-on-failure --test-dir "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build"
-
   build-gcc16:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container:
       image: gcc:16.1
 
@@ -136,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
     # C++26 P2996 reflection coverage on GCC 16.1.
     # Replaces the standalone gcc-p2996-reflection.yml workflow which used
     # ubuntu:26.04 + apt-installed gcc-16; gcc:16.1 is the official image.
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     container:
       image: gcc:16.1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/p2996-reflection.yml b/.github/workflows/p2996-reflection.yml
index 661f17d2bb..041ebc8ae2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/p2996-reflection.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/p2996-reflection.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   test-p2996:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     name: P2996 Reflection Tests
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quickfuzz.yml b/.github/workflows/quickfuzz.yml
index e146bf3f18..3ca370ceb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quickfuzz.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quickfuzz.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        clang: [19]
+        clang: [22]
         build_type: [Debug]
         std: [23]
 
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y clang-19
-
     - name: Configure CMake
       run: |
         cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sanitizers.yml b/.github/workflows/sanitizers.yml
index 71a86a49bd..c29c095c59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sanitizers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sanitizers.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   asan:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    container:
-      image: gcc:15
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -29,23 +27,10 @@ jobs:
         std: [23]
 
     env:
-      CC: gcc
-      CXX: g++
+      CC: gcc-15
+      CXX: g++-15
 
     steps:
-    - name: Install build dependencies
-      env:
-        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-      run: |
-        apt-get update
-        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-          ca-certificates \
-          cmake \
-          git \
-          libssl-dev \
-          python3
-        update-ca-certificates
-
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Configure CMake
diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple_float.yml b/.github/workflows/simple_float.yml
index 961a086cb7..c18024a3fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple_float.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple_float.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   clang:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        clang: [18]
+        clang: [22]
         build_type: [Release]
         std: [23]
 
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ jobs:
       run: ctest -R simple_float_test --output-on-failure
 
   gcc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        gcc: [14]
+        gcc: [15]
         build_type: [Release]
         std: [23]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/standalone-asio.yml b/.github/workflows/standalone-asio.yml
index dc3a5c9ddf..5b2240049c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/standalone-asio.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/standalone-asio.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Standalone ASIO 1.36 + SSL
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    container:
-      image: gcc:15
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -30,23 +28,10 @@ jobs:
         std: [23]
 
     env:
-      CC: gcc
-      CXX: g++
+      CC: gcc-15
+      CXX: g++-15
 
     steps:
-    - name: Install build dependencies
-      env:
-        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-      run: |
-        apt-get update
-        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-          ca-certificates \
-          cmake \
-          git \
-          libssl-dev \
-          python3
-        update-ca-certificates
-
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Configure CMake
diff --git a/.github/workflows/yaml-conformance-data-gcc.yml b/.github/workflows/yaml-conformance-data-gcc.yml
index 4b0f708f2e..317af41d57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/yaml-conformance-data-gcc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/yaml-conformance-data-gcc.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        gcc: [14]
+        gcc: [15]
         build_type: [Debug]
         std: [23]
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4dd193bbb..2b4a071de6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,29 @@ See this README, the [Glaze Documentation Page](https://stephenberry.github.io/g
 - [Streaming I/O](https://stephenberry.github.io/glaze/streaming/) for reading/writing large files with bounded memory
 - [Much more!](#more-features)
 
+## Compiler/System Support
+
+- Requires C++23
+- Tested for both 64bit and 32bit
+- Supports both little-endian and big-endian systems
+
+| Compiler    | Supported versions                                   | Versions tested in CI |
+|-------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
+| MSVC        | Visual Studio 2026 MSVC Build Tools 14.50 and higher | 14.51                 |
+| Clang       | >= 18                                                | 21, 22                |
+| GCC         | >= 13                                                | 14, 15, 16            |
+| Apple Clang | >= 21                                                | 21                    |
+
+In [Actions](https://github.com/stephenberry/glaze/actions), MSVC is tested on Windows, GCC is tested on Linux and Clang is tested on Linux and macOS. Big-endian is tested via QEMU emulation on s390x.
+
+![clang build](https://github.com/stephenberry/glaze/actions/workflows/clang.yml/badge.svg) ![gcc build](https://github.com/stephenberry/glaze/actions/workflows/gcc.yml/badge.svg) ![msvc build](https://github.com/stephenberry/glaze/actions/workflows/msvc.yml/badge.svg) 
+
+Glaze seeks to maintain compatibility with the latest three versions of GCC and Clang, as well as the two latest versions of MSVC and the latest version of Apple Clang (Xcode). We aim to only drop old versions with major releases.
+
+### MSVC Compiler Flags
+
+Glaze requires a C++ standard conformant pre-processor, which requires the `/Zc:preprocessor` flag when building with MSVC.
+
 ## Performance
 
 | Library                                                      | Roundtrip Time (s) | Write (MB/s) | Read (MB/s) |
@@ -251,21 +274,6 @@ auto ec = glz::read_json(obj, buffer);
 
 The buffer refills automatically during parsing, enabling reading of arbitrarily large inputs with fixed memory. See [Streaming I/O](https://stephenberry.github.io/glaze/streaming/) for NDJSON processing and other streaming patterns.
 
-## Compiler/System Support
-
-- Requires C++23
-- Tested for both 64bit and 32bit
-- Supports both little-endian and big-endian systems
-
-[Actions](https://github.com/stephenberry/glaze/actions) build and test with [Clang](https://clang.llvm.org) (18+), [MSVC](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features/cplusplus/) (Visual Studio 2026 MSVC Build Tools 14.50), and [GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org) (13+) on apple, windows, and linux. Big-endian is tested via QEMU emulation on s390x.
-
-![clang build](https://github.com/stephenberry/glaze/actions/workflows/clang.yml/badge.svg) ![gcc build](https://github.com/stephenberry/glaze/actions/workflows/gcc.yml/badge.svg) ![msvc build](https://github.com/stephenberry/glaze/actions/workflows/msvc.yml/badge.svg) 
-
-> Glaze seeks to maintain compatibility with the latest three versions of GCC and Clang, as well as the latest version of MSVC and Apple Clang (Xcode). And, we aim to only drop old versions with major releases.
-
-### MSVC Compiler Flags
-
-Glaze requires a C++ standard conformant pre-processor, which requires the `/Zc:preprocessor` flag when building with MSVC.
 
 ### SIMD Architecture Detection