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+name: trustee-attester basic build
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'attestation-agent/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/trustee-attester.yml'
+      - 'Cargo.toml'
+      - 'Cargo.lock'
+  create:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  trustee_attester_ci:
+    name: Check
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./attestation-agent/kbs_protocol/
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        rust:
+          - stable
+        instance:
+          - ubuntu-24.04
+          - s390x
+        include:
+          - instance: ubuntu-24.04
+            cargo_test_opts: "-p kbs_protocol --bin trustee-attester --no-default-features --features background_check,passport,openssl,all-attesters,bin"
+          - instance: s390x
+            cargo_test_opts: "-p kbs_protocol --bin trustee-attester --no-default-features --features background_check,passport,openssl,se-attester,bin"
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.instance }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Code checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain (${{ matrix.rust }})
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      - name: Install protoc
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler
+
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/install-intel-dcap
+        with:
+          ubuntu-version: noble
+        if: matrix.instance == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+
+      - name: Install TPM dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libtss2-dev
+        if: matrix.instance == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+
+      - name: Install dm-verity dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libdevmapper-dev
+
+      - name: Run cargo build
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: ${{ matrix.cargo_test_opts }}
+
+      - name: Run cargo test
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: ${{ matrix.cargo_test_opts }}
+
+      - name: Run cargo fmt check
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --all -- --check
+
+      - name: Run rust clippy
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: ${{ matrix.cargo_test_opts }}