diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-config.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1bde5381894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+name: Qiskit CI Workflow (Docs, Lint, and Tests)
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, "stable/*"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, "stable/*"]
+  merge_group:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  lint-docs:
+    name: Lint and Docs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/lint_docs.yml
+  preliminary-tests:
+    name: Preliminary Tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.9"
+          # A PR is more likely to fail CI because it introduces a logic error
+          # into an existing test than because it adds a new test / optional
+          # dependency that isn't accounted for in the test-skipping logic
+          # (and such a failure would need fewer iterations to fix).  We want
+          # to fail fast in the first CI stage.
+          install-optionals: true
+          test-rust: true
+          test-images: true
+  main-tests-ubuntu:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Main Tests (ubuntu-latest)
+    needs: [lint-docs, preliminary-tests]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python_version: ["3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+          test-rust: false
+          test-images: false
+          install-from-sdist: true
+          install-optionals: false
+
+  main-tests-mac:
+    runs-on: macos-14
+    name: Main Tests (ubuntu-latest)
+    needs: [lint-docs, preliminary-tests]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/test-macos.yml
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+          install-optionals: ${{ matrix.python_version == '3.9'}}
+
+  main-tests-windows:
+    runs-on: macos-14
+    name: Main Tests (ubuntu-latest)
+    needs: [lint-docs, preliminary-tests]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/test-windows.yml
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+          install-optionals: ${{ matrix.python_version == '3.9'}}
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/lint_docs.yml
index 941c20bd1c7..e4bab1bdd2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint_docs.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Lint and Docs
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main, 'stable/*' ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main, 'stable/*' ]
   merge_group:
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-mac.yml b/.github/workflows/test-mac.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..703f0a0964e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-mac.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+---
+name: Test Windows
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      python-version:
+        description: >
+          Python version to currently test
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+      install-optionals:
+        description: >
+          Decides whether we install optyional dependencies
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+  merge_group:
+
+jobs:
+  tests-mac:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
+    name: macOS-arm64-tests-Python-${{ inputs.python-version }}
+    runs-on: macOS-14
+    env:
+      QISKIT_SUPPRESS_PACKAGING_WARNINGS: Y
+      PIP_CACHE_DIR: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/.pip
+      QISKIT_TEST_CAPTURE_STREAMS: 1
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70
+        if: inputs.python-version == '3.9'
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+          architecture: arm64
+      - name: Cache stestr
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          key: 'stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ inputs.python-version }}" | "${{ github.run_id }}"'
+          restore-keys: |
+            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ inputs.python-version }}"
+            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}"
+            stestr
+          path: .stestr
+      - name: "Install dependencies"
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel virtualenv
+          virtualenv test-job
+          source test-job/bin/activate
+          python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
+          python -m pip install -U \
+            -c constraints.txt \
+            -r requirements.txt \
+            -r requirements-dev.txt \
+            -e .
+            # Build and install both qiskit and qiskit-terra so that any optionals
+            # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
+          pip check
+      - name: "Install optionals"
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          source test-job/bin/activate
+          pip install -r requirements-optional.txt -c constraints.txt
+        if: ${{ inputs.install-optionals }}
+      - name: "Run tests"
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          source test-job/bin/activate
+          python tools/report_numpy_state.py
+          export PYTHONHASHSEED=$(python -S -c "import random; print(random.randint(1, 4294967295))")
+          echo "PYTHONHASHSEED=$PYTHONHASHSEED"
+          stestr run
+        env:
+          QISKIT_PARALLEL: FALSE
+          RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+      - name: Copy and Publish images
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        with:
+          name: copied-images
+          path: "**/*.png"
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48d1a33f06a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+---
+name: Test Windows
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      python-version:
+        description: >
+          Python version to currently test
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+      install-optionals:
+        description: >
+          Decides whether we install optyional dependencies
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+  merge_group:
+
+jobs:
+  test-windows:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
+    name: windows-latest-tests-Python-${{ inputs.python-version }}
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    env:
+      QISKIT_SUPPRESS_PACKAGING_WARNINGS: Y
+      QISKIT_TEST_CAPTURE_STREAMS: 1
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70
+        if: inputs.python-version == '3.9'
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        id: python-outputs
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+      - name: Cache stestr
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          key: 'stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ inputs.python-version }}" | "${{ github.run_id }}"'
+          restore-keys: |
+            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ inputs.python-version }}"
+            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}"
+            stestr
+          path: .stestr
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel virtualenv
+          python -m virtualenv test-job
+          .\test-job\Scripts\activate
+          python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
+          python -m pip install -U `
+            -c constraints.txt `
+            -r requirements.txt `
+            -r requirements-dev.txt `
+            -e .
+          # Build and install both qiskit and qiskit-terra so that any optionals
+          # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
+          pip check
+      - name: Install Optional packages
+        run: |
+          .\test-job\Scripts\activate
+          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-optional.txt
+          pip check
+        if: ${{ inputs.install-optionals }}
+      - name: Run Tests
+        run: |
+          chcp.com 65001
+          .\test-job\Scripts\activate
+          python tools/report_numpy_state.py
+          $Env:PYTHONHASHSEED=$(python -S -c "import random; print(random.randint(1, 1024))")
+          echo "PYTHONHASHSEED=$PYTHONHASHSEED"
+          stestr run
+        env:
+          LANG: "C.UTF-8"
+          PYTHONIOENCODING: "utf-8:backslashreplace"
+          QISKIT_PARALLEL: FALSE
+          RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+      - name: Copy and Publish images
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        with:
+          name: copied-images
+          path: "**/*.png"
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-linux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23c3ff3976b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-linux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+---
+name: Test Linux
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      python-version:
+        description: >
+          Python version to currently test
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      test-rust:
+        description: >
+          Decides whether we perform rust tests
+        type: boolean
+        required: true
+      test-images:
+        description: >
+          Decides whether we perform image tests
+        type: boolean
+        required: true
+      install-optionals:
+        description: >
+          Decides whether we install optyional dependencies
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+      install-from-sdist:
+        description: >
+          Decides whether we perform rust tests
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+  merge_group:
+
+jobs:
+  tests-linux:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
+    name: ubuntu-latest-tests-Python-${{ inputs.python-version }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      QISKIT_SUPPRESS_PACKAGING_WARNINGS: Y
+      PIP_CACHE_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pip
+      QISKIT_TEST_CAPTURE_STREAMS: 1
+      HAVE_VISUAL_TESTS_RUN: false
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70
+        if: inputs.python-version == '3.9'
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        id: python-outputs
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+      - name: Cache stestr
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          key: 'stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ inputs.python-version }}" | "${{ github.run_id }}"'
+          restore-keys: |
+            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ inputs.python-version }}"
+            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}"
+            stestr
+          path: .stestr
+      - name: Run Rust Tests
+        if: inputs.test-rust == true
+        # We need to avoid linking our crates into full Python extension libraries during Rust-only
+        # testing because Rust/PyO3 can't handle finding a static CPython interpreter.
+        run: cargo test --no-default-features
+        env:
+          # On Linux we link against `libpython` dynamically, but it isn't written into the rpath
+          # of the test executable (I'm not 100% sure why ---Jake).  It's easiest just to forcibly
+          # include the correct place in the `dlopen` search path.
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "${{ steps.python-outputs.outputs.python-path }}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+      - name: Prepare venv
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel virtualenv
+          virtualenv test-job
+      - name: Install Qiskit from sdist
+        if: ${{ inputs.install-from-sdist }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          # Use stable Rust, rather than MSRV, to spot-check that stable builds properly.
+          rustup override set stable
+          source test-job/bin/activate
+          python -m pip install -U pip
+          python -m pip install -U build
+          python -m build --sdist .
+          python -m pip install -U \
+            -c constraints.txt \
+            -r requirements.txt \
+            -r requirements-dev.txt \
+            dist/qiskit-*.tar.gz
+          # Build and install both qiskit and qiskit-terra so that any optionals
+          # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
+      - name: Install Qiskit directly
+        if: ${{ !inputs.install-from-sdist }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          source test-job/bin/activate
+          python -m pip install -U \
+            -c constraints.txt \
+            -r requirements.txt \
+            -r requirements-dev.txt \
+            -e .
+          # Build and install both qiskit and qiskit-terra so that any optionals
+          # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
+      - name: Install Optional packages
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          source test-job/bin/activate
+          python -m pip install -r requirements-optional.txt -c constraints.txt
+          python -m pip check
+        if: ${{ inputs.install-optionals }}
+      - name: Install optional non-Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y graphviz
+        if: ${{ inputs.install-optionals }}
+      - name: Run Python tests
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          source test-job/bin/activate
+          python tools/report_numpy_state.py
+          mkdir -p /tmp/terra-tests
+          cp -r test /tmp/terra-tests/.
+          cp .stestr.conf /tmp/terra-tests/.
+          cp -r .stestr /tmp/terra-tests/. || :
+          pushd /tmp/terra-tests
+          export PYTHONHASHSEED=$(python -S -c "import random; print(random.randint(1, 4294967295))")
+          echo "PYTHONHASHSEED=$PYTHONHASHSEED"
+          stestr run
+          popd
+        env:
+          QISKIT_PARALLEL: FALSE
+          RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+      - name: Install Image dependencies
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          virtualenv image_tests
+          image_tests/bin/python -m pip install -U \
+            -c constraints.txt \
+            -r requirements.txt \
+            -r requirements-dev.txt \
+            -r requirements-optional.txt \
+            -e .
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y graphviz pandoc
+          image_tests/bin/pip check
+        if: ${{ inputs.test-images }}
+      - name: Run image tests
+        run: |
+          echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=HAVE_VISUAL_TESTS_RUN;]true"
+          image_tests/bin/python -m unittest discover -v test/visual
+        if: ${{ inputs.test-images }}
+        env:
+          # Needed to suppress a warning in jupyter-core 5.x by eagerly migrating to
+          # a new internal interface that will be the default in jupyter-core 6.x.
+          # This variable should become redundant on release of jupyter-core 6.
+          JUPYTER_PLATFORM_DIRS: 1
+      - name: Store image tests diff
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: ${{ inputs.test-images && failure()}}
+        with:
+          name: image-test-failure-img-diffs
+          path: |
+            ./test/visual/mpl/graph/graph_results
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 63be7bd4716..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,316 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Tests
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main, 'stable/*' ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main, 'stable/*' ]
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      test-rust:
-        description: >
-          Decides whether we perform rust tests
-        type: boolean
-      
-      test-images:
-        description: >
-          Decides whether we perform image tests
-        type: boolean
-      
-      install-optionals:
-        description: >
-          Decides whether we install optyional dependencies
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      
-      install-from-dist:
-        description: >
-          Decides whether we perform rust tests
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-
-  merge_group:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-jobs:
-  tests-linux:
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
-    name: ubuntu-latest-tests-Python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      QISKIT_SUPPRESS_PACKAGING_WARNINGS: Y
-      PIP_CACHE_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.pip
-      QISKIT_TEST_CAPTURE_STREAMS: 1
-      HAVE_VISUAL_TESTS_RUN: false
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.13"]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Rust toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70
-        if: matrix.python-version == '3.9'
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        id: python-outputs
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Cache stestr
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          key: 'stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ matrix.python-version }}" | "${{ github.run_id }}"'
-          restore-keys: |
-            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}"
-            stestr
-          path: .stestr
-      - name: Run Rust Tests
-        if: inputs.test-rust == true
-        # We need to avoid linking our crates into full Python extension libraries during Rust-only
-        # testing because Rust/PyO3 can't handle finding a static CPython interpreter.
-        run: cargo test --no-default-features
-        env:
-          # On Linux we link against `libpython` dynamically, but it isn't written into the rpath
-          # of the test executable (I'm not 100% sure why ---Jake).  It's easiest just to forcibly
-          # include the correct place in the `dlopen` search path.
-          LD_LIBRARY_PATH: '${{ steps.python-outputs.outputs.python-path }}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH'
-      - name: Prepare venv
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel virtualenv
-          virtualenv test-job
-      - name: Install Qiskit from sdist
-        if: ${{ inputs.install-from-dist }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          # Use stable Rust, rather than MSRV, to spot-check that stable builds properly.
-          rustup override set stable
-          source test-job/bin/activate
-          python -m pip install -U pip
-          python -m pip install -U build
-          python -m build --sdist .
-          python -m pip install -U \
-            -c constraints.txt \
-            -r requirements.txt \
-            -r requirements-dev.txt \
-            dist/qiskit-*.tar.gz
-          # Build and install both qiskit and qiskit-terra so that any optionals
-          # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
-      - name: Install Qiskit directly
-        if: ${{ !inputs.install-from-dist }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          source test-job/bin/activate
-          python -m pip install -U \
-            -c constraints.txt \
-            -r requirements.txt \
-            -r requirements-dev.txt \
-            -e .
-          # Build and install both qiskit and qiskit-terra so that any optionals
-          # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
-      - name: Install Optional packages
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          source test-job/bin/activate
-          python -m pip install -r requirements-optional.txt -c constraints.txt
-          python -m pip check
-        if: ${{ inputs.install-optionals }}
-      - name: Install optional non-Python dependencies
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y graphviz
-        if: ${{ inputs.install-optionals }}
-      - name: Run Python tests
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          source test-job/bin/activate
-          python tools/report_numpy_state.py
-          mkdir -p /tmp/terra-tests
-          cp -r test /tmp/terra-tests/.
-          cp .stestr.conf /tmp/terra-tests/.
-          cp -r .stestr /tmp/terra-tests/. || :
-          pushd /tmp/terra-tests
-          export PYTHONHASHSEED=$(python -S -c "import random; print(random.randint(1, 4294967295))")
-          echo "PYTHONHASHSEED=$PYTHONHASHSEED"
-          stestr run
-          popd
-        env:
-          QISKIT_PARALLEL: FALSE
-          RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
-      - name: Install Image dependencies
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          virtualenv image_tests
-          image_tests/bin/python -m pip install -U \
-            -c constraints.txt \
-            -r requirements.txt \
-            -r requirements-dev.txt \
-            -r requirements-optional.txt \
-            -e .
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y graphviz pandoc
-          image_tests/bin/pip check
-        if: ${{ inputs.test-images }}
-      - name: Run image tests
-        run: |
-          echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=HAVE_VISUAL_TESTS_RUN;]true"
-          image_tests/bin/python -m unittest discover -v test/visual
-        if: ${{ inputs.test-images }}
-        env:
-          # Needed to suppress a warning in jupyter-core 5.x by eagerly migrating to
-          # a new internal interface that will be the default in jupyter-core 6.x.
-          # This variable should become redundant on release of jupyter-core 6.
-          JUPYTER_PLATFORM_DIRS: 1
-      - name: Store image tests diff
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: ${{ inputs.test-images && failure()}}
-        with:
-          name: image-test-failure-img-diffs
-          path: |
-            ./test/visual/mpl/graph/graph_results
-          if-no-files-found: error  
-        
-  tests-mac:
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
-    name: macOS-arm64-tests-Python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    runs-on: macOS-14
-    env:
-      QISKIT_SUPPRESS_PACKAGING_WARNINGS: Y
-      PIP_CACHE_DIR: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/.pip
-      QISKIT_TEST_CAPTURE_STREAMS: 1
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.13"]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Rust toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70
-        if: matrix.python-version == '3.9'
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          architecture: arm64
-      - name: Cache stestr
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          key: 'stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ matrix.python-version }}" | "${{ github.run_id }}"'
-          restore-keys: |
-            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}"
-            stestr
-          path: .stestr
-      - name: 'Install dependencies'
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel virtualenv
-          virtualenv test-job
-          source test-job/bin/activate
-          python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
-          python -m pip install -U \
-            -c constraints.txt \
-            -r requirements.txt \
-            -r requirements-dev.txt \
-            -e .
-            # Build and install both qiskit and qiskit-terra so that any optionals
-            # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
-          pip check
-      - name: 'Install optionals'
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          source test-job/bin/activate
-          pip install -r requirements-optional.txt -c constraints.txt
-        if: ${{ inputs.install-optionals }}
-      - name: 'Run tests'
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          source test-job/bin/activate
-          python tools/report_numpy_state.py
-          export PYTHONHASHSEED=$(python -S -c "import random; print(random.randint(1, 4294967295))")
-          echo "PYTHONHASHSEED=$PYTHONHASHSEED"
-          stestr run
-        env:
-          QISKIT_PARALLEL: FALSE
-          RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
-      - name: Copy and Publish images
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        with:
-          name: copied-images
-          path: '**/*.png'
-          if-no-files-found: error
-  test-windows:
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'Qiskit'
-    name: windows-latest-tests-Python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-    env:
-      QISKIT_SUPPRESS_PACKAGING_WARNINGS: Y
-      QISKIT_TEST_CAPTURE_STREAMS: 1
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.13"]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Rust toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.70
-        if: matrix.python-version == '3.9'
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        id: python-outputs
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Cache stestr
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          key: 'stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ matrix.python-version }}" | "${{ github.run_id }}"'
-          restore-keys: |
-            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}" | "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-            stestr | "${{ runner.os }}"
-            stestr
-          path: .stestr
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel virtualenv
-          python -m virtualenv test-job
-          .\test-job\Scripts\activate
-          python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
-          python -m pip install -U `
-            -c constraints.txt `
-            -r requirements.txt `
-            -r requirements-dev.txt `
-            -e .
-          # Build and install both qiskit and qiskit-terra so that any optionals
-          # depending on `qiskit` will resolve correctly.
-          pip check
-      - name: Install Optional packages
-        run: |
-          .\test-job\Scripts\activate
-          pip install -c constraints.txt -r requirements-optional.txt
-          pip check
-        if: ${{ inputs.install-optionals }}
-      - name: Run Tests
-        run: |
-          chcp.com 65001
-          .\test-job\Scripts\activate
-          python tools/report_numpy_state.py
-          $Env:PYTHONHASHSEED=$(python -S -c "import random; print(random.randint(1, 1024))")
-          echo "PYTHONHASHSEED=$PYTHONHASHSEED"
-          stestr run
-        env:
-          LANG: 'C.UTF-8'
-          PYTHONIOENCODING: 'utf-8:backslashreplace'
-          QISKIT_PARALLEL: FALSE
-          RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
-      - name: Copy and Publish images
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        with:
-          name: copied-images
-          path: '**/*.png'
-          if-no-files-found: error