diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index ed89185acf..7e47b1db69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ jobs:
           version: "0.9.28"
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.11 (for docker tests)
-        run: uv python install 3.11
+        uses: ./.github/actions/retry
+        with:
+          command: uv python install 3.11
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies (for docker tests)
         # ``dev`` extra pulls in pytest, pytest-asyncio —
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-desktop.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-desktop.yml
index b951c60ead..8d0c037a37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-desktop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-desktop.yml
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ jobs:
           cache-dependency-glob: |
             pyproject.toml
             uv.lock
+
       - name: Set up Python 3.11
-        run: uv python install 3.11
+        uses: ./.github/actions/retry
+        with:
+          command: uv python install 3.11
+
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/retry
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 3ae120f71f..7a49a62203 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -163,10 +163,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v5
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@fac544c07dec837d0ccb6301d7b5580bf5edae39 # 8.2.0
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          # Pinned: unpinned setup-uv fetches a 'latest' manifest from
+          # raw.githubusercontent.com every job; transient fetch failures
+          # fail the job (2026-07-28 incident). Keep in sync with tests.yml.
+          version: "0.9.28"
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
+        uses: ./.github/actions/retry
+        with:
+          command: uv python install 3.11
 
       - name: Run footgun checker
         run: python scripts/check-windows-footguns.py --all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 353e86439e..3888e8d44f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ jobs:
             uv.lock
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.11
-        run: uv python install 3.11
+        uses: ./.github/actions/retry
+        with:
+          command: uv python install 3.11
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         # `uv sync --locked` installs the exact pinned set from uv.lock (and