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+name: load-test
+
+on: pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  start-runner:
+    name: Start self-hosted EC2 runner
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      label: ${{ steps.start-ec2-runner.outputs.label }}
+      ec2-instance-id: ${{ steps.start-ec2-runner.outputs.ec2-instance-id }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+      - name: Start EC2 runner
+        id: start-ec2-runner
+        uses: machulav/ec2-github-runner@v2
+        with:
+          mode: start
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          ec2-image-id: ami-123
+          ec2-instance-type: t3.nano
+          subnet-id: subnet-123
+          security-group-id: sg-123
+          iam-role-name: my-role-name # optional, requires additional permissions
+          aws-resource-tags: > # optional, requires additional permissions
+            [
+              {"Key": "Name", "Value": "ec2-github-runner"},
+              {"Key": "GitHubRepository", "Value": "${{ github.repository }}"}
+            ]
+  load-test:
+    name: Do the job on the runner
+    needs: start-runner # required to start the main job when the runner is ready
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.start-runner.outputs.label }} # run the job on the newly created runner
+    steps:
+      - name: Hello World
+        run: echo 'Hello World!'
+  stop-runner:
+    name: Stop self-hosted EC2 runner
+    needs:
+      - start-runner # required to get output from the start-runner job
+      - load-test # required to wait when the main job is done
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ always() }} # required to stop the runner even if the error happened in the previous jobs
+    steps:
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+      - name: Stop EC2 runner
+        uses: machulav/ec2-github-runner@v2
+        with:
+          mode: stop
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          label: ${{ needs.start-runner.outputs.label }}
+          ec2-instance-id: ${{ needs.start-runner.outputs.ec2-instance-id }}