I have a job that takes about 2 hours to run — 15 minutes to build, 1 hour to run automated tests, and 45 minutes to archive the artifacts (the node's upstream internet connection isn't very fast).

Would it make sense to add the option to start archiving the artifacts right after a certain build step completes, and archive in parallel with the remaining build steps? In a case like this, it could reduce the job from 2 hours to 1 hour 15 minutes.