diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml
index 47b04bd416ee..b06ae635762d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml
@@ -1,44 +1,78 @@
-name: Build Dev
+name: Dev build
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      username:
-        description: "GitHub username to check"
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      org:
-        description: "GitHub organization name"
-        required: true
+      submodule_path_regex:
+        description:
+          Regex of submodule paths to updated to HEAD before building.
+        default: content-modules
         type: string
 
 jobs:
-  test-membership:
+  build-and-test:
+    name: BUILD and CHECK LINKS
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-      - name: Install GitHub CLI
-        run: sudo apt-get install gh -y
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Check if user is a member of the org
-        id: check-membership
+      - name: Create NPM cache-hash input file
         run: |
-          USERNAME="${{ inputs.username }}"
-          ORG="${{ inputs.org }}"
-          STATUS=$(gh api "orgs/$ORG/members/$USERNAME" --silent && echo "true" || echo "false")
-          
-          if [[ "$STATUS" == "true" ]]; then
-            echo "MEMBER_FOUND=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          else
-            echo "MEMBER_FOUND=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
+          mkdir -p tmp
+          jq '{devDependencies, dependencies, engines, gitHubActionCacheKey}' package.json > tmp/package-ci.json
+
+      - name: Create and use reduced-dependencies package.json
+        run: |
+          jq 'del(.dependencies, .optionalDependencies)' \
+            package.json > tmp/package-min.json
+          cp tmp/package-min.json package.json
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: tmp/package-ci.json
+
+      - run: npm install --omit=optional
+
+      - run: npm run log:test-and-fix
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          CMD_SKIP: i18n|registry
+          GET: no # For details, see: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/contributing/development/#submodule-changes
+          PIN_SKIP: ${{ inputs.submodule_path_regex }}
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-log-etc
+          path: |
+            tmp/build-log.txt
+            tmp/package*.json
+            static/refcache.json
 
-      - name: Comment on the check result
+  check-refcache:
+    name: REFCACHE updates?
+    needs: build-and-test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with: { name: build-log-etc }
+      - name: Fail when refcache contains entries with HTTP status 4XX
         run: |
-          if [[ "$MEMBER_FOUND" == "true" ]]; then
-            echo "✅ $USERNAME is a member of the $ORG organization."
-          else
-            echo "❌ $USERNAME is NOT a member of the $ORG organization."
+          if grep -B 1 -e '"StatusCode": 4' static/refcache.json; then
+            echo "Run 'npx gulp prune' to remove 4xx entries from the refcache"
+            exit 1
           fi
+      - name: Does the refcache need updating?
+        run: npm run diff:fail
+
+  check-build-log-for-issues:
+    name: WARNINGS in build log?
+    needs: build-and-test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with: { name: build-log-etc }
+      - run: cat tmp/build-log.txt
+      - run: scripts/check-build-log.sh