diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 9fb23ce694..f0735cedfb 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 insert_final_newline = true
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 4
+
+[*.yml]
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-substrate.yml b/.github/workflows/build-substrate.yml
index 4ab008fb85..4cadcc7200 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-substrate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-substrate.yml
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ jobs:
           name: nightly-substrate-binary
           path: target/release/substrate-node
           retention-days: 2
-          if-no-files-found: error
\ No newline at end of file
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 640c2716fe..2add781112 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ on:
     # Run at 8am every day, well after the new binary is built
     - cron: "0 8 * * *"
 
-
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 225b5e8158..ed5d8fe04b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -1,350 +1,350 @@
 name: Rust
 
 on:
-    push:
-        # Run jobs when commits are pushed to
-        # master or release-like branches:
-        branches:
-            - master
-    pull_request:
-        # Run jobs for any external PR that wants
-        # to merge to master, too:
-        branches:
-            - master
+  push:
+    # Run jobs when commits are pushed to
+    # master or release-like branches:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    # Run jobs for any external PR that wants
+    # to merge to master, too:
+    branches:
+      - master
 
 concurrency:
-    group: ${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}
-    cancel-in-progress: true
+  group: ${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
-    CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-    # Increase wasm test timeout from 20 seconds (default) to 1 minute.
-    WASM_BINDGEN_TEST_TIMEOUT: 60
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+  # Increase wasm test timeout from 20 seconds (default) to 1 minute.
+  WASM_BINDGEN_TEST_TIMEOUT: 60
 
 jobs:
-    check:
-        name: Cargo check
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout sources
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  check:
+    name: Cargo check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Use substrate-node binary
-              uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
+      - name: Use substrate-node binary
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
 
-            - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
-              uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-              with:
-                  profile: minimal
-                  toolchain: stable
-                  override: true
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            - name: Install cargo-hack
-              uses: baptiste0928/cargo-install@v2
-              with:
-                  crate: cargo-hack
-                  version: 0.5
+      - name: Install cargo-hack
+        uses: baptiste0928/cargo-install@v2
+        with:
+          crate: cargo-hack
+          version: 0.5
 
-            # A basic check over all targets together. This may lead to features being combined etc,
-            # and doesn't test combinations of different features.
-            - name: Cargo check all targets.
-              run: cargo check --all-targets
+      # A basic check over all targets together. This may lead to features being combined etc,
+      # and doesn't test combinations of different features.
+      - name: Cargo check all targets.
+        run: cargo check --all-targets
 
-            # Next, check subxt features.
-            # - `native` feature must always be enabled
-            # - `web` feature is always ignored.
-            # - This means, don't check --no-default-features and don't try enabling --all-features; both will fail
-            - name: Cargo hack; check each subxt feature
-              run: cargo hack -p subxt --each-feature check --exclude-no-default-features --exclude-all-features --exclude-features web --features native
+      # Next, check subxt features.
+      # - `native` feature must always be enabled
+      # - `web` feature is always ignored.
+      # - This means, don't check --no-default-features and don't try enabling --all-features; both will fail
+      - name: Cargo hack; check each subxt feature
+        run: cargo hack -p subxt --each-feature check --exclude-no-default-features --exclude-all-features --exclude-features web --features native
 
-            # Subxt-signer has the "subxt" features enabled in the "check all targets" test. Run it on its own to
-            # check it without. We can't enable subxt or web features here, so no cargo hack.
-            - name: Cargo check subxt-signer
-              run: |
-                  cargo check -p subxt-signer
-                  cargo check -p subxt-signer --no-default-features --features sr25519,native
-                  cargo check -p subxt-signer --no-default-features --features ecdsa,native
+      # Subxt-signer has the "subxt" features enabled in the "check all targets" test. Run it on its own to
+      # check it without. We can't enable subxt or web features here, so no cargo hack.
+      - name: Cargo check subxt-signer
+        run: |
+          cargo check -p subxt-signer
+          cargo check -p subxt-signer --no-default-features --features sr25519,native
+          cargo check -p subxt-signer --no-default-features --features ecdsa,native
 
-            # We can't enable web features here, so no cargo hack.
-            - name: Cargo check subxt-lightclient
-              run: cargo check -p subxt-lightclient
+      # We can't enable web features here, so no cargo hack.
+      - name: Cargo check subxt-lightclient
+        run: cargo check -p subxt-lightclient
 
-            # Next, check each other package in isolation.
-            - name: Cargo hack; check each feature/crate on its own
-              run: cargo hack --exclude subxt --exclude subxt-signer --exclude subxt-lightclient --exclude-all-features --each-feature check --workspace
+      # Next, check each other package in isolation.
+      - name: Cargo hack; check each feature/crate on its own
+        run: cargo hack --exclude subxt --exclude subxt-signer --exclude subxt-lightclient --exclude-all-features --each-feature check --workspace
 
-            # Check the parachain-example code, which isn't a part of the workspace so is otherwise ignored.
-            - name: Cargo check parachain-example
-              run: cargo check --manifest-path examples/parachain-example/Cargo.toml
+      # Check the parachain-example code, which isn't a part of the workspace so is otherwise ignored.
+      - name: Cargo check parachain-example
+        run: cargo check --manifest-path examples/parachain-example/Cargo.toml
 
-    wasm_check:
-        name: Cargo check (WASM)
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout sources
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  wasm_check:
+    name: Cargo check (WASM)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
-              uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-              with:
-                  profile: minimal
-                  toolchain: stable
-                  target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
-                  override: true
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+          override: true
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            # Check WASM examples, which aren't a part of the workspace and so are otherwise missed:
-            - name: Cargo check WASM examples
-              run: |
-                  cargo check --manifest-path examples/wasm-example/Cargo.toml --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
+      # Check WASM examples, which aren't a part of the workspace and so are otherwise missed:
+      - name: Cargo check WASM examples
+        run: |
+          cargo check --manifest-path examples/wasm-example/Cargo.toml --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
 
-    fmt:
-        name: Cargo fmt
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout sources
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  fmt:
+    name: Cargo fmt
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Install Rust nightly toolchain
-              uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-              with:
-                  profile: minimal
-                  toolchain: stable
-                  override: true
-                  components: rustfmt
+      - name: Install Rust nightly toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+          components: rustfmt
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            - name: Cargo fmt
-              uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
-              with:
-                  command: fmt
-                  args: --all -- --check
+      - name: Cargo fmt
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
+        with:
+          command: fmt
+          args: --all -- --check
 
-    docs:
-        name: Check documentation and run doc tests
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout sources
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  docs:
+    name: Check documentation and run doc tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Use substrate-node binary
-              uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
+      - name: Use substrate-node binary
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
 
-            - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
-              uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-              with:
-                  profile: minimal
-                  toolchain: stable
-                  override: true
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            - name: Check internal documentation links
-              run: RUSTDOCFLAGS="--deny rustdoc::broken_intra_doc_links" cargo doc -vv --workspace --no-deps --document-private-items
+      - name: Check internal documentation links
+        run: RUSTDOCFLAGS="--deny rustdoc::broken_intra_doc_links" cargo doc -vv --workspace --no-deps --document-private-items
 
-            - name: Run cargo test on documentation
-              uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
-              with:
-                  command: test
-                  args: --doc
+      - name: Run cargo test on documentation
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --doc
 
-    tests:
-        name: "Test (Native)"
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
-        timeout-minutes: 30
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout sources
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  tests:
+    name: "Test (Native)"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Use substrate-node binary
-              uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
+      - name: Use substrate-node binary
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
 
-            - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
-              uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-              with:
-                  profile: minimal
-                  toolchain: stable
-                  override: true
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            - name: Install cargo-nextest
-              run: cargo install cargo-nextest
+      - name: Install cargo-nextest
+        run: cargo install cargo-nextest
 
-            - name: Run tests
-              uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
-              with:
-                  command: nextest
-                  args: run --workspace
+      - name: Run tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
+        with:
+          command: nextest
+          args: run --workspace
 
-    unstable_backend_tests:
-        name: "Test (Unstable Backend)"
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
-        timeout-minutes: 30
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout sources
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  unstable_backend_tests:
+    name: "Test (Unstable Backend)"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Use substrate-node binary
-              uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
+      - name: Use substrate-node binary
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
 
-            - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
-              uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-              with:
-                  profile: minimal
-                  toolchain: stable
-                  override: true
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            - name: Install cargo-nextest
-              run: cargo install cargo-nextest
+      - name: Install cargo-nextest
+        run: cargo install cargo-nextest
 
-            - name: Run tests
-              uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
-              with:
-                  command: nextest
-                  args: run --workspace --features unstable-backend-client
+      - name: Run tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
+        with:
+          command: nextest
+          args: run --workspace --features unstable-backend-client
 
-    light_client_tests:
-        name: "Test (Light Client)"
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
-        timeout-minutes: 30
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout sources
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  light_client_tests:
+    name: "Test (Light Client)"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Use substrate-node binary
-              uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
+      - name: Use substrate-node binary
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
 
-            - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
-              uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-              with:
-                  profile: minimal
-                  toolchain: stable
-                  override: true
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            - name: Run tests
-              uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
-              with:
-                  command: test
-                  args: --release --package integration-tests --features unstable-light-client
+      - name: Run tests
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
+        with:
+          command: test
+          args: --release --package integration-tests --features unstable-light-client
 
-    wasm_tests:
-        name: Test (WASM)
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        timeout-minutes: 30
-        env:
-            # Set timeout for wasm tests to be much bigger than the default 20 secs.
-            WASM_BINDGEN_TEST_TIMEOUT: 300
+  wasm_tests:
+    name: Test (WASM)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    env:
+      # Set timeout for wasm tests to be much bigger than the default 20 secs.
+      WASM_BINDGEN_TEST_TIMEOUT: 300
 
-        steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Install wasm-pack
-              run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh
+      - name: Install wasm-pack
+        run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh
 
-            - name: Install firefox
-              uses: browser-actions/setup-firefox@latest
+      - name: Install firefox
+        uses: browser-actions/setup-firefox@latest
 
-            - name: Install chrome
-              uses: browser-actions/setup-chrome@latest
+      - name: Install chrome
+        uses: browser-actions/setup-chrome@latest
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            - name: Use substrate-node binary
-              uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
+      - name: Use substrate-node binary
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
 
-            - name: Run subxt WASM tests
-              run: |
-                  # `listen-addr` is used to configure p2p to accept websocket connections instead of TCP.
-                  # `node-key` provides a deterministic p2p address.
-                  substrate-node --dev --node-key 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 --listen-addr /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30333/ws > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-                  wasm-pack test --headless --firefox
-                  wasm-pack test --headless --chrome
-                  pkill substrate-node
-              working-directory: testing/wasm-rpc-tests
+      - name: Run subxt WASM tests
+        run: |
+          # `listen-addr` is used to configure p2p to accept websocket connections instead of TCP.
+          # `node-key` provides a deterministic p2p address.
+          substrate-node --dev --node-key 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 --listen-addr /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30333/ws > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+          wasm-pack test --headless --firefox
+          wasm-pack test --headless --chrome
+          pkill substrate-node
+        working-directory: testing/wasm-rpc-tests
 
-            - name: Run subxt-lightclient WASM tests
-              run: |
-                  # `listen-addr` is used to configure p2p to accept websocket connections instead of TCP.
-                  # `node-key` provides a deterministic p2p address.
-                  substrate-node --dev --node-key 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 --listen-addr /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30333/ws > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-                  wasm-pack test --headless --firefox
-                  wasm-pack test --headless --chrome
-                  pkill substrate-node
-              working-directory: testing/wasm-lightclient-tests
+      - name: Run subxt-lightclient WASM tests
+        run: |
+          # `listen-addr` is used to configure p2p to accept websocket connections instead of TCP.
+          # `node-key` provides a deterministic p2p address.
+          substrate-node --dev --node-key 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 --listen-addr /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30333/ws > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+          wasm-pack test --headless --firefox
+          wasm-pack test --headless --chrome
+          pkill substrate-node
+        working-directory: testing/wasm-lightclient-tests
 
-            - name: Run subxt-signer WASM tests
-              run: |
-                  wasm-pack test --headless --firefox
-                  wasm-pack test --headless --chrome
-              working-directory: signer/wasm-tests
+      - name: Run subxt-signer WASM tests
+        run: |
+          wasm-pack test --headless --firefox
+          wasm-pack test --headless --chrome
+        working-directory: signer/wasm-tests
 
-    clippy:
-        name: Cargo clippy
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout sources
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  clippy:
+    name: Cargo clippy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Use substrate-node binary
-              uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
+      - name: Use substrate-node binary
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
 
-            - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
-              uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-              with:
-                  profile: minimal
-                  toolchain: stable
-                  components: clippy
-                  override: true
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          components: clippy
+          override: true
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            - name: Run clippy
-              uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-              with:
-                  command: clippy
-                  args: --all-targets -- -D warnings
-    machete:
-        name: "Check unused dependencies"
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout sources
-              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run clippy
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: clippy
+          args: --all-targets -- -D warnings
+  machete:
+    name: "Check unused dependencies"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Use substrate-node binary
-              uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
+      - name: Use substrate-node binary
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
 
-            - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
-              uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-              with:
-                  profile: minimal
-                  toolchain: stable
-                  override: true
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
 
-            - name: Rust Cache
-              uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84 # v2.7.3
 
-            - name: Install cargo-machete
-              run: cargo install cargo-machete
+      - name: Install cargo-machete
+        run: cargo install cargo-machete
 
-            - name: Check unused dependencies
-              uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
-              with:
-                  command: machete
+      - name: Check unused dependencies
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3
+        with:
+          command: machete
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/update-artifacts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fefed66a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-artifacts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Update Artifacts
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual triggering
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * 1" # weekly on Monday at 00:00 UTC
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    name: Renew Artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # We run this (up-to-date) node locally to fetch metadata from it for the artifacts
+      - name: Use substrate-node binary
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/use-substrate
+
+      - name: Install Rust stable toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@3cf7f8cc28d1b4e7d01e3783be10a97d55d483c8 # v2.7.1
+
+      # This starts a substrate node and runs a few subxt cli child processes to fetch metadata from it and generate code.
+      # In particular it generates:
+      # - 4 metadata (*.scale) files in the `artifacts` directory
+      # - a polkadot.rs file from the full metadata that is checked in integration tests
+      # - a polkadot.json in the `artifacts/demo_chain_specs` directory
+      - name: Fetch Artifacts
+        run: cargo build --bin artifacts
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          base: master
+          branch: update-artifacts
+          commit-message: Update Artifacts (auto-generated)
+          branch-suffix: timestamp
+          title: Update Artifacts (auto-generated)
+          body: |
+            This PR updates the artifacts by fetching fresh metadata from a substrate node.
+            It also recreates the polkadot.rs file used in the integration tests.
+            It was created automatically by a Weekly GitHub Action Cronjob.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cf7d806a4a..c0c7edece2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "96d30a06541fbafbc7f82ed10c06164cfbd2c401138f6addd8404629c4b16711"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "artifacts"
+version = "0.33.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "substrate-runner",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "assert_matches"
 version = "1.5.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8bd8eb21a2..d52a1126e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ members = [
     "metadata",
     "signer",
     "subxt",
+    "scripts/artifacts"
 ]
 
 # We exclude any crates that would depend on non mutually
diff --git a/scripts/artifacts.sh b/scripts/artifacts.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f201e7cf81..0000000000
--- a/scripts/artifacts.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# # Generates the 3 metadata files in `/artifacts` and the polkadot.rs file for integration tests
-#
-# This script is to be run from the root of the repository: `scripts/artifacts.sh`
-#
-# It expects a local polkadot node to be running a JSON-RPC HTTP server at 127.0.0.1:9933
-# A local polkadot node can be run via:
-# ```
-# git clone https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot.git
-# cd polkadot 
-# cargo build --release
-# ./target/release/polkadot --dev --tmp
-# ```
-
-# get the full metadata
-cargo run --bin subxt metadata --version 15 > artifacts/polkadot_metadata_full.scale
-# use it to generate polkadot.rs
-cargo run --bin subxt codegen --file artifacts/polkadot_metadata_full.scale | rustfmt > testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/codegen/polkadot.rs
-# generate a metadata file that only contains a few pallets that we need for our examples.
-cargo run --bin subxt metadata --file artifacts/polkadot_metadata_full.scale --pallets "Balances,Staking,System,Multisig,Timestamp,ParaInherent" > artifacts/polkadot_metadata_small.scale
-# generate a metadata file that contains no pallets
-cargo run --bin subxt metadata --file artifacts/polkadot_metadata_full.scale --pallets "" > artifacts/polkadot_metadata_tiny.scale
-# generate a metadata file that only contains some custom metadata
-cargo run --bin generate-custom-metadata > artifacts/metadata_with_custom_values.scale 
-
-# Generate the polkadot chain spec.
-cargo run --features chain-spec-pruning --bin subxt chain-spec --url wss://rpc.polkadot.io:443 --output-file artifacts/demo_chain_specs/polkadot.json --state-root-hash --remove-substitutes
diff --git a/scripts/artifacts/.gitignore b/scripts/artifacts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c41cc9e35e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/artifacts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/artifacts/Cargo.lock b/scripts/artifacts/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1fb446b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/artifacts/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "artifacts"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "substrate-runner",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "substrate-runner"
+version = "0.33.0"
diff --git a/scripts/artifacts/Cargo.toml b/scripts/artifacts/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b06ea9da56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/artifacts/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "artifacts"
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+version.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+documentation.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+description = "Internal tool to regenerate artifacts"
+
+[dependencies]
+substrate-runner = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/scripts/artifacts/src/main.rs b/scripts/artifacts/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa3ecb4315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/artifacts/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+use std::{
+    fs::File,
+    process::{Command, Stdio},
+};
+
+use substrate_runner::SubstrateNode;
+
+/// A Script to generate artifacts that are used in the integration tests.
+///
+/// Run with `cargo run --bin artifacts` from the root of the repository.
+fn main() {
+    let mut node_builder = SubstrateNode::builder();
+    node_builder.binary_paths(["substrate-node", "substrate"]);
+
+    // Spawn the node and retrieve a ws URL to it:
+    let proc = node_builder
+        .spawn()
+        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+        .expect("Could not spawn node");
+    let node_url = format!("ws://127.0.0.1:{}", proc.ws_port());
+
+    // Get the full metadata from the spawned substrate node
+    Command::make(&format!(
+        "cargo run --bin subxt metadata --version 15 --url {node_url}"
+    ))
+    .out("artifacts/polkadot_metadata_full.scale");
+
+    // Use it to generate polkadot.rs
+    Command::make("cargo run --bin subxt codegen --file artifacts/polkadot_metadata_full.scale")
+        .pipe("rustfmt")
+        .out("testing/integration-tests/src/full_client/codegen/polkadot.rs");
+
+    // Generate a metadata file that only contains a few pallets that we need for our examples.
+    Command::make(r#"cargo run --bin subxt metadata --file artifacts/polkadot_metadata_full.scale --pallets "Balances,Staking,System,Multisig,Timestamp,ParaInherent""#)
+    .out("artifacts/polkadot_metadata_small.scale");
+
+    // Generate a metadata file that contains no pallets
+    Command::make(r#"cargo run --bin subxt metadata --file artifacts/polkadot_metadata_full.scale --pallets """#)
+    .out("artifacts/polkadot_metadata_tiny.scale");
+
+    // Generate a metadata file that only contains some custom metadata
+    Command::make("cargo run --bin generate-custom-metadata")
+        .out("artifacts/metadata_with_custom_values.scale");
+
+    // Generate the polkadot chain spec.
+    Command::make("cargo run --features chain-spec-pruning --bin subxt chain-spec --url wss://rpc.polkadot.io:443 --output-file artifacts/demo_chain_specs/polkadot.json --state-root-hash --remove-substitutes").spawn().unwrap().wait().unwrap();
+}
+
+trait CommandT {
+    /// Creates a new command, parsing the arg_string provided.
+    fn make(arg_string: &str) -> Self;
+
+    /// Pipes the output of the current command to the next command.
+    fn pipe(self, arg_string: &str) -> Self;
+
+    /// Writes bytes from stdout to a new file at path.
+    fn out(self, path: &str);
+}
+
+impl CommandT for Command {
+    fn make(arg_string: &str) -> Self {
+        // Note: simple space splitting, no fancy parsing of e.g. quotes surrounding whitespace.
+        let mut parts = arg_string.split(' ');
+        let program = parts.next().expect("no program in command string");
+        let mut command = Command::new(program);
+        for e in parts {
+            command.arg(e);
+        }
+        command
+    }
+
+    fn pipe(mut self, arg_string: &str) -> Self {
+        // execute self
+        let old_cmd = self.stdout(Stdio::piped()).spawn().unwrap();
+        let mut next_cmd = Self::make(arg_string);
+        next_cmd.stdin(Stdio::from(old_cmd.stdout.unwrap()));
+        next_cmd
+    }
+
+    fn out(mut self, path: &str) {
+        dbg!(path);
+        let file = File::create(path).unwrap();
+        self.stdout(Stdio::from(file))
+            .spawn()
+            .unwrap()
+            .wait()
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+}