diff --git a/.ci/recreate_dataproc_cluster.cloudbuild.yaml b/.ci/recreate_dataproc_cluster.cloudbuild.yaml
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+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# NOTE: The _CLUSTER_NAME substitution variable defined here must match the
+# DATAPROC_LIST_JOBS_CLUSTER parameter defined in .ci/integration.cloudbuild.yaml
+# (default: cluster-36).
+
+steps:
+  - id: "recreate-dataproc-cluster"
+    name: "gcr.io/cloud-builders/gcloud:latest"
+    env:
+      - "PROJECT_ID=$PROJECT_ID"
+      - "CLUSTER_NAME=$_CLUSTER_NAME"
+      - "REGION=$_REGION"
+      - "IMAGE_VERSION=$_IMAGE_VERSION"
+    script: |
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+      bash .ci/recreate_dataproc_cluster.sh "$${PROJECT_ID}" "$${REGION}" "$${IMAGE_VERSION}" "$${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+
+options:
+  automapSubstitutions: true
+  dynamicSubstitutions: true
+  logging: CLOUD_LOGGING_ONLY
+  pool:
+    name: projects/$PROJECT_ID/locations/us-central1/workerPools/integration-testing
+
+substitutions:
+  _CLUSTER_NAME: "cluster-36"
+  _REGION: "us-central1"
+  _IMAGE_VERSION: "2.3-debian12"
diff --git a/.ci/recreate_dataproc_cluster.sh b/.ci/recreate_dataproc_cluster.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [ $# -lt 4 ]; then
+  echo "Error: Missing required arguments." >&2
+  echo "Usage: $0 <project_id> <region> <image_version> <cluster_name>" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+PROJECT_ID="$1"
+REGION="$2"
+IMAGE_VERSION="$3"
+CLUSTER_NAME="$4"
+
+SERVICE_ACCOUNT="toolbox-identity@${PROJECT_ID}.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
+
+echo "=========================================================="
+echo "Recreating Dataproc cluster in project: ${PROJECT_ID}"
+echo "Region:          ${REGION}"
+echo "Image Version:   ${IMAGE_VERSION}"
+echo "Cluster Name:    ${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+echo "Service Account: ${SERVICE_ACCOUNT}"
+echo "=========================================================="
+
+# Check if the cluster exists, capturing stdout and stderr to distinguish NOT_FOUND from other errors
+echo "Checking if cluster '${CLUSTER_NAME}' exists..."
+set +e
+DESCRIBE_OUT=$(gcloud dataproc clusters describe "${CLUSTER_NAME}" --region="${REGION}" --project="${PROJECT_ID}" 2>&1)
+DESCRIBE_STATUS=$?
+set -e
+
+if [ ${DESCRIBE_STATUS} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Cluster '${CLUSTER_NAME}' exists. Deleting it..."
+  gcloud dataproc clusters delete "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
+    --region="${REGION}" \
+    --project="${PROJECT_ID}" \
+    --quiet
+  echo "Cluster '${CLUSTER_NAME}' deleted successfully."
+elif echo "${DESCRIBE_OUT}" | grep -q "NOT_FOUND"; then
+  echo "Cluster '${CLUSTER_NAME}' does not exist. Skipping deletion."
+else
+  echo "Error querying cluster existence: ${DESCRIBE_OUT}" >&2
+  exit ${DESCRIBE_STATUS}
+fi
+
+# Create the cluster
+echo "Creating Dataproc cluster '${CLUSTER_NAME}'..."
+gcloud dataproc clusters create "${CLUSTER_NAME}" \
+  --region="${REGION}" \
+  --project="${PROJECT_ID}" \
+  --image-version="${IMAGE_VERSION}" \
+  --service-account="${SERVICE_ACCOUNT}" \
+  --scopes=cloud-platform \
+  --no-address \
+  --network=default \
+  --master-machine-type=n4-standard-2 \
+  --worker-machine-type=n4-standard-2 \
+  --num-workers=2
+
+echo "Cluster '${CLUSTER_NAME}' created successfully."