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+# GitHub action to build LAMMPS on Linux and run selected regression tests
+name: "Kokkos Regression Test"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build LAMMPS
+    # restrict to official LAMMPS repository
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'lammps/lammps' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      CCACHE_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.ccache
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+        show-progress: false
+
+    - name: Install extra packages
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y ccache ninja-build libeigen3-dev \
+                     libcurl4-openssl-dev python3-dev \
+                     mpi-default-bin mpi-default-dev
+
+    - name: Create Build Environment
+      run: mkdir build
+
+    - name: Set up ccache
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
+        key: linux-quick-ccache-${{ github.sha }}
+        restore-keys: linux-quick-ccache-
+
+    - name: Building LAMMPS via CMake
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        ccache -z
+        python3 -m venv linuxenv
+        source linuxenv/bin/activate
+        python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python3 -m pip install numpy pyyaml junit_xml
+        cmake -S cmake -B build \
+              -C cmake/presets/gcc.cmake \
+              -C cmake/presets/basic.cmake \
+              -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
+              -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
+              -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=off \
+              -D DOWNLOAD_POTENTIALS=off \
+              -D PKG_KOKKOS=on \
+              -D Kokkos_ARCH_ARMAVX=on \
+              -D Kokkos_ENABLE_OPENMP=on \
+              -D Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA=off  \
+              -D PKG_COLLOID=on \
+              -D PKG_GRANULAR=on \
+              -D PKG_ML-SNAP=on \
+              -D BUILD_OMP=yes \
+              -G Ninja
+        cmake --build build
+        ccache -s
+
+    - name: Run Regression Tests for Selected Examples
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        source linuxenv/bin/activate
+        python3 tools/regression-tests/run_tests.py \
+               --lmp-bin=build/lmp \
+               --config-file=tools/regression-tests/config_kokkos.yaml \
+               --example-folders="examples/colloid;examples/melt;examples/micelle;examples/threebody;examples/snap;"
+               --output-file=output.xml \
+               --progress-file=progress.yaml \
+               --log-file=run.log
+
+        tar -cvf kokkos-regression-test.tar run.log progress.yaml output.xml
+
+    - name: Upload artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: kokkos-regression-test-artifact
+        path: kokkos-regression-test.tar
+