diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 65d8d2c412..019ea12e93 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "solidity_testing_smoke"
+name = "solidity_testing_sanctuary"
 version = "0.10.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ae176f5a4d..81235a48d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/solidity/outputs/npm/crate",
     "crates/solidity/outputs/npm/package",
     "crates/solidity/outputs/spec",
-    "crates/solidity/testing/smoke",
+    "crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary",
     "crates/solidity/testing/snapshots",
     "crates/solidity/testing/utils",
 ]
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ solidity_npm_build = { path = "crates/solidity/outputs/npm/build" }
 solidity_npm_crate = { path = "crates/solidity/outputs/npm/crate" }
 solidity_npm_package = { path = "crates/solidity/outputs/npm/package" }
 solidity_spec = { path = "crates/solidity/outputs/spec" }
-solidity_testing_smoke = { path = "crates/solidity/testing/smoke" }
+solidity_testing_sanctuary = { path = "crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary" }
 solidity_testing_snapshots = { path = "crates/solidity/testing/snapshots" }
 solidity_testing_utils = { path = "crates/solidity/testing/utils" }
 #
diff --git a/crates/infra/cli/generated/infra.zsh-completions b/crates/infra/cli/generated/infra.zsh-completions
index 7714b6f004..ef70959a9d 100644
--- a/crates/infra/cli/generated/infra.zsh-completions
+++ b/crates/infra/cli/generated/infra.zsh-completions
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ _arguments "${_arguments_options[@]}" \
 _arguments "${_arguments_options[@]}" \
 '-h[Print help (see more with '\''--help'\'')]' \
 '--help[Print help (see more with '\''--help'\'')]' \
-':command:((slang_solidity\:"Run the public '\''slang_solidity'\'' crate shipped to Cargo users"
-solidity_testing_smoke\:"Run smoke tests of the Solidity parser against source files from the Sanctuary repositories"))' \
+':command:((slang_solidity\:"Runs the public '\''slang_solidity'\'' crate shipped to Cargo users"
+solidity_testing_sanctuary\:"Runs the Solidity parser against source files from the Sanctuary repositories"))' \
 '*::args:' \
 && ret=0
 ;;
diff --git a/crates/infra/cli/src/commands/run/mod.rs b/crates/infra/cli/src/commands/run/mod.rs
index f8c07dacce..124d4091eb 100644
--- a/crates/infra/cli/src/commands/run/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/infra/cli/src/commands/run/mod.rs
@@ -19,26 +19,42 @@ enum RunCommand {
      * User-facing:
      *
      */
-    /// Run the public 'slang_solidity' crate shipped to Cargo users.
+    /// Runs the public 'slang_solidity' crate shipped to Cargo users.
     #[clap(name = "slang_solidity")]
     SlangSolidity,
-
-    /// Run smoke tests of the Solidity parser against source files from the Sanctuary repositories.
-    #[clap(name = "solidity_testing_smoke")]
-    SolidityTestingSmoke,
+    /// Runs the Solidity parser against source files from the Sanctuary repositories.
+    #[clap(name = "solidity_testing_sanctuary")]
+    SolidityTestingSanctuary,
 
     /*
      *
      * Hidden (for automation only):
      *
      */
+    /// Runs codegen for the Rust parser crate.
     #[clap(name = "solidity_cargo_build", hide = true)]
     SolidityCargoBuild,
-
+    /// Runs codegen for the NAPI-exposed parser crate.
     #[clap(name = "solidity_npm_build", hide = true)]
     SolidityNpmBuild,
 }
 
+impl RunCommand {
+    fn should_run_in_release_mode(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Self::SolidityTestingSanctuary => {
+                // This crate parses tens of thousands of Solidity files:
+                // It is worth spending the extra time to recompiling its dependencies.
+                return true;
+            }
+            Self::SlangSolidity | Self::SolidityCargoBuild | Self::SolidityNpmBuild => {
+                // These run during local development. Just build in debug mode.
+                return false;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
+
 impl RunController {
     pub fn execute(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let crate_name = self.command.clap_name();
@@ -48,7 +64,7 @@ impl RunController {
 
         let mut command = Command::new("cargo").arg("run");
 
-        if self.command == RunCommand::SolidityTestingSmoke {
+        if self.command.should_run_in_release_mode() {
             command = command.flag("--release");
         }
 
diff --git a/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/.cargo/config.toml b/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5261254ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[build]
+# This crate builds and runs in release mode.
+# Let's use a separate target-dir "$THIS_CRATE/target" to avoid invalidating the workspace-level cache.
+target-dir = "./target"
diff --git a/crates/solidity/testing/smoke/Cargo.toml b/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/Cargo.toml
similarity index 92%
rename from crates/solidity/testing/smoke/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/Cargo.toml
index 95e954f935..8dbbed26c6 100644
--- a/crates/solidity/testing/smoke/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "solidity_testing_smoke"
+name = "solidity_testing_sanctuary"
 version.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/solidity/testing/smoke/src/datasets/git.rs b/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/src/datasets/git.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/solidity/testing/smoke/src/datasets/git.rs
rename to crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/src/datasets/git.rs
index 8edd41a0a6..b1bbf34831 100644
--- a/crates/solidity/testing/smoke/src/datasets/git.rs
+++ b/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/src/datasets/git.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl Dataset for GitDataset {
     }
 
     fn prepare(&self) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
-        let dataset_dir = CargoWorkspace::locate_source_crate("solidity_testing_smoke")?
+        let dataset_dir = CargoWorkspace::locate_source_crate("solidity_testing_sanctuary")?
             .join("target/git-datasets")
             .join(self.name);
 
diff --git a/crates/solidity/testing/smoke/src/datasets/mod.rs b/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/src/datasets/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/solidity/testing/smoke/src/datasets/mod.rs
rename to crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/src/datasets/mod.rs
diff --git a/crates/solidity/testing/smoke/src/main.rs b/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/src/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/solidity/testing/smoke/src/main.rs
rename to crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/src/main.rs
diff --git a/crates/solidity/testing/smoke/src/reporting.rs b/crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/src/reporting.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/solidity/testing/smoke/src/reporting.rs
rename to crates/solidity/testing/sanctuary/src/reporting.rs