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+name: "Clang AST"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: master
+    paths:
+      - configure
+      - 'auto/**'
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'test/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/clang-ast.yaml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: master
+    paths:
+      - configure
+      - 'auto/**'
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'test/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/clang-ast.yaml'
+
+jobs:
+  clang-ast:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    container:
+      image: debian:testing
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install tools/deps
+        run: |
+          apt-get -y update
+          apt-get -y install git llvm-dev clang-dev clang make \
+                     openssl-dev libpcre2-dev
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Checkout and build clang-ast
+      run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/ac000/clang-ast -b unit-stdc++17
+          cd clang-ast
+          make
+
+    - name: Configure Unit
+      run: ./configure --cc=clang --tests --openssl --debug
+
+    - name: Build Unit
+      run: make -j4 \
+           EXTRA_CFLAGS='-Xclang -load -Xclang clang-ast/ngx-ast.so -Xclang -plugin -Xclang ngx-ast' \
+          NXT_SHARED_LOCAL_LINK=: build/lib/libnxt.so V=1