Option 2 also makes it easier for developers to run their builds locally, so you're essentially using the same build chain for local debugging than you do for y

Option 2 also makes it easier for developers to run their builds locally, so you're essentially using the same build chain for local debugging than you do for your Test/Staging/Prod environments, instead of maintaining two different build processes. It's not just true for GHA, but for any build server really: The build server should be a script runner that adds history, artifact management, and permissions/auditing, but should delegate the actual build process to the repository it's building.