diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-node-modules.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-node-modules.yml
index 61682ee0ace..08bf54f22c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-node-modules.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-node-modules.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,79 @@ on:
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
+  compile:
+    name: Compile
+    runs-on: [ self-hosted, 1ES.Pool=1es-vscode-oss-ubuntu-22.04-x64 ]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout microsoft/vscode
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
+        env:
+          NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR: https://github.com/joaomoreno/node-mirror/releases/download
+
+      - name: Prepare node_modules cache key
+        run: mkdir -p .build && node build/azure-pipelines/common/computeNodeModulesCacheKey.js compile $(node -p process.arch) > .build/packagelockhash
+
+      - name: Restore node_modules cache
+        id: cache-node-modules
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: .build/node_modules_cache
+          key: "node_modules-${{ hashFiles('.build/packagelockhash') }}"
+
+      - name: Install build tools
+        if: steps.cache-node-modules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install -y build-essential pkg-config libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxkbfile-dev libnotify-bin libkrb5-dev
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        if: steps.cache-node-modules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          for i in {1..5}; do # try 5 times
+            npm ci && break
+            if [ $i -eq 5 ]; then
+              echo "Npm install failed too many times" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "Npm install failed $i, trying again..."
+          done
+        env:
+          ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD: 1
+          PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: 1
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create node_modules archive
+        if: steps.cache-node-modules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          node build/azure-pipelines/common/listNodeModules.js .build/node_modules_list.txt
+          mkdir -p .build/node_modules_cache
+          tar -czf .build/node_modules_cache/cache.tgz --files-from .build/node_modules_list.txt
+
+      - name: Prepare built-in extensions cache key
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          mkdir -p .build
+          node build/azure-pipelines/common/computeBuiltInDepsCacheKey.js > .build/builtindepshash
+
+      - name: Restore built-in extensions cache
+        id: cache-builtin-extensions
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: .build/builtInExtensions
+          key: "builtin-extensions-${{ hashFiles('.build/builtindepshash') }}"
+
+      - name: Download built-in extensions
+        if: steps.cache-builtin-extensions.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: node build/lib/builtInExtensions.js
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
   linux:
     name: Linux
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, 1ES.Pool=1es-vscode-oss-ubuntu-22.04-x64 ]